This award was instituted by the Kesari Mahratta Trust.
It was given away at Pune on the 129th foundation day of the Kesari newspaper that was started in 1881 by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
B. Water sharing talks to start between New Delhi and Dhaka on the following rivers:
- Teesta
- Feni
- Dharla
- Monu
- Muhuri
- Dudhkumar
- Khowai
- Gomti
- Isamoti
Named after a former NASA Administrator, its a massive telescope, with a diameter of 6.5 metres, to be deployed in the sky about 1.5 million km from the earth in 2014 to enable astronomers to
- study several subjects, including the formation of the first stars and galaxies after the Big Bang that created the universe
- observe the evolution of galaxies as they changed with time, the formation of stars and planets, and evolution of planetary systems such as the solar system
Arianespace’s Ariane -V vehicle will deploy the telescope. It will be folded up into the rocket’s fairing before the launch. Its locationis called the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L-2.
D. Europa] : A moon of the planet Jupiter
Europa was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1609. It was warm inside and had an ocean with ice covering it.
E. John C. Mather, joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2006.
Dr. Mather shared the Nobel Prize with George F. Smoot of the University of California for their work on the understanding of the Big Bang.
Dr. Mather was one of the organisers of the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite of NASA, launched in 1989, to measure the cosmic background radiation of the universe. The COBE organisers also measured the hot and cold spots in this Big Bang radiation to understand why it was possible for galaxies to exist. The hot and cold spots the precursors of the clusters of galaxies that are now observed. These hot and cold spots have evolved over cosmic time to produce the structure of the universe that we now see. These two main measurements were made with the help of the COBE satellite.
F. Twizy Z.E. Concept : New Electric Car by Renault India
Marc Nassif : Renault India, GM.
G. India is set to take the lead in pushing for a single legally binding treaty for Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of biological resources at the 10th Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to be held at Nagoya, Japan, in October.The CBD was one of the key agreements adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
The convention, while reaffirming the sovereign rights of nations over their biological resources, established three main goals —
- conservation of biological diversity
- sustainable use of its component
- fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of generic resources
India would also host the 11th CoP to the CBD in October 2012.
H. Patenting :
India was signing agreements with other patent offices for access to the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), which has about two lakh formulations in Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and Yoga on 34 million pages. These agreements would enable research by international patent offices to prevent ‘bio-piracy’ of India’s traditional knowledge.
An agreement was signed with the European Patent Office in February 2009, and with the United States Patent Office in November 2009 during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the U.S., Mr. Ramesh said. Similar agreements were being negotiated with other countries.
In the past, patents were secured in the U.S. and Europe on the use of neem and on turmeric’s wound-healing properties, even though their therapeutic qualities were already known in India.I. Children's Science Congress held : As a part of 97th Indian Science Congress on the Kerala University campus at Kariavattom
J. New ISRO Chairman : K. Radhakrishnan, Former CM : G. Madhavan Nair
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director P.S. Veeraraghavan
University of Kerala Vice-Chancellor : A. Jayakrishnan
K. GRIHA scheme : Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment Scheme
Under this all new public sector buildings would be rated by technical expertise from TERI, which is headed by R.K. Pachauri. The aim of a green building design was to minimise the demand for non-renewable sources and maximise its utilisation.
A minimum of 3-star rating is must.
Even small dwelling units being constructed under the Indira Awas Yojna could be brought under the GRIHA scheme to ensure sustainability.
Deepak Gupta : Secretary in the Renewable Ministry
L. Lars Prahm : Director-General, EUMETSAT (a European organisation with six operating satellites)
Marc Pircher : Director of CNES (French Space Agency)
Megha-Tropiques : A satellite with payloads from India and France to be put in orbit from India this year. It would study the tropical atmosphere near the equatorial belt and cyclone formation.
M. Reena Kaushal : First Indian woman to ski to the South Pole.
Eight women from Cyprus, Ghana, India, Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand, Jamaica and Britain took part in the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, landing at the South Pole on December 29.
N. Baredi Dance : Popularly known as Raut dance in Chhattisgarh, Baredi Dance is mainly performed by the male dancers of Ahir community. It is mainly conducted on the occasion of Diwali. The main subject of this rhythmic performance is the Krishna legend in Shringaar Rasa.
O. Tejendra Khanna : Delhi's Lieutenant-Governor.
P. Burj Khalifa at Dubai : The world’s tallest tower , 818 metres, followed by Taipei101 at Taiwan of 509.2 meters including antenna height.
Q. Novartis : 1) To buy controlling stake in Alcon. 2) To exercise option to buy 52% from Nestle.
R. FMCG player Marico 's Malaysian arm, Marico Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marico Middle East FZE, has acquired hair-styling brand ‘Code 10’ from Colgate-Palmolive. This marks the company’s entry into the Malaysian hair styling market.
S. TT :
G. Sathiyan
Harmeet Desai
Soumyajit Ghosh
Junior and Youth National Table Tennis Championship : At Raipur
