IMPORTANT SUMMITS

SUMMITS HELD ON 2012-13

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits

• 4th BRICS Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India
• 5th BRICS  Summit 2013 – Durban, South Africa

G-8 Annual Summits
Group of Eight (G8) Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia.

• 37th G8 Meeting 2011 – Deauville, France
• 38th G8 Meeting 2012 – David camp, USA
• 39th G8 Summit 2013 –  County Fermanagh, UK
• 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Russia

G-20 Summits

• 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 – Los Cabos, Mexico
• 8th G 20 Meeting 2013 – Saint Petersburg, Russia
• 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia

SAARC Summits
SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

• 17th SAARC Summit 2011– Addu, Maldives
• 18th SAARC Summit 2013 – Kathmandu,Nepal

ASEAN Summits
ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation

• 19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) – Bali, Indonesia
• 20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April) – Phnom penh, Cambodia
• 21th ASEAN Summit 2012  (November)– Phnom penh, Cambodia

ASEAN-India Summit

• 9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
• 10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

East Asia Summit (EAS)

EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings.

• 6th East Asia Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
• 7th East Asia Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

IBSA Summits
IBSA Dialogue Forum - India, Brazil, South Africa.

• 5th IBSA Summit 2011 – Pretoria, South Africa
• 6th IBSA Summit 2013 – India

APEC Summits
APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

• 23rd APEC  summit 2011 – Honolulu, USA
• 24th APEC Summit 2012 – Vladivostok,Russia
• 25th APEC Summit 2013 – Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia
• 26th APEC Summit 2014 – China
• 27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines
• 28th APEC Summit 2016 – Lima, Peru

OPEC Seminars
OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

• 4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 – Vienna, Austria
• 5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 – Vienna, Austria

NAM Summits
NAM – Non-aligned Movement

• 16th NAM Summit 2012 – Tehran, Iran
• 17th NAM Summit 2015 – Caracas,Venezuela

SCO Meetings
SCO – Shanghai Cooperation Organization

• SCO Meeting 2011 – Astana, Kazakhstan
• SCO Meeting 2012 – Beijing, China
• SCO Meeting 2013 – Kyrgyzstan

NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization) international conference on Afghanistan will be held in Chicago (USA)

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meetings
Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.

• ADB Annual Meeting 2012 – Manila, Philippines
• ADB Annual Meeting 2013 – New Delhi, India

WTO Ministerial Conferences

• 8th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2011 – Geneva, Switzerland
• 9th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2013 (Expected) -Bali, Indonesia

Other Important Summits

• United Nations framework convention on Climate, 2011 – Durban, South Africa
• 10th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change – New Delhi, India
• Arab summit 2012 – Baghdad, Iraq
• Nuclear security summit 2012 – Seoul, South Korea
• 12th Annual summit of European Union and India – New Delhi, India
• G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting – Mexico City, Mexico
• Friends of Syria Meeting – Istanbul,Turkey
• 5th Ministerial level India-UK Economic Financial Dialogue – New Delhi
• United Nation Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 – Rio de janeiro,Brazil
• 17th National youth Festival – Mangalore, Karnataka
• World Economic Forum – Davos, Switzerland
• World Polio Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India
• India, Russia Inter-Governmental Commission meet 2012 – New Delhi, India
• The sixth conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians held in Islamabad on 4th November 2012.
• E-9 countries review meeting held in New Delhi on 9th and 10th November 2012.The E-9 countries are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria and Mexico.
• The 8th meeting of the India-UK Joint Working Group (JWG) on counter terrorism was held on 20 November 2012 in New Delhi.
• The 3rd Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit organized by East West Institute, a New York based think-and-do tank, kick-started in the New Delhi on 30th October 2012.
• South Korea will host the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2014.
• The XI Conference of Parties (CoP-11) on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) being hosted by India at Hyderabad starts on 1st October 2012.
• 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.
• 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 .
• The world’s largest meeting on HIV/AIDS opened on 22nd July in Washington.
• The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Summit held in HICC, Novotel Hyderabad. The summit was held between 22 August 2012 to 25 August 2012.
•  7th ASEAN education Ministers meeting on July 4 with the 1st Asean plus three education Minister Meeting and the 1st East Asia Summit Education Minister meeting from July4-5 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
•  A One day International conference in Kabul took place on June 14,2012 to discuss ways to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan and boost regional cooperation.
•  101 st session of International Labour Conference  organized by International Labour Organization(ILO), concluded on June 14 ,2012 in Geneva.
•  The Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments took place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012
•  India To Host Alternative International AIDS conference
•  World Agriculture Congress mega event will be hosted by the Hyderabad city for the first time in the country.
•  The 6th Summit of the Americas was held At Cartagena, Colombia on 14 and 15 April 2012.
•  The Russia, India and China (RIC) trilateral conference was held in Mascow on 13 April 2012.
•  The seventh meeting of the India-Russia Joint Working Group was held in New Delhi on 11 April 2012.
•  Two-days national agricultural conference held at New Delhi.
•  The international exhibition-cum conference ” Indian Aviation 2012 held at Hyderabad from 14-18 March 2012.
• The 23rd Arab summit was held on 29 March 2012 Baghdad, half of the Arab world’s 22 heads of states had to meet for the summit in former president Saddam Hussain’s palace, but only few leaders gathered.
•  India, the independence accreditation agency organized its 1st world summit on Accreditation from 25 -28 March 2012 in New Delhi.
•  The I’st World summit on Accreditation is going to be held in March 2012 at New Delhi.
•  A seven days Turkey World Trade Bridge International Business Summit is going to be organized by the confederation of Businessman and Industrialists of Turkey (TUSKON) and the Indo-Turkish Business Association (ITBA) from 3 June to 10 June 2012 in Istanbul.
• AIMA’s second Knowledge summit was held in Bangalore on 7March 2012.
• The 9th three day International conference & exhibition was hosted by the society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG),which was inaugurated on 16 feb 2012 in Hyderabad.
• The 44Th session of Indian Labour conference was held on 14 and 15 Feb 2012, under the chairmanship of Shri Mallikajun Kharge, Union minister of Labour and Employment.
• The Association of South East Nations (Asean ) summit had held in New Delhi on 12 Feb 2012 with the theme of India and Asean partners for peace, progress and stability. 
• The 12th India – EU summit was held in New Delhi on 10 Feb 2012.
• The 4th ” International Conference on Luminescence and its Application’s” (ICLA) 2012 conference had been organised by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies on 8 Feb2012 in Hyderabad.
•  The 15th National conference on e-Governance conference had been inaugurated by the chief minister of Odisha M.Naveen Patnaik on 8 Feb 2012
• The 10th International Kimberlite conference meeting was held from 6 to 11 Feb 2012 at Bangalore (GSI).
• The 58th annual meeting of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) was held from 8 to 12 Feb 2012 in Kolkata
• The national conference on Governance’ was held on 29 Jan  2012 at the NCUI auditorium in New Delhi.
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated 15th Global Sanskrit Meetings in New Delhi on 4 January 2012.
• 99th Science Congress Conferences were inaugarated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Bhuvaneswar, Odisha on 3 January 2012. 

