Bhoja  Airliner : A passenger aero plane crash near Islamabad in Pakistan on 20 April 2012, left more than 100 people dead. The tragic incident occurred while the airliner was attempting to land during a thunderstorm. 
The Bhoja airliner had been flying from the southern seaport city of Karachi and burst into flames right before its landing in the Islamabad following a  3½-hour flight. The airline Boeing 737 was carrying 121 passengers, including 11 children, as well as six crew. 

Pulitzer Prize: The 2012 Pulitzer Prize was announced on 16 April 2012. The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for documenting the New York Police Department's spying on Muslims. The Philadelphia Inquirer was on the other hand honoured in the public service category for its examination of violence in the city's schools. A second Pulitzer for investigative reporting was given to The Seattle Times for a series about accidental methadone overdoses among patients with chronic pain.

Jim Yong Kim : The World Bank on 16 April 2012 appointed Korean-born American health expert Jim Yong Kim as its new president. Kim who is president of Dartmouth College, will assume his new post on 1 July 2012. He succeeded Robert Zoellick as the head of World Bank. The decision by the World Bank’s 25-member board was not unanimous. The emerging economies were found to be divided in their choice.

R A Mehta :Gujarat governor Dr Kamla on 26 August 2011 appointed former justice of the Gujarat High Court, R A Mehta, as the new Gujarat Lokayukta. The governor's order was based on the recommendation of the chief justice of Gujarat HC.

Usha Thorat :  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel headed by headed by Usha Thorat, Director, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL) on 29 August 2011 presented its suggestion on non-banking finance company (NBFC). The panel suggested the central bank to insist on a minimum asset size of more than Rs.50 crore for registering any new non-banking finance company (NBFC). The panel reccomended deregistration of the existing NBFCs that fell below the limit prescribed.

Baburam Bhattarai  : Maoists Vice-Chairman Baburam Bhattarai was on 28 August 2011 elected Nepal's 35th prime minister marking the country’s attempt to form a stable government after extended political uncertainty. The vice chairman of Maoist party, Bhattarai won the vote after securing the support of the Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Marcha, a loose alliance of five regional parties from the country's southern plains.

PTI Chairman:  and managing director of the Mathrubhoomi group of newspapers, M.P. Veerendrakumar, was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI) on 24 August. Veerendrakumar had twice before served as the PTI chairman.

Azizuddin Khan : Exponent of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana (school of music), Ustad Azizuddin Khan passed away on 23 August 2011. Affectionately called as Baba among his disciples, Azizuddin Khan along with his father Bhurji Khan who founded the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana had settled down in Kolhapur at the insistence of Chhatrapati Shhahu Maharaj. He originally hailed from Uniara of Rajasthan.

M.K Pandhe Veteran trade unionist and Communist Party of India-Marxist Politburo member Madhukar Kashinath Pandhe died of cardiac arrest in New Delhi on 20 August 2011. Born on 11 July 1925 at Pune, Pandhe was the senior-most leader of the trade union movement in India. He had joined the Communist Party in 1943.

Himayat : The Programme called Himayat was launched by the Union ministry of Rural Development in Srinagar on 21 August 2011 for giving training and placement to over one lakh youth from poor families in Jammu and Kashmir. The Programme Himayat will be implemented in five years. The Union Cabinet has already approved 235 crore rupees for this programme. The central government will spend Rs.235 crore annually.  The priority will be given to youth who are school and college drop-outs and training will be provided at each of the block headquarters. The project will be funded by the rural development ministry’s National Rural Livelihood Mission

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011: was awarded  to three women from Africa and the Arab world in acknowledgment of their nonviolent role in promoting peace, democracy and gender equality. The winners were President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia— the first woman to be elected president in modern Africa — her compatriot, the peace activist Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, a pro-democracy campaigner.

They were the first women to win the prize since Wangari Maathai of Kenya, who died last month, was named as the laureate in 2004.

Ms. Karman, took to the streets of the capital along with about 50 other university students in January, demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Mrs. Johnson Sirleaf is nearing the end of a heated re-election campaign, and as the world absorbed the news of her prize, her nation’s capital, Monrovia, was virtually shut down by a previously scheduled rally intended to energize the opposition before the vote on Tuesday.

 Indeed, while Liberians widely acknowledge that peace and security have improved markedly during her tenure, Mrs. Johnson Sirleaf’s success in securing forgiveness for billions of dollars worth of Liberian debt and the change she has effected in the nation’s once brutal international image are often less appreciated in Monrovia than among outsiders. Unemployment is daunting, and the country is still mired in poverty.

 In Yemen, Ms. Karman called the prize “the victory of our peaceful revolution. I am so happy, and I give this award to all of the youth and all of the women across the Arab world, in Egypt, in Tunisia.” “We cannot build our country or any country in the world without peace,” she said.

Janchetna Yatra : BJP leader Lal Krishna Adwani started Jan chetna Yatra from Sitab Diara in Saran District, Bihar on 11 October against corruption. Sitab Diara is  birth place of socialist stalwart  Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan. 

Tiangong-1: China on 29 September 2011 successfully launched its first unmanned space laboratory Tiangong-1 from a site in the Gobi Desert. Tiangong-1 means heavenly palace. This launch makes China the third country after Russia and USA to operate a permanent space station. The space lab launched by China is expected to be operational by 2020.

The 6th G 20 (industrialist and developing countries) summit was held in Cannes, France on November 3 and 4, 2011 to discuss key issues in the global economy. Eurozone debt crisis dominated the Summit in Cannes. The other issues discussed in the summit were global imbalances, financial transactions tax, tax evasion and reform of the international monetary system. Agreements made in G20 Cannes Summit •    

एटा जेम्स: अमेरिका की गायिका एटा जेम्स का कैलीफोर्निया में 20 जनवरी 2012 को निधन हो गया.  वह 73 वर्ष की थी. उनके प्रसिद्ध गीत एट लास्ट, आई वुड रादर गो ब्लाइंड और आई जस्ट वाना मेक लव टू यू हैं. एटा जेम्स ने छह ग्रैमी अवॉर्ड जीते थे.

