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1 December 2012 Current Affairs
Visually-challenged Indian-American in key US post
Obama administration was appointed a visually-challenged Indian-American Sachin Dev Pavithran to a key administrative post in an independent US agency devoted for people with disabilities. Mr. Pavithran is the Program Director of the Utah Assistive Technology Program at Utah State University’s Center for Persons with Disabilities, a position he has held since 2011. So, Sachin Dev Pavithran was appointed as a Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board member by Obama.
Katy Perry honored with Billboard’s “Woman of the Year”
Pop Singer Katy Perry was honored with Billboard’s “Woman of the Year 2012” (The Star of the Women) award in New York.
China launched first high speed train in extremely cold areas
The world’s first high-speed train in areas with extremely low temperature started operation in China 01 December 2012.This train move with a speed of 350 Kmph in the areas of minus 40 degrees temperature. This is the fastest train world in this areas.
Chintan shivir to be held in Jaipur from January 18
The brainstorming session (Chintan Shivir) of Congress will be held in Jaipur between January 18 and 20 to discuss political and economic situations and seek new ideas ahead of the next Lok Sabha elections.
Lalith Babu(India), Tiviakov(Netherlands) on top in Commonwealth chess
Grandmasters M R Lalith Babu and Sergei Tiviakov scored final round victories to reach the top of the table with 9.5 points in the Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships in Chennai on 01 December 2012.Based on Progressive score Tiviakov was stood in a first place but the Commonwealth Championship goes to Lalith Babu because of Netherlands is not member of commonwealth countries.Tiviakov was awarded a cash purse of Rs 1,50,000 along with the Commonwealth International Open title, while Lalith Babu was crowned the Commonwealth Champion 2012 along with a trophy and a cash award of Rs 1,25,000.In Commonwelth Under-16 Prathyusha, who is studying in Sri Prakah Educational Institutions in Visakhapatnam got the gold medal.In the past she got gold medal in Under-10,12,14.
Dr. Dre named highest-paid musician for 2012
Hip-hop singer Dr. Dre was topped Forbes list of 25 highest-paid musicians in 2012.
2 December 2012 Current Affairs
Anna Ushenina is World women’s chess champion
Anna Ushenina of Ukraine 02 December 2012 won the women’s World Championship crown, defeating Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria in the first set of tie-break games.The Ukrainian won $60000 for her efforts in the championship and gets to play the next World championship against Yifan Hou of China next year as part of the new cycle in the women’s World championship.
Cochin airport 1st in India to use solar power for its grid
Cochin International Airport is set to become the first airport in the country to use solar power for running its utility grid system.A Kolkata-based solar module manufacturing company, Vikram Solar, would be installing a 100 kWp solar power facility at the airport situated at Nedumbassery in Cochin.
Magnus Carlsen: now the highest player in history
Magnus Carlsen has a 2855.7 rating, surpassing Kasparov’s peak of 2851. Now he’s the highest rated chess player of all time.
Menon to visit China to extend ties with new leaders
India’s formal contacts with China’s new leadership would begin when National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon visit China to hold wide ranging talks with Chinese officials over two days from December 3.Menon’s visit mainly focuses on bilateral issues during which he will also meet his Chinese counterpart on border talks, Dai Bingguo, who is set to retire March 2013.
Railways to set up wheel factory at Raebareli
Railways with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) to setup a wheel factory at Raebareli in the Congress president’s(Sonia Gandhi’s) constituency.Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Railway Minister will proposed Rs 500 crore for this project in the 2013-14 Railway Budget.
Afghanistan Taliban attack US base in Jalalabad
Taliban suicide bombers have killed four Afghan soldiers and wounded Nato troops in an attack on a joint US-Afghan airbase in eastern Afghanistan.
Scientists created most complex and realistic artificial brain which can pass IQ as well
Software engineers as well as neuroscientists at University of Waterloo, Canada claimed that they have developed a closest model of the functioning human brain, known as Spaun which is advanced enough for passing the basic IQ tests. This is the virtual brain which functions on the supercomputer and comprises of a digital eye, which can be used for visual input. It also has the robotic arm which can be used for drawing the response.The engineers as well as neuroscientists claimed that this was the most complex model of the world of human brain. Spaun or Semantic Pointer Architecture Unified Network comprises of 2.5 million simulated neurons which enables this brain to perform multiple tasks.
Jadeja creates history hitting 3rd triple ton in FC cricket
Ravindra Jadeja became first Indian and only eighth batsman in the first-class cricket history of world to score three triple-centuries in the unbeaten 320 runs against Railways in the Ranji Trophy Group A match on 2 December 2012 in Rajkot.
3 December 2012 Current Affairs
South Africa retain No.1 position in Test Cricket
South Africa retained their status as the top-ranked team in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test Championship table following their 309-run victory over Australia on 03 December 2012 in the third and final Test in Perth, which gave them a 1-0 series win.
MoU between Dhanush Academy of Technology and Management – ans Skills tech, Australia
With this agreement Indian youth can now acquire technical expertise in a variety of sectors.As part of the agreement, semi-skilled persons will undergo a three to six week certificate course in areas like construction, infrastructure, electronics and mining. The job-centric course will be recognised by Indian universities.
Ranjit Sinha is a new CBI director
Senior Indian Police Service officer Ranjit Sinha on 03 December 2012 took over as the new Central Bureau of Investigation director .A 1974-batch Bihar cadre officer, Sinha, who is also holding charge as director general Indo-Tibetan Border Police, succeeds A P Singh who retired on November 30.
Shah Rukh Khan conferred with Morocco’s Medal of Honour
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan had given the prestigious Medal of Honour by the Prince of Morocco(Moulay Rachid ) while attending the 12th Marrakech International Film Festival on 3 December 2012.
Corporate fraud rising in India: KPMG
On 3 December 2012 KPMG released a “Indian Fraud Survey 2012″, according to this survey Corporate frauds in India have increased in the past two years . The report indicated that computer-related and e-commerce frauds were the major concerns especially in the coming few years.
4 December 2012 Current Affairs
India stopped $25 million aid to Maldives over GMR tangle
India now stopped the $25 million aid to Maldives due to displeasure of India over the termination of the $500 million GMR project by Maldives.
Bangalore best Indian city to live
Bangalore ranks better than New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata amongst Indian cities in overall global quality of living index, according to a Mercer 2012 Quality of Living Survey.Bangalore’s overall quality of living rank went up from 141 in 2011 to 139 in 2012 and is highest amongst other Indian cities. While New Delhi ranks (143), Mumbai (146), Chennai (150), and Kolkata (151) in overall Quality of living.
Denmark, Finland, New Zealand at top in corruption ranking; India 94th
Denmark, Finland and New Zealand tied for the first place in watchdog Transparency International‘s 2012 index of the least corrupt countries.India is on 94th position in the Corruption Perceptions Index. (Least corrupt nations)
1. Denmark 90
1. Finland 90
1. New Zealand 90
4. Sweden 88
5. Singapore 87
94. India 36 (Most corrupt nations)
174. Afghanistan 8
174. North Korea 8
174. Somalia 8
RBI signs currency swap agreement with Bank of Japan
The Reserve Bank of India signed a bilateral swap arrangement (BSA) with the Bank of Japan to swap their local currencies for an amount of $15 billion for a three year period on 4 December 2012.The BSA will effect from 5 December 2012.The arrangement aims at addressing short-term liquidity difficulties and supplementing the existing international financial arrangements, as one of the efforts in strengthening mutual cooperation between Japan and India.
International Olympic Committee suspends India
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended India’s national Olympic committee on 4 December 2012 because of government interference in its election process.The IOC had repeatedly told the Indian body to adhere to its own constitution and the Olympic Charter and not follow the government’s sports code for this week’s elections. The IOC will not recognize the results if the elections are held under government rules.Suspension means the Indian body will stop receiving IOC funding and its officials will be banned from attending Olympic meetings and events. India’s athletes will be barred from competing in Olympic events under their national flag, although the IOC could allow them to do so under the Olympic flag.
Voyager 1 Drifts Into Unknown Region of Space
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has discovered a new layer of the solar system that scientists hadn’t known was there, researchers announced on 4 December 2012.Voyager 1 and its sister probe Voyager 2 have been traveling through space since 1977, and are close to becoming the first manmade objects to leave the solar system.Voyager 1, in particular, has entered a new region of the heliosphere that scientists are calling a “magnetic highway,” which allows charged particles from inside the heliosphere to flow outward, and particles from the galaxy outside to come in.
India is among top five terror-hit nations
The Australian think tank released The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) on 4 December 2012 ,according to this GTI ,India, Pakistan and Afghanistan were among the nations most impacted by terrorism in 2011.In 2011, the Middle East, India, Pakistan and Russia were the areas most impacted by terrorism. India’s GTI rank was 4 out of the 159 countries surveyed. While Iraq stood at number 1, Pakistan at number 2, Afghanistan at number 3 and Yemen was number 5.
Air India won Lal Bahadur Shastri tournament
Air India beat Bharat Petroleum 3-1 to emerge champion in the 23rd Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium New Delhi on 4 December 2012.
US drone captured by Iran: US rejects claims
On 4 December 2012 Iran claimed that it had aptured a small US drone that penetrated its airspace over Gulf waters, but the American navy in the region denied any of its unmanned spy planes were missing.
World’s oldest woman and tallest woman both pass away
Besse Cooper, the woman listed as the world’s oldest person was died on 4 December 2012 in a Georgia nursing home at the age of 116. Meanwhile, a Chinese woman, Yao Defen, was certified as the tallest in the world was also died.
NASA to send new rover to Mars in 2020
After Successful working of Curiosity landed in Gale Crater, Mars on 6 August 2012,NASA was announced plans to send a new robotic explorer to the the Red Planet, Mars in 2020. The announcement comes a day after Nasa released the results of the first soil tested by the Curiosity rover, which found traces of compounds like water and oxygen that are necessary for life
5 December 2012 Current Affairs
Indian wrestlers win nine gold medals in Copa Brasil tournament
The Indian wrestling contingent finished with a haul of nine gold and four bronze medals in the recent Copa Brasil-2012 tournament held in Rio from November 29 to December 2.In the freestyle event, gold medals were won by Sandeep Tomar in 55kg category, Rajneesh (60kg), Manoj Kumar (66kg), Deepak (74kg), Somveer (84kg), Parvesh Kumar (96kg) and Hitesh (120kg).Ravinder Singh (60kg) and Manoj Kumar (84kg) also won gold in the Greco-Roman category. Manoj (55kg), Deepak (66kg), Bhim Singh (96kg) and Dharmendra Dalal (120kg) won bronze medal in the Greco Roman.
Typhoon Bopha Death Toll Rises To 325; Thousands Homeless In Philippines
Bopha, the strongest typhoon hit the Philippines on 2012, had left at least 325 dead and 379 others missing.The typhoon with central winds of 115 kph and gusts of up to 145 kph was moved to west-northwest of the central Philippines on 6 December 2012.
Infosys BPO Won the Gold Award for Marketing Excellence at the ITSMA Awards 2012
Infosys BPO Ltd. had won the Gold Award for Marketing Excellence in the category of ‘Marketing with Social and Interactive Media’ at the Information Technology Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) Awards 2012. Infosys BPO received the award during the ITSMA 2012 Annual Conference: Marketing’s New Value Proposition, held at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA, USA on 5 December 2012.
Global conference on allergic diseases at Hyderabad
Nearly 1,500 delegates from around the world will gather at Hyderabad from 6 December 2012 to 9 December 2012 to discuss rise of allergic diseases as a global public health problem and exchange information on their prevention and treatment.
SC(Supreme Court) rejects Sangma’s petition against Pranab Mukherjee
The Supreme Court on 5 December 2012 was rejected former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Agitok Sangma’s petition against president Pranab Mukherjee. Sangma had filed a petition against Pranab Mukherjee alleging that the latter held office of profit while filing his nomination for Presidential election.
Chautala elected IOA president, Bhanot secretary general
Abhay Singh Chautala was on 5 December 2012 unanimously elected president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) while Lalit Bhanot became the new secretary general.
Vijay Kumar got a Scond place in ISSF rankings
London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar got the 2nd rank in the men`s 25-metre rapid fire pistol category in the latest list issued by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).Vijay has 2,665 points compared to top-ranked Pupo Leuris`s 3,364 . Leuris won the gold in London.
Kobe Bryant becomes youngest in NBA history to score 30,000 points
Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant become the youngest player to score 30,000 NBA (basketball) career points during the first half of game against the New Orleans Hornets on 5 December 2012.
6 December 2012 Current Affairs
Obama is world’s most powerful person; Sonia, Manmohan in top 20
On 6 December 2012 Forbes Magazine released the most powerful persons list in the world. In that list AICC President Sonia Gandhi got the 12th place and Prime Minister of India Man Mohan Singh got the 20th place.As usually this year also American President Barack Obama got 1st place. German chancellor Angela Merkel got the 2nd place. The list also includes Russian President Vladimir Putin at number three, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (4), Richest Person in India Mukesh Ambani (37).
World most sexiest Asian woman:Priyanka Chopra
Eastern Eye weekly magazine coducted a servey for world most sexiest Asian woman .According to this servey Priyanka Chsopra is the most sexist Asian woman in the world and Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif stood in 2nd and 3rd places respactively.
Heart protection with Smart Phone
Jems Haythers ,scholer in university of Sydney developed a one smart phone application to easily observe the heart beat of a patient round the clock.In general doctors fix the electrodes on the chest of a patient and they observe thre heart beat of the patient But using this smart phone application doctors fix a small sensors to the patients fingure and correlating it the smart phone.
DRDO scientist gets top award
Brajnish Sitara scientist from Research Centre Imarat(RCI), a premier laboratory of DRDO’s missile complex was conferred with INAE(Indian National Academy of Engineering)Young Engineer Award for 2012 at the academy’s annual conventionheld at Roorkee on 6 December 2012.This award was given to Brajnish Sitara for his innovative applications of Engineering and contributions towards navigation sciences and aerospace engineering.
GAAR Committee Chairman Parthasarathy Shome appointed adviser to Finance Minister of India
The government of India appointed tax expert Parthasarthi Shome as adviser to Finance Minister P Chidambaram with minister of state rank, sending a strong signal that tax reforms may top its economic agenda in the remainder of the UPA government’s second term.
7 December 2012 Current Affairs
Ajit Pawar sworn-in as Maharashtra deputy CM, once again
Ajith Pawar had resigned on 25 October 2012 after media reports alleged he had arbitrarily awarded irrigation contracts worth over Rs20,000 crore when he was state’s irrigation minister during 1999-2009.Ajith Pawar sworn-in as Maharashtra deputy chief minister on 7 December 2012 after getting the “clean chit” from the government on corruption in irrigation projects.
TANA conference at Dallas
The 19th TANA Convention will be held at Dallas Convention Center from May 24th – 26th, 2013.This was unanimously decided by Telugu committee of Dallas and Board members of TANA.
Powerful earthquake in Japan
The powerful earthquake had occurred in Japan on 7 December 2012.The magnitude of this earthquake was recorded as 7.3. This earthquake had occurred in 240 km beyond the Miyagi coast in the Pacific Oceanin a depth of 10m. But there were no deaths or serious damage.
Hot spots for world’s more powerful earthquakes revealed
The locations of where the world’s largest earthquakes are most likely to take place had pinpointed with greater accuracy than ever before, by researchers from the University of Sydney.The coasts of Southern Chile and Peru, Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, and several regions along the eastern Eurasian coastline, are some of the regions prone to great earthquakes.The 87 percent of the 15 largest (8.6 magnitude or higher) and half of the 50 largest (8.4 magnitude or higher) earthquakes of the past century are associated with areas of intersection between oceanic fracture zones and subduction zones.
Microsoft launches 14 innovation centres in India
Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd had launched 14 Microsoft Innovation Centres (MICs) in India. It has signed agreements with leading academic institutions across four States.As part of the global programme, which currently has 75 MICs, Microsoft aims to launch a 100 such centres in India in the next two years. The first 14 innovation centres proposed to be set up are in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Khammam, Bapatla,Guntur and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Coimbatore, Madurai and Salem in Tamil Nadu.
8 December 2012 Current Affairs
UN Climate Conference Extends Kyoto Protocol
Nearly 200 countries that took part in United Nations climate talks in Doha had agreed to extend the Kyoto Protocol through 2020. The 1997 agreement, which requires industrialized nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, had been set to expire on 31 December 2012.
New gel may prevent and protect against HIV transmission
Researchers led by Dereuddre-Bosquet from the European Combined Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Microbicides (CHAARM) Consortium describe the gel’s key ingredient, which are small peptides engineered to present a decoy to bind up the virus and prevent it from entering and infecting the body cells.Because this is a gel it can be topically applied and could represent a powerful preventative agent against sexual transmission of HIV.Bosquet and colleagues engineered peptides named ‘miniCD4s’ because they mimic the CD4 receptor used by HIV to gain entry into immune cells of the body.
Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal visits Gaza
Palestinian militant organization Hamas Politburo chief Khaled Meshaal visited the Gaza after 37 years. Meshaal in-exile came from Egypt to Gaza on 7 December 2012 to participate in the Hamas company’s 25 th anniversary.This is the first time he is coming to Gaza as well as the forefront of the territory of Palestine since 1975.
Apollo Hospitals launched tele-medical service in Myanmar
To effectively use information technology for healthcare, India’s Apollo Group of Hospitals had launched its tele-medicine service in Myanmar’s former capital Yangon.With this facility, people of Myanmar can consult Indian doctors and access quality treatment and medical technology without coming to India.
Amitabh Bachchan attends Italy’s River to River Film Festival
Amitabh Bachchan had attended Italy’s River to River Film Festival in Florence.The event honoured Bachchan by screening cinema projects including Sholay, Deewar and Black.The festival runs in Florence from December 7 to 13, before transferring to Rome between December 14 and 16.
9 December 2012 Current Affairs
Poland to host UN Climate Conference in 2013
Poland will host the next round of UN climate talks in 2013.The decision to hold the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Warsaw, capital of Poland, in 2013 was adopted by negotiators from over 190 countries in the capital of Qatar, Doha, at the 18th session of the COP.
Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, passes away
British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore on 9 December 2012 in Selsey, West Sussex.Sir Patrick presented the BBC programme The Sky At Night for over 50 years, making him the longest-running host of the same television show ever.
Rajan and Sajan Mishra to get ‘National Tansen Samman’
Noted vocalist duo of Rajan and Sajan Mishra will be awarded prestigious ‘National Tansen Samman’ for year 2011-12 for their contribution to Hindustani classical music.The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh and a citation, will be conferred upon the exponents of Benaras Gharana (school of classical music) at a function to be held Gwalior on 14 December 2012.
Contact lens that can receive your text messages
Scientists had developed a new technology that allows electronic messages sent from mobile phones to be directly projected on to contact lens placed in the recipient’s eyes.The technology, developed by Belgian researchers, allows information such as text messages from a mobile phone to the contact lenses.
Rich Gulf Families Own Wealth Worth USD 1.2 Trillion
According to the ‘ KFH-Research’ report said one million wealthy families in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries own investment assets worth about USD 1.2 trillion.The report about wealth and funds management said that the world’s population of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) grew by a marginal 0.8 per cent year on year to 11 million in 2011. This pace was sluggish compared to growth rates of 17.1 per cent in 2009 and 8.3 per cent in 2010
10 December 2012 Current Affairs
India, Ukraine sign five pacts to boost ties
India and Ukraine on 10 December 2012 signed on five agreements in New Delhi to enhance cooperation including in areas of defence, Nuclear, Science and Technology and also to remove barriers in trade and commerce. The agreements were signed during the visit of Ukraine President Victor Yanukovich.
Ex-Bangladesh President passes away
Former Bangladeshi President and Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) leader Iajuddin Ahmed passed away 10 December 2012. Iajuddin Ahmed was the 13th president of Bangladeshserving from Sept. 6, 2002 until Feb. 12, 2009.
Lionel Messi breaks Gerd Muller’s record for most goals in a calendar year
Barcelona’s soccer player Lionel Messi has set the record for most goals in a calendar year by scoring his 86th goal of 2012.The earlier record was made by German soccer player Gerd Mueller who had scored 85 goals in 1972 which included 72 goals for his club Bayern Munich and 13 for his country West Germany.Messi broke the Gerd Mueller record with two goals in a 2-1 win over Real Betis on 9 December 2012.
Zardari announces grant for girls’ education worldwide
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on 10 December 2012 announced a $10-million donation for a global war chest to educate all girls by 2015 set up in the name of Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education.
BEL, Israel’s IAI ink MoU on naval missiles
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for cooperation on future Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM) ship-defence systems on 5 December 2012.
Russia delivers three upgraded MiG-29 fighter jets to India
Russia on 10 December 2012 delivered the first three upgraded MiG-29UPG fighter jets to India under a USD 900 million contract to modernise the ageing fleet of MiG-29 aircraft with the IAF.
India Economy Would Dominate the Economy of the World by 2030
US intelligence counsel was released report on 10 December 2012 declared that India would straddle international commerce and will also dominate the economy of the whole world by 2030.
