Current Affairs Sep 2012
INTERNATIONAL
China to shut hundreds of coal mines this
year
The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) said the
country(China) aims to close another 625 small coal mines this year in an
attempt to reduce the number of deadly accidents, as the death toll in latest
coal mine explosion mounted to 43, raising concerns over safety
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.
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.
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.
Army in Egypt reports 32 deaths in Sinai
crackdown
Egyptian armed forces have killed 32 “criminal elements” since
launching an operation against Islamist militants in Sinai 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.
Somalia gets a new president
Somalia’s parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the new
leader for the African nation on 10th September 2012.
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.
Biggest Fire Accident in Karachi 290
Members Die
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Buddhist temples attacked in Bangladesh
Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims set fire to at least 10 Buddhist
temples and 40 homes in Ramu town and its adjoining villages — some 350 km from
Dhaka in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran on 30th September 2012.
32 killed in blasts across Iraq
A wave of bombings and shootings in Iraq on 30th September 2012
killed at least 32 people and wounded 104 .The violence was centred in Baghdad
and the surrounding areas of Taji, Madain and Tarmiyah.
INDIA & WORLD
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.
No mobile connection for more than 3 months
to any foreign tourist: Government
To check misuse of SIM cards, the government has asked 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, 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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Saudi Arabia, India hold talks on defence
ties
The first meeting of the India-Saudi Arabia joint committee on
defence cooperation was held on 10th September 2012 at New Delhi and both sides
discussed proposals for exchange of high-level visits, training and functional
exchanges in various areas.
India pledges $10-million for Palestine
The Prime Minister Manmohan 11th September 2012 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Afghanistan, US, India hold first trilateral meeting
India,
Afghanistan and the US held their first trilateral meeting in New York on 25th
September 2012.The major point of discussion was on the situation in
Afghanistan along with the issue of terrorism.
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.
NATIONAL
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.
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 banwould
only be effective in 18 category A mines, subject to their compliance with
statutory clearances.The ban will continued on the remaining leases.
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
4.6 magnitude quake rocks Ladakh, no impact
in Kashmir
A 4.6 magnitude quake rock Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir on
4th September 2012 afternoon. However, it was not felt in the Kashmir
valley.Its epicentre was in Southern Xinjiang China, located at a distance of
327 km from Leh.
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 Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA)
to 150 days and cut interest rates on crop loans to 7 percent for one year for
the farmers in drought-affected states.
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.
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.
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.
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.
STATES
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
CONFERENCES
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.
Indian National Science Academy Summit
In the last day of the summit conducted from 7th to 9th September
2012 in New Delhi,Scientists across South Asia decided to work closely in
research initiatives and advise decision makers in offering solutions to
problems ranging from healthcare to energy security.The three-day meeting saw
participation from the Science Academies of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran,
Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius and Sri Lanka.
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.
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’.
AWARDS & HONOURS
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 was presented by the India International
Friendship Society.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ebrahim Alkazi awarded top French honour
Ebrahim Alkazi, the grand old man of Indian theatre has been
conferred France’s highest cultural award for his contribution in nurturing and
presenting modern theatre in India and preserving the treasures of photography
and other art forms for posterity.Alkazi, was awarded Knight of the Order of
Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) on 29th
September 2012.
DRDO scientist G. Satheesh Reddy received
IETE Award
G. Satheesh Reddy, outstanding scientist and associate director,
Research Centre Imarat, a premier laboratory of the Defence Research and
Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Missile complex, was given IETE B.V. Baliga
Memorial Award on 30th September 2012 at Bangalore.
SPORTS & GAMES
India beat Cameroon to lift Nehru Cup for the third
consecutive time
India beat Cameroon in a thrilling penalty shoot-out to lift
the Nehru Cup 2012 football tournament. This is India’s third consecutive Nehru
Cup title, infact they have just won the three.
India’s Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
wins silver in London Paralympics
The Girisha Hosanagaara Nagarajegowda won India’s first medal at
the London 2012 paralympic 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 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.
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.
Oscar Pistorius Wins Paralympics Gold In
400 Meters
The ‘Blade Runner’ of South Africa ,Oscar Pistorius successfully
completed 400m-T44 event in 46.68 sec in Paralympics and won the gold medal.
Serena clinches fourth US Open title
Serena Williams captured her 15th Grand Slam title and fourth
career US Open crown with a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 victory over World No. 1 Victoria
Azarenka on 9th September 2012.
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.
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
• FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa- Zakumi the green-haired leopard
• FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany- Goleo named lion
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Indian wrestler Babita wins world
championship bronze
Babita Kumari (51kg) became the second Indian female wrestler to
win a World Championships medal after she clinched a bronze in Edmonton,
Canada.
Humpy wins Ankara Grand Prix-2012
Grandmaster Koneru Humpy won gold medal in FIDE Grand Prix in
Turkey at Ankara on 28th September 2012
ECONOMY
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
Planning Commission for cut in 12th Plan
annual GDP growth target to 8.2%
Planning Commission is proposing to lower annual average growth
target for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) to 8.2 per cent from its earlier
projection of 9 per cent in view of uncertain global environment and sluggish
performance of the manufacturing sector at home.
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.
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.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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
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.
Air India’s first Dreamliner landing at IGI
Airport
After a four-year delay and subsequent acrimony, the first of Air
India’s advanced Boeing B-787 Dreamliner landing at the Indira Gandhi
International Airport on 08th September 2012.It is capable of flying over
15,000 km non-stop. For AI, the plane has been configured to have 256 seats —
18 full-flat business class seats and 238 in economy.Air India, which ordered
27 Dreamliners six years ago, will get two more in the next few weeks. A total
of eight will arrive by March 2013.
PSLV-C21 delivers two satellites into their
intended Orbits
The Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) successfully put into
orbit two foreign satellites( French SPOT 6(712kgs) and Japanese micro
Satellite(15kgs)) marking Indian space agency’s 100th mission since the launch
of the first satellite,Aryabhata,in 1975 by Russian rocket.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
India’s heaviest satellite, GSAT-10
launched from Kourou launch pad in French Guiana
India’s advanced communication satellite GSAT-10 was successfully
launched on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana on
29th September 2012.This is the India’s heaviest satellite of 