Current Affairs of March 2012

The country which has severed all ties with the United Nations Human Rights Council, following its decision to launch a fact-finding mission into the country’s settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem	Israel
The Chandigarh girl who has been crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2012	Vanya Mishra
The NASA spacecraft to Mercury which has discovered ice inside the shadowed craters of Mercury	Messenger
The country which has won the Asia Cup Cricket trophy by defeating Bangladesh in the finals in Bangladesh	Pakistan
Open Government Platform, a software platform to provide enhanced public access to government data and documents, launched by Shri Kapil Sibal on 30 Mar 2012 has been jointly developed by India and	United States
According to a report by Knight Frank & Citi Private Bank., the year by which India will become the world's largest economy	2050
The Tibetan leader who has been chosen for the 2012 Templeton Prize by the US-based Templeton Foundation	Dalai Lama (original name Tenzin Gyatso)
The venue of Fourth BRICS Summit held on 29 March 2012	New Delhi
The venue of 2012 Nuclear Security Summit, India being represented by Dr. Manmohan Singh	Seoul, S. Korea
The veteran actor who has been selected for the J C Daniel Award, Kerala Government's highest film honour instituted in memory of the director of first Malayalam movie Vigathakumaran (the actor passed away on Mar 24, a day after the nomination)	Jose Prakash
The African nation which has witnessed a military coup overthrowing the government led by President Amadou Toumani Toure	Mali
The iconic Bengali actor who has been chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2011	Soumitra Chatterjee
As per the Planning Commission, the percentage of population which was below poverty line in 2009-10 (The poor being defined as ones who spend less than Rs. 28 per day in urban area and less than Rs. 22.50 in rural areas)	29.8%
The district in Bihar, which has surpassed the Chinese record of wet paddy production of 19 tonnes per hectare, by producing 22.4 tonnes of wet paddy per hectare The feat has been achieved at Darbespura panchayat in Katri Sarai block	Nalanda
The new Union Minister for Railways, who hitherto held the charge of Minister of State for Shipping	Mukul Roy
As per a report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India has become the world's largest arms importer during the period 2007-11. India's share of total global arms sales is	10%
The Indian badminton player who has won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Trophy for the second time in a row	Saina Nehwal
The venue of eighth National Film Festival being organised by Kerala State Chalchitra Academy from March 18	Ernakulam
The venue of India Aviation-2012, the 3rd edition of the premier international exhibition and conference on civil aviation being held from 14 March 2012	Hyderabad
The Tehelka mediaperson who has been chosen for Chameli Devi Jain Award 2012	Tusha Mittal
The Carnatic musician who has been chosen for Kerala Government' Swathi Puraskaram for 2012	M. Balamuralikrishna
The university whose scientists have successfully cloned world's first pashmina goat	Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural and Technological Sciences
The shawl unique to Gujarat, which has been granted the Geographical Indicator tag	Kutchi Shawl
Aahar, the high shelf life dal and roti pack to cater to the needs of the Aam Aadmi, during long journeys, nutritional feeding, catering programmes and other similar civilian applications has been developed by (the product was recently launched by Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dy Chairperson, Planning Commission)	DRDO in collaboration with BASIX and FICCI
The former Chairman of Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation, who has been chosen for this year's V Gangadharan Memorial Trust award	Verghese Kurien
With effect from 10 March 2012, the advance reservation period for booking railway tickets has been extended from 90 days to	120 days
The sanctuary in Karnataka which has been notified as India's first vulture sanctuary	Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary
The Indian NGO which has been chosen for America's first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls, for training and organizing wastepickers and eliminating child labour from recycling	Chintan (Founder Bharati Chaturvedi)
The rank of India as per a report released by Inter-Parliamentary Union, an international organisation, listing countries as per participation of women in politics	105th
The team India defeated to win the women's World Cup Kabaddi Championship held at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna from 01 - 04 Mar 2012	Iran
The Indian pair which has won the ATP Dubai Open 2012 defeating Polish pair Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the finals	Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna
The state which has become the ninth in the country to introduce e-stamping of paying non-judicial stamp duty to the government	Uttarakhand