Bihar received the Silver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012 for its public grievance redressal website
Bihar received the Silver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012 for its public grievance redressal website on 10 December 2012.The award was presented to S. Siddharth, Bihar’s secretary of urban development and public grievances in New Delhi by Kapil Sibbal, Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology
UN, Pakistan Launch ‘Malala Fund for Girls’ Education’
Pakistan joined forces with the United Nations on 10 December 2012 to launch a fund aimed at boosting girls’ education throughout the world.The fund is named for Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot and wounded by the Pakistani Taliban in October for speaking out against the militant group and in favor of the right of girls’ to attend school.
11 December 2012 Current Affairs
India in 3rd place in ICC’s T20 rankings
India were placed at number three position while Suresh Raina was the only batsman in the top-10 in the latest ICC Twenty20 rankings released in Dubai on 11 December 2012.India have 120 points to top ranked Sri Lanka’s 127 and second placed West Indies’ 122.
NIIT in pact with Ireland institute for digital marketing course
NIIT tied-up with Ireland’s Digital Marketing Institute (DMI)on 11 December 2012 .The aim of NIIT was to train 25,000 students over the next three years in the digital marketing course.
Vijay Kumar appointed Senior Security Adviser in Home Ministry
The Union government had appointed the former Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force, K. Vijay Kumar, as Senior Security Adviser in the Home Ministry where he will advise on security and development in the Naxal-affected States.
Former Ranji cricketer B B Nimbalkar dead
Former Ranji cricketer B B Nimbalkar was passes away on 11 December 2012. BB Nimbalkar, who made an unbeaten 443 runs for Maharashtra against Kathiawar in a Ranji Trophy match in 1948-49. Yet this is the India’s highest scorer in first-class cricket. In Overall it was the fourth-best score on the international first-class cricket.
Aishwarya, Prathima clinch gold medal in the Canara Bank National tenpin bowling championship
Karnataka’s Aishwarya and Prathima clinch gold medal in the Canara Bank National tenpin bowling championship in the women’s doubles division in Bangalore at the Blu-O on 11 December 2012. This is Prathima’s fifth consecutive women’s doubles gold in national championships.
Stephen Hawking, CERN Scientists Win Awards From Yuri Milner Foundation
A Russian billionaire’s foundation was awarded two special prizes of $3 million each to British cosmologist Stephen Hawking for his work on black holes and to seven scientists at the world’s biggest atom-smasher for their roles in the discovery of a new subatomic particle believed to be the long-sought Higgs boson.Yuri Milner’s Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation announced the awards on 11 December 2012.Hawking is honored for his discovery of Hawking radiation from black holes “and his deep contributions to quantum gravity and quantum aspects of the early universe.”
Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away
Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar, whose mastery over the sitar helped rejuvenate the classical instrumental tradition in India and popularise Indian music in the West through concerts and collaborations with well known artists, died in San Diego, U.S., on 11 December 2012.
Indians ‘Largest ethnic Minority Group in UK’
On 11 December According to the 2011 Britain population census record Indians are the largest ethnic minority group in the UK.With 1.5 percent of the Hindu religion became a third-largest religion in the nation’s .In England and Wales in the immigrant population has reached 3 million to 7.5 million in the past decade . In London 2001 White britisars 4.3 million are restricted to 3.7 percent in 2011 .Islam will also be identified as the fastest-growing faith, with more than two million Muslims, it added.The Christian population in the country is also a drop in the statistics.. The Muslim community population in the country’s fastest growing increased by 3 percent to 4.8 .
Seven Milky Way Planets that could Harbour Life Discovered
New York Scientists have been discovered Seven planets in the Milky Way outside our solar system that could potentially harbour life and researchers from an ambitious project to catalogue all habitable worlds claim.Simplistically, bigger gas giants orbiting variable stars are less likely to host life than smaller, rocky planets near stable stars.
Tata Group Developed new ” Artillery Gun “
On 11 December In a step towards developing the indigenous private sector defence industry, the Tata group has created a new Artillery Gun .The Tata group have requested the Army to provide its ranges and ammunition to us for engineering firing of the howitzer.One prototype of the howitzer has been produced by the company so far and around 50-55 per cent of its content is indigenous.The 155mm 52 calibre gun developed by the Tata group is likely to have a strike range of 52 kms, which would probably be the longest in the Indian inventory.
Cell Phone Connections to exceed the World Population by 2014
The International Telecommunications Communication Union (ITU) to be designed and released “Information Society 2012 – Observe “ report on 11 December ..According to the report number of cell phone connections exceeding the world’s population by 2014.. Now 6 billion (hundreds of millions) cell phone connections they will reach 730 Millions by 2014 .Then the world’s population is 700 crore.Already in Russia 1.8 times cell phone accounts more than 25 million people .
12 December
2012 Current Affairs
India Successfully test fired Agni-I Ballistic Missile
India on 12 December 2012 successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast. Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which is capable of carrying payloads up to 1000 kg and destroy the targets at a distance of 700 km.
Singapore parliament speaker resigns over extramarital affair
Singapore’s parliament speaker Michael Palmer announced his resignation on 12 December 2012 over an extramarital affair with a staff member of the People’s Association, a statutory body leading efforts to reach out to members of the public.
Third World Cup kabaddi to be held at Vijaywada
Vijaywada will host the third World Cup of kabaddi, schedule from March 27 to 31 in 2013.In this event 20 countries will be participated.
First CM of Uttarakhand Nityanand Swami passes away
The first Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Nityanand Swami died at Dehra Dun on 12 December 2012.He worked as a first Chief Minister of Uttarakhand after dividing it from Uttar Pradesh in 2000.
P.C. Ghose sworn in Chief Justice
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose was sworn in Chief Justice of the AP High Court by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on 12 December 2012. He started his practice in 1976 at the High Court of Calcutta and was elevated as judge of the court in 1997. He led the State Legal services authorities of West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Chief Justice Ghose was the Chairman of Institutional Ethics Committee of National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata.
UN Security Council condemns North Korea rocket launch
The UN Security Council had condemned North Korea for launching a rocket on 12 December 2012 in defiance of a UN ban. The US and its allies view the launch as a disguised test of ballistic missile technology. North Korea says its aim was to launch a satellite. North Korea was banned by the UN from ballistic missile tests after nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.
India, USA open solar research center
India and the United States have opened SERIIUS or the Solar Energy Research Institute in Mumbai to encourage collaboration between academia and industry of both countries. India’s Department of Science and Technology and the US Department of Energy have each committed US$25 million over a period of five years to operate SERIIUS while 30 Indian and U.S. companies will contribute another US$25 million.
Vinod Rai re-elected as Chair of UN auditors panel
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Vinod Rai was re-elected Chair of the (UN) Panel for the year 2013, while the CAG of the United Kingdom, Amyas Morse, was re-elected the vice-chair of the Panel
Maruti Suzuki Ertiga awarded “Family Car Of The Year 2012″
Maruti Suzuki Ertiga has been conferred with coveted “Family Car of the Year 2012″ award by country’s leading automobile publication, BBC TopGear India. With its 3-row seating configuration in a compact overall design, the Ertiga has been chosen for the title for creating an altogether new “compact MPV” segment in the automobile industry.
Former Chief Justice P N Bhagwati “My Tryst with Justice ” Book Released
On 12 December President Pranab Mukherjee released a book “My Tryst with Justice ” which was written by Former Chief Justice P N Bhagwati .The book would be a prized possession for every Indian who wants to make a difference to the world and who aspires for a world more just, he added.
13 December 2012 Current Affairs
Grammy Lifetime Achievement award for Ravi Shankar
Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar will be honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously.He becomes the first Indian to get the prestigious award, which will be presented on February 10 at the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.The decision to honour Ravi Shankar, a three-time Grammy winner, was made before his death.
Scientists discover mini Nile river on Saturn’s moon Titan
Nasa scientists had spotted the longest extraterrestrial river system ever – on Saturn’s moon Titan – and it appears to be a miniature version of Earth’s Nile river.
Nationwide mobile number portability by Feb 2013
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal announced on 13 December 2012 that the nationwide mobile number portability (MNP) is expected to be rolled out by February 2013, which will allow users to retain their numbers even if they move from one state to another.
India clinches World Cup
India won the first T20 world cup for the Blind .In the final on 13 December 2012 India defeated the Pakistan by 29-runs.
68% turnout in phase-I Gujarat polls
A record 68 per cent voting was registered in the first phase of polling in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections on 13 December 2012. The polling percentage is the highest in the elections held so far in Gujarat. The highest polling recorded earlier was 63.70 per cent in 1967.
Staff Selection Commission to notify over one lakh jobs
In a massive recruitment drive, the Staff Selection Commission will notify more than one lakh jobs in 2013-2014 and expects to complete the process of recruitment by September 2013.The recruitment process will cover the departments of Income-Tax, Central Excise, Food Corporation of India, AIR and Doordarshan apart from notifying jobs for Central Paramilitary establishments. The notification for vacancies will shortly be issued.
Usha Thorat Committee for NBFCs
India’s majority of Non-Banking Finance companies (NBFCs) may be freed from the regulatory clutches provided Reserve Bank of India (RBI) implements one of the recommendations made by Usha Thorat Committee. which suggested maintaining a minimum asset size of more than Rs 50 crore along with a net owned fund of Rs 2 crore; for registering any new NBFC.The committee had submitted its recommendations to RBI. The working group was constituted to review the existing regulatory and supervisory framework of NBFCs with special focus on the risks in the sector.Currently, those recommendations are under RBI’s consideration.
Chandrashekhar Committee to Frame Rules for Foreign Investors
On 13 December The market regulator Sebi has appointed a committee under ex-Cabinet secretary K M Chandrashekhar to frame a single set of guidelines for all types of foreign investors.The committee will suggest ways to simplify the investment process for all overseas entities like foreign institutional investors, foreign venture capital investors (FVCIs), qualified financial ,institutional investors (QFIs) among others, and also to strengthen surveillance over them.
14 December 2012 Current Affairs
Barcode co-inventor Norman Joseph Woodland died
Norman Joseph Woodland, who co-created the barcode, was died on 9 December 2012 in New Jersey at the age of 91.
Twin NASA spacecraft prepare to crash into moon
Twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft that have allowed scientists to learn more about the internal structure and composition of the moon are being prepared for their controlled descent and impact on a mountain near the moon’s north pole at about 2:28 p.m. PST (5:28 p.m. EST) Monday, Dec. 17.
Mumbai among world’s ‘dirtiest’ cities: TripAdvisor survey
India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, was named among the world’s ‘dirtiest’ cities, ranking last in the “cleanest streets” category, a global survey of 40 key tourist cities has found.According to TripAdvisor’s Cities Survey, Tokyo grabbed the first place while Mumbai ranked last in the list of “cleanest streets”. Similarly in the category of “ease of getting around”, Mumbai ranked at the last position while Zurich stood at first place.
IOC retains top slot in Fortune 500 India list
Government owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is ranked as the largest company in terms of revenue, the Fortune 500 list of Indian companies for 2012 . In this list Indian Oil Corporation got the first place with a full-year revenue of Rs 4,202 billion, Reliance Industries Limited got the second place with a full-year revenue of Rs 3,675 billion and Bharat Petroleum Corporation got the third place with a full -year revenue of Rs 2,148 billion
New Visa Agreement between India and Pakistan
Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, Home Minister of India and Mr. A.
Rehman Malik, Pakistan Interior Minister jointly operationalized
the new Visa Agreement between India and Pakistan on 14th December,
2012 at New Delhi. However, the Visa-on-Arrival will come into
effect from 15th January, 2013 and the Group Tourist Visa from 15th
March, 2013. Main features of the India-Pakistan new Visa Agreement
are as follows : Visitor Visa
• Places of visit allowable increased from three to five
places
• In exceptional cases visitor visa for one year could be issued in
the past. Now provision made for issue of visa upto two years in
following cases:
a.Persons above 65 years of age
b.National of one country married to national of the other
country.
c. Children below 12 years accompanying parents in (b) above
Visa on Arrival can be granted at Attari/Wagah check-post to
persons more than 65 years of age for 45 days with single entry
(effective from 15th January, 2013).
Business Visa
Exemption from Police Reporting for Business visa granted to
businessmen with an annual income above Pak Rs. 5 million or
equivalent or annual turnover above Pak Rs. 30 million or
equivalent.
Group Tourist Visa
• Group Tourist Visa for 30 days may be issued for travel in
groups, with not less than 10 members and not more than 50 members
in each group, organized by approved tour operators/travel agents
(effective from 15thMarch, 2013).
World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12)
The First ever World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) from 3 -14 December held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The conference reviewed the current International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs).The 193 member states of the ambassadors are attended this conference.While 89 states have signed the UN International Telecommunications agreement and another 55 countries have refused the deal.The new agreement will come into effect in January 2015.The new agreement will give countries a right to access international telecommunications services and the ability to block spam, which delegations declining to sign the amended text argued would pave the way for government censorship and control over the internet.
15 December
2012 Current Affairs
India won the World Cup Kabaddi Tournament 2012
India won the 3rd World Cup Kabaddi Tournament for the third consecutive time in the Men’s category and second consecutive time in the Women’s category on15 December 2012. Indian men defeated the Pakistan and India Women defeated the Malaysia in the finals held at the Guru Nanak Dev Stadium in Ludhiana.
Sonia Gandhi launches “Delhi Annshri Yojna”
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was launched a major food security programme of Delhi Government “Delhi Annshri Yojna” on 15 December 2012.under which a monthly cash subsidy of Rs. 600 will be transferred directly into Aadhaar-linked bank accounts of the senior-most female members of two lakh poor families.
Jeev honoured with Asia Pacific Lifetime Achievement Award
Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh (in pic) won the Asia Pacific Lifetime Achievement award along with Jack Nicklaus and Colin Montgomerie on 15 December 2012.
Naina Lal Kidwai becomes first woman President of FICCI
Country Head of HSBC India, Naina Lal Kidwai, took over as President of FICCI on 15 December 2012. She become the first woman to head the leading industry body.
The Cyclone struck Samoa
The Cyclone struck Samoa on 13 December 2012 leaving at least 2 dead and 3,000 homeless.
Foreign exchange reserves rise by $484.2 million to $295 billion
India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $484.2 million to reach $294.99 billion in the week ended December 7 on the back of increase in the core currency assets, the Reserve Bank said on 15 December 2012.
Humpy won the bronze medal in World mind-games
World No. 2 Koneru Humpy won bronze medal in the World mind-games.The four players tied with five points each at the end of seven rounds. In the tie-break, Lahano won the gold, Yifan silver and Humpy the bronze.
India, Sri Lanka, Maldives to ink trilateral cooperation on maritime issues
India, Sri Lanka and Maldives will soon sign a trilateral agreement on maritime cooperation to pool resources and share data in the region for better control over the territorial waters, and detect suspicious movements.
India-Malaysia bilateral trade seen rising to $15 billion by 2015
India-Malaysia bilateral trade is expected to touch $15 billion by 2015, according to Mr Shah Nizam Ahmed, Consul (Trade), Consulate General of Malaysia.Malaysia wants to develop direct trade with India and other Asian countries. Currently, India is Malaysia’s largest trading partner among countries of the South, excluding ASEAN nations and China, he told a meeting organised by the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Hyderabad on 12 December 2012.
Rita Singh elected Federation of Indian Associations president
Rita Singh, an Indian American businesswoman from Bihar with close connections to Bollywood, was elected the first woman president of Chicago-based Federation of Indian Associations (FIA).
Indians now Live Longer but in Poor Health in Old Age
According to the the prestigious British medical journal, ‘The Lancet ‘ report the life expectancy (LE) at birth of an average Indian male has gone up by 15 years between 1970 and 2010, while that of an Indian woman by 18 years.An average Indian man can expect to live for as long as 63 years, while an Indian woman can live 4.5 years longer than her male counterpart.An Indian male can claim to be in good health till he reaches the age of 54.6 years, and is expected to spend the last nine years of his life suffering from various ailments.An average Chinese male is living 10 years longer than an Indian male, while a Chinese woman is living 11.5 years longer than her Indian counterpart. An average American lives nearly 13 years longer than an Indian.
16 December
2012 Current Affairs
China claims all titles at junior World TT Championship
China completed a clean sweep of titles at the Volkswagen 2012 World Junior Table Tennis Championships after winning the girls and boys trophies in Hyderabad on16 December 2012.
HIL(Hockey India League) auctions: Sardar commands best price
The Indian skipper Sardar Singh commanded the best price of $78,000 from the Delhi franchisee as the players came under the hammer in the Hockey India League auction in New Delhi on 15 December 2012.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Lieberman Formally Submits Resignation
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman formally submitted his resignation on 16 December 2012 due to a pending indictment against him for fraud and breach of trust.Under Israeli law, the resignation takes effect in 48 hours, after which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will become the country’s acting foreign minister.
Japan’s new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
The former Prime Minister and the Leader of LDP Shinzo Abe elected as a Prime Minister with a clear victory over the Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party of Japan(DPJ) Yoshihiko Noda in the general elections of Japan on 16 December 2012.
Pak Minister Rehman Malik Visited India
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik visited India from 14th to 16th December .During the visit he met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and both nations signed on new visa agreement.
Federer & Nicola named ” Swiss Athlete’s of the Year 2012 “
Tennis star Roger Federer was named Swiss male athlete of the year at the 2012 Credit Suisse Sports Awards on 16 December in Zurich.Federer received the honour for the fifth time. Earlier in 2012, Federer had grabbed the 17th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon Championships, London.The female Athlete of the year was Nicola Spirig, the Olympic triathlon champion of Switzerland.
Indian Journalist’s Association honoured Sir Charles Wheeler
On 16 December Indian Journalists Association has conferredits Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012 posthumously to former BBC correspondent Sir Charles Wheeler.IJA, established in 1947 and one of the world”s most durable and successful foreign correspondents” bodies, institutedan annual lifetime achievement award three years ago.
Japan Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda Resigned
On 16 December Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda resigned from his post to take responsibility for his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) defeat in Lower House Election .He was formally appointed by the Emperor on 2 September 2011.
17 December 2012 Current Affairs
India and England retain their spots in ICC Test Rankings
Despite losing to England 1-2 in the home Test series, India retained their number five position as per the latest ICC Test Championship rankings issued on 17 December 2012.India, however, dropped a ratings point to 105, and are now four-points behind Pakistan who are placed at the fourth position.England, on the other hand, consolidated their number two slot by adding a point after drawing the final Test at Nagpur, thereby winning a Test series in India after a long gap of 28 years.England now stand just five points behind leaders South Africa who are at 123 points.Australia are positioned at number three in the rankings.
Sharad Pawar Agriculture Minister releases book “For the Grains” written by KV Thomas
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar 17 December 2012 released a book titled ‘For the Grains’ at a function in New Delhi. The book written by Food Minister K V Thomas is a compilation of 37 speeches delivered by him in recent years.
8,462 posts vacant in All India Radio in different categories
There are nearly 8,500 vacancies in different categories in All India Radio (AIR), the Rajya Sabha was on 17 December 2012.Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said of the 8,462 vacancies, 1,314 are Group A posts while there are 1,596 Group B posts, 3,618 Group C and 1,934 group D posts.
IHF Trophy handball: India clinches titles
India clinched both the men’s and women’s titles defeating Pakistan and Bangladesh respectively in the IHF(International Handball Federation)Trophy handball tournament in Kathmandu.
India Developed Indigenous Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Vaccine
Bollywood actress and former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, has received the second highest French civilian award “Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters” from French government for her contribution in promoting Indo-French cooperation in Cinema , in Mumbai on 1st November 2012.
Amid surplus availability of milk powder in the country, the government is likely to decide on 1st November 2012 on lifting ban on export of milk products, especially whole milk powder, dairy whitener and infant milk foods.
Thomas Cook (India), the integrated travel and travel-related financial services company on 1 November 2012 launched prepaid foreign exchange borderless prepaid card in collaboration with MasterCard Worldwide, a global payments and technology company.
China has invited India’s “missile man” and former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam to teach at the prestigious Peking University.
The Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari released a collection of writing and works -Granthavali of late Dr Dineshnandini Dalmia in New Delhi on 2nd November 2012.
Hironmoy Chatterjee, Secretary of the Bengal Tennis Association on 2nd November 2012 was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The All India Tennis Association (AITA).
K. Yerran Naidu, Telugu Desam Party’s senior leader and former union minister for rural development died in a car accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district on 2nd November 2012.
Former RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan appointed as executive director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
National Education & Human Resource Development Organization has awarded “Top Class Brand Award 2012 – 2013″ to Shoppers Stop Ltd on 3rd November 2012.
The US was inducted as a sixth dialogue partner in the 20-nation Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) grouping on 3rd November 2012.The ministers of countries which are members of IOR-ARC decided unanimously to give the US the same status that they had earlier accorded to the United Kingdom, France, Egypt and Japan.
Veteran BJP leader and former governor of Gujarat and Rajasthan Kailashpati Mishra died in Patna on 3rd November 2012.
The sixth conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians begins in Islamabad on 4th November 2012.From India, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Professor P. J. Kurien among various parliamentarians are attended the conference.In this conference they discussed the role of women parliamentarians for social justice and the strengthening of democracy in South Asia.
The G20 summit was held in Mexico on 4th November 2012.In this the Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the India’s economy should grow by 5.5 percent to 6.0 percentin the year 2012 and return to 7 percent growth in 2013.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna clinched the Paris Masters, their second title of the year, after scoring a hard-fought win over Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in Paries on 4th November 2012.