प्रभु गोंजाल्विस: वायलिन वादक एंथनी प्रभु गोंजाल्विस का गोवा की राजधानी पणजी में 18 जनवरी 2012 में निधन हो गया. वह 84 वर्ष के थे. वर्ष 1950 के दशक में वह उस वक्त चर्चा में आए जब वायलिन के बहाने उन्होंने भारतीय और पश्चिमी संगीत परंपरा की विरासत के बहुविध आयामों को मिला कर एक खास किस्म का रंग और आकार दिया. उन्हें पहला ब्रेक संगीतकार नौशाद ने दिया. उन्होंने वर्ष 1965 में मुबई की फिल्म इंडस्ट्री से संन्यास ले लिया.

विराट कोहली: एशिया कप 2012 के लिए भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम का चयन किया गया. इस टूर्नामेंट के लिए बाएं हाथ के युवा बल्लेबाज विराट कोहली को भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम का उपकप्तान नियुक्त किया गया. जबकि महेंद्र सिंह धौनी को टीम का कप्तान रखा गया.

लॉकहीड मार्टिन: अमेरिका स्थित युद्ध सामग्री बनाने वाली कंपनी लॉकहीड मार्टिन वर्ष 2010 में विश्व की सबसे बड़ी हथियार विक्रेता कंपनी थी. स्टॉकहोम अंतरराष्ट्रीय शांति शोध संस्थान के  अनुसार लॉकहीड मार्टिन ने वर्ष 2010 में 35.7 अरब डॉलर मूल्य के हथियारों की बिक्री की थी. स्टॉकहोम अंतरराष्ट्रीय शांति शोध संस्थान के वर्ष 2012 ईयरबुक में विश्व के प्रमुख हथियार निर्माता और सैन्य सेवा कंपनियों की सूची प्रकाशित की गई.

ईबीआर: भारत की दोपहिया निर्माता कंपनी हीरो मोटोकॉर्प ने अमेरिका की कंपनी ईबीआर के साथ प्रौद्योगिकी गठजोड़ किया. एरिक बुएल रेसिंग (EBR: Erik Buell Racing) के साथ हीरो मोटोकॉर्प का समझौता 22 फरवरी 2012 को हुआ. साथ ही दोनों कंपनियों द्वारा ईबीआर की हाई स्पीड बाइक ईबीआर 1190 आरएस भी लॉन्च किया गया.

हीरो मोटोकॉर्प ने ईबीआर के साथ समझौते के तहत मिलने वाली प्रौद्योगिकी-तकनीक से प्रीमियम मोटरसाइकिल बाजार में प्रवेश करने का लक्ष्य रखा है. हीरो मोटोकॉर्प का वर्ष 2013 में भारतीय मोटरसाइकिल बाजार में सुपर बाइक लॉन्च करने का लक्ष्य है.

निंजा हात्तोरी: फिल्म एवं मनोरंजन कंपनी रिलायंस मीडियाव‌र्क्स ने हास्य एवं मार-धाड़ वाली एनिमशन श्रृंखला निंजा हात्तोरी के प्रसारण के लिए जापान के प्रमुख प्रसारक असाही के साथ समझौता किया. दोनों कंपनियों के मध्य हुए समझौते के तहत निंजा हात्तोरी सीरियल की नई कड़ियां मई 2012 से निक इंडिया पर दिखाई जानी हैं.

निंजा हात्तोरी सीरियल की नई कड़ियां टू-डी एचडी (2D-HD) गुणवत्ता की होंगी. ज्ञातव्य हो कि रिलायंस मीडियाव‌र्क्स अनिल अंबानी अधिकृत रिलायंस समूह की कंपनी है.

एडले : इंगलैंड ली गायिका एडले लॉरी ब्लू एडकिंस ने 54वें ग्रैमी पुरस्कार में अपने एल्बम 21 के लिए एल्बम ऑफ द ईयर का पुरस्कार जीतीं. एडले ने ग्रैमी पुरस्कार 2012 में कुल छः पुरस्कार (सर्वश्रेष्ठ गीत, सर्वश्रेष्ठ रिकॉर्ड और सर्वश्रेष्ठ एल्बम शामिल) जीते. एडले ने रोलिंग इन द डीप के लिए रिकॉर्ड एंड सांग ऑफ द ईयर श्रेणी का पुरस्कार जीता. 23 वर्षीय गायिका एडले ने उन सभी छह श्रेणियों में पुरस्कार हासिल किया जिनमें उन्हें नामांकित किया गया था.

रामदरश मिश्र: वरिष्ठ लेखक व प्रोफ़ेसर रामदरश मिश्र को उनके काव्य संग्रह आम के पत्ते के लिए वर्ष 2011 का व्यास सम्मान के लिए चयनित किया गया. केके बिड़ला फाउंडेशन ने 21वें व्यास सम्मान के लिए प्रोफ़ेसर रामदरश मिश्र को चयनित किया.

प्रोफ़ेसर रामदरश मिश्र का चयन वर्ष 2004 में प्रकाशित उनके 16वें काव्य संग्रह आम के पत्ते के लिए किया गया. प्रोफ़ेसर रामदरश मिश्र ने 16 काव्य संग्रह, 13 उपन्यास और 18 कहानी संग्रह, आत्मकथा, संस्मरण और यात्रा वृत्तांत लिखे हैं.