G.K For I.B.P.S Clerk Exam Held on 15,16,22,23 December,2012

People in news

 New Director of CBI - Ranjit Sinha

 US Professor of the year 2012 - Autar Kaw

 Miss International 2012 - Ikumi Yoshimatsu

 Forbe's Richest Indian - Mukesh Ambani

 Member of Order of Australia - Sachin Tendulkar

 New Director general of the BBC - Tony Hall

 New coach for Indian Basket Ball Team - Scott Fleming

 First female African Union chief - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zum

 Brazil's Supreme Court's first non-White President - Joaquim Barbosa

 New Chairperson of the Election Commission of The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) - Anil Dev Singh

 Terrorist of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks who hanged on 21 November

2012 – Ajmal Kasab

 New Managing Director and Chief Executive of Bombay Stock Exchange

(BSE) - Ashishkumar Chauhan

 Political cartoonist arrested by police - Aseem Trivedi

 Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of World Bank - Kaushik Basu

 UN Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

 Chairman of the Board of Directors of PTI - R Lakshmipathy

 New Secretary General of Rajya Sabha - Shumsher K Sheriff

 New Indian Ambassador to Israel - Jaideep Sarkar

 India’s high commissioner to Canada - Nirmal Verma

 Miss India Fiji 2012 - Sheryl Kumar

 New chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) - Shailesh Gupta

 New Chief Justice of Singapore - Sundaresh Menon

 America’s first ever Hindu to be elected to the House of Representatives -

Tulsi Gabbard

 New National Icons for Election Commission - Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom

 CMD of Coal India Limted- Mr S. Narsing Rao.

 Uzbekistan President-Islam Karimov

 Romania President who gave Resign-Train Basescu

 Fiji President-Ratu Epeli Nailatikau

 Afghan Defence Minister Who Resign-Abdul Rahim Wardak

 US Defence Secretary-Leon Panetta

 China Finance Minister -Liu Weimin

 President of Tajikistan-Emomali Rahmon

 South Korea Prez: Lee Myung Bak

 President of Pakistan- Asif Ali Zardari

 Bhutanese PM- Jigme Y Thinley

 Syria President-Bashra-al-Assad

 U.S Defence Secretary -Leon Pnetta

 Prime Minister of Singapore- Mr. Lee Hsien Loong

 Forbes Richest American – Bill Gates

 Mauritius Prime Minister -Navinchandra Ramgoolam

 New Chief Justice of India – Altamas Kabir

 South Africa President-Jacob Zuma

 Indian Author in the Man Booker Prize Race – Jeet Thayil

APPOINTMENTS

National :

 Secretary in National Commission for Women - Ajit Saran

 New Indian envoy to Israel – Jaideep Sarkar

 New Indian envoy to Canada – Nirmal Kumar Verma

 New MSME secretary - Vivek Rae

 New chairman of ICC Cricket Committee - Anil Kumble

 Junior pistol chief coach - Jaspal Rana

 India’s ambassador to Brazil - Ashok Kumar

 New Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau – Rajiv Mehta

 New FMC (Forward Markets Commission) Chairman – Ramesh Abhishek

 New Director on the Central Board of Directors of the RBI - Y C

Deveshwar

 New President of Indian Newspaper Society – Tilak Kumar

 New Secretary Gen. of Rajya Sabha – Shumsher K Sheriff

 New Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation – Shailesh Gupta

 New President of Indian Boxing Federation – Abhishek Matoria

 New Finance Minister- P Chidambaram (Privious: Home Min.)

 New Home Minister-Sushil Kumar Shinde(Pri: Power Min.)

 New Power Minister- Veerappa Moily

 New Science and Technology Minister-Vayalar Ravi

 New Economic affairs secretary-Arvind Mayaram

 New Chief Economic Advisor-Raghuram Rajan

 New Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL)Chairperson - Shyamala

Gopinath

 Re-appoint Deputy Governer of RBI: K C Chakrabarty

 New President of India- Pranab Mukherjee

 Re-elected Vice President-Hamid Ansari(loss-Jashwant Sing)

 New CBDT Chairperson- Poonam Kishore Saxena

 New Union Railway Minister- C.P.Joshi

 New Aviation Secretary-K N Srivastava

 New Union Aviation Minister- Ajit Singh

 New Election Commissioner-S. Nasim Ahmad Zaidi

 New Chief Election Commissioner-V.S. Sampath

 New secretary to the Prez of India-Omita Paul

 Head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Committee - Rajyavardhan

Singh Rathore

 New CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce- S.L. Bansal

 New Executive Director of PNB-S. R Bansal

 New CEO of Prasar Bharti – Jawhar Sircar

 LIC new Chairman-D.K Mehrotra

 New Navy chief-D.K.Joshi

 New CMD of Union Bank - D. Sarkar

 New CMD of Syndicate Bank- M.G. Sanghvi

 New CMD of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank- Nagendra Murthy (Pri-Mr K.T

Jagannathan)

 New Chairman of Indian Medical Association - Dr. Narendra Saini

 New IBA Chairman-Alok Misra

 New director of IBPS- Anup Sankar Bhattacharya

 New Coach of Indian Hockey Team-Jack Nobbs

 New President of FICCI- R.V. Kanoria

 New President of International Chamber of Commerce India

 New Country Director of World Bank for India – Onno Ruhl Harsh Pati

Singhania

 New CMD of GIC – A.K.Roy

 New CMD of OICL-Dr. A.K. Saxena

 New Director-General of Indian Coast Guard- M.P. Muralidharan

 New Chief Justice of India-Altamas Kabir

 US Ambassador to India - Nancy J Powell

 New Ambassador to Cambodia – Dinesh K. Patnaik

 New CM of Karnataka -Jagadish Shettar (Previous : Sadananda Gowda)

 New Chief Minister of U.P.- Akhilesh Yadav

 New Chief Minister of Punjab – Prakash Singh Badal

 New Chief Minister of Goa- Manohar Parikar

 New Chief Minister of Uttrakhand- Vijay Bahuguna

 New Chief Minister of Manipur- Okram Ibobi Singh

 Governor of Andhra Pradesh - E S L Narasimhan (reelect)

 Governor of Maharashtra - K. Sankaranarayanan (reelect)

 Governor of Rajasthan-Margaret Alva

 New Supreme Court Judge- F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla

 Next Army chief of India-Lt. General Bikram Singh.