Dinesh Reddy has been elected the new president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) on 5th November 2012.
The Sikkim Government has launched a Rs 211.20 crore ‘social housing’ project namely “Chief Minister’s Rural Housing Mission”(CMRHM) on 5th November 2012 to become a first state to provide ‘pucca houses’ to all citizens.
India has signed a 320-million dollar loan agreement with the World Bank for road projects in Assam on 5th November 2012.
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh awards for the years 2005 to Bhubaneswar-based the People’s Forum. Govind Patnaik, on behalf of People’s Forum, Bhubaneswar, at a function, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on November 05, 2012.
The Odisha government is believed to have slapped a fine of about Rs 6,000 crore on Tata Steel for its alleged involvement in “illegal and excess mining” at its captive mines.
Iron Lady from Manipur, Irom Sharmila on 5 November 2012 completed 12 years of her fast demanding cancellation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA). She blames AFPSA as the main cause for violence in the state of Manipur and other parts of Northeastern India.
The National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (NADDP) suspended all the 11 athletes for two years, who were tested positive with methylhexaneamine (MHA) in the run-up of the last Commonwealth Games.The suspended 11 athletes are :Two athletes, Saurabh Vij and Akash Antil; Six wrestlers, all of them internationals, Arjuna awardee Rajeev Tomar, Joginder Singh, Sumit Sehrawat, Rahul Maan, Gursharanpreet Kaur and Khatri; and three swimmers, Amar Muralidharan, Jyotsana Pansare and Richa
Miniature gold fountain pens made by K.V. Ramana Murthy of Ratnam Ball Pen Works have secured a place in the India Book of Records on 6th November 2012.
Pakistan won the Second Asia Kabaddia Championship 2012 against India on 6th November 2012.
Canadian firms will soon be able export uranium and nuclear reactors to India for the first time in almost four decades, as the result of an agreement reached between the two countries on 6th November 2012.
India are in the running to host the 2015 World Wrestling Championship ahead of the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Barack Obama was re-elected as President of US on 7th October 2012.
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of United Kingdom, Mr. William Hague will be on a four day official visit to India from 7th November 2012.During his visit Mr. Hague will discuss bilateral, regional and International issues of mutual interest with External Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid in New Delhi.
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar inaugurated the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), which will provide education in food technology and management, at Kundali in Haryana on 7th November 2012.
Tulsi Gabbard is the first Hindu-American entered into the US House of Representatives, winning her Hawaii seat in November 2012 elections.
Gaganjeet Bhullar, 24, became the youngest Indian to make it to the elite group of the world’s top-100 players in the latest rankings.
Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi will host the 2019 Asian Games.
India won four medals on the opening day of the 14th Asian Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships at Yangon, Myanmar, on 8th November 2012.Santa won a bronze in snatch with a lift of 95 kg before securing a gold each in clean and jerk and total lift with efforts of 126 kg and 221 kg respectively. The other medal of the day for the Indians was won by Chandrika Tarafdar in youth girls’ 44 kg category. She won a silver with a total lift of 132 kg.
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 occurred in San Marcos at Guatemalans on 8th November 2012.
Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, visited the India from November 4th to 9th, during his visit India and Canada signed several agreements including Civil Nuclear Deal, Social Security Agreement, a Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Information Technology and electronics and an agreement to boost bilateral cooperation in Defense Science and Technology.
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Mahatma Gandhi grandson Shanti Gandhi elected to a State Assembly in the United States from Kansas’s 52nd Assembly District as a Republican Party candidate during the general elections held on 6 November 2012.
President Pranab Mukherjee launches the Akash-2 tablet on the occasion of World Education Day in New Delhi on 11th November 2012.
Israel was drawn into the fighting in neighboring Syria for the first time on 11th November 2012, firing warning shots across the border after an errant mortar shell landed near an Israeli military installation in the Golan Heights.
A strong earthquake with magnitude of 6.8 hit the Myanmar on 11th November 2012 .
Freedom fighter and former Andhra Pradesh minister Ch V P Murthy Raju passed away in West Godavari district on 12th November 2012.Raju had been MLA for six terms and served as a minister when late P V Narasimha Rao was Chief Minister.
India and Afghanistan signed four agreements to cooperate in areas of social welfare, fertilizer, coal mining and youth affairs on 12th November 2012
Dr Chavan has won the WISE Prize, which has been likened to a “Nobel prize for education”.The award, announced on 13 November,2012 at the WISE summit in Qatar, recognises his education work in the slums of Mumbai.
Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh In New Delhi on 14 November,2012 during his 6 day visit to India.She then visited Shantivan to pay tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru.Later in the day, she will deliver the Nehru Memorial Lecture on the occasion of the former PM’s birth anniversary.
China elects new President
A 76-carat flawless diamond from India’s famous Golconda mines broke world record by fetching a whooping 16.9 million euros (Rs 1,18,16,98,700) at an auction in Geneva on 14 November 2012.
According to the WHO report India is the world No. 1 in Diabetic patients. By the end of 2009 world having the 34.7 crore Diabetic patients but India having the highest number of 5.8 crore Diabetic patients. India followed by China(4.3 crore),America(2.6 crore), Russia(one crore) and Brazil(76 lakhs) countries.
A team of mechanical engineering and materials scientists from Rice University and MIT has created special nanomaterials that were able to stop bullets in the lab. The type of material, called a structured polymer composite, can actually self-assemble into alternating glassy and rubbery layers.
India’s former defence minister and Planning Commission deputy chairman Krishna Chandra Pant died on 15 November 2012.Pant was India’s defence minister between 1987 and 1989, when the Congress party was in power under then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
A team of mechanical engineering and materials scientists from Rice University and MIT has created special nanomaterials that were able to stop bullets in the lab. The type of material, called a structured polymer composite, can actually self-assemble into alternating glassy and rubbery layers.
Rahul Gandhi has Appointed Head of INC Coordination Panel for 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
International news agencies on 15 November 2012 decided to boycott the high-profile Test series between India and England which began in Ahmedabad to protest against the restrictions imposed by the BCCI on some photo agencies covering the tour.
Lance Armstrong’s cancer charity removed the former cycling champion Lance Armstrong’s name from its title. The Lance Armstrong Foundation now officially known as the Livestrong Foundation.
‘Bitter Seeds’, a documentary film produced by US-based filmmaker Micha Peled on the agrarian crisis of cotton growers and their plight, is being shown in Vidarbha region. “Every 30 minutes, a farmer in the country kills himself in despair because he no longer can provide for his family. The film has won 18 international awards.
An Indian-American physician from California became only the third person of Indian-origin to be elected to the US House of Representatives by defeating Republican Dan Lungren with just 184 votes lead.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal retained her third place in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s rankings released on 16 November,2012.
The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari presented the Moortidevi Award for 2010 to eminent Urdu scholar Gopi Chand Narang for his outstanding work on Urdu Ghazal aur Hindustani Zehan wa Tehzeeb at a function organized by Bhartiya Jnanpith.
Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray died in Mumbai on 17 November 2012.
Chinese movie ‘11 Flowers’, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai has won the prestigious NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) award at the 18th Kolkata International Film festival (KIFF), which ended on 17 November 2012.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Cambodian capital Phnom Penh on 18 November 2012 to attend the ASEAN and East Asia Summits.
Barack Obama became the first American president visited the Myanmar. He visited the Myanmar on 18 November 2012 and then went to Cambodia to attend the ASEAN and East Asia Summits.
Asian under-10 girls chess champion Nuthaki Priyanka bagged the world youth chess championship at Maribor, Slovenia on 18 November 2012. She completed with 9.5 points of 11 rounds.
President of the Republic of Liberia Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf got the Indira Gandhi peace prize for 2012 for her Excellency, Peace,Disarmament and Development.
Anil Dev Singh, retired Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, appointed as the new Chairman of The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on 19 November 2012.
Malala Yousafzai,who became the face of Pakistan’s struggle against the Taliban was honoured with bravery award by the Peace and Prosperity Foundation Chairman Prince Ali Khan, at the Cholmondeley Room of the House of Lords on 19 November 2012
Maldivian Airlines on 19 November 2012 had signed a pact with the Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals to give discounts to each others’ clients. For example, Apollo Hospitals will give a discount on its service charges for those who fly the airline, and the airline will give similar discounts to the hospital’s patients on the airfare.
President Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative postage stamp on late Ramgopal Maheshwari on 20 November 2012.
India was among the 39 countries that voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death penalty, saying every nation had the “sovereign right” to determine its own legal system.
The book on Indian Cricketer Yuvraj Singh named Yuvi was released in third week of November 2012.Yuvi, the book on Yuvraj Singh is published by Harper Sport and written by Makarand Waingankar. The book illustrates the brilliance of cricket shown by Yuvraj Singh in his career as a cricketer and the way he recovered from Cancer.
A team of astrophysicists had discovered an enormous gaseous planet that is 13 times more massive than Jupiter, earning the name “Super-Jupiter “ and is the largest planet in our own solar system
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was on 21 November 2012 conferred with BCCI’s prestigious Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award.
Six books including “River of Smoke” by Amitav Ghosh, “Narcopolis” by Jeet Thayil and “The Wandering” by Pakistan-based author Jamil Ahmad, have been shortlisted for the DSC South Asian Literature Prize 2013.The finalist will be announced at the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival January 2013.
Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, was hanged at Pune’s Yerwada Jail on 21 November 2012.
Autar Kaw, an Indian born professor of mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida was received the award of ” 2012 US Professor of the Year “.
Joaquim Barbosa was sworn-in as Brazil’s Supreme Court’s first non-White President on 23 November 2012 at a packed ceremony in the capital Brazilia . Barbosa, became famous in Brazil after overseeing one of the country’s biggest corruption trials involving key members of the former President Lula Da Silva’s government.
India successfully test-fired an indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying a hostile ballistic missile, from a test range off the Odisha coast on 23 November 2012.
The ban on manufacture, sale and use of most types of plastic bags in the Capital came into force on on 23 November 2012.
Arvind Kejriwal announced the name for his newly launched party as “Aam Admi Party” on 24 November 2012 in New Delhi.
Usain Bolt won the IAAF(International Amateur Athletic Federation) World male Athlete of the Year award for the fourth time and United States sprinter Allyson Felix won the women’s World Athlete of the Year award on 24 November 2012.
Pope Benedict XVI was appointed six priests from non-European countries to be cardinals, at a service in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Basilica.From India Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church of Kerala was selected as a one of the Cardinal for the pope selection commiite.
The BJP on 25 Novemebr 2012 suspended a Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani from the party for “gross indiscipline”. He recently attacked for criticizing the appointment of the new CBI chief.
Scientists was developed a new drug called Aflibercept, for stop the cancer cells from multiplying.
Sebastian Vettel became the youngest triple champion in Formula One history on 25 November 2012.He stood sixth position in Brazilian Grand Prix with 8 points.But overall he got F1 world title for this season with 281 points. This is the third time consecutively he got the F1 title.
The Second India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 26 November 2012. In this meeting China and India discussed several topics including greater cooperation at the global level, strengthening communication on macroeconomic policies, deepening and expanding trade and investment and promoting bilateral cooperation in the financial and infrastructure sectors. The bilateral trade between these two countries enhanced from $74 billion to $100 billion.
The fourth joint military training exercises between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) – EKUVERIN 2012 – was held in Belgaum from 12 to 25 November 2012.
Punjab would host 3rd World Kabaddi Cup from 1 to 15 December 2012. 23 countries are participating in this world cup.The prize money for this world cup is Rs.4.54 crores.
The Haryana cadre IPS officer Alok Joshi was appointed head of India’s external intelligence gathering agency – Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on 27 November 2012. Alok Joshi will take charge from S.K. Tripathi on December 30, 2012.
Dr. Joseph Murray, the surgeon who carried out the first successful kidney transplant and later won a Nobel Prize for his work in medicine and physiology, died on 26 November 2012 in Boston.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of the third Test against South Africa.He is the second highest run scorer in Test history behind Sachin Tendulkar.Ponting has scored 13,366 runs at an average of 52.21 in his career.
India’s silicone valley Bangalore was rated among top polluted megacities in the world, claims a new study, using data collected by NASA’s high-tech satellites.Scientists at Tel Aviv University tracked pollution trends for 189 megacities, including Mumbai, New York City and Tokyo, by analysing eight years’ worth of data from three of NASA’s high-tech aerosol monitoring satellites.
Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile called Hatf-V(Ghauri) on 28 November 2012 that can hit targets up to 1,300 km (807 miles) away.
Astronomers claim to have discovered the most massive black hole ever known in a small galaxy about 250 million light-years from Earth, holding a mass equivalent to 17 billion Suns.The super-massive black hole is located inside the galaxy NGC 1277 in the constellation Perseus.It makes up about 14 per cent of its host galaxy’s mass, compared with the 0.1 per cent a normal black hole would represent, scientists said, adding that it has a mass equivalent to 17 billion Suns.
B.S.Yeddyurappa, former Chief Minister of Karnataka on 30 November 2012 announced his resignation from Legislative Assembly and from primary membership of BJP party. He started his political career when he was elected as President of the Shikaripura Taluk erstwhile Jana Sangha in 1972. He won his first Assembly election in 1983 as BJP candidate. He became the first BJP chief minister in South India.
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral passed away on 30 November 2012 in Gujral. Born on 4 December, 1919 in Jhelum.IK Gujral started as the Vice President in NDMC in the 1950s and later become a Union Minister. Later He became the India’s Ambassador to the USSR. Gujral, an intellectual who propounded the ‘Gujral Doctrine’ of five principles for maintaining good neighbourly relations, left the Congress to join the Janata Dal in the late-1980s. In the 1989 elections, Gujral was elected from Jalandhar parliamentary constituency in Punjab and he became Minister for External Affairs, first under V P Singh (in December 1989) and then under Deve Gowda (in June 1996). Later he became the 12th Prime Minister of India in April 1997 for one year.
Capt Mohan, the president of the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India, was re-elected as the vice president of the IBSF (International Billiard & Snooker Federation). The election took place at the Annual General Body meeting of International Billiards and Snooker Federation, at Sofia, Bulgaria on 29 November 2012.
“Andhey Ghorey Da Daan” a Punjabi film directed by Gurvinder Singh and produced by National Film Development Cooperation was bagged the Golden Peacock award of the International Film Festival of India, IFFI. The award carries a Golden Peacock with a cash prize of 20 lakhs prize of 20 lakh rupees.
The United Nations General Assembly on 30 November 2012 endorsed an upgraded U.N. status for the Palestinian Authority, despite intense opposition from the United States and Israel.The vote was 138 delegates in favor of the measure including India, nine against including America, Brazil and Canada and 41 abstentions including Britain.
SEPTEMBER -2012 CURRENT AFFAIRS
China developing new class of guided missile destroyer’
The Chinese Navy is developing a brand new class of guided-missile destroyer, a “new type” of naval warship with upgraded air-defence missiles, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles.The new destroyers are equipped with two 32-unit vertical launch systems capable of launching HQ-9B air-defence missiles, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles.The new destroyer is comparable to the “Aegis” equipped destroyers of the US Navy which use powerful computers and radars to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets.
America Court Summons to Parkash Singh Badal
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who was served summons by a US court last month in a case of alleged custodial torture and extra judicial killings of Sikhs, has sought dismissal of the motion against him or additional time of 90 days to defend the charges.The US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin had issued Summons against Badal on August 8 when he was in Wisconsin on a private visit to attend a marriage ceremony.
St Andrews shines new light on vital medical procedures
Dr Tomas Cizmar, Research Fellow in the School of Medicine and Professor Kishan Dholakia of the School of Physics at the University of St Andrews have made a breakthrough in fibre optic research which could allow doctors to see inside some of the hardest to reach parts of the human body with imaging devices no thicker than a human hair.
Obama appoints IIT graduate to admin post
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced to appoint eminent Indian-American, Romesh Wadhwani, to a key administration post by making him board of trustees of the prestigious John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
No mobile connection for more than 3 months to any foreign
tourist: Government
To avoid misuse of SIM cards, the government told to the Telecom Service Providers not to provide mobile connection for more than three months to any foreign tourist visiting India.According to the fresh guidelines, which have come into effect recently, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has told the service providers that the proof for issuance of a mobile connection to any foreigner would be the passport having a valid visa.
India beat Cameroon to lift Nehru Cup for the third consecutive time
India beat Cameroon in the Nehru Cup 2012 football tournament. This is India’s third consecutive Nehru Cup title, infact they have just won the three.
China to shut hundreds of coal mines this year
The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) said the country(China) aims to close 625 small coal mines this year in an attempt to reduce the number of deadly accidents, coal mine explosions and raise the safety in coal mines.
Sebi plans investor website in 13 Indian languages
Market regulator Sebi is planning to soon offer its investor website in as many as 13 Indian languages, besides the existing one in English, to spread awareness among investors and to help resolve their grievances.
India’s GDP to remain below 6% for 2012-13
CII(Confederation of Indian Industry) survey indicated that the GDP growth during 2012-13 is expected to remain below 6 percent
India, Tajikistan upgrade ties, sign four
pacts
India and Tajikistan, the energy-rich Central Asian nation, 03rd
September 2012 decided to upgrade their ties to the level of
strategic partnership and signed four pacts in areas of education,
health, sports and culture.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks
with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on a wide range of bilateral,
regional and global issues and decided to upgrade their growing
ties to the level of a strategic partnership.
Supreme Court lifts ban on iron ore mining
in Karnataka
Supreme Court partially lifts ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka
on 3rd September 2012, on the basis of the recommendations of the
Central Empowered Committee (CEC). CEC divides the leases of iron
ore mines in three categories A,B,C.marginal irregularities and
no irregularities of leases come under A category, most
irregularities in leases come under C category,moderate
irregularities come under B category.The Supreme Court has lifted
the ban would only be effective in 18 category A mines, subject to
their compliance with statutory clearances.The ban will continued
on the remaining leases.
Chief Justice of India names Justice Kabir
as his successor
Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia, who retires 28th September
2012, has recommended the name of seniormost Supreme Court judge
Justice Altamas Kabir as his successor, setting in motion the
process of change of guard in the apex court.
Lok Sabha passed two Bills on 3rd September
2012
Lok Sabha passed two bills on 3rd September 2012 They are
1.Sexual harassment may mean loss of business
licence:Non-compliance with the provisions of the law will be
punishable with a fine of up to Rs 50,000. Repeated violations may
lead to higher penalties and cancellation of licence or
registration to do business.2.National Highways Authority of India
(NHAI) expansion bill passed
Three National awards for State Literacy
Mission
the Andhra Pradesh State Literacy Mission Authority (SLMA)
has received awards for its work in Vizianagaram district and one
gram panchayat P Yeleru of Anantapur district. Andhra Pradesh is
the only State which received the Saakshar Bharat Award in the
entire Country. The Awards comprising a trophy and a certificate
which will be given by the Vice-President of India Hamid Ansari on
the occasion of International Literacy Day to be
celebrated on September 8 at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
Dr. M.V. Reddy get the Bharat Jyoti
Award
The Director, Department of Animal Husbandry,Dr. M.V.Reddy
got the Bharat Jyoti Award.This award is presented by the India
International Friendship Society.
Andhra pradesh HC(High Court) fixes quota in local bodies
at 50 percent
The AP High Court on 04 September 2012 ruled that the combined reservations for Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Panchayat Raj local bodies should not exceed the upper ceiling of 50 per cent.The court directed the state to cut the quota for BCs and bring the cumulative figure down to 50 per cent.
Deveshwar appointed on RBI board
The government has appointed ITC chairman Y.C. Deveshwar as a director on the central board of directors of the Reserve Bank of India.
India, Pakistan to ink 3 pacts to boost economic activity
Hoping that the forthcoming visit of External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna would lead to a liberal visa regime agreement, Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma, on 04th September 2012, said India and Pakistan would soon ink three agreements in the areas of customs co-operation, mutual recognition of standards and redressal of trade issues to give a fillip to economic activity.
India’s Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda wins silver in London Paralympics
The Girisha Hosanagaara Nagarajegowda won India’s first medal at the London 2012 paraolympic Games.The Karnataka athlete bagged the silver with a 1.74m effort in the men’s high jump F42 event on 03 September 2012.
India, China to resume joint military exercises
India and China announced on 04th September 2012 they would resume joint military exercises after a four-year gap, a move designed to build trust in the often prickly relationship between the world’s two most populous nations.
Kaushik Basu World Bank chief economist
Kaushik Basu appointed as chief economist and Senior Vice President
of World Bank by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on 05th
September 2012.He take charges from 1st October 2012.
India slips to 169th in world rankings
The world football governing body FIFA released the latest FIFA World Rankings on 5th September 2012 in which India has lost one spot to be now ranked 169th amongst the 209 ranked nations and territories, while within Asia India remains 32nd amongst 46 nations in the rankings.
Smita Shah first Indian-American to serve as DNC parliamentarian
Smita Shah a close supporter of US President Barack Obama, is vice-chair of the Chicago Plan Commission, become the first Indian-American to serve as a Democratic National Convention parliamentarian on 5th September 2012.As per the publically available documents, Smita has been an applauded donor to the campaign of the Democratic Party and Obama.
