Saturday, December 8, 2012

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF NOVEMBER 2012

>Sebastian Vettel won third Formula One world title.

>Drug that can halt cancer spreadScientists was developed a new drug called "Aflibercept", for stop the cancer cells from multiplying.

>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.

>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.

>The ban on manufacture, sale and use of most types of "plastic bags" in the Capital came into force on on 23 November 2012.

>Senior IPS officer "Ranjit Sinha" was appointed the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for two-year term on 22 November 2012.

>"Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva", the former President of theFederative Republic of Brazil, was conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 22 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.

>Former India captain "Sunil Gavaskar" was on 21 November 2012conferred with BCCI’s prestigious ColCK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award.

>President Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorativepostage 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" wasreleased 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.

>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.

>‘Bitter Seeds’, a documentary film produced byUS-based filmmaker Micha Peled on the agrarian crisis ofcotton growers and their plight, is being shownin Vidarbha region. “Every 30 minutes, a farmer in thecountry kills himself in despair because he no longercan provide for his family. The film has won 18 international awards.

>An Indian-American physician from Californiabecame only the third person of Indian-origin tobe elected to the US House of Representatives bydefeating Republican Dan Lungren with just 184 votes lead.

>The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari presented theMoortidevi Award for 2010 to eminent Urdu scholar"Gopi Chand Narang" for his outstanding work on UrduGhazal aur Hindustani Zehan wa Tehzeeb at a function organized by Bhartiya Jnanpith.

>Chinese movie `11 Flowers` wins award at Kolkata Film Fest.

>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 andthen 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.

>Rahul Gandhi has Appointed Head of INCCoordination Panel for 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

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