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The full-scale naval base commissioned by the Indian Navy at Kavaratti in Lakshadweep on 30

Apr 2012 is named

INS

Dweeprakshak

The new Governor of Goa B.V. Wanchoo

The new governor of Uttarakhand Aziz Qureshi

The place at which Guru Gobind Singh Refinery has been dedicated to the nation by the PM

Dr. Manmohan Singh

Bhatinda,

Punjab

The Radar Imaging Satellite - 1 (RISAT-1) was launched from Sriharikota on 26 April 2012

aboardPSLVC19

The Indian nominee who has been elected to the post of a judge in the International Court of

Justice

Justice Dalvir

Bhandari

The Talwar-class stealth frigate which has been commissioned into the Indian Navy on 27 April

2012INS Teg

The place at which the Government has launched a National Crop Forecast Centre to prepare

in-season forecasts for major crops such as rice, wheat, sugarcane and maizeNew Delhi

To commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, a one-timehonour called Tagore Samman has been instituted by

Sangeet NatakAkademi

The latest version of Agni missile which was launched from Wheeler Island on 19 Apr 2012 Agni V

The strength of judges in the Supreme Court with swearing in of Justice Ranjan Gogoi on 22

April has gone up to27

The venue of the 5th World IT Forum (WITFOR) being held from 17 Apr to 18 Apr 2012 New Delhi

The new name of Hindi Star News channel is ABP News

The two-day Coastal Security Exercise, conducted along the Lakshadweep coast from 17

April to 18 April by the Southern Naval Command along with Coastguard unit at Kavaratti is

named

Nepture-05

The noted author and journalist who has been awarded the prestigious International Indu

Sharma Katha Samman-2012 for his novel Teesri Tali

Pradeep

Saurabh

The Indian wrestler who has become the first Indian woman wrestler to qualify for the Olympics Geeta Phogat

The Sri Lanka cricketer who has been named Wisden Leading Cricketer of the Year 2011Kumar

Sangakkara

The Committee constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for framing a National

Corporate Governance Policy is headed by

Shri Adi

Godrej

The bi-annual coastal security exercise conducted jointly by civil administration and armedforces to safeguard the coast of Andaman and Nicobar Island to be held from April 11 to Apr

13 is named

Tat Suraksha

The veteran actress who has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the 12th

Telecine Awards 2012 for her contribution to Indian cinema

Mousumi

Chatterjee

The Indian billiards player who has won the 11th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship title

after defeating Thawat Sujaritthurakarn of Thailand in the final in Panaji, GoaPankaj Advani

The language of Meghalaya which has been withdrawn from UNESCO's Atlas of World's

Languages in Danger after being considered safeKhasi

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