India falls 3 places to 59th in WEF’s global competitiveness index
India’s ranking declined by three places to 59th position in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index 2012-2013, due mainly to ”disappointing performance” in the basic factors underpinning competitiveness.Switzerland, for the fourth consecutive year, tops the overall rankings in The Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013, released today by the World Economic Forum. Singapore remains in second position and Finland in third position.
Andy roddick ended his tennis career
Andy Roddick who is a tennis player ended his career after defeating in the final on 5Sep 2012. He was 30 year old American and 32 tournament titles in his career,led the United States to the 2007 Davis Cup and was the top US player throughout the majority of his career.
Shiksha Ratan Award to A.N.Purohit
A.N.Purohit awarded Ahiksha Ratan Award on the occasion of teachers day by The University of Petroleum and Energy studies for his contribution to the specific subject of plant physiology, ecophysiology of trees and the environment. He was awarded Padma shree in 1997 by president.
Gliese 163C: New Earth-Like Planet Might Sustain
Life
Dubbed Gliese 163C, the planet is about seven times the mass of Earth and orbits a red dwarf, or a small, relatively cool star. Gliese 163C is 49 light years away. It’s thought to be composed of mostly rock and water and gets 40 percent more light from its parent star than Earth gets from the sun, making it hotter with a surface temperature of 60 degrees Celsius.
Sachin Pilot commissioned as Territorial Army officer
Sachin Pilot 06th September 2012 became the first Union minister to be commissioned as a regular officer in the Territorial Army, fulfilling his desire to follow his father’s footsteps to be in the armed forces.
US strikes Nepal Maoists from terror blacklist
On 06th September 2012 US has lifted sanctions and removed the Communist party of Nepal(Maoists) Organization of Nepal from the list of designated terrorist organisation,years after the rebels abandoned their named struggle and entered open politics and signed a peace treaty.
APEC Russia 2012 Summit
The APEC Russia 2012 Summit is the 24th annual gathering of APEC leaders of 21 countries.Leaders from the member economics are currently meeting on Russky Island off the Coast of Vladivostok, Russia from September 2-9 ,2012 . Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) is a forum for Rim Countries(formally member Economics) that seeks to promote free trade and Economics throughout the Asia-Pecific region established in 1989.
Government approved 3% interest subsidy for farmers
The UPA Government has approved the 3% loan subvention for short term crop loans and additional three percent subsidy interest on timely repayment on such loans.This interest subvention to farmers will be available through Nabard, regional rural banks, cooperative banks and public sector banks.Accordingly, farmers availing loans up to Rs 3 lakh will have to pay interest at 7 per cent per annum during this financial year.
Gaurav Shumsher Rana appointed as New chief of Nepal Army
India-educated lieutenant general Gaurav Shumsher Rana took Charge as the New chief of Nepal Army on 6 September 2012 . he did graduation in military affairs from a Himachal Pradesh.
Indu chaudhary won Bronze at World Junior championship
Indian Indu chaudhary clinches the Bronze medal in the World Junior Champion ship at pattaya in the event of 44 kg women’s weight by defeating Turkish Evin Demirhan. With this medal India opened its account in the tournament.
Five Indian firms in Forbes list of world’s most innovative
companies
Five Indian companies including Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever and Infosys are ranked on Forbes magazine’s list of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” topped by four US companies.Larsen & Toubro got the ninth rank,Hindustan Unilever got the 12th rank, Infosys got 19th rank,Tata Consultancy Services got 29th rank and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries got 38th rank.Four US companies- Cloud computing king Salesforce.com, drug major Alexion Pharmaceuticals, internet retail giant Amazon.com and open source software leader Red Hat took the top four places.
Two Same magnitude earthquake in China at Yunnan and Guizhou
80 people were died , more than 730 people were injured,twenty thousand homes were destroyed and nearly one hundred thousand persons have been evacuated after the two earthquakes at a magnitude of 5.6 hit Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in China on 07th September 2012.
U.S. designates Haqqani network a terrorist group
The United States said on 7th September 2012 it is designating the Pakistan-based Haqqani network a terrorist organization, triggering sanctions against a group American officials blame for high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, and which they say has ties to the Pakistani state.
Bill for special status for six districts in Hyderabad-Karnataka region introduced
In the Lok Sabha on 7th September 2012 ,Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde introduced a Bill to amend the Constitution and thus provide a special status to the Hyderabad-Karnataka region , under a new Article 371(J).Once it is approved by Parliament the Hyderabad-Karnataka region covering six backwards districts – Bidar, Gulbarga, Koppal, Yadgir, Raichur and Bellary – will get more central funds for development and will be on par with the Telananga region of Andhra Pradesh. Besides, there will be reservation in jobs and education for the locals.
India, Pakistan ink visa agreement
Pakistan and India have announced on 8th September 2012 that they will ease tough visa restrictions, an important step forward in improving relations between the nuclear armed neighbours.
ECIL to supply converters to international science centre
Public sector electronic manufacturing firm, Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), has been selected to supply power converters to the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), an international science centre at Darmstadt near Frankfurt in Germany.ECIL signed a bilateral contract for supply of convertors with Bose Institute, designated nodal agency to coordinate between various departments involved in the project.Accordingly, ECIL would be involved in design, development, manufacturing and supply of around 500 ultra stable power converters that cost around 7.5 million Euros (about Rs. 50 crore) of the total Indian contribution of around 36 million Euros.
USA wins third FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup
United States of America beat former champion Germany 1-0 in Tokyo to claim its third FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup crown on 8th September 2012.
Canada cuts diplomatic ties with Iran
John Baird,Foreign minister Canada said: “[Iran] is among the world’s worst violators of human rights; and it shelters and materially supports terrorist groups, requiring the government of Canada to formally list Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism under the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act.Canada cuts diplomatic ties with Iran.So, Canada has closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, partly because of the country’s backing of the Syrian regime.
Physics Nobel for quantum scientists
Frenchman Serge Haroche and American David Wineland both shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics on 9th October 2012 for inventing methods to observe the bizarre properties of the quantum world — research that has led to the construction of extremely precise clocks and helped scientists take the first steps toward building superfast computers.
Railways put 400 CCTVs at 10 stations to improve security system
The Delhi division of Northern Railway authorities have completed the installation of 400 CCTVs at 10 stations with Rs. 20 crore to ensure better security and mobility at its stations.Only in the New Delhi Railway station they installed more than 100 CCTV cameras as part of an integrated security system (ISS).
IMF cuts India’s Growth Forecast for 2012 to 4.9 Percent
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed India’s growth forecast to 4.9 per cent for 2012 due to low business confidence and “sluggish structural reforms”.
Security deposit on new LPG connection increased
Form 9th October 2012 Security deposit on domestic (14.2 kg) cylinder has been increased from Rs.900 to Rs.1,150 for those seeking new connection in the North Eastern States, and by Rs.200 to Rs.1,450 in the rest of the country.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner to visit India on Oct. 9
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner visit India on 9th October 2012 to participate in the third annual meeting of the U.S.-India Economic and Financial Partnership with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
Indian-American elected to Royal Society of
Canada
Ponisseril Somasundaran, an Indian American member of the faculty
of Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science,
has been chosen as the sole foreign fellow of the prestigious Royal
Society of Canada.
Supreme Court issues notice to Tamil Nadu government on
69 per cent reservation
The Supreme Court 10th September 2012 issued a notice to Tamil Nadu
government on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of
the 69 per cent reservation by the state government in employment
and educational institutions. The petition, filed by students,
challenged the government’s decision to exceed the 50 per cent
limit in reservation mandated by the Mandal Commission
judgement.The ten student petitioners from Tamil Nadu had
approached the Court after failing to secure admission to the
Medical College despite having secured 198/200.
Andy Murray first Britisher to win Grand Slam men’s singles title in 76 years
Andy Murray has overpowered Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in five gruelling sets in a classic US Open final to become the first Britisher to win a Grand Slam men’s singles title in 76 years.
New President of Somalia is Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Somalia’s parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the new leader for the African nation on 10th September 2012.
Onno Ruhl appointed World Bank country director for India
The World Bank has appointed Onno Ruhl as the country director for India. He will replace Roberto Zagha, who retires in October. Ruhl, a Dutch national, was previously the director for operation services and quality in the South Asia region of the World Bank, the multi-lateral funding agency.
India’s GSAT–10 will launch on September 22
India’s communication satellite GSAT-10 will be launch from Kourou spaceport in French Guyana by European space consortium Ariane space on 22nd September 2012.
Punjab government amends Canal and Drainage
Act
The offence of “theft of canal water” can now attract both fine and
6 months imprisonment after an amendment in the law relating to
canals and drainage.Punjab Irrigation Minister, Janmeja Singh
Sekhon informed that the Punjab government has amended
section 70 of the Act for this.
MGNREGA work days raised to 150, crop loans cut to 7%
Empowered Group of Ministers(EGoM) on drought headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar decided to increase the number of guaranteed work days under MGNREGA to 150 days and cut interest rates on crop loans to 7 percent for one year for the farmers in drought-affected states.
Indian writer Jeet Thayil on Man Booker shortlist
Indian writer Jeet Thayil’s first novel ‘Narcopolis’, described as a compelling tale of Mumbai’s hazy world of opium addiction, has made it to the six-author short list for the Man Booker Prize 2012 announced on 11th September 2012.
India pledges $10-million for Palestine
The Prime Minister Manmohan Tuesday announced to an assistance of $10 million to Palestine’s budget for this year to help address its financial requirements.Prime Minister made this announcement after signing three bilateral pacts – the areas of information and communication technology, vocational training and education with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is at present in New Delhi for his three-day long state visit.
Vice President Releases the Book ‘Muslims in Indian Cities’
Vice President after releasing the book entitled “Muslims in Indian Cities” edited by Laurent Gayer and Christoph Jafferlot on 10th September 2012 at New Delhi, Shri Ansari has said that Muslims have lived in India’s religiously plural society for over a thousand years, at times as rulers, at others as subjects and now as citizens. They are not homogenous in racial or linguistic terms and bear the impact of local cultural surroundings, in manners and customs, in varying degrees.
Japan to buy disputed East China Sea islands
The uninhabited islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, have long been a source of friction. Japan and China have competing territorial claims to the islets and surrounding fishing areas and potentially rich gas deposits.The Japanese government will buy the islets for 2.05 billion yen ($26.15 million) and the owners will sign a contract soon.
Egypt Ex-PM Ahmed Nazif jailed for corruption
A court in Cairo has sentenced Egypt’s former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to three years in prison for corruption.
NHRC issues notice to Maharashtra over farm suicides
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a reply from the Maharashtra government over seven farm suicides that took place last week within a span of 72 hours in the state’s Vidarbha region.A total of 528 farmers have committed suicide in the Vidarbha region between Jan 1 and Sep 2 this year.
India, Pakistan trade bodies sign Memorandum of Understanding(MoU)
The Islamabad Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry(IWCCI)and the Punjab, Haryana and Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) on 12th September 2012 signed an MoU to promote trade and investment and improve linkages between business communities of the two countries.
IWCCI Abbreviation
Islamabad Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
PHDCCI Abbreviation
Punjab, Haryana and Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in mob attack
The ambassador of the United States to Libya, Christopher Stevens, has been killed during an armed mob attack in Benghazi on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.Mr. Stevens is the second U.S. ambassador to be killed during an outstation posting since the death of Adolph Dubs in 1979 during his tenure in Afghanistan.
Biggest Fire Accident in Karachi
At least 290 people have been confirmed dead in a fire that broke out in a garment factory in Karachi on 11th September 2012 night.
Armadillo to be 2014 FIFA World Cup mascot
A rare species of armadillo is set to be the official mascot for
the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on 12 September 2012.In the
previous FIFA World Cup the mascots were:
• FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa- Zakumi the green-haired
leopard
• FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany- Goleo named lion
Ban on gutka in Delhi comes into effect
A blanket ban on manufacturing, sale, storage and display of all gutka products in the national capital came into effect from 13th September 2012. States like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar have already announced ban on gutka products. A similar comprehensive ban came into effect in Gujarat from 12th September 2012.
Emerging Kerala investment meet to see 51 nations taking part
51 countries with 2,500 registered delegates and around 300 VIPs comprising ambassadors, high commissioners and ministers have confirmed their participation in the “Emerging Kerala 2012″ investment meet to be held in Kochi from Sep 12-14.KSIDC is the nodal agency for the event which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.The main aim of this event is highlight investment opportunities available in Kerala and advertise to the the world its state of readiness to receive the investors.
ISRO to launch SARAL satellite on 12 Dec 2012
Indo-French satellite “SARAL” would be launched onboard PSLV-C20 from the spaceport of Sriharikota on 12 December 2012 Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K Radhakrishnan said at the Bangalore Space Expo 2012 on 12th September 2012.
Justice Altamas Kabir to be new CJI
Justice Altamas Kabir, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, was appointed as the next chief justice of India (CJI) on 13th September 2012.Justice Kabir, 64, who will succeed the current chief justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, will assume his new charge on September 29 as the country’s 39th CJI.
K N Tilak Kumar elected president of INS
K N Tilak Kumar of Deccan Herald and Prajavani was on 13th September 2012 elected president of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2012-13 at its 73rd annual general meeting held at Bangalore. He succeeds Ashish Bagga of India Today.
Ex-CJI Ranganath Misra passes away
Former Chief Justice of India Ranganath Mishra died at a private hospital in Bhubaneshwar on 13th September 2012.Misra, served as the Chief Justice from September 25, 1990, till November 24, 1991. He was also the first chairman of the NHRC.
Highest under-5 deaths in India
In the Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012 published by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), India was placed at the top position in the chart of 10 countries that topped on the chart. The other countries with their names on the chart are Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Abbreviation of UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
Fiji gets new Indian beauty queen
The 20-year-old Sheryl Kumar was crowned Miss India Fiji 2012 in Suva.
Railways clinch overall title in the National Open Athletics Championships
Railways proved their dominance once again winning the overall title in the 52nd National Open Athletics Championships garnering 327 points. Services came second with 138 and ONGC third with 114 points.
UK administration drops only Indian origin member
The only Indian origin member of the British administration, Shailesh Vara, has been dropped in a reshuffle by Prime Minister David Cameron.
Lara to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
West Indian great Brian Lara will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2012 ICC Awards.71 years old former England women’s team star, Enid Bakewell will be also be included in the Hall of Fame.
Libya’s parliament elects new prime minister
Libya’s National Assembly (Parliament) on 12th September 2012 elected outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Mustafa Abu-Shakour as the Next Prime Minister.He is the first elected head of government since the ouster and slaying of dictator Moammar Gadhafi in last year’s civil war.
Cabinet Allows FDI in Retail, Aviation,
Broadcasting
The Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cleared the decision to operationalise 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail ,49% FDI in Foreign Airlines ,74%FDI in Broadcast Services and 49%FDI in Power Trading Exchanges.
Dhoni named captain of ICC ODI team, Kohli, Gambhir in XI
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named captain of ICC’s ‘ODI Team of the Year’ which also includes Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir.This is for the fifth consecutive year in a row that Dhoni has been selected in ICC’s ‘ODI Team of the Year’.ICC awards are announced in Colombo on 15th September 2012.
800-year-old Chinese encyclopaedia on display in Taiwan
Taiwan (AP) – An 800-year-old Chinese encyclopaedia is on display at a book fair in Taipei. The rare publication was recently purchased by a Chinese publishing house for US$33 million (S$40.5 million) at an auction in Beijing.
Worldwide protests against the film “Innocence of Muslims”
The attacks will be continued on 14th September 2012 also in several countries, including Egypt, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia due the release of the film Innocence of Muslims.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has denounced as “hateful” an anti-Islam movie produced in the United States.
Virat Kohli named ICC ODI Cricketer of the
Year
India’s Virat Kohli was on15 September 2012 rewarded with ‘ODI Cricketer of the Year’.at the ICC annual awards function in Colombo.
Former RSS chief K Sudarshan passes away
Kuppalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan , who attended his first RSS shakha (class) at the age of nine, was passes away on 15 September 2012 at Raipur.
Delhi, Mumbai among least expensive cities around world
A report released Friday by the Swiss bank UBS, covering 72 cities in 58 countries Capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai are the least expensive cities and Tokyo is the most expensive city for food in the world.
Courage, risks needed to reach 8.2% growth target: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Speaking at a Planning Commission meeting on 15th September 2012 announced the target for GDP growth in 12th plan as 8.2%. The Prime Minister said the 12th Plan target has been brought down from 9% to 8.2%, with agricultural growth at 4%.He said that poverty declined twice as fast between 2004-05 and 2009-10 than it did in the previous 10 years.
Hat-trick of ICC awards for Kumar Sangakkara
eteran Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara bagged three prestigious ICC awards at the annual ICC awards ceremony, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15th Sepember 2012.They are 1.Cricketer of the Year. 2. Test Cricketer of the Year. 3.People’s Choice award.
Antony opens army hospital in Male
Defence Minister A.K. Antony, on a three-day visit to the Maldives, on 16th September 2012 opened ‘SENAHIYA,’ a Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) hospital, established in Male with Indian assistance.Maldives Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim thanked India for its assistance to his country in all areas of development and said the enduring friendship between the two countries would improve and expand, irrespective of political changes.
BCCI joint secretary Anurag Thakur becomes member of Asian Cricket Council
BCCI joint secretary and Hamirpur BJP MP, Anurag Thakur has been inducted as member of executive board of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).BCCI chief N Srinivasan is also the president of ACC.
Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable Babur missile with 700 km range
Pakistan had successfully test fired an indigenously developed multi-tube Cruise Missile that can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads over a range of 700 km on 16th September 2012. According to the Inter Services Public Relations, the Babur (Haft-VII) Cruise Missile can strike targets on land and at sea with “pin point accuracy’’.
Tamil Nadu government announces support package to TNEB
As part of its measures to bail out the debt-ridden state electricity board, Tamil Nadu Government 16th September 2012 announced a package, including absorbing 50 per cent of its short and medium term loans to the tune of Rs 9,529 crore and sanctioning Rs 1,000 crore as advance subsidy.The government also decided to extend guarantee for Rs 5,000 crore each to be availed as loan by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) from Power Finance Corporation and Rural Electrification Corporation.
Indian Women’s football defeated Nepal And Clinch 2012 SAFF Women’s Championship
Defending champions India have won the SAFF(South Asian Football Federation) Women’s Championship 2012 defeating Nepal in the finals played on 16th September 2012.
Three athletes suspended for two years by the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary panel
Three athletes including discus thrower Kripal Singh were on 16th September 2012 suspended for two years by the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary panel (NADDP) for doping offences reported during competitions.Kripal Singh, who won the title at the Federation Cup athletics championships at Patiala last April, had tested positive for steroid stanozolol. The other two athletes suspended were high hurdler Arvinda Rathwa, who had won the title at the last all-India Police championships in March this year, and shot putter Deepak Choudhary, who finished third in the Federation Cup junior championships at Pune in May last.
U.S.-Russian space crew lands safely in
Kazakhstan
A Russian Soyuz capsule landed on the Kazakh steppe on 17th September 2012, delivering a trio of astronauts from a four-month stint on the International Space Station.
CRR cut to inject Rs.17,000 crore
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 17th September 2012, retained the indicative policy rates at the current level while cutting the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points to 4.50 per cent, injecting a liquidity of around Rs.17,000 crore into the banking system.
GSAT-10 launch delayed as Ariane 5 develops ‘small snag’
The launch of communications satellite GSAT-10 will be delayed by at least seven days, to September 29 from September 22, owing to a “small snag” in the Ariane 5 vehicle at the European launch pad in French Guiana.
Apollo Hospitals bags 4 awards
The Apollo Hospitals Group has bagged the Asian Hospital Management Awards ( AHMA) 2012 in four categories.It received awards for customer service, corporate social responsibility, cost reduction and patient safety. AHMA 2012 garnered 363 entries representing 89 hospitals from 12 countries.
Sunita Williams takes over command at International Space Station
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has taken over command of the International Space Station (ISS), yet another feather in her cap as she already holds three records for female space travellers including a new record for total cumulative spacewalk time by a female astronaut.
Armadillo is 2014 WC mascot
The mascot of the 2014 World Cup is a yet to-be-named endangered armadillo. FIFA said Brazilians will have until mid-November to choose the name from three choices — Amijubi, Fuleco and Zuzeco.
Russia to mine super hard diamonds
Russia has declassified a huge deposit of unique super hard diamonds that dwarf the global reserves of the precious stone and can meet the worldwide demand for another 3,000 years.The deposit, located in an asteroid crater 120 km in diameter, has been kept under wraps for nearly 40 decades as the Soviet Union mined enough diamonds elsewhere and also produced synthetic diamonds.
Space Triathlon Completed By Sunita Williams
Williams became the first person in history to complete a triathlon in space.Williams, who is currently aboard the International Space Station finished her half mile swim, 18 mile bike ride, and four mile run in one hour, 48 minutes, and 33 seconds.
Pakistani Government Relents in Judicial Standoff Over Zardari Corruption Case
Pakistan’s government relented on 18th September 2012 to judicial demands that it agree to write a letter to the authorities in Switzerland regarding corruption charges against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Salman Rushdie released his Book Joseph Anton
Joseph Anton the 633 page book depicts a memoir of Salman Rushdie during his 10 years long run to protect himself from the Fatwa issued by his name was released on 18 September 2012.