 New Communication Advisor to the Prime Minister - Pankaj Pachauri

 President of ASSOCHAM- Mr Rajkumar Dhoot

 Reelected NASSCOM President-Som Mittal

 Chairman of NASSCOM-N Chandrasekaran

 Indian High commissioner to U.K. – Jaimini Bhagwati

 TRAI Chairman-Rahul Khullar

 New Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha-PJ Kurien

 New CII President-Adi Godrej

 New President of Hockey India- Mariamma Koshy

 World Bank Chief Economist-Kaushik Basu

International :

 New President of Somalia - Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

 New President of Unisted States – Barrak Obama (2nd Time)

 New Secretary General of SAARC-Ahmed Saleem

 New ISI Director general-Zaheer-ul-Islam

 New President of Russia- Vladimir Putin (3rd Time)

 New PM of Greece - Antonis Samaras

 New PM of Pak- Raja Pervez Ashraf.

 Prez of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (reelected)

 New PM of Syria- Wael al-Halki(Replace: Riyad Hijab)

 New PM of France-Jean Marc Ayrault

 New IFC Head – (Indian International Finance Corp.) – Jim Yong Cai

 New PM of Egypt- Hisham Kandil

 UN-Arab League envoy for Syria-Lakhdar Brahimi

 New President of Egypt/ Misra- Mohamed Morsi (Freedam & Jasits

Party) bt Ahmad Sarif

 New President of Serbia- Tomislav Nikolic

 New President of Maldives - Mohamed Waheed

 New Pakistan High Commissioner to India - Salman Bashir

 New CEO of Deutsche Bank-Ravneet Gill

 New CEO of ICC-David Richardson(Pri-Haroom Largat)(SA)

 New President of ICC-Alan Issac(N.Z.)(Pr-S.Powar)

 New Italian Finance Minister-M-Vittorio Grilli

 New World Bank Chief Economist-Kaushik Basu

 New President of Yemen-A.Mansour Hadi

 Nepal’s Army Chief- Gaurav Shumsher Rana

 New president of World Bank - Jim Yong Kim (Koreanborn)

 New President of Germany - Joachim Gauck

 ICC President-Allan Isaac(NZ)(Privious-Sharad Pawar)

 New UN mediator in Syria-Lakhdar Brahimi

 President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected)

 President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar

 New Mauritius President-Rajkeshwur Purryag (Anerood Jugnauth)

 New President of Mexico-Enrique Pena Nieto (from Dec- 12,

Current:Philip Cardelon)

 New Paragawe President-Fedrico Franco(VP)(Privious who have given

resign-Fernando Armindo(given Resign)

 New President of Malawi - Joyce Banda

 New President of Libya: Mohammed Magarief

HEADS OF VARIOUS

DEPARTMENTS

 Comptroller and Auditor General of India - Shri. Vinod Rai

 Chief Vigilance Commissioner of India - Shri. Pradeepkumar

 Chief Election Commissioner Of India - Shri V.S. Sampath

 Chief Justice of India - Shri. Althamas Kabir

 Army Chief - General Bikram Singh

 Naval Admiral - Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi

 Air Chief Marshal - Norman Anil Kumar Browne

 Boarder Security Force - Director General - U K Bansal

 Central Bureau of Investigation - A P Singh

 Securities and Exchange Board Of India - U K Sinha

 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority - J Harinarayan

 Telcom Regulatory Authority Of India – Rahul Khullar

NATIONAL FILM AWARDS

 Best Feature Film: - 'Devur' (Marathi) & 'Byari' (Kannada)

 Best Director:- Gurvinder Singh, 'Anhe Ghorey Da Daan'

 Best Actor: - Girish Kulkarni, 'Deool'

 Best Actress:- Vidya Balan, 'The Dirty Picture'

 Best Children's Film: - 'Chillar Party'

InternatIonal FIlm awards

OSCAR

 Best Film: The Artist

 Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius

 Best Actor: Jean Dujardin

 Best Actress: Meryl Streep

Nobel prize wiNNers 2012 list

S.No Department Name of the Person/

Organization

Country Field of Research

1. PHYSICS Serge Haroche David J. Wineland

2. CHEMISTRY Robert J. Lefkowitz Brain K. Kobilka

3. PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE-Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka

4. ECONOMIC SCIENCES-Alvin E. Roth  Lioyd S. Shapley

5. LITERATURE Mo Yan From China

6. PEACE PRIZE European Union (EU) Europe For over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation. Democracy and human rights in Europe.

Beauty Contests

 MISS INDIA 2012 : VANYA MISHRA

 MISS WORLD 2012 : Wenxia YU ( China )

 MISS UNIVERSE 2011 : Leila Lopes

 Miss International 2012 - Ikumi Yoshimatsu

 Miss World 2012 - Wen xia YU(China)

 Miss Asia Paisific - Himangini Sing

 Miss India Fiji 2012 - Sheryl Kumar

IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND SUMMITS

 New Members

– United Nation – Total– 193 (Last– South Sudan)

– WTO – Total– 156 (Last - Russia)

– World bank and IMF – Total– 188 (Last – South Sudan)

– European Union – Total– 27 (Next member will be Croatia in July

2013)

 Nuclear security summit

– 2nd Summit 2012(Current) – Seoul (South Korea)

– 3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Neitherland

 BRICS summitCountry: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa.

– 4th Summit 2012(Current): New Delhi

– 5th Summit 2013(Next) : South Africa

 G 8 Summit

– 38th Summit 2012 :David camp, USA

– 39th Summit 2013 : United Kingdom

 G 20 Summit

– 7th Summit 2012 – Los Kabos, Mexico

– 8th Summit 2013-St. Petersberg, Russia

 NAM Summit

– 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit- Tehran(Iran)

– 17th Summit(Next)-In 2015- Venezuela

– 26-31 August at Attended By(India): Prime Minister

– Theme: Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance.

– Country:120,New-Fiji, Azerbaijan

 SCO Summit

– 12th Summit 2012-Beijing - Attended by:SM Krishna(Forgien

Minister)

– 13th Summit 2013-Kyrgyzstan

 National youth Festival

– 17th-Mangalore (Karnataka)

– 18th –Patna(12-16) January

 Nato Summit-Chikago

 Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq)

 World Economic Forum Summit 2012 Nov- Gurgaon(Haryana)

 20th ASEAN Meeting 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

 10th BASIC Summit - New Delhi

 Earth Summit : -Rio de Janeiro

 United Nation conference on Sustanable Devlopment- Rio de Janeiro

 World Economic Forum – Davos (Switzerland)

 World Polio Summit 2012 - New Delhi

 FM Trilateral Talks(China& India & Russia)-Moscow

 11th Energy Efficiency Summit organized by (CII – Confederation of Indian

Industries) – Hyderabad

 Emerging Kerala investment meet – Kochi

 9th World Hindi Conference - Johannesburg

 The international biodiversity meet – Hyderabad

 Asia Co-operation Dialogue Summit - Kuwait

 UN biodiversity meet in 2014 - South Korea

 Third Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit - New Delhi

 Indian National Science Academy Summit – New Delhi

 APEC Russia 2012 Summit - Russky Island (Russia)

Banking awareness

 Current Rates of RBI

o CRR – 4.25%

o SLR – 23%

o Repo – 8%

o MSF– 9%

o Bank Rate – 9%

o Reverse Repo– 7%

 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17)

• Theme – Faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth

• 9 - 9.5% GDP growth

• 4% agriculture growth

• Literacy rate – 100%

• Extra Power generation capacity – 76000 MW

 11th Five year plan recorded 8.2% GDP Growth.

 New CMD of Bank of India - V. R. Iyer

 Agriculture growth 3.3%

 Basel norms will be implemented in India from 1 January 2013 to 2018 (in

world 2013 to 2019)

 Govt. of India Approved FDI in Insurance and Pension Sector as 49%.

 ICICI Bank to extend its net banking services through social media platform

‘Face book’

 Indian banks would need Rs 3,90,000-5,00,000 crore capital over the next

six years in the wake of Basel III capital regulations announced by the

Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

 Largest home loan provider - State Bank of India (one lakh crore Rs. to 20

lakh families)

 Top three according to per capita income: - Goa, Delhi, Haryana.

 Seoul-headquartered Woori Bank has set up its first

 Indian branch in Chennai.

 Cheque and Draft is valid for 3 month from 1 April 2012.

 After SBI and NABARD ownership of National Housing Bank (Now RBI

hold 100% share) will be transferred from RBI to Government

 Reserve Bank has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit

notes. With a tagline 'Pehchano Paise

 Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai',

 India will help Sri Lanka to establish special economic zone in auto and

pharma.

 Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has allowed Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to

open branches in Tier-II cities (Population -50,000 to 99,999 as per 2001

census) without taking its permission.

 India signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Monaco in

August 2012.

 Odisha became the First Indian state to commence epayment facility for

government employees.

 The Reserve Bank has asked banks to convert the existing ‘no-frills’

accounts into ‘Basic savings bank’ deposit accounts.

 SAIL will sponsor all medal winners of the London

 Olympics for the next Olympics to be held in 2016 at Rio De Janeiro

(Brazil).

 Apple has won USD 1 billion in a massive victory over South Korean giant

Samsung in a patent case.

 World Bank Sanctions loan for Rural Livelihoods Project in Bihar

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered $150 million loan for the

expansion of railway tracks and improving overall service in the country.

 Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced to provide $74.8 million loan

to improve road connectivity in the North East states.

 World Bank approved an 1100 crore rupees loan for Himachal Pradesh to

promote green initiatives and sustainable development.

 The NSE is now the world's largest bourse in terms of the number of trades

in equity segment for the first six months of 2012

 India and Pakistan have agreed to allow two banks each from both the

countries to set up branches across the border. The two Indian banks are

State Bank of India (SBI) and Bank of India (BoI). And two Pakistani bank

are National Bank of Pakistan and United Bank Ltd.

AWARDS AnD honoRS

 National Book Award – Katherin Boo

 Yuri Milner Award – Ashok Sen

 Hoover Medal – Narayan Murthi

 BCCI’s lifetime achievement award - Gavaskar

 Man Booker Prize – Hillary Mantel

 Best TV host award – Amitabh Bachhan

 Chameli Devi Jain Award- Tushita Mittal

 Punjab Ratan Award - Lord Indarjit Singh

 JICA President Award - Delhi Metro

 Indira Gandhi award for National Integration – Guljar

 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2012 – Ellen Johnson Serleaf

 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2010 – Lula Da Silva (she received this award

recently)

 Sastra Ramanujan Prize - Zhiwei Yun

 Abel Prize: Eedre Szemereredi(Hungry Mathematician)

 Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana award - D.R.Mehta

 Miss World 2012-Wen xia YU(China)

 Miss Asia Paisific-Himangini Sing

 Brand Ambassador of BMW-Sachin Tendulkar

 Egtek Egale Award(Best Award of Mexico):-R.K.Pachauri

 RGN Sadbhavana Award-D.R. Mehta

 Seoul Peace Award-Bank Ki Moon

 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award- Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt

 Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor)

 Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work

'Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas).

 Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book “Mein Hi

Radha, Mein Hi Krishna”

 Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work

“Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro”

 Vyas Samman (2011) - Hindi writer Ramdarash mishra for his work “aam

ke patte”

 Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai International film festival – A.R.