India, Egypt MOU for poll management cooperation
India and Egypt signed an MoU for cooperation in the field of electoral management and administration on 18th September 2012.
Haryana government institute awards for women
Haryana government has instituted four state-level awards to felicitate women who have done outstanding work in different fields. These are 1.Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Award(given to those engaged in promoting self help groups or women empowerment initiatives, established their own business or industry and have contributed to development of women besides entrepreneurship and done exemplary work in public service.) 2.Kalpna Chawla Shaurya Award(who perform acts of bravery and meritorious services) 3.Bahin Shano Devi Panchayti Raj Award(exemplary work in promoting female literacy, health and nutrition, universalisation of education, sanitation, water, hygiene and other health determinants) and 4.Life time Achievers Award( given to woman of 60 years of age or above, who has excelled in administrative skills, career or profession, leadership quality, courage and creative work) and Women Outstanding Achievers Award(women who have done commendable work in their respective fields)
Women and Child Development Ministry launched a Web Portal named Track Child
The Union Women and Child Development Ministry on 18 September 2012 decided to launch a web portal named Track Child, which will serve as a central database of all those children who have gone missing in different parts of the country. The portal will act as a coordination mechanism between child homes, police departments and state governments.
India tests Agni-IV n-missile
India successfully tested its nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile from a military base in Odisha on 19th September 2012.The new generation missile, which has the capability to hit targets at about 4,000 km.
India-Burundi Joint Statement
President of the Republic of Burundi visited India from 17 to 19 September 2012. During this visit, India and Burundi signed three agreements-(i) Exchange Programme for Cooperation in the field of Education, (ii) Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of Rural Development and (iii) Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine. Besides, India also announced a Line of Credit of 42.38 million US dollars for Farm Mechanisation and Integrated Food Processing Complex in Burundi.
Saina signs up 40-crore deal with Rhiti Sports
The London Olympics bronze-medallist in badminton Saina Nehwal has signed up a 40-crore deal with Rhiti Sports Management company, making her the country’s highest paid sportsperson outside cricket.
Lifter Chandrika first Indian to win medal in Youth Worlds
Chandrika Tarafdar on 19th September 2012 became the first Indian to win a medal in Youth World Weightlifting Championships after she bagged two bronze in the girls’ 44kg category on the opening day at Kosice, Slovakia.Tarafdar won a bronze each in clean and jerk and total lift. She lifted 55kg in snatch, 74kg in clean and jerk for a total effort of 129kg.
Andhra Pradesh Government decided to set up 15 Marine Police Stations
In a bid to beef up security along the 974-km long coastline of Andhra Pradesh, the state government has decided to set up 15 marine police stations, in addition to the existing six ones and also appoint special police officers in coastal villages.
Aung San Suu Kyi Receives US Congressional Gold Medal
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received the Congressional Gold Medal – the highest honor Congress can bestow, at a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on 19th September 2012. Members of the U.S. Congress from both chambers and both major political parties gathered to pay tribute to Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was first awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2008, while she was under 15 years of house arrest in Burma.
Australian Cricketer, Matthew Hayden retired from all
formats of the game
Former Australia Test opener Matthew Hayden has decided to retire from all forms of cricket, adding the Twenty20 version of the game to the Test and international one-day formats he stopped playing in 2010.Hayden played 103 Tests for Australia, hitting 30 centuries with a top score of 380 and an average of 50.73.
Veteran actor-director Dinesh Thakur passes away
Veteran theatre actor-director Dinesh Thakur, known for his character roles in Hindi films of the 70s, passed awayin Mumbai on 20th September 2012 after prolonged illness.
Bill Gates remains the richest in U.S.: Forbes
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has retained his position as the richest person in America for the 19th year in a row this year, according to Forbes’ annual ranking of the nation’s 400 super rich people who have a combined net worth of $1.7 trillion.Five Indian-Americans, including Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and founder of IT major Syntel, Bharat Desai (ranked 239),Founder and Chairman of the Symphony Technology Group Romesh Wadhwani(ranked 250), Google board member and shareholder Kavitark Ram Shriram (ranked 298),Founder and CEO of the popular energy drink ‘5-hour energy’ Manoj Bhargava(ranked 311).
Nivedita Bhasin becomes first woman B-787 Dreamliner pilot
Senior Air India pilot Capt Nivedita Bhasin has become the first woman to command the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.She is presently the only women pilot for the B-787′s commercial flight in the world.
Govt launches Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings
Scheme
The Finance Minister P Chidambaram on 21st September 2012 cut withholding tax on overseas borrowings to 5 percent from 20 percent and approved the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS).While the RGESS is aimed at encouraging first time retail investors to invest in stock markets through tax concessions, the cut in withholding tax to 5 percent seeks to lower the cost of foreign borrowings by the Indian companies.The RGESS will give tax benefits to new investors who invest up to Rs 50,000 and whose annual income is below Rs 10 lakh.
9th World Hindi Conference To held in Johannesburg
The 9th World Hindi Conference to be held in Johannesburg ,South Africa from 22-24 September 2012.The first world Hindi Conference was held in Nagapur from 10-12 January 1975 under aegis of RashtrabhashaPracharaSamiti ,Wardha.The main theme of the conference is ’Bhasha Ki Asmita Aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh’.
India test-fires N-capable Agni-III missile successfully
India on 21st September 2012 successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III surface-to-air missile with a strike range of over 3000 km and capable of carrying a warhead of 1.5 tonnes from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast.
Freedom fighter, Telangana leader Bapuji dies
Eminent freedom fighter and a well-known figure in the Telangana movement, Konda Lakshman Bapuji died in Hyderabad on 21st September 2012. He earned the nickname Bapuji for his participation in the Quit India Movement.
C P Joshi given additional charge of Railways
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways C P Joshi has been assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Railways in place of Mr Mukul Roy, who was among the six Ministers who resigned from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government 22nd September 2012.
Barfi! makes it to the Oscars
Ranbir Kapoor starrer Barfi! has been nominated as India’s entry to the Oscars next year in the foreign film category.
$1,00,000 cash reward for the death of an anti-Islam film producer
A Pakistani government Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has offered a $100,000 (£61,616) reward for the death of the maker of an anti-Islam film produced in the US.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan recites Om Shanti to convey message of peace at United Nations
On the eve of International Day of Peace Aishwarya Rai Bachchan recited the Sanskrit mantra ‘Om Shanti’ to convey her message of peace at the United Nations, where she addressed students and urged them to set aside their egos and individual desires to find peace within themselves.
BJP MLA Abhishek Matoria elected Indian Boxing Federation president
Abhishek Matoria, a BJP MLA from Rajasthan was elected as the President of Indian Boxing Federation on 23 September 2012. Abhay Singh Chautala, the outgoing President was elected to be the Chairman of the Federation.
Deepika Kumari won Silver at Recurve World Cup
Deepika Kumari won Silver at Recurve World Cup on 23 September 2012 in Tokyo. In the finals of the tournament, she lost against the Korean double Olympic gold medalist, Ki Bo-Bae.
Iran to boycott 2013 Oscars in wake of anti-Islam film
The Iran government will boycott the 2013 Oscars in the wake of the anti-Islam video made in the United States that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.
Naveen Jindal tops executive pay chart with Rs 73.4 crore package
The Chairperson and Managing Director of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL),Naveen Jindal has topped the executive pay charts for listed companies in the country with a package of Rs 73.42 crore for the last fiscal 2011-12, which grew by over Rs six crore from previous year.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation won work in Jakarta Metro Rail Project
Delhi Metro has bagged the work of Management Consulting Services for building the Phase- I of Jakarta Mass Rapid System in Indonesia.This is the first time that Delhi Metro has got a project outside the country since its inception in 1997.
Popular Malayalam film actor Thilakan passes
away
Thilakan, who had acted in around 200 films and had won the national award for the best actor in a supporting role, died in Thiruvananthapuram on 24th September 2012.
Mary Kom brand ambassador of Raj Kundra’s SFL
Actress Shilpa Shetty Monday named Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer Mary Kom as the brand ambassador of Super Fight League (SFL).Shilpa’s husband, Britain-based businessman Raj Kundra, has collaborated with actor Sanjay Dutt for SFL, India’s first professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador
The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has appointed Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as its International Goodwill Ambassador.She will raise global awareness on protecting children from HIV infection and increasing access to antiretroviral treatment.
India’s Ronjan Sodhi wins a silver at ISSF World Cup
India`s ace double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Slovania on 24th September 2012.
Ramesh Abhishek is FMC chairman
Ramesh Abhishek, an IAS officer of 1982 Bihar cadre, appointed as chairman of Forward Markets Commission (FMC) on 24th September 2012
Ajit Pawar resigns as Maharashtra Deputy Chief
Minister
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar resigns as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister on 25th September 2012 due the allegations of an irrigation scam when he was the state’s water resource minister.
China launches its first aircraft carrier
China launched its first aircraft carrier on 25th September 2012. The 60,000 tonne carrier, a former Soviet ship brought from Ukraine and later refurbished locally is named ‘Liaoning’, after a Chinese province liberated from Japanese occupation in 1945, in what can be seen as another symbolic warning to Tokyo. The 300m long Liaoning carrier has the capacity to bring 33 airoplanes.
T.S. Subramanian among winners of nuclear society’s awards
T.S. Subramanian, Associate Editor, Frontline, Chennai, and R.K. Singh, Head, Media Relations and Public Awareness Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, have been selected for the Indian Nuclear Society’s “INS Outstanding Service Award” for 2011 for Science Communication.The awards will be presented on November 7 during the inaugural function of the 23 annual conference of the INS to be held in Mumbai.
Zardari, Hillary discuss India-Pak trade ties
Improving trade ties between Pakistan and India, terrorism and violent anti-U.S. protests were among a host of issues that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari discussed with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when they met NewYork on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session on 25th September 2012.
Woman of Pakistani origin becomes minister in Norway
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has appointed a Pakistani Muslim woman, Hadia Tajik as Norway’s culture minister.
Waheeda Rehman to get lifetime achievement award
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the forthcoming 14th Mumbai Film Festival, which starts on October 18. Mumbai Academy of Moving Image(MAMI) is organising the film festival.
Election Commission Ban the usage of animal and birds in poll campaign
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on 26th September 2012 issued an order banning the use of animals and birds by political parties during campaigns. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India said that following repeated requests by animal activist, the Election Commission asked political parties and candidates to refrain from using animals for their campaigns.
India got 3rd position in ICC T20 rankings
India got the third position in Reliance ICC T20 Championship table released by ICC on 26th September 2012 .South Africa and England got the 1st and 2nd positions respectively.
India ranks lower than China in global food security index
India has been ranked 66, much lower than neighbouring China, in the 2012 Global Food Security Index released by the American chemical company DuPont on 26th September 2012.India is ranked 66 , China (ranked 39) , Sri Lanka (ranked 62),Pakistan (ranked 75) and Bangladesh ( ranked 81) in the list of 105 countries.
NASA says Curiosity rover finds evidence of water on
Mars
NASA scientist say the Curiosity rover has found evidence of a “vigorous” thousand-year water flow on the surface of Mars.
Sandeep Patil appointed as the Chief for BCCI Senior Selection Committee
Former Cricketer and all-rounder, Sandeep Patil was appointed as the Chairman of the five member senior selection committee of BCCI on 27 September 2012. The other four members of the committee include Saba Karim, Roger Binny, Vikram Rathour and Rajinder Singh Hans.
Ex-Navy chief Admiral Verma to be envoy to Canada
Nirmal Verma, the former navy chief on 27 September 2012 was appointed as India’s high commissioner to Canada.
Indian wrestler Babita wins world championship bronze
Babita Kumari (51kg) became the second Indian female wrestler to win a World Championship medal after she clinched a bronze in Edmonton, Canada on 28th September 2012.
JAN 2012
(1) In which country the tallest communication tower named ‘skruty’ is suituated ?
Answer: Tokyo (Japan)
(2) Who is the worlds shortest women who is still alive ?
Answer: Jyothi Amge
(3) Who is the new leader of North Korea who has been recently elected ?
Answer: Kim Jong Un
(4 ) How many years have been completed by African National Congress recently ?
Answer: 100 yrs .
( 5) Who is the first Indian American person who had been elected as governor for Lousiana in states of U.K.?
Answer: Bobby Jindal .
( 6) Which year is called as ‘International Year Of Cooperative’ according to UNO ?
Answer: 2012 year
( 7) Worlds oldest yoga teacher who had been entered in Guinnes Book of Records for yoga recently ?
Answer: Bernice Bates .
( 8) After how many years America had totaly set back his millitary army from Irak ?
Answer: 9yrs
( 9) Shoedar ‘ cruze missile was launched and tested by by which country ?
Answer: Iran
(10) Who is the American Ambassidor to India in 2011?
Answer: Timothy J.Reomer.
(11) For how many yrs the great leader of North Korea has headed the country ?
Answer: 17 yrs
(12) Which is the Worlds first Hydrogen based three wheeler vehicle ?
Answer: High Alpha
( 13) Who is the person who had won the election in US Republican in Florida Primary results recently ?
Answer: Mitt Romney
(14) According to the new census Jan 2012 , what is the % population of China ?
Answer: 51.27 %
(15) Who’s name had been kept for the fly over bridge constructed in Islamabad recently?
Answer: Yousaf Raja Gillani .
(16) Who is the President who had signed on millitary spending bills twice recently ?
Answer: Barack Obama
(17) Which is the nation which joined UNO organisation recently ?
Answer: Pakistan
.(18) A credit Standard and Poor’s , due to which reasons it had reduced the rating of France , Italy and other 9 countries recently ?
Answer: Debt crices.
(19) According to the fortune magazine ‘s annual ranking for 100 besr companies to work for 2012,which company stood first ?
Answer: Google.
(20) Who inagurated the new mission control centre the SHAR ?
Answer: Prathiba Patil
(21) Who is the Managing director for the International Monetary Fund ( I M F )?
Answer: Christine Legaude .
(22) Which was the protest movement that begain against financial greed & curruption in America recently ?
Answer: Occupy wall street
(2) INDIA & WORLD
(1) On 20 Jan 2012, Russia had leased which nuclear powered submarine to India recently ?
Answer: K-152 Nerpa
(2) Which country has got the deal of 126 fighters to India recently ?
Answer: French
(3) In American International affairs website which state of Indian borders have been wrongly mapped ?
Answer: Jammu Kashmir
(4) How many countries have signed the multilateral agreement to check tax evasion and avoidence recently ?
Answer: three
(5) Which two countries agreed to establish a working mechanism on consultation and coordination on border affairs ?
Answer: India & China
(6) In which feild India and Japan had made agreement to enhance their cooperation ?
Answer: Infrastructure sector
(7) What is the place of India in a global press freedom index in the past years ?
Answer: 131
(8) On which issue India & USA signed recently ?
Answer: Labuor & employment
(9) How many agreements India had signed with Trinidad & Tobago ?
Answer: 5
(10) Name the new pact which was signed by the countries recently ?
Answer: shade
(3) NATIONAL
(1) The birthday of the great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujam was declared as ?
Answer: National Mathematics Day
(2) Where will be the first cooperative university will set up ?
Answer: Sibsagar (Assam )
(3) Which year is celebrated as National Mathematics day ?
Answer: 2012
(4) What is the Total per capital income of all states in India ?
Answer: Rs.54,835 /-
(5) Which ministry had been given to Mr. Ajit singh by the U P A government ?
Answer: Civil Aviation minister
(6) How many news paper companies have been registered under the ‘Register of News paper’s for India ‘ according to the authority in 2010-2011?
Answer: 4853
(7) What is the mascot name for national youth festival ?
Answer: Yakhi
(8) On which day our national anthem ‘Janaganamana ‘ has completed its hundred years ?
Answer: 27-12-2011
(9) Who is the first women who had been selected as Javan in Indian Army ?
Answer: Santhi Tigga
(10) Who is the 19th Director General of Indian coast guard ?
Answer: M.P.Muralidharan
(11) To whom was the Review commite on the Delhi School Education Act &Rules 1973 (DSEAR-79) report was submitted?
Answer: Sheila Dikshit
(12) According to the survey done by the ‘ Brand Trust Report ‘ who is the person who had won the confidence of peoplein the country ?
Answer: Anna Hazare
(13) In which five years plan the national slum development programme will be launched by the government ?
Answer: 12th five years plan
(14) Who had launched the Interanet ‘Prahari Project ‘ worth of 299 crore recently?
Answer: P.Chidambaram
(15) The ISRO chief Madhavan Nair and other three who were blacklisted in which deal, the government quit them away?
Answer: Antrix – Devas
(16) From which year the implementation of common medical entrance test will be conducted according to the medical council of India ?
Answer: 2013
(17) Which is the nodel agency for all anti -terror activities in the country, for which the government gave approval recently?
Answer: National counter Terrorism Centre
(18) Who is the chief guest for the ‘ Pravasi Bharathiya Devas ‘ conference held at Jaipur on Jan 7th 2012 ?
Answer: Kamal PerseBissesor
(19) Where was the United Nation Research center for the North-East set up recently ?
Answer: Guwahati
(20) From which year the implementation of common medical entrance test will be conducted according to the medical council of India ?
Answer: 2013
(21) Name the project which was inagurated by Mr.Chidambaram recently worth of 299 crore ?
Answer: Interanet Prahari projet
(4) STATES
(1) The Panch Parmeshwar scheme was launched by which state government ?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
(2) In 2010-2011 ,what is the per capital income of Andhra pradesh ?
Answer: Rs.60,458/-
(3) Name the chief minister who had won the award for great vaccine innovation ?
Answer: Nitish Kumar
(4) According to the report presented by the central government our state debt in the year 2010-2011 is ?
Answer: Rs.1,32,805 crore
(5) Which Indian company is going launch a new diesel plant in Gurgoan recently ?
Answer: Maruthi
(6) The bullet train between which two states will announced in
railway budget 2012?
Answer: Ahmedabad-Mumbai
(7) For the year 2012 in which place Andhra pradesh stood in urbunisation?
Answer: 17th
(8) For how many Assembly seats election have been held in Uttarakhand on 30th Jan 2012 recently?
Answer: 70
(9) Which state governor’s period has been extended by one year by the government recently ?
Answer: Andhra pradesh
(10) Which state had agreed for the establishment of internal state board for pranahita- chevella sujatha sravanti project ?
Answer: Maharashtra
911) Who is the person replaced in the place of E.Sridharan for Delhi Metro Rail M D on 31st Dac 2011?
Answer: Mangu singh
(12) In which state the 10th Pravasi Bharathi Divas event inagurated from Jan 7th to 9th 2012 ?
Answer: Jaipur
(13) What is the total strentgh of Muncipalities in the state A .P ?
Answer: 161
(14) Who is the governor of Tamilnadu who has been appointed recently ?
Answer: K.Rosaiah
(15) Which are the two states where assembly elections had been held on 30 th Jan 2012 ?
Answer: Punjab ,Uttarkhand
(16) The assembly polling were held on 28th Jan 2012 for how many seats in Manipur ?
Answer: 60
(17) In which place our state warangal NIT stands according to the survey done by the country ?
Answer: 8th
(18) According to the national election commision which state minister had been ordered to cover the status of elephants which are election symbol of the party recently ?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
(19) For many seats the assembly election had been held in Punjab ?
Answer: 117
(20) Which state University had given Dr. to the Bangladesh P.M Shaik Hassina recently ?
Answer: Tripura
(21) In which state the united nation research center for north -east set up ?
Answer: Assam
(22) Which is the first state to issue e-stamp papers in all denominations in India ?
Answer: Delhi
(23) According to the National child Right which state stood in top one position ?
Answer: Kerala
(24) Which state topped in the list in utilizing the fund for minorities according to the minority affairs ministry?
Answer: Jammu & kashmir
(25) How many new tourism projects have been sanctioned for Jammukashmir by the union government?
Answer: 7
(5) CONFERENCES
(1) In which city the geospatail world forum 2012 conference was held recently ?
Answer: Hyderabad
(2) Which is the forum which had conference on the current & relavent issues on global problems recently?
Answer: World Economic Forum (WEF)
(3) On which issue the conference is being organized by International Advanced Research centre for powder metallurgy and new materials (ARCI) recently ?
Answer: Nano science technology
(4) On which issue President Pratibha Paatil constituted a committee recently ?
Answer: Production of Agriculture sector
(6) AWARDS AND HONOURS
(1) Who had been awarded Sialedra Kumar singh award by the (UPA) chair person Sonia Gandhi?
Answer: D.Balavenkatatesh verma
(2) To whom the Guljarilal Nanda ‘Bharat Sevak Samaj has been awardedby Kerala government?
Answer: T.K.Nair
(3) The prestegious International sports Association ‘Fair play’ is awarded to which player?
Answer: Mahendrasingh Dhoni
(4) How many people have been awarded the prestegious Man Asia award from India ?
Answer: 3 persons
(5) The Mahatma Gandhi International Award for peace & Reconsilation award has been presented to whom ?
Answer: Dalai Lama
(6) Who had given the 2011 FIFA Best player award on 9th Jan 2012?