Rahman

 International Gandhi Award-Dr. Caire Veult & Dr. J.D. Samant

 World Food Prize- Dr. Daniel Hillel(Israeli Scientist)

 India who won Magasaysay Award-Kulandeai Francis

 Indusharma Katha Samman-Pradeep Saurabh(Book- ‘Teesri Tali’)

 ICC Awards 2012

– ICC ODI Cricketer of the year-Virat Kohli

– ICC Cricketer of the year- Kumar Sangakkara

– Emerging Cricketer of the Year-Sunil Narine

 59th National Film Awards

– Best Film: Deool(Marathi) & Byari(Kannad)

– Best Actor : Girish Kulkarni

– Best Actress : Vidya Balan

 Best Banker Prize Award – Jammu & Kashmir Bank

 Castrol Lifetime Achievement Award – Ajit Wadekar

 Shiksha Ratna Award - AN Purohit

 SHANTI SWAROOP BHATNAGAR AWARD 2012:

– Suman Kumar Dhar – Biology

– Amit Sharma & Rajan – Biotechnology

– Balsubramaniam – Chemistry

– Mohan MJ & Plus Sarkar – Maths

– K Narayana – Medical

– Siraj Minawala – Physics

 Ramon Magsaysay Award winners 2012: Kulendei Francis (India) –

Community Leadership

BOOKS and authors

 Yuvi – Book on Youvraj Singh - Makarand Waingankar

 Bring up the Bodies – Hillary Mantel

 Matters of Discretion: An Autobiography – I.K. Gujral

 Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam

 Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai

 Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai

 My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee

 A General and His Army - Georgy Vladimov

 A Himalayan Love Story - Namita Gokhale

 A Last Leap South - Vladimir Zhirinovsky

 A Nation Flawed-Lesson from Indian History - P.N. Chopra

 A Peep into the Past - Vasant Navrekar

 Mind Positive-Life Positive-S.Joginder Singh

 Aawan Main Baarahon Maas-Ambika Dutta

 "Muslim in Indian cities”- Hamid Ansari

 “Those were the Days and then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani”-

Mira Govind Advani

 Ye Jo Hai Pakistan'- Shivendra Kumar Singh

 Revolution 2020 – Chetan Bhagat

 A Bend in the river - V.S. Naipaul

 A Brush with Life - Satish Gujral

 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth

 A Tale of Two Gardens – Octavio Paz

 A Tribute to People’s Princess Diana – Peter Donelli

 A Tryst With Destiny – Stanley Wolfer

 Abbot – Walter Scott

 Absalom, Absalom – William Faulkner

 Absalom and Achitophel – John Dryden

 Acoession to Extinction – D.R. Mankekar

 Across Borders, Fifty-years of India’s Foreign Policy – J.N. Dixit

 Adam Bede – George Eliot

 Adhe Adhure – Mohan Rakesh

 Adonis – P.B. Shelley

 Bangla Desh-The Unifinished Revolution – Lawrence Lifschultz

 Banyan Tree– Hugh Tinker

 Beach Boy – Ardesher Vakil

 Beast and Man – Murry Midgley

 Beating the Street – Peter Lynch

 Adrain Mole-The Wilderness Years Sue Townsend

 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain

 Affairs – C.P.Snow

 Brishbikkha - Bankim Chandra Chatterji

 Britain’s True History - Prem Bhatia

 Broken Wings - Sarojini Naidu

 Brothers Karamazhov - Fyodor Dostoevski

 Bubble - Mulk Raj Anand

 Buddha Charitam - Ashvaghosha

 Bunch of Old Letters - Jawaharlal Nehru

 Affluent Society – J.K.Galbraith

 Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx and Mujahid – R.H. Magnus & Eden Naby

 Africa’s Challenge to America – Chester Bowles

 After All These Years – Susan Issacs

 After the Dark Night – S.M. Ali

 Bloodline – Sidney Sheldon

 Blood Sport – James Stewart

 Blue Bird – Maurice Macterlink

 Bofors: The Ambassador’s Evidence – B.M. Oza

 Bone People – Keri Hulme

 Book of the Sword – Sir Richard Burton

 Against the Grain – Boris Yeltsin

 Age of Reason – Jean Paul Sartre

 Agni Pariksha – Acharya Tulsi

 Agni Veena – Kazi Nazrul Islam

 Agony and the Ecstasy – Irving Stone

 Ain-i-Akbari – Abul Fazal

 Airport – Arthur Hailey

 Ajatshatru – Jai Shankar Prasad

 Akbarnama – Abul Fazal

 Alaska Unbound – James Michener

 Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

 Amar Kosh – Amar Singh

 Ambassador’s Journal– J.K. Galbraith

 Ambassador’s Report– Chester Bowles

 Amelia– Henry Fielding

 Autumn Leaves – O.Pulla Reddi

 Avanti Sundari – Dandin

 Babbit – Sinclair Lewis

 Baburnama – Babur

 Baby and Child – Penelope Leach

 Back to Methuselah – G.B. Shaw

 Backward Place – Ruth Prawer Jhabwala

 Bandicoot Run – Manohar Malgonkar

 Bang-i-Dara – Mohammad lqbal

 Bliss was it in that Dawn – Minoo Masani

 Borders & Boundaries: Women in India’s Partition – Ritu Menon & Kamla

Bhasin

 Born Free - Joy Adamson

 Bostaan - Sheikh Saadi

 Bread, Beauty and Revolution - Khwaja Ahmed Abbas

 Breaking the Silence - Anees Jung

 Breakthrough - Gen.Moshe Dayan

 Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories - Khushwant Singh

 Bridge’s Book of Beauty - Mulk Raj Anand

 Bridges of Madison Country - R.J. Waller

 Brif History of Time - Stephen Hawking

 Beginning of the Beginning – Acharya Rajneesh

 Beloved – Toni Morrison

 Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe

 Adventures of Sally – P.G. Wodehouse

 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain

 Adversary in the House – lrving Stone

 Advice and Consent – Allen Drury

 Ben Hur – Lewis Wallace

 Bend in the Ganges – Manohar Malgonkar

 Bermuda Triangle – Charles Berlitz

 A Foreign Policy for India- I.K. Gujral

 A Fortune Teller Told Me - Tiziano Terzani

 A Possible India - Partha Chatterjee

 A Psychoanalysis of the Prophets - Abdulla Kamal

 A Reveolutionary Life - Laxmi Sehgal

 A Secular Agenda – Arun Shourie

 A Simple Path – Lucinda Vardey

 Berry Patches – Yevgeny Yevtushenko

 Best and the Brightest – David Halberstan

 Betrayal of Pearl Harbour – James Rusbridger and Eric Nave

 Between Hope and History – Bill Clinton

 Between Hope and History – Bill Clinton

 Between the Lines – Kuldip Nayar

 My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee

 Q and A – Vikas Swaroop

 Joseph Anton - Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography)

 Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam

SportS

LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (Important)

Venue – 2012 - London

2016 – BraZil ( Rio )

First – Us With 104 Total Medal ( 46 Gold )

Second – China With 88 Toatal medal ( 38 Gold )

55th Place – India (With 2 Silver and 4 Bronze)

India’s performanace – Total 6 medal ( 2 Silver and 4 Bronze )

Indai’s Medals –

Medal Name Sport Event

Silver Vijay Kumar Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol

Silver Sushil Kumar Wrestling Men's 66 kg freestyle

Bronze Gagan Narang Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle

Bronze Saina Nehwal Badminton Women's singles

Bronze Mary Kom Boxing Women's flyweight

Bronze Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Men's 60kg Freestyle

 Who leads India’s March past in Inaguaration – Sushil Kumar

 Who leads India’s March past in Closing ceremony – Mary Kom

 Issue Maker in March Past of Opening ceremony - Madhura Nagendra

 Women’s Hockey- Netherlands bt Argentina

 Men’s Hockey- Germany beat Netherlands

 In Men’s Basketball, US beat Spain to win gold

 Andy Murray(Eng) defeated Roger Federer (Switzerland) to clinch tennis

men’s singles gold

 Mascots for London Olympics were Wenlock and Mandeville.

o Wenlock was mascot for Olympics and Mandeville was mascot for

Paralympics.

o Next Olympics : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016

 52nd National Open Athletics Championships 2012:

o Venue – Chennai

o Winner - Railways Runner up – Services

 U-19 World Cup 2012

o Venue-Australia

o Winner-India ;Runner-Australia

o Man of The Match-Unmukt Chand(Indian Captain)

 Azlan Shah cup

o Venue: Malaysia

o Winner-NZ; Runner-Argentina; 3rd Place-India

 Thailand Open Grand Prix Single

o Venue-Bangkok; Winner-Saina Nehwal

o Runner-Ratchanok Inathon(thiland)

 Indonesia Open Single

o Venue: Jakarta; Winner-Saina Nehwal

o Runner :Li Xuerui(China)

 Euro Cup-2012

o Venue- Poland And Ukrain; Winner-Spain; Runner- Italy

 Cincinnati Masters

o Men Single: Roger Federer bt Novak Djokovic

o Women Single: Li Na bt Angelique Kerber (Germany)

 US Open 2012

o Men Single: Andy Murray(Britain) bt Novak Djokovic(Serbia)

o Women Single-Serena Williams bt Victoria Azarenka

o Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy)

 French Open

o Men Single: Rafael Nadal(Spain) bt Novak Djokovic(Serbia)

o Men Double-Max Mirnyi(Belarus) and Danial Nestor(Canada)bt

Bob and Mike Bryan(USA)

o Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) bt Maria

Kirileko and Nadia Petrova(Russia)

 Wimbledon 2012

o Men Singles - Roger Federer bt Andy Murray

o Women Singles - Serena Williams bt Agnieszka Radwanska

o Men Doubles - Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen bt Robert

Lindstedt and Horia Tecau

o Women Doubles - Serena Williams and Venus

o Williams bt Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka

o Mixed Doubles Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond bt Leander Paes-

Elena Vesnina.

 Demnark Open 2012 – Saina Nehwal

Sport termS table

(in AlphAbeticAl Order)

Athletics

Relay, Photofinish, Track, Lane, Hurdles, Shotput, Discuss

Throw, Hammar Throw, Triple Jump, High Jump, Cross

Country, etc.

Badminton

Drop, deuce, smash, double-touch, clash, service, love, serviceline,

etc.

Base Ball Bunting, hole, pitcher, put-out, strike, etc.

Baseball

Pinching, Home run, Base runner, Throw, Perfect game, Strike,

Put out, etc.

Billiards

Cue, cannon, baulk, pot scratch, long jenny, short jenny, frame,

spider, short and long rest, in-off, etc.

Boxing

Round, knock-outs, countdown, flyweight, jab, uppercut, hook,

punch, etc.

Bridge Contract bridge, duplicate bridge, tricks, suite , rubber, trump,

grand slam, little slam, etc.

Billiards

&

Snooker

Pull, Cue, Hit, Object ball, Break shot, Scoring, Cushion

billiards, etc. , etc.

Boxing

Knock. out, Round, Ring Stoppage, Punch, Upper-cut, Kidney

punch, Timing, Foot work, etc.

Chess Gambit, stalemate, move, resign, checkmate, etc.

Cricket

Hat-trick, maiden, follow-on, declare, bowled, caught, run-out,

leg before wicket(LBW), stumped, striker, slips, gully, short leg,

silly, mid-on, point, cover, mid-off, bouncer, beamer, googly,

full toss, drive, cut, pull, hook, flick, etc.

Cycling Sprint, Time trial, Point race, Trackrace, etc.

Football

Kick off, goal, corner-kick, throw-in, penalty, offside, red card,

yellow card, foul, hat trick, dribble, pass, forward, defender, half,

goalkeeper, tie-breaker, trapping, heading, etc.

Golf

Course, links, tee, hole, caddie, threesome, foursome, niblic,

club, putt, iron, birdie, eagle, etc.

Gymnastics

Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, Floor exercise, Uneven bar, Push up,

Sit up. etc.

Hockey

Centre, defender, forward, half, penalty-stroke, penalty corner,

push-in, free-hit, striking circle goal, goal-line, touch-line, goal

keeper, off-side, foul, stick, carry, dribble, tiebreaker, trapping,

etc.

Horse

Racing Race course, steeplechase, bets, bookies, jockey, punter, etc.

Judo Cocoa, Blue, white, Green belt, etc.

Polo Mallet, bunker, chukker, handicap, goal, sixty yarder, etc.

Shooting Bag, bull’s eye, marksmanship, plug, skeet, etc.

Swimming

Freestyle, Breast stroke, Back stroke, Butterfly, Lane, Pool,

Crawl, etc.

Table Tennis Smash, drop, deuce, spin , let, service, etc.

Tennis

smash, cross-court, passing shot,backhand, forehand,slice, topspin,

serve, dropshot, lob, down-the-line, deuce, tie-breaker, set,

game, grand slam, ace, volley, etc.

Volleyball Blocking, doubling, heave, smash, point, serve, volley, etc.

Weight Lifting Snatch, Jerk, etc.

Wrestling Free style, Hal Nelson, Point, Heave, etc.

OBITUARIES

 Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray - Shiv Sena supreme leader

 Kamala Sadagopan - Tamil writer and novelist

 Yash Chopra – Legendary Film Maker of India

 S.K.Behera - India's consul general in Melbourne

 Ravi Shankar- Music Composer

 Bandya Kakade - Former India football goalkeeper

 Kevin Curran - Zimbabwe cricket coach

 IK Gujral – Former Prime Minister of India

 Joy Mukherjee- Film Actor

 Shri Krishna Khaitan - the chairman of Khaitan group of companies

 Vilas Rao Deshmukh-Union Science and Technology Minister

 Mehdi hassan-Ghazal legend

 Dara Singh-Film Actor

 Rajesh Khanna- Film Actor

 Bingu wa Mutharika-Malawi’s President

 Ahmed Ben Bella- first President of Algeria

 R.H. Patil- First MG of NSE

 Mrinal Gore-Social Activist

 P.M.Rungta-Director of BCCI

 A.K. Hangal-Film Actor

 Neil Armstrong-first man to set foot on the moon(FromUS)

 Meles Zenawi-Ethopia Prime Minister

 Verghese Kurien- Founder of white revolution(Amul Milk)

 Ranganath Misra -Former Chief Justice of India

 K.S. Sudarshan – Former RSS Chief

 Brajesh Mishra – First National Security Advisor of India

 A.M. Govindarasu – Veteran communist leader & Freedom Fighter

 Dinesh Thakur – Indian theatre director and actor

Complete list of Cabinet ministers

Indian Cabinet has been changed on October 28, 2012. In this mega reshuffle, 22 Ministers, including seven of Cabinet rank, were inducted into the Manmohan Singh government in what is seen as the last such exercise by UPA-II before the 2014 general elections.

Here is the Complete List of Cabinet ministers after the reshuffle :

New Cabinet Ministers :

 K. Rahman Khan : Minority affairs

 Dinsha J. Patel : Mines

 Ajay Maken : Housing and urban poverty alleviation

 M.M. Pallam Raju : Human resource development

 Ashwani Kumar : Law and justice

 Harish Rawat : Water resources

 Chandresh Kumari Katoch : Culture

Changes in PORTFOLIOS OF CABINET MINISTERS

 M. Veerappa Moily : Petroleum and natural gas

 S. Jaipal Reddy : Science and technology and earth sciences

 Kamal Nath : Urban development and parliamentary affairs

 Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian affairs

 Kapil Sibal : Communications and information technology

 CP Joshi : Road transport and highways

 Kumari Selja : Social justice and empowerment

 Pawan Kumar Bansal : Railways

 Salman Khurshid : External affairs

 Jairam Ramesh : Rural development

New Ministers of State (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

 Manish Tewari : Information and broadcasting

 K. Chiranjeevi : Tourism

CHANGES IN PORTFOLIOS OF MINISTERS OF STATE

(INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

 Jyotiraditya Scindia :Power

 K.H. Muniappa : Micro, small and medium enterprises

 Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki : Drinking water and sanitation

 Sachin Pilot : Corporate affairs

 Jitendra Singh : Youth affairs and sports

NEW MINISTERS OF STATE

 Shashi Tharoor : Human resources development

 Kodikunnil Suresh : Labour and employment

 Tariq Anwar : Agriculture and food processing industries

 K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy : Railways

 Ranee Narah : Tribal affairs

 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury : Railways

 A.H. Khan Choudhury : Health and family welfare

 Sarve Sathyanarayana : Road transport and highways

 Ninong Ering : Minority affairs

 Deepa Dasmunsi : Urban development

 Porika Balram Naik :Social justice and empowerment

 Killi Kruparani : Communications and information technology

 Lalchand Kataria : Defence

CHANGES IN PORTFOLIOS OF MINISTERS OF

STATE

 E. Ahmed : External affairs

 D. Purandeswari : Commerce and industry

 Jitin Prasada : Defence and human resource development

 S. Jagatharakshakan : New and renewable energy

 RPN. Singh :Home

 KC Venugopal : Civil aviation

 Rajeev Shukla : Parliamentary affairs and planning

Important poInts to remember about

Kasab’s ExEcution

(This event is important for us because this is the most discussed topic now a days)

The villian of the Mumbai terror attack of November 26, 2008 Mohammad Ajmal

Amir Kasab was on 21st November 2012 (Wednesday ) morning executed in a

top-secret manner, leaving not just Indians but the entire world surprised.

The Pakistan national gunman was hanged in the high-security Yerwada Jail in

Pune early on Wednesday after a four-year-long trial. Kasab, who was being kept

at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, was moved to the Yerwada jail earlier on

Sunday night.

Reportedly codenamed ‘Operation X’ and led by Special IG (law and

order) Devan Bharti, the entire process began on November 5 when the President

rejected the mercy plea of Kasab and ended this morning with the terrorist’s

execution.

In a formal announcement made by Maharashtra home minister early at 8:30 am on

Wednesday, RR Patil said, "Kasab's hanging is a tribute to all the 166 people killed

as well as those police officer martyred in the attack."

Here is a timeline of important events :

 Nov 26, 2012 : Mumbai Police assistant sub-inspector Tukaram Ombale,

lost his life while capturing Kasab alive.

 Oct 16, 2012 : Union Home Ministry recommends to President for rejection

of Kasab's mercy plea.

 Nov 5, 2012 : President rejects Kasab's mercy petition.

 Nov 7, 2012 : Home Minister signs on papers recommending Kasab’s

execution to the Maharashtra government.

 Nov 8, 2012 : Maharashtra government informed about President's decision

by the Home Ministry.

 Nov 8 , 2012 Maharashtra government sets November 21 as the date for

Kasab’s execution.

 Nov 19, 2012 : Kasab shifted from Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail, where he

was lodged since his arrest, to Pune’s Yerwada Jail.

 Nov 21, 2012 : Little before 7.30 am: Kasab says he has no last wish.

o 7.30 am : Kasab hanged in Yerawada Jail.

o 9.30 am : Kasab buried inside Yerawada Jail.

Some more uSeful PointS

for

IBPS Clerks Online Exam 2012

 More than 90 people died and Millions of US people remain without power,

as thousands are unable to return home four days due to the powerful

Harricane called Sandy hit into the East Coast (very important)

 M. Mahalakshmi and R. Vaishali from Chennai on 19 November 2012

won Gold at the World Youth Chess Championship in Slovenia.

 Indian boxer Mary Kom to be conferred Lt Colonel rank.

 Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was

launched in Maharashtra

 Mangalam village became the first village in India where all households

were provided banking facilities, it is situated in Pondicherry

 M S Dhoni becomes brand ambassador of cricket in Nepal

 Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna won the Paris Master, their

second title of the year

 IOC on 83rd place.132 company of USA is in this list

 Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station is in Rajasthan.

 Google’ Buying ‘Meebo’ To Help Social Networking Push

 Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar) Accepts Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late.

 China won both Thomas cup and Uber Cup of Badminton.

 Venue of Both were in China.

 India’s First River-lake link project launched In Bundelkhand

 Kofi Annan resign as the UN special Envoy to Syria

 India has allowed foreign direct investment(FDI) from Pakistan.

 Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India

 (SEBI) granted permission to MCX Stock Exchange (MCXSX) to operate

as a full-fledged stock exchange

 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 will be held in Cochin (Kerala). Last

meeting was held in Jaipur.

 Iran has tested Fateh 110 missiles (Range - 300 km).

 Home Ministry declined permission to three Iranian banks (Eghtesad-e-

Novin, Parsian Bank and Bank Kasargad)

 to open branches in India.

 9th World Hindi Conference was held in South African city Johannesburg

from 22 to 24 of September this year.

 The main theme of the conference is “Bhasha Ki Asmita Aur Hindi Ka

Vaishvik Sandarbh”.

 South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the first woman head of

African Union (A.U.) Commission.

 State Bird of Delhi-Sparrow

 States which ban Gutka-MP, Kerela, Maharashtra, Bihar Rajsthan,Gujrat

 Russia and India will conduct sixth joint INDRA-2012 antiterrorism military

exercises in the Siberian republic of Buryatia. The last INDRA was held in

India in October 2010.

 Coal India Ltd will be investing Rs 7,500 crore to develop railway

infrastructure in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha.

 Abhijeet Gupta has won the Sixth Kavala International Chess Tournament

in Greece.

 Sunita Williams became the second woman in history to take command of

ISS

 Mariamma Koshy appointed as the full-time IRCTC introduced Interbank

Mobile Payment System

 Indian Rank in Global Competitiveness Index-59th

 Bank of India Open in 1st Branch in South Africa

 India and Singapore will provide list of Black money holders to each other.

 SBI, Bank of India & PNB will open their Branch in Pakistan

 RBI punished two foreign banks for Money Laundering – HSBC &

Chartered Accountant Banks.

 India won the Nehru Cup Football Cup 2012 Tournament by defeating

Cameroon

 India will not provide more than 3 months mobile connection to the foreign

tourists.

 India & China agreed to set up a joint working group to look their trade and

investment

 RBI issued a guide lines that all the cheques should be cleared in two days

 Winner Asian Chess Championship 2012 – Parivarjan Negi

 World Trade Award 2012 – will be held in Gurgaon (India)

 LIC completed 56 year of its glorious and purposeful existence on 1st Sept

2012

 Maruti Suzuki plans to start its new plant in Mehsana in Gujarat

 Axis Bank launched Happy Ending Home Scheme related to Home Loans

 According to IBA (Indian Banking Association) guidelines duration of

education loans would be increased 7 – 10 yrs. In special case it would

extend to 15 yrs.

 London became no.1 Fashion City of the world (earlier it was Paris)

 Bank of India will open’s its first Branch in South Africa

 ISRO launches its 100th space program named – PSLV 21 form Sri Harikota

(Andhra Pradesh)

 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF): Mutual fund related to Gold

 India slips 169th in world rankings of Football

 New Rank of India In World Global Competitiveness Index 2012-13 – 59th

(earlier it was 56)

 UP govt. launch unemployment allowance scheme

 ICICI Bank to extend its net banking services through social media platform

‘Facebook’

 Sachin Pilot commissioned as Lieutenant in Territorial Army

 ‘Bloomberg Markets’ magazine has included West Bengal Chief Minister

Mamta Banerjee in the list of 50 most influential people in the finance

category.

 ‘Pieta’ the South Koran Film won Golden Lion Venice Top prize

 Lewis Hamilton became the winner of Italian Grand Prix 2012

 HSBC agrees to sell banking business in Pakistan

 2012 London Paralympics Games conclude in London

 India’s Virender Singh wins a bronze at the World Deaf Championship at

Sofia in Bulgaria.

 US Ambassador and 3 diplomats killed in Benghazi rocket attack (US

Ambassador to Libya – Christopher Evans)

 India ranks 2nd in retail reality investment Momentum Index.

 Fortis Escorts won FICCI Healthcare Excellence Award 2012.

 India, Myanmar & Thailand decided to implement Trilateral Connectivity

Project by 2016

 Smiling Armadillo to be the official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

 UP Government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva in the state

 Bhakti Kulkarni becomes Goa’s first woman Grandmaster

 Japan unveils plan to phase out nuclear power by 2030

 58th Commonwealth Parliamentarian conference concluded in Colombo

(The next conference will be held in South Africa 2013)

 Haryana Govt. decides to implement e-pension scheme system

 Pakistan test fired cruise missile Babur with a range of 700km

 FICCI Gen. Secretary Rajiv Kumar resigned

 India offered Telecom Support to Turkmenistan

 HDFC Bank announced to launch of Credit Card for Teachers

 Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar grabbed third Asian tour title

 India test fired its nuclear capable strategic missile AGNI – IV (range – 4000

km) from a test range of Odisha Coast

 Mynamar’s Suu Kyi gets Congress highest honour

 Chandrika Tarafdar becomes the first Indian to win a medal in Youth World

Weightlifting Championship in Slovakia

 9th World Hindi Conference began at Johannesburg (Theme of the

conference – “Bhasha Ki Asmita aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh”)

 China test New generation inter-continental ballistic missile

– Dongfeng – 41 Range- 14,000 km

 Afghanistan & China to expand bilateral relations

 Ranbir Kapoor & Priyanka Chopra starrer Hindi film – Barfi has been

nominated for Oscar for next year film category

 UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) appointed Bollywood

actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as International Goodwill Ambassador

 Mary Kom became the Brand Ambassador of Super Fight League (SPL)

Super Fight League promoted by IPL team

 Rajasthan Royal’s co-owner – Raj Kundra & Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt

 GDP Growth Rate Reduced

 12th Five Year Plan reduce growth rate – 9 - 8.2%

 Standard & Poor reduce growth rate of India for 2012-13- 6.5 – 5.5%

 Fitch reduce Growth rate of India for 2012-13 (6.5 – 6%)

 IMF fix Growth rate of India for 2012 – 6.1% & 2013 – 6.5%

 5. ADB reduce growth rate of India – 6.5 – 6.1%

 FDI Limits

o Defense 26%

o Pension 26%

o Insurance 49%

o Print Media 26%

o Civil Aviation 49%

o Public Sec. Banks 49%

o Private Sec. Banks 74%

o Multi Brand 51%

o Single Brand 100%

o Tourism 100%

o Pharmaceuticals 100%

o FM Radio 26%

o Telecommunication 74%

o Broadcasting 74%