Answer: Lionel Messi
(7) Who has been shortlisted for UK’s Biggest contemporary Art Prize , Artes mundi recently?
Answer: Sheela Gowda
(8) Who is the person who had conferred the Ashoka Chakra on 63rd Republic Day by the president Pratibha Patil ?
Answer: Lt.Navdeep singh
(9) To which award the Indian American sciencetist Venkataram Ramakrishna has been selected by the Britan ?
Answer: Knight hood
(10) On which date the Infosis 2011 awards have been awarded recently at Banglore ?
Answer: Jan 9th
(11) Which university has honoured ‘Dr’ to Bangladesh P.M Shaik Hassina recently ?
Answer: Tripura university
(12) For the yr2011 who had won the perstegious (CNR ) sahitya puraskaram recently?
Answer: Ratna Markandapuram Srinivas
913) Who has been presented with pride of India award by the Indian -American community in Washinton?
Answer: Mallikarjuna Kharge
(14) Which university had got the honour ‘Universities with potecial for excellence’?
Answer: Ossamania university
(15) Who is the Bollywood actor who had received a green globe award from Arnold Schwaizenegger recently ?
Answer: Abishek Bachan
(16) How many researchers got Infosis prize for the year 2011, which was presented by the former president A.P.J Abdul Kalam?
Answer: 6
(17) Who had won the best steel company of India for the year 2009-2010 ?
Answer: Steel Authority of India
(18) Where was the 69th golden globe awards been presented on 15 th Jan 2012 ?
Answer: Los angeles
(19) Which award has been given to the famous music director A.R Rahamn for the muisc composing for the song ‘If I Rise ‘ ?
Answer: Critics choice movie
(20) Name the person Who had run barefoot 150 km in 24 hours and made a new world record ?
Answer: Abhijeet Buruah
(7) SPORTS & GAMES
(1) Who is the first Indian women to have received an International Grand Master tittle in the game of chess championship to get gold medal ?
Answer: Koneru Humpy
(2) Who has been selected for ‘ player of the year award given by all India football assocaition ?
Answer: Sunil chhetri
(3) Who had won the world super series batmintton tittle ?
Answer: Wang-Yihan (china)
(4) In which country the women’s team chess championship tournament held ?
Answer: Turkey
(5) For the year 2011, who had been selected for International Tennis Federation Woeld champion award?
Answer: Novak djikovic
(6) Which country had won the Hopman cup tennis tittle which held on Jan 7th 2012?
Answer: Czech republic
(7) Where will the Assia criket cup matches 2012 will be conducted ?
Answer: Bangladesh
(8) For which game Abinav Bindra won gold medal ?
Answer: Air rifle shooting
(9) In which place the South Central Asian Gymnastics championships event held recently ?
Answer: Dhaka
(10) Who is the person who had won the FIFA Ballond’or award recently ?
Answer: Lionel Messi
(11) International player for batmiton Sina Nehal has ranked which place recently?
Answer: 4th
(12) Who are the two Indian shooters who got selected for the London olympic games ?
Answer: Manavjeet singh sidhu & Imran Hassankhan
(13) Who is the first Indian tennis player who won the carier men’s doubles grand slam 2012?
Answer: Leander paes
(14) In the Archery championship from AP Jyothi surekha got which medal ?
Answer: Gold medal
(15) In which place India stood in the International test series ranking ?
Answer: 3rd place
(16) In which country the 2012 Olympic Hockey tournament is going to be held ?
Answer: London
(17) Who is the Indian criket player who stood in top ten positions according to ICCranking ?
Answer: Sachin tendulkar
(18) Which is the country who had invited the sand artist Sudharshan Pattnaik from Odisha to parcipate at the International Sand Championship recently?
Answer: Japan
(8) ECONOMY
(1) What is the revised economic GDP growth rate for 2011-2012 financial year ?
Answer: 8.4 %
(2) Which are the two countries where female infant mortality is higher than male infant mortality?
Answer: India & China
(3) India had signed a TIEA agreement with which country ?
Answer: Guernsey
(4) What is the national infant mortality rate reduced from ?
Answer: 50 % to 47 %
(5) What is industrial growth rate in Dec 2011 ?
Answer: 3.1 %
(6) How much can a customer transact per day by way of mobile banking ?
Answer: Rs.50,000/-
(7) How much money is government going to spend on economic census for the year 2012?
Answer: 800 crore
(8) Name the bank which has been opened by SBI, which is exclusively for women customers ?
Answer: Vasundhara Jubilee Senoritia
(9) What is the minimum investment amount per client managed by portfolio manages decided by SEBI ?
Answer: Rs.25,000 to 5,00,000
(10) How much of fund is spent on improving quality education by all states in 2009-2010 in a survey ?
Answer: 1%
(11) Which country had successfully launched an observation satillite into orbit above earth recently?
Answer: Iran
(12) Who will audit the performence of the schemes under the ministers of rural development ?
Answer: Comptroller & Auditor General of India
(13) Regarding to check tax evasion & avoidance India had signed a multilateral agreement with which countries recently ?
Answer: France &German
(14) What is the gross national income grew in the year 2010-2011 ?
Answer: 7.9 %
(15) Which powered ATM’s are going to be installed in the rural areas by the government ?
Answer: Solar power
(16) What is the GDP growth percentage for the year 2011-2012 according to the government estimation ?
Answer: 6.9 %
(9) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(1) Scientists had produced a artificial human semen which will help in what?
Answer: Infertile men
(2) Which beverage can be treat tremors in humans recently ?
Answer: Alcohol
(3) High speed bullet train was launched by which country at Quingdao ?
Answer: China
(4) Which missile was successfully test fired by India recently ?
Answer: Agni-1
(5) From which place the Interceptor missile was launched successfully?
Answer: Orissa
(6) The earth observation satellite from where it was launched recently ?
Answer: Sriharikota
(7) Which country has invented the worlds fastest K-computor recently ?
Answer: Japan
(8) Which is the earth -size planet orbiting in space discovered by the NASA’s kepler?
Answer: kepler- 20e & 20f
(10) PERSONS IN NEWS
(a) APPOINTMENTS
(1) Who has been appointed as microfinance ombudsman for the SKS microfinance ?
Answer: Virghese Jacob
(2) Who is the 19th Director general of Indian coast Guard ?
Answer: M.P.Muralidharan
(3) Who is the new 7th chief minister of Arunachal pradesh ?
Answer: Naban tukisworn
(4) Who is the new advocate general who was appointed by state government ?
Answer: D.Sundharam reddy
(5) Who is the independent Director of Infotec enterprises for the year 2012 ?
Answer: Vikas sehgal
(b) RESIGNS
(1) Who is the person who is US ambassdor to India resigned in the year 2011 ?
Answer: Timothy Roemer
(2) Which state minister had resigned recently after indictment in illegal mining scan ?
Answer: Karnataka
(3) Who is the women general secretary for SAARC who resigned recently?
Answer: Fathima Dhiyana Saeed
(c) DEATHS
(1) M.B.Hussan Farook who died recently was the governor of which state ?
Answer: Kerala
(2) The former deputy chief minister P.Jaganath rao who died recently worked in which year cabinet ?
Answer: 1982
(3) Freedom fighter of Indian diplomacy who was an architect of Indo-soviet treaty passed away in New Delhi on 31st Jan 2012 ?
Answer: A.K.Damodharam
(d) VISITORS
(1) Who is the P.M of Thailand who visited India and has been the chief guest for the 63rd Republic Day ?
Answer: Yingluck Shina Watra
(2) Who is the president of Mali who visited India recently ?
Answer: Amadou Toumani Toure
(3) Kamla persad Bissesar is Prime minister for which country who visited India recently ?
Answer: Trindad &Tobago
(4) Which countries P.M is Sheik Hasina who visited India on 12th Jan 2012 ?
Answer: Bangladesh
(e) OTHERS
(1) Who is the Myanmar oposition leader who is standing for parliment on 1st April by election in 2012?
Answer: Aung San Suu Kyi
(2) What did the pakistan supreme court said against its P.M Yousaf Raza Gilani recently ?
Answer: Not an honest man
(3) Who had been Jailed more than 20 years for charging against secretly filming T.V documentery ?
Answer: Sarah Ferguson
(11) PLACES IN NEWS
(1) What is the magnitude of earth quake on rickter scale which took place in Japan recently ?
Answer: 7
(12) ABBREVIATIONS
-Nil-
(13) BOOKS IN NEWS
(1) Who is the author of the book who wrote “20 great personalities of India” ?
Answer: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
(2) Who wrote the book ‘ Pharaoh & the King ‘ ?
Viswanath Venkat Dasari
(3) Which is the book writen by MarkTuly recently ?
Answer: Non stop India
(4) Who wrote the book’ The sence of an ending ‘?
Answer: Julian Barnes
(5) Who is the author who had recieved’ Business Book of the year award’ 2010 for his book ‘ Fault lines’?
Answer: Raghuraman rajan
(14) COMMITTEES
(1) Who had constituted a committee to increase the productivity of agriculture sector?
Answer: Pratibha Patil
(2) Where was the 19th ASEAN summit took place ?
Answer: Bali ( Indonesia)
(3) To whom the review committee on the Delhi Education Act & Rules 1973 submitted its report ?
Answer: Sheila Dikshit
MARCH 2012
1. How many EU states had signed the pact for budget discipline on 2 March 2012 ?
Answer: 25 states
2. Who is the Asia ‘s richest man according to the forbes list ?
Answer: LI Ka Shing
3. Which are the most ethical firms of the world according to the report revealed by the Ethical Institute’s ?
Answer: Tata & Wipro
4. Which is world’s largest art, antiques market owing country ?
Answer: China
5. Which country gave a call to boycott American products recently for voting against a resolution?
Answer: Srilanka
INDIA & WORLD
1.Who is the Arab League head , who discussed on the issue of Syrian fate failed recently held in Cairo on 3 March2012?
Answer: Nabil Elaraby
2. Who had inaugurated the trade show in Jakarta by India, to reach the target of $ 25 billion by 2015 ?
Answer: Mr. Anand Sharma
3. Where was the Indo-Israel free trade agreement meeting was held recently?
Answer: Hyderabad
NATIONAL
1.Which are the two new missiles developed by defense research & development laboratory handed over to Navy & IAF on 3 March 2012?
Answer: Torpedo & Akash
2. Who is the next Army cheif for the Indian Army after the retirement of Gen.V.K.Singh on 31 May 2012?
Answer: Lt,Gen.Bikram singh
3. Who is Asia’s richest woman with a net worth of $ 12billion in our country?
Answer: Savitri Jindal
4. Who is the Foreign minister of Italy who has been camping in India relating with two Italian Marines recently?
Answer: Staffan De Misture
5. How many new trains had been introduced by the railway minister in Railway budget 2012-13?
Answer: 75
6. Which company had opened centre of excellence for oracle recently for IT services and business solutions ?
Answer: Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS)
7. Name the project which had been sanctioned 423crore rupees loan assistance in Gujarat from NABARD
Answer: Narmada link project
STATES
1. Which state recorded the highest voting percentage in the history of election, which were held in the month of Feb in five states recently?
Answer: Goa
2. Who is the first independent woman loco driver in SCR?
Answer: S. Satyavathi
3. What is the assets declared by Mayawati while her nomination for the Rajya Sabha recently?
Answer: 111.64 crore
4. Which is the plan , which was launched by the Chief minister of A.P Kiran Kumar recently?
Answer: SHG Linkage credit plan
5. From which place in Andhra Pradesh the first International flight took off recently?
Answer: Visakhapatnam
CONFERENCES
1. Who inaugurated the 50th golden jubilee celebration of Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation held in New Delhi recently?
Answer: Manmohan singh
2. In which place the Turkey’s World Trade Bridge International Summit is going to be held ?
Answer: Istanbul
3. In which place was the International Monitory Fund Summit was held recently ?
Answer: New Delhi
4. Where was the second conference of nuclear security summit held recently?
Answer: Seoul
5. Where will be the third Nuclear Security Summit is going to be held next year ?
Answer: Netherland
AWARDS & HONOURS
1. Who is the Telugu novelist, who had been awarded Kurra Kotisuryamma Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to Telugu literature?
Answer: Bheemaraju Venkataramana
2. Who is the world’s tallest man, finally stopped growing after treated ?
Answer: Sultan Kosen
3. Who had been awarded with Ugadi Puraskaram from the Andhra Pradesh Government recently?
Answer: P.Surya Rao
4. Who is the women, awarded with Nirmal Gram Puraskar for the year 2012 from Andhra Pradesh from the President Pratibha Patil recently?
Answer: Y.Chintamma
5.How many new World Records were set up in 12 hours by the former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison ?
Answer: 14
6. Who is the Hungarian Mathematician who has been awarded with Abel Prize for the year 2012?
Answer: Endre Szemere’de
SPORTS & GAMES
1. To which place India dropped in ODI championship Table after losing their triangular series in Australia?
Answer: 3rd place
2. Who is cricket player who made 100 centuries in his career recently?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
3. Who is the sportswoman from Andhra Pradesh ,who is going to represent India at the World Cup for Archery which is going to held in China in April 2012?
Answer: Jyothi Surekha
4. Who had won the BNP Paribas Women’s single title for the year 2012?
Answer: Victoria Azarenka
5. Who is the World’s no-1 ranking Golf player , Who had won the US PGA Transitions Championship held at Florida recently?
Answer: Luke Donald
6. Who had been the ‘Player of the Tournament’ in the Asia Cup 2012 held at Dhaka recently ?
Answer: Shakib Ali Hasan
ECONOMY
1. What is the name of the new card product which was launched by ICICI bank for the super rich recently?
Answer: Sapphiro
2. In which place is Indian railways in World ranking?
Answer: Fourth place
3.What is the percentage of service tax , which had been raised in the budget 2012-13?
Answer: 12%
4.What is the per capita income of India for the year 2012-13 ?
Answer: Rs. 60972
5. Which country is the highest consumer of oil in per capita terms ?
Answer: United states
6. Which country stood at the least place in service sector ?
Answer: India
7.What is the per capita GDP of Qatar ?
Answer: 44.45 lakh
8. How much financial aid was granted by the World Bank to India ?
Answer: $4.3billion
9. Name the new equality saving scheme announced in the budget 2012-13 recently?
Answer: The Rajiv Gandhi Equality saving scheme
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. In how many planets in solar system life may exist according to the researchers ?
Answer: 5 Planets
2. What is the name of the second largest Moon of Saturn?
Answer: Rhea
3. What is the name of the submarine which had been taken as lease from Russia recently?
Answer: INS Chakra
4. Which type of Asprin was invented by the scientist to fight against Cancer?
Answer: Gas-filled
PERSONS IN NEWS
a) Appointments
1. Who is the new M.D for Hyundai Motors India , who was appointed recently?
Answer: Bo Shin Seo
2. Who is the New President of Germany , who has been elected recently?
Answer: Joachin Gauck
3. Who is the new Railway minister for UPA Government ?
Answer: Mukhul Roy
b) Resigns
1. Who is the Railway minister , who had resigned recently from the cabinet for raising the railway fares ?
Answer: Dinesh Trivedi
c) Deaths
1.Who is the philanthropist who died recently, vice chairman of Sankar foundation?
Answer: Sankar Rao
d) Visitors
1.Who is the Egypt Ambassador, who visited India for the golden jubilee celebration of (AARDO)?
Answer: Mr.Ahmed Abulkheir
2. Who is the Turkish Ambassador who visited Hyderabad recently?
Answer: Dr.Burak Aklapar
3. Who is the managing director of International monitory fund ( IMF) , who visited India recently?
Answer: Christine Lagarde
4. Who is the Prime ministe of Canada who had visited Thailand recently?
Answer: Staphen Harper
5. Who is the US Secretary of commerce who visited India for bilateral trade meeting ?
Answer: John Bryson
e) Miscellaneous
1. Who is Bollywood Actress to become the sixth Bollywood celebrity to be honoured with a wax likeness?
Answer: Madhuri Dixit
ABBREVIATIONS
1. AIMA stands for ___________All India Management Association
BOOKS IN NEWS
1. Who had written the book ” Didi: A Political biography “of Mamata Benerjee recently?
Answer: Monobina Gupta
2. Russian court dismissed the plea seeking ban on which Holly Literature book translation recently ?
Answer: Bhagwad Gita
JULY 2012
1. Cyprus’s main Theme for its EU presidency is ?
Answer : Towards a Better Europe
2. The Mexican Government declared a national animal health emergency on 2 July in the face of aggressive ____?
Answer : Bird flu
3. U.S & China pledged to ease strains in their relationship renewed disputes over ?
Answer : South China sea
4. Who passed the bill to protect leaders from contempt of court proceedings from Pakistan?
Answer : Asif Ali zardari
5. Name the space craft in which sumitha willians took aoff for the International space station recently?
Answer : Soyuz
6.U.S cut Military aid to ______?
Answer : Pakistan
INDIA & WORLD
1.Foreign direct Investment flows into India in 2011 is ?
Answer : $32 billion
2. Who is the foreign secretary of Pakistan at present ?
Answer : Abhas Jilani
3. What is the name of the Islands offered by Mauritius to India , preserve tax treaty ?
Answer : North & South Agalega Islands
4.What is the name of the trade and Insdustry Minister ?
Answer : Hanna Tettch
5. India had invoked a lowpermitting Nato pharma to manufracture Nexavar drug to cure ?
Answer : Cancer
6.Which countries signed pact for funding two new units at the kundakulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamilnadu?
Answer : India & Russia
7.Which country is in best place in ‘Child development Index’ ?
Answer : Japan
8.What is the British University which conferred an honorary degree of Doctorate of letters to the elected president Pranab Mukherjee?
Answer : University of Wolverhampton
NATIONAL
1.Which place of india recognised recently under world heritage
list ?
Answer : Western Ghats
2.Inda, south east Asia nations join hands to protech____?
Answer : Wildlife
3.Which state has represented the highest no:of suicides According to ” accidental deaths & Suicides in India 2011″?
Answer : West Bengal
4. what is the second competitive city in our country according to International think tank report on 11 July 2012? Answer : Mumbai
5. How many central universities are there in India ?
Answer : 41
6. which associationa was ban was extended by Government of india due to anti – India posture ?
Answer : LTTE
7.Who is the 13th President of India ?
Answer : Pranab Mikharjee
STATES
1.Which type of license in Karnataka indicates donation of organs ?
Answer : Driving License
2. Which scheme was implemented by Madhya Pradesh according to delivery Monitoring unit?
Answer : MNREGA
3.According to Goa scheme ‘Ladli Lakshmi’ the women can avail of Rs.1Lakh to meet ?
Answer : Wedding expenses
4. Who is the new CM of Karanataka ?
Answer : Jagadish shettar
5. Orissa chief Minister Naveen patnaik on 13 July 2012 announced increase in the representation of woment in Urban local bodies (ULBs) from 3 percent to ______?
Answer : 50 %
6.What is the major festival in Rajastahan celebrated inviting rains by women____
Answer : Teej
CONFERENCES
1. who represented India in 1st East Asia Educational Minister’s Meeting ?
Answer : Purandhareswari
2. What is the conference held yo help wartorn Afghanistan ?
Answer : Tokyo conference
3. The first World Hindi Conference will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from ?
Answer : September 22 -24
4. What is the name of the conference held by NASA recently for which it has included two indian Innovators ?
Answer : Conference on waste management
AWARDS & HONOURS
1.Who is the received Nayudamma award for the year 2012 ?
Answer : V.Rahjanna
2.Who is the APCC secretary ?
Answer : Ananda Babu
3. The winner ‘Golden Peacock Environment Management ‘ Award 2012 is ?
Answer : Manipal University
4. ” Lanco Infratech” Jopurnal was adjudged best in which category ?
Answer : cover design
5. “Mining Engineer of the year” Award for 2010-11 was presented to ___?
Answer : Narendra Kumar Nanda , director od NMDC
6. What is the award recently won by sundarsham Patnaik ?
Answer : People’s choice medal Award
7.How many Indo- American scientists got’Presidential early career Awards’2012 ?
Answer : four
SPORTS & GAMES
1.Who won the AT & T golf Tournament on 1 July 2012 ?
Answer : Tiger woods
2.who was the winner of “UEFA Eurocup Foot ball championship”?
Answer : Spain
3.The rishcest domestic golf event in the country costs ?
Answer : Rs.1.25 crores
4.M.R .Venkatesh became the grand master chess tournament event at ?
Answer : USA
5.How many gold medals won by india in aAsian wrestlers cadet championship ay Bishket?
Answer : 5
6. Who won British Grand prix in Formula 1?
Answer : Webber
7. Who won Monsoon Regatta sailing championship held at hyderabad ?
Answer : saravanan
8.Who is the swiss National won 7 WimbeldonTitles ?
Answer : Roger Federer
9.Who is the south African wicket keepeer announced retirement aftera an eye injury?
Answer : Mark Boucher
10. Highest number of doping tests were conducted in which games ?
Answer : London Olympic Games 2012
11. Who sets another National record of 50 m breast stroke event in 35.42 seconds ?
Answer : Jaya veena
12. Who is the fastest bowler from Australia retired recently from International cricket?
Answer :Brett Lee
13. Who will be the India’s flag -bearer in London Olympics
Answer : Sushil kumar
14. Who won Swedish open title in Men’s Singles ?
Answer : David Ferrer
15. Who Won Scottish Golf Open on 16 Juy 2012 ?
Answer : Jeev Mailkha
16. West Classic Title won by ?
Answer : Serena Williams
17.Who is the first saouth Africa but man to score a triple century?
Answer : Hashima Amla
18. The Gagan Narang associated with which game ?
Answer : Air Rifle
ECONOMY
1.Tata AIG wants to merge in ?
Answer : Tata AIA Life
2.Which facility was launched by RBI for G-secs trading ?
Answer : Web based system for online trading
3.To whom ICICI bank sold its debt in Kingfisher ?
Answer : Srei arm
4.India stod on which position in the production of pharma products .
Answer : 3rd largest producer
5.India falls in which place for the most preferred destination as reported by UNCTAD?
Answer : 3rd
6. what are the 5 states to build 9,000 km of rural roads to connect through?
Answer : Assam,Chattigarh, Madhya praedesh, orissa & West Bengal
7. How many crores Coal India LTD wants to Invest on Rail Infrastructure in 3 states ?
Answer : 7,500 crores
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1.Which plants Reactor is going to restart in Japan after a huge Earth Quake ?
Answer : Ohi Nuclear plant
2.The Zebrafish research facility is availabale at ?
Answer : CCMB
3.What is the alternative source of stem cell ?
Answer : Amniotic stem cell
4.What is the HIV test that rcently got FDA permission ?
Answer : Ora Quick Test
5.What is “God Particle”?
Answer : a sub-atomic Particle
6. ‘Chang’e-3′ mission to moon by ?
Answer : China
7. What is the anti-HIV drug, first approved by USFDA?
Answer : Truvada
8. Brahmos Missile has been inducted in all the three wings of Indian armed forces but not in ?
Answer : Russia
PERSONS IN NEWS
a)Appointments
1. Who is newly elected president of mexico?
Answer : Enrique Nieto
2. Who is the newly appointed as controller General of accounts ?
Answer : Jawahar Thakur
3. Who is appointed as additional secretary and financial advisor in the ministry of steel
Answer : E.k.Bharat Bhushan
4. Who is the 1st woman MD in India of US food company Heinz’s ?
Answer : Seema Modi
5. who is the new CEO of yahoo!
Answer : Marissa Mayer
6.Which country’s New envoy key Karzai Aid to India ?
Answer : Afghanistan
7.Who has been appointed as the Standing committee members of Rajya sabha ?
Answer : Sachin & Rekha
8. Who has been appointed as the firsts chancellor for Nalanda University?
Answer : Amertya sen
9. Who is the new president of Ghana ?
Answer : John Dramani Mahama,
10. Who is the new Secretary of President Pranab ?
Answer : Omita Paul
b) Resigns
1.In which fraud the Barclays bank was involved?
Answer : Fraud of manipulating global benchmark lending rates
2. Who resigned as karnataka CM ?
Answer :Mr sadananda Gowda
c)Deaths
1. Who is the Tamil Language computing championship away recently ?
Answer : Anto peter
2.Truvada , the first anti HIV drug approvedby USFDA was developed by _____?
Answer : Antonin Holy
3.Veteran Socialist leader who died on 17 July 2012 ?
Answer : Mrinal Gore
4.Who is the first US woman to travel into space?
Answer : sally Ride
5.Who was the head of women’s regiment of subhasg chandra Bose’s Indian National Army(INA)?
Answer : Lakshmi sehgal
d)Visitors
1. which country S. M Krishna external affairs Minister of India visited recently om 1July?
Answer : Tajikistan
2.Who is the Indian Envoy to visit Tibet after 10 years ?
Answer : S.Jaishakar
3. The UN envoy who visited syria on 9 July 2012 is ?
Answer : Kofi annan
e)Miscellaneous
1.The President of which country won 5times as a president ?
Answer : Ice land
2.What is the nickname of the south Philippines Crocodile which enters in Guinness world Record as largest in Captivity in the world ?
Answer : Lolong
3. Oldest Meteor Impact was found in ?
Answer : Green Land
4.What is the name of the world’s smallest fly?
Answer : Eury platea nanaknihali
5. What is the name of the Europe’s tallest builifing ?
Answer : shard
6. How many days logged by Hillary clinton on the road , since 2009 ?
Answer : 351 days
7. Who is the Anglo Indian to vote in Presidential election in 2012 ?
Answer : Derek o’Brian, a Trinamool congress M.P
DAYS & DATES
1. World Population Day is observed on ?
Answer : July 11
2. Parents Day is Obeserved on ?
Answer : July 2
BOOKS IN NEWS
1.Which book was written by Journalist Khalid A-H Ansari?
Answer : Sachin:Born to Bat
2. Which book was released recently by D.Subba Rao RBI Governor in chennai on July 4 ?
Answer : Indian Banking Expectations
3. what is the name of the Book released by Rahul Dravid is ?
Answer : Timeless Steel
4.What is the title of the book released on hockey Olympics?
Answer : Profiles of Indian Hockey Olympics
COMMITTEES
1.Which committee was appointed by PM for the alternative route for sethu samudram ?
Answer : R.K.Pachuri expet committee
2. Which committee was set up by the kapil sibal to analyze the cartoons in NCERT text books
Answer : Thorat committee
3. Mr . Kris Gopala Krishna Executive co- chariman of ?
Answer : Infosys
4. P.M Constituted an expert committee to prepare and finalize guidelines for ?
Answer : GAAR norms
5. SSTCG Committee to Coordinate among _____?
Answer : Security Agencies
Places in News
1. Which region in Russia faced floods on 7 July 2012 ?
Answer : Russia’s southern Krasnodar
2. what is the main origin of the earth quake struck in Northern India on 11 July ?
Answer : Hindhukush
FEB 2012
1. How many EU states had signed the pact for budget discipline on 2 March 2012 ?
Answer: 25 states
2. Who is the Asia ‘s richest man according to the forbes list ?
Answer: LI Ka Shing
3. Which are the most ethical firms of the world according to the report revealed by the Ethical Institute’s ?
Answer: Tata & Wipro
4. Which is world’s largest art, antiques market owing country ?
Answer: China
5. Which country gave a call to boycott American products recently for voting against a resolution?
Answer: Srilanka
INDIA & WORLD
1.Who is the Arab League head , who discussed on the issue of Syrian fate failed recently held in Cairo on 3 March2012?
Answer: Nabil Elaraby
2. Who had inaugurated the trade show in Jakarta by India, to reach the target of $ 25 billion by 2015 ?
Answer: Mr. Anand Sharma
3. Where was the Indo-Israel free trade agreement meeting was held recently?
Answer: Hyderabad
NATIONAL
1.Which are the two new missiles developed by defense research & development laboratory handed over to Navy & IAF on 3 March 2012?
Answer: Torpedo & Akash
2. Who is the next Army cheif for the Indian Army after the retirement of Gen.V.K.Singh on 31 May 2012?
Answer: Lt,Gen.Bikram singh
3. Who is Asia’s richest woman with a net worth of $ 12billion in our country?
Answer: Savitri Jindal
4. Who is the Foreign minister of Italy who has been camping in India relating with two Italian Marines recently?
Answer: Staffan De Misture
5. How many new trains had been introduced by the railway minister in Railway budget 2012-13?
Answer: 75
6. Which company had opened centre of excellence for oracle recently for IT services and business solutions ?
Answer: Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS)
7. Name the project which had been sanctioned 423crore rupees loan assistance in Gujarat from NABARD
Answer: Narmada link project
STATES
1. Which state recorded the highest voting percentage in the history of election, which were held in the month of Feb in five states recently?
Answer: Goa
2. Who is the first independent woman loco driver in SCR?
Answer: S. Satyavathi
3. What is the assets declared by Mayawati while her nomination for the Rajya Sabha recently?
Answer: 111.64 crore
4. Which is the plan , which was launched by the Chief minister of A.P Kiran Kumar recently?
Answer: SHG Linkage credit plan
5. From which place in Andhra Pradesh the first International flight took off recently?
Answer: Visakhapatnam
CONFERENCES
1. Who inaugurated the 50th golden jubilee celebration of Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation held in New Delhi recently?
Answer: Manmohan singh
2. In which place the Turkey’s World Trade Bridge International Summit is going to be held ?
Answer: Istanbul
3. In which place was the International Monitory Fund Summit was held recently ?
Answer: New Delhi
4. Where was the second conference of nuclear security summit held recently?
Answer: Seoul
5. Where will be the third Nuclear Security Summit is going to be held next year ?
Answer: Netherland
AWARDS & HONOURS
1. Who is the Telugu novelist, who had been awarded Kurra Kotisuryamma Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to Telugu literature?
Answer: Bheemaraju Venkataramana
2. Who is the world’s tallest man, finally stopped growing after treated ?
Answer: Sultan Kosen
3. Who had been awarded with Ugadi Puraskaram from the Andhra Pradesh Government recently?
Answer: P.Surya Rao
4. Who is the women, awarded with Nirmal Gram Puraskar for the year 2012 from Andhra Pradesh from the President Pratibha Patil recently?
Answer: Y.Chintamma
5.How many new World Records were set up in 12 hours by the former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison ?
Answer: 14
6. Who is the Hungarian Mathematician who has been awarded with Abel Prize for the year 2012?
Answer: Endre Szemere’de
SPORTS & GAMES
1. To which place India dropped in ODI championship Table after losing their triangular series in Australia?
Answer: 3rd place
2. Who is cricket player who made 100 centuries in his career recently?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
3. Who is the sportswoman from Andhra Pradesh ,who is going to represent India at the World Cup for Archery which is going to held in China in April 2012?
Answer: Jyothi Surekha
4. Who had won the BNP Paribas Women’s single title for the year 2012?
Answer: Victoria Azarenka
5. Who is the World’s no-1 ranking Golf player , Who had won the US PGA Transitions Championship held at Florida recently?
Answer: Luke Donald
6. Who had been the ‘Player of the Tournament’ in the Asia Cup 2012 held at Dhaka recently ?
Answer: Shakib Ali Hasan
ECONOMY
1. What is the name of the new card product which was launched by ICICI bank for the super rich recently?
Answer: Sapphiro
2. In which place is Indian railways in World ranking?
Answer: Fourth place
3.What is the percentage of service tax , which had been raised in the budget 2012-13?
Answer: 12%
4.What is the per capita income of India for the year 2012-13 ?
Answer: Rs. 60972
5. Which country is the highest consumer of oil in per capita terms ?
Answer: United states
6. Which country stood at the least place in service sector ?
Answer: India
7.What is the per capita GDP of Qatar ?
Answer: 44.45 lakh
8. How much financial aid was granted by the World Bank to India ?
Answer: $4.3billion
9. Name the new equality saving scheme announced in the budget 2012-13 recently?
Answer: The Rajiv Gandhi Equality saving scheme
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. In how many planets in solar system life may exist according to the researchers ?
Answer: 5 Planets
2. What is the name of the second largest Moon of Saturn?
Answer: Rhea
3. What is the name of the submarine which had been taken as lease from Russia recently?
Answer: INS Chakra
4. Which type of Asprin was invented by the scientist to fight against Cancer?
Answer: Gas-filled
PERSONS IN NEWS
a) Appointments
1. Who is the new M.D for Hyundai Motors India , who was appointed recently?
Answer: Bo Shin Seo
2. Who is the New President of Germany , who has been elected recently?
Answer: Joachin Gauck
3. Who is the new Railway minister for UPA Government ?
Answer: Mukhul Roy
b) Resigns
1. Who is the Railway minister , who had resigned recently from the cabinet for raising the railway fares ?
Answer: Dinesh Trivedi
c) Deaths
1.Who is the philanthropist who died recently, vice chairman of Sankar foundation?
Answer: Sankar Rao
d) Visitors
1.Who is the Egypt Ambassador, who visited India for the golden jubilee celebration of (AARDO)?
Answer: Mr.Ahmed Abulkheir
2. Who is the Turkish Ambassador who visited Hyderabad recently?
Answer: Dr.Burak Aklapar
3. Who is the managing director of International monitory fund ( IMF) , who visited India recently?
Answer: Christine Lagarde
4. Who is the Prime ministe of Canada who had visited Thailand recently?
Answer: Staphen Harper
5. Who is the US Secretary of commerce who visited India for bilateral trade meeting ?
Answer: John Bryson
e) Miscellaneous
1. Who is Bollywood Actress to become the sixth Bollywood celebrity to be honoured with a wax likeness?
Answer: Madhuri Dixit
ABBREVIATIONS
1. AIMA stands for ___________All India Management Association
BOOKS IN NEWS
1. Who had written the book ” Didi: A Political biography “of Mamata Benerjee recently?
Answer: Monobina Gupta
2. Russian court dismissed the plea seeking ban on which Holly Literature book translation recently ?
Answer: Bhagwad Gita
APRIL 2012
1. Aung San Suu Kyi who recently won in Myanmar parliament elections, belongs to which political party?
Answer : Nation League for Democracy (NLD)
2.The US Govenment announced an additional 12.2 million aid to which country recently?
Answer : Syria
3. Who is the Chief of Laskhar e-Taiba, a reward money of $10 million has been announced on him by America?
Answer : Hafiz Saeed
INDIA & WORLD
1. India’s which board was admitted as the 11th member of MDEP recently?
Answer : Atomic Energy Regulatory
2.Which two countries signed an agreement on Contract Workers ?
Answer : India & UAE
3. Which countries had signed six agreements in diverse areas recently including oil& gas?
Answer : India & Qatar
4. In which country the Industrial “Canton Fair” is going to be held?
Answer : China
NATIONAL
1. Where is the largest Tulip garden is situated in Asia?
Answer: Srinagar
2. Which country had stated to expand the members in UN Security Council recently?
Answer : India
3. Where was the oldest and largest bank of South Korea had set its branch recently in India ?
Answer : Chennai
4.Commemorative Postage Stamp of which president was released to mark the birth centenary recently?
Answer : R.Venkataraman
5. Union Government decided to raise working capital ECB resources for which sector recently?
Answer : Aviation sector
STATES
1. Where was the foundation stone for country’s first financial city laid up in ?
Answer : Bangalore
2. In which state the 4G services were launched recently?
Answer : Kolkata
CONFERENCES
1. In which place was the 20th ASEAN Summit held recently?
Answer : Combodia
2.Where was the RIC trilateral conference held recently?
Answers : Mascow
3. Where was the 6th summit of the Americas held recently?
Answer : Colombia
AWARDS & HONOURS
1.Who is the Democratic leader of Myanmar awarded with Sukarno Prize for creation of Democracy in the country?
Answer : Aung San Suu Kyi
2. Which award has been presented to Lt.Gen.Bikram Singh?
Answer : Gallantry Award
SPORTS & GAMES
1. Novack Djikivic world no-1 defeated whom to claim the Miami masters title in the final held in Florida?
Answer : Andy Murrey
2. Who is the first woman wrestler to be qualified for the Olympics afterwinning gold in Astana recently?
Answer : Geeta Kumari
3. Who is the Tennis player captured her 40th career title in WTA tournament?
Answer : Sarena Williams
4. Who had won the 11th Asian Billiards championship held in Goa recently?
Answer : Pankaj Advani
5. Where was the Archery World Cup Stage-I games held recently?
Answer : Shanghai
6. Who had won the Men’s Single Asian Badminton Championship recently?
Answer : Chen Jin
ECONOMY
1.With the cooperation of which country Multiskill development centre is going to start in Bangalore and Gulberg?
Answer : Germany
2. According to the World Economic Outlook report what is the lowered economic growth of India in 2012?
Answer : 6.9%
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. What is name of the World’s first flying car ?
Answer : Terrafugia
2. Where was the new ISRO spy satellite centre was launched recently?
Answer : Sriharikota
3. In which place India has successfully carried out the AWACS test flight recently?
Answer : Brazil
4. From which place the Agni-v long range ballistic missile was test fired recently?
Answer : Odisha
5.What is the name of the ballistic missile which was test fired by
Pakistan recently?
Answer : Hatf-IV
6. What is the name of all weather radar imaging satellite launched recently by India ?
Answer : RISAT-I
7. What is the name of the stealth frigate which was inducted into navy recently?
Answer : INS Teg
PERSONS IN NEWS
A)Appointments
1. Who is the new special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan?
Answer : Amarendra Khatua
2. Who is the new king of Malaysia elected recently?
Answer : Sultan Abdul Halim
3. Who had been appointed as UNHCR special envoy recently?
Answer : Angelina Jolie
4. Who had been appointed as the President of World Heart Federation ?
Answer : Dr.Srinath Reddy
B) Resigns
1.Lucas Papademos is president of which country resigned recently due to early elections in the country?
Answer : Greece
2.Who is the president of Mali resigned recently?
Answer : Amadov Toumani Toure
3. What is the name of Jordan Prime minister who resigned recntly?
Answer : Awn aL Khasawneh
C)Deaths
1. Who is the legendary newsman popular CBS “60Minutes” programmer died recently?
Answer : Mike Wallace
2.Who is president of Malawi died of heart attack recently?
Answer : Binju Wa Mutharika
D)Visitors
1.The Chancellor of Exchequer of UK, who visited India for the fifth economic financial ministerial meeting held in New Delhi?
Answer : George Osborne
2. Who is the Pakistan president visited India recently?
Answer : Asif Ali Zardari
3.Who is the Norwegian Minister of Trade & Industry visited India regarding Telenor issue recently?
Answer : Trond Giske
E)Miscellaneous
1. Which city is the world’s most impressive city according to the Wealth report?
Answer : London
2. Which organisation has became the heritage of the sank Titanic ship 100 years ago?
Answer : UNESCO
PLACES IN NEWS
1. Where is the name of the world’s highest tunnel bridge located in China?
Answer : Aizhai
Books in news
1.”Reflections of a Statesman” book was written on whose life history ?
Answer : R.Venkataraman
Committees in news
1. Under whom the two member Adarsh Judicial Commission was set up by the Maharashtra Government?
Answer : N.N.Kumbahar
MAY 2012
1.Who is the new president of Russia recently taken sworn?
Answer : Vladimir Putin
2. The Hamburg harbour celebrates how many years recently?
Answer: 823 years
3. Which company become number one mobile company in the world?
Answer: Samsung
4. Which country had discovered petroleum recently?
Answer: Bangladesh
5.Liberia’s president for his war crimes sentenced to jail for ?
Answer: 50years
INDIA & WORLD
1.What is the place where Pakistan lost nearly 140 soldiers after a masive avalannde entombed the Gayari army base recently?
Answer: Siachen
2.Sahar signed an agreement to build and develop a new city in which country?
Answer: Bangladesh
3. India made dozen agreements with which country recently?
Answer: Myanmar
NATIONAL
1. The country with the greatest numbers of preterm birth with 35,19,100 is ________?
Answer: India
2. Where was the statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled recently?
Answer: South Africa
3. What is the position of India in cyber crime according to report given by SDA?
Answer: fifth place
4. Where will be the 46th Asian Development Bank Meeting of 2013 will be held?
Answer: New Delhi
5. How many years were completed by our existing parliament after the first election held in 13 May 1952?
Answer: 60 years
6. What is the name of the TAPI gas pipeline project (TGPP) which originate from the Turkmenistan reaches to India via Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Answer: Peace pipeline
7. Whose death anniversary is observed as the Anti Terrorism Day?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi
8. Osmania University Ranked ______ in the top 121 Universities in the country according to Nielsen survey
Answer: 6th
STATES
1.The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hopes to Establish Deflouridation Plants in which states?
Answer : A.P & Rajasthan
CONFERENCES
1. At which place the World Wildlife Fund summit is going to be held ?
Answer: Brazil
2. Where was the NATO summit 2012 held for Three days recently ?
Answer: Chicago
AWARDS & HONOURS
1. Who had been awarded Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award?
Answer : Miss Vinya Mishra & Sushma Seth
2. Who is the person from India got the prestigious International Jurists award?
Answer : Mulayam Singh Yadav
3. Who has been conferred “The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun” title recently?
Answer: Ratan Tata
4. Who has been awarded the first Tagore Award for cultural harmony ?
Answer : Pt Ravi Shankar
5.who awarded in 65th cannes film festival as best actor ?
Answer: Mads Mikkelsen
6. Rahul Battachary who is an Indian won British friction prize on ?
Answer: Literature
SPORTS & GAMES
1.Who had won the World Snooker Title for 2012 held at Sheffield?
Answer: Ronnie O’Sullivan
2.What is the new national record set by Krishna Poonia atTrack crew Throwdown Meet recently in Hawaii?
Answer : 64.76m
3. Who had won the World Cup Title recently held at Antalya, Turkey?
Answer: Deepika Kumari
4. Who had won the Madrid Men’s Open title held at Madrid , Spain recently?
Answer: Roger Federar
5. Who had won the National Junior Boxing championship for 2012
Answer: Manjeet Singh
6. Sania-Mattek pair recently won which title?
Answer: Brussel open Title
7. who won orange cap in IPL-5 ?
Answer : Chris Gale (RCB)
8. The total 6′s in th IPL is
Answer: 728
9. Formulae one Manacco Grand pix won by ?
Answer: Mark Weber
10.the winner of thomas cup in London olympics is ?
Answer: Lin danled(china)
11. chattisgardh girls and boy clinch national tites on which game ?
Answer : Basket ball
12. Grand master Anand belongs to which state in India?
Answer: Chennai
ECONOMY
1.Which state topped the list of highest per capita income in the country with 1,92,652 rupees?
Answer: Goa
2.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided assistance of how many USD aid to India?
Answer: $6.25 billion
3. What are the norms called for the implementation of the new global capital adequacy which was directed by the RBI to Indian Banks?
Answer: Basel-III
4. Andhrapradesh high court invalidated which % sub-quato for Minority?
Answer: 4.5%
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. Which country had recently test fired a short range ballistic missile ?
Answer: Pakistan
2. Which country has launched TMA-04M rocket recently?
Answer: Russia
3.India test fired the which type of Akash Missile recently?
Answer: Surface to air
4. pakistan test fired Nuclear capable _______ Missile ?
Answer: Hatf9
PERSONS IN NEWS
a)Appointments
1. Name the Vatican Envoy to India and Nepal, who inaugurated A.P Mission Congress?
Answer : Sarvotore Pennacchio
2. Who has been appointed as the German ambassador to India recently?
Answer: Michael steiner
3. who selected as a member of Borad Federation Against drugs from India?
Answer : Kiran Bedi
b) Resigns
1. Who is Snooker champion announced his retirement recently?
Answer : Stephen Hendry
2. Who is the Indian American scientist quits from top energy post recently?
Answer : Apunava Majumdar
3. who is vice president and CCO of infosys Bpo reginesed recently?
Answer: Ritesh Idnani
c)Deaths
1.Who is the Afghan peace negotiator shot dead recently?
Answer : Arsalan Rahmani Daulat
2. Who is the Mexican novelist played dominant role in Latin America died recently?
Answer : Carlos Fuentes
d)Visitors
1. Who is the EU Ambassador to India visited Nagaland to interact with chamber of commerce and industry recently? Answer: Joao Cravinho
2. who is the democracy Icon in Myanmar ,first visit to abroad in 24years is ?
Answer: Aung san suu kyi
e)Miscellaneous
1. Where is the world’s largest temple is going to be built by Mahavir Mandir trust?
Answer : Bihar
2. At which place the “Awan ka Cinema” film festival is going to be organized?
Answer : Kargil
3. Tallest residential building “princess tower” located at ?
Answer : Dubai
4. World’s richest lady according to business review weekly ?
Answer : Gina Rinehart
5. who is the present president of myanmar ?
Answer: Theinsein
DAYS & DATES
1. The laughter day is celebrated on which day?
Answer: First Sunday of May every month
2. Anti tobacco day is celebrated on which day?
Answer : May 31st
BOOKS IN NEWS
1. Who is the author of the book ‘Harbinger of Social Justic’ ?
Answer: Sarah Booth
COMMITTEES
1.Where was the 47th IAC committee meeting of NDA held?
Answer: Khadakwasla
Places in News
Answer: north eastern region
JUNE 2012
1.India joined recently in which council of nations in Geneva on June 1st?
Answer: UNHRC
2. Who is the Ex-President of Egypt sentenced to life imprisonment ?
Answer: Hosni Mubarak
3.What is the company that is recently bought by google
Answer: Meebo
4. The defence secretary of which country visited India recently to discuss china’s growing assertiveness
Answer: U.S
5.What is the prize money given for Noble prize?
Answer: 10million crowns
6.What is the organization that conducts auction on Gandhi’s memorabilia?
Answer: Sotheby’s London
7. Who is the new President of Egypt ?
Answer: Mohammed Morsey
8. Who is newly appointed Saudi Arabian Prince ?
Answer: Prince salmon Bin Abdul Aziz
9.The PM of Pakistan who was disqualified by court of Prime Minister-ship recently, is ?
Answer: Yusuf Raza Gilani
10. Who is the new PM of Greece ?
Answer: Antoni Samara
11.The Oracle CEO, who bought Hawaii’s sixth largest island,Lanai , is ?
Answer: Larry Ellison
12.Who was the Kenya’s Internal security minister killed in helicopter crash on 10 June 2012?
Answer: George Saitoti
13. Which Agency given the list of failed state Index ?
Answer: Foreign policy agency
14. Which party Parvez Ashraf belongs to?
Answer: Pakistan peoples party
15. Who is elected as the president of Egypt ?
Answer: Islamic Mohamed Mursi
16. Who is composed the official song for London 2012 Olympics?
Answer: Muse
17. Which country’s court held US health care Law of constitution ?
Answer: U.S
INDIA & WORLD
1.India allowed which country in FDI?
Answer: pakistan
2. who is indo- american elected as the 2nd highest court of US?
Answer: srikanth srinivasan
3.Who is the richest sports person in India according to Forbe’s list of World’s 100 richest sports person ?
Answer: M.S.Dhoni
4. In the 7th G-20 summit ,how much contribution did India made to IMF’s bailout Fund ?
Answer: 10million US Dollars
5. Which company want to invest 1.5billion euros to set up 25 stores in the country under single brand retail FDI?
Answer: IKEA
NATIONAL
1.who is the artist recently called off the Israel visit to disapprove Israeli policies?
Answer: Zakir Hussain
2.Which country stood 1st for the strongest annual growth rate according to the global survey by knight frank ?
Answer: Brazil
3. What is the name of only country where the world’s largest selling soap brand is being launches as deodorant ?
Answer: India
4.Which computer educator creates India’s first 3D ad film ?
Answer: Aptech
5.Who is the president of NASSCOM?
Answer: Som Mittal
STATES
1.Who won in the by-elections of A.P?
Answer: Y.S.R Congress party
2.What is the sex ratio of urban girls out of 1000 boys according to 2011 census in A.P state ?
Answer: 946
3.India’s first River-lake link project launched In ?
Answer: Bundelkhand
4.Which state Government announced an un-employment scheme ?
Answer: Rajasthan
CONFERENCES
1. Indian science congress held at ?
Answer: Kolkatta
2.What is the name of the alternative International AIDS conference held by India ?
Answer: Dubar Mahila Samanway samiti (DMSS)
3.Who inaugurated the 28th Annual conference of chief commissioners and Directors General of Income Tax in the capital?
Answer: Pranab Mukharjee
4.Rio+20 earth summit took place at ?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro
AWARDS & HONOURS
1.who is the first Indian to receive Wisden India outstanding achievement award?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
2. Who awarded as the Best actor in IIFA awards?
Answer: Ranbir Kapoor
3. Which Organization got wins Effie award ?
Answer: Ogilvy Mumbai
4) Who got Mexican Honour from India during G-20 summit ?
Answer: R.K.Pachauri
5.Which organization received “2012 World Business & Development Award” ?
Answer: ITC
6. which organization awarded as G20 challenge award for Medicare?
Answer: Apollo
7.Who bagged the “Entrepreneur of the year award,2012″ of Hyderabad Management Association?
K.Ravi, M.D of NCL industries
7. Ratan Tata was recently honoured for his innovation in philanthropy by _______
Answer: Rockefeller foundation Life Time achievement award
SPORTS & GAMES
1.Who won ITF men’s future title, which held in Mandya karanataka on June 2nd 2012 ?
Answer: Saket Myneni
2.Who won on June 4 a golden Medal in prost pree elite women’s discus throw event, where she belong s to Russia ? Answer: Darya Pischalnikova
3.who won the French open title 2012 in mixed doubles?
Answer: Bhupati-sania
4. Euro cup is organized by
Answer: UEFA
5. Who won the 2012 French Open title in Men’s singles?
Answer: Nadal
6.Who is the Indian Cricketer appointed as a brand ambassador of Nepal cricket Association?
Answer: M.S.Dhoni
7. Who is the First woman to win 3 tittles of Indonesia open super series in India badminton history?
Answer: Saina Nehwal
8.Who is the Indian Hockey goal Keeper suspended recently for being positive in the doping test?
Answer: Adrin D’souza
9.Who won bronze in Junior women’s meeting of shooting hopes Championship concluded at Plzen in Czench Republic on 10 June ?
Answer: Tejaswini
10.Who won the 800m race in Diamond league meet with a time of one minute 41.74 seconds ?
Answer: Rudisha
11. Who shared the title with humpy in the FIDE women’s Grand Pix ?
Answer: Anna Muzychuk
12.Who is organizes the Wimbledon Championship?
Answer: All England Club
13.The country which is going to sent women athletes in the Olympics for the first time ever
Answer: Saudi
14.Who is the first amputee runner to compete at the Olympic games ,2012?
Answer: Oscar Pistorius
ECONOMY
1.Bihar topped in Gross State domestic product with which percent Growth in 2011-12?
Answer: 13.1
2.Which Federation stated 10 point agenda for economic survival of India ?
Answer: CII (The confederation of Indian Industry)
3. Which rating agency downgraded 15 of the world’s biggest banks on 21 June ?
Answer: Moody
4.Which organization set the norms for listing SEs?
Answer: SEBI
5.What is the current limit of foreign investment in government bonds?
Answer: 20 billion dollar
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1.which vegetable’s genome was sequenced completely in 2012?
Answer: Tomato
2. what is the name of the missile test fired by the Pakistan recently.
Answer: Haft VII(babur)
3.When did the largest solar flare occurred ?
Answer: March 7.2012
4.Where the largest database of martian impact creates on Mars is ?
Answer: At the university of Colorado
5.who is the first woman Astronaut of china sent into space ?
Answer: Liu Yang
6.Fourth human spaceflight shenzhon-9 was launched into space by which country in 2012 ?
Answer: China
7.What is the technology that is currently being used in India to detect cyclones and Tsunamis, implemented by NIO & ISRO
Answer: Aerial Microwave Radar Gauge
8.What is the first country where German house was started for the first time ?
Answer: U.S
PERSONS IN NEWS
a)Appointments
1.Who is appointed as the IAF’s western Air command chief ?
Answer: Arup Raha
2.Who is appointed as the new chairman of LIC ?
Answer: Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra
3.Who is the cricketer taken oath as a Rajya sabha MP recently on June 4?
Answer: Sanchin Tendulkar
4.Who is recently appointed as navy chief?
Answer: D.K.Joshi
5.who retired as CEC recently?
Answer: S.Y.Qureshi
6. who appointed as the head of DGH ?
Answer: R.N.Chaubey
7.Present deputy governor who reappointed recently of RBI ?
Answer: K.C.Chakrabarty
8. Who is the new CEO of Tata Global ?
Answer: Harish Bhat
9.Who is the chairman of FAI- south ?
Answer: K.Rahul raju
10 . who is new chief of ICC ?
Answer: Alan Isaac
11. who is the new commissioner of Delhi Police after B.K.Gupta ?
Answer: Neeraj Kumar
12. Who is appointed as the US ambassador to Myanmar ?
Answer: Derek Mitchell
b) Resigns
1. who resigned as the commerce secretary of president Obama ?
Answer: John E. Bryson
2.Who is the union minister for micro,small and medium enterprises resigned recently on fraud corruption charges Answer: Virbadra Singh
c)Deaths
1. Who is the first women to win Nobel Prize in Economics ?
Answer: Elinor Ostrom
2.The first boxer to win the first olympic gold medal,who died recently?
Answer: Teofila Stevenson
3. Mehdi Hassan, how died recently is a ______ by profession?
Answer: Ghazal Singer
4.Who is national secretary of CITU died recently?
Answer: Dipankar Mukherjee
d)Visitors
1.Which place visited by PM Manmohan after 2 summits ?
Answer: Pretoria
2.Who is the US Defence secretary visited india recently ?
Answer: Leon Pnetta
e)Miscellaneous
1. Britain Queen Elizabeth-II celebrated her diamond Jubilee at ?
Answer: Thames ,London
2.Who is the Japanese mountaineer climbs the world’s 14 tallest mountains ?
Answer: Hirotaka Takeuchi
3. Who won Indian Spell Bee by spelling word “Belligerent” conducted by Times of India ?
Answer: Samvida Venkatesh
4.Who beat the R.J.Rolling book harry potter record of fastest selling in a week?
Answer: Erika Mitchell
DAYS & DATES
1.The world’s environment day is celebrated on
Answer: 5th June
2. Refusee Day is obeserved on ?
Answer: 21st June
BOOKS IN NEWS
1. Abdul kalam “Turning points” is a sequel of ?
Answer: Wings of fire
2.What is the book released about L.K.Advani?
Answer: Those were the day and then -The Life & times of L.K.Advani
COMMITTEES
1.Who headed the (GTA) high power committee?
Answer: Retire Justice Shyamal sen
Places in News
1.Which country faced earth quake of Magnitude of 5.9 rector
scale on June 4.
Answer: Indonesia Sumitra island
2.What is the happiest place on earth as announced the new Economics Foundations Happy Planet Index ?
Answer: costa Rica
Abbrevations
1.IUCN stands for ?
Answer: International Union for Conservation of Nature
2.ESI stands for ?
Answer: Environmental Sustainable Index
AUGUST 2012
INTERNATIONAL
1. What are the two countries disputed on Senkaku Islands?
Ans: Japan and China
2. Which law was annulled by Pakistan’s Supreme Court to protect
PM?
Ans: COCA 2012
3. The reason to suspend Syria from membership is OIC is?
Ans: The regime to Kill its people
INDIA & WORLD
1. Which country is signed on MoU with the Election Commission of India on 01 August 2012 strengthening the electoral processes and political culture?
Ans : South Korean
2. Russia and India prepare for INDRA-2012 for?
Ans: anti-terror military excercises Siberian
Republic of Buryatia
3. Who is suspect in a shooting incident at a Gurudwara in Oak
Creek,US?
Ans : Wade Michael Page
4. Which country asked the India to to register its Oil
Marketing Companies(OMCs) for supply of petroleum products such as
petrol,diesel, furnace oil and petcoke?
Ans :Pakistan
5. Which country got the second place in Search Queries for
Education on Google?
Ans : India
6. Who got the first place in Forbes magazine list?
Ans : Angela Merkel
7. On which country India impose a ban on importing milk and
milk products?
Ans : China
8. Through which port the India, Iran & Afghanistan decide to expand their trade and economic ties?
Ans : Chabahar
NATIONAL
1. Which seed to be stopped the parliamentary committee recently
recommended?
Ans : genetically modified
2. Why the government reduces the mobile base station radiation limit from 1st September 2012?
Ans : Due to health problems
3. Which state got the first place in FDI proposals?
Ans : Odisha
4. The Union Cabinet on 28th August 2012 approved a proposal for amending the Child Labour,Which age group people come under Child Labour?
Ans : upto 14 years
5. Who awarded the death sentence in 26 November 2008 attack by supreme court on 29th August 2012?
Ans : Ajmal Kasab
6. In which State two Mi-17 medium-lift utility helicopters collided in mid-air while on a “live firing exercise” ?
Ans : Gujarat
STATES
1. Which state got the 2nd place in “Environmental well-being
state”?
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
2. How much amount is approved for Delhi by the Planning commission for the year 2012-13?
Ans : Rs 15,862 crore
3. How many crores of rupees approved by Punjab state under milk
production scheme?
Ans : Rs.93 crores
4. What is the scheme launched by the rajasthan for NRIs
Ans :Jaane Apna Rajasthan
5. How much financial aid given by the delhi government for poor?
Ans :5Lakhs
CONFERENCES
1. Where the eleventh Energy Efficient Summit was conducted?
Ans: Hyderabad
AWARDS & HONOURS
1. What is worth of Yuri Milner award?
Ans : Rs 16.7 crore
2. Which award was received by the founder of Jaipur Foot,D.R.Mehta ?
Ans : Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana award
3. How many number of coaches received the Dronacharya Award for 2012?
Ans : 8
4. Who received the V.V.Giri Memorial award 2011?
Ans : Utsa Patnaik
5. Who received the Pakistan’s Highest award “Nisan-i-Imtiaz”?
Ans : Saadat Hasan Manto
6. Who is the Indian American entrepreneur has been selected among the 18 ‘Presidential Innovation Fellows’ who will work on five ‘high-impact’ projects in the US capital?
Ans : Karl Mehta
SPORTS & GAMES
1. In which event Vijay Kumar got silver medal in London Olympics 2012 ?
Ans : 25m rapid fire pistol
2. In which event Saina Nehwal got Bronze medal in London Olympics 2012 ?
Ans : Women’s Singles Badminton
3. Which Olympian beat the record of Soviet Union gymnastic Larisa Latynina?
Ans : Michael Phelps
4. Who won continuous gold medals in 100m & 200m race since first Olympics to 2012 London Olympics ?
Ans : Usain Bolt
5. Who defeated the Roger Federer in the men’s single tennis final in London Olympics 2012?
Ans : Andy Murray from great Britain
6. In Which event Mary Kom got the bronze medal in London Olympics 2012?
Ans : Women’s boxing flyweight
7. In which event Yogeshwar Dutt got bronze medal in London Olympics 2012?
Ans : men’s freestyle 60kg category
8. In which event Sushil Kumar got the Silver medal in London Olympics 2012?
Ans : men’s 66kgs freestyle wrestling
9. Which country got the highest number of gold medals in London Olympics 2012?
Ans : America
10. In Which game Mary Kom got the gold medal in London Olympics 2012?
Ans : Women’s boxing flyweight
11. Who take the 3000 runs then became the fastest player in one-day international cricket?
Ans : South Africa’s Hashim Amla
12. Who received the Castrol Indian cricketer of the year-2011?
Ans : Mahendra Singh Dhoni
13. Who got the doctorate on D.Litt from Calicut University?
Ans : Montek, M.S.Swaminathan , Fathima Beevi
ECONOMY
1. How much amount is fixed by the Union Cabinet for 2G spectrum auction?
Ans : Rs14,000crore
2. What the CIBIL introduced to help the banks to take a decision in respect of credit cards and home loans?
Ans : Risk Index
3. How many number of millionaires in Beijing?
Ans : 1.79 lakhs
4. From Which countries the government of India investigates about the information of Black Money under (DTAA) Double Taxation avoidance Agreement is ?
Ans: France & Germany
5. Which foundation funded money for ‘e-toilets’?
Ans: Melinda Gates Foundation
6. Who is the head of the PM’s economic advisory council?
Ans: C.Ranga Rajan
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. Which used to coat the solar panel that makes it easier to keep them clean?
Ans : nanoparticle
2. When a full moon appears in the night sky for the second time in a calendar month , it is called
Ans : blue moon
3. How many Miles Spanned by Curiosity during the voyage to the Mars ?
Ans: 352 million milies
4. What is the Range of the Agni-II missile which was test fired on 9 August 2012 and held at wheeler Island, Odisha Coast?
Ans :2000 Km
5. The Therapeutic approach to PTA using a type of stem cell called?
Ans : Mesenchymal stem cell (MSCs)
6. What is the name of the ballistic missile test fired by china with a range of 14,000 km
Ans :Dong fneg-41
PERSONS IN NEWS
a) Appointments
1. Who appointed as the New Election Commissioner?
Ans : Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
2. Who is the wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister take oath on 8th August 2012?
Ans : Dimple Yadav
3. Who is the first lady appointed as Chairperson of the Central Board of Excise and Customs(CBEC)?
Ans : Praveen Mahajan
4. Who is elected as Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
Ans : P.J.Kurien
b)Resigns
1. Who is the Special Peace envoy to Syria who resigned recently ?
Ans : Kofi Annan
2. Who is the communication minister resigned his pist on 27 aug 2012 ?
Ans :Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi
c) Deaths
1. How many times Mr.Vilasao Deshmukh worked as CM of Maharashtra?
Ans: 2
2. Who is first human land on the moon?
Ans : Neil Alden Armstrong
3. Who is an American author died on 1 August 2012?
Ans: Gore Vidal
4. Suresh Dalal is a literature from
Ans : Gujarati
d)Visitors
1. Cuba’s vice foreign minister Rogelio sierra Diaz visited India on 7 august 2012 to attend ____ meeting?
Ans : First India–CELAC Foreign Ministers troika Meeting
e)Miscellaneous
1. Which new comet was discovered by Prafull sharma by using data from NASA and European space craft -based observatory SOHO is ?
Ans :SOHO 2333
2. Who was suspended Indo-American Zakaria because he copied an article from The New Yorker Magazine?
Ans : CNN / Time Magazine
3. How many countries visited by former president Pratibha Patil during her tenure as a President?
Ans :18 countries
4. Who awarded multimedia award, skin & beauty award in Miss World Competition?
Ans :Vanya Mishra
PLACES IN NEWS
1. Which country struck by two earthquakes on 11th August 2012?
Ans : north-west Iran
ABBREVIATIONS
1. What is the Abbrivation of OIC?
Ans : Organisation Islamic Cooperation
BOOKS IN NEWS
1. Who is the author of the book”Mission that killed Osama Bin Laden” ?
Ans :Pseudonym Mark Owen
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1. A 3 member panel is formed by Pakistan president Zardari to reassure __ who wants to flee from Pakistan?
Ans :Pakistan Hindus
2. Who is the head of the six member committee to review on RRB’s?
Ans :S.K.Mitra
3. Which association set up a 3 member committee to resolve Hockey affairs?
Ans :The Indian Hockey Association
4. Which panel has set up a two member working group to study on universal health coverage(UHC)
Ans :The National advisory council
5. Which committee pulled up the department of atomic energy rules are not in true ?
Ans : The subordinate legislation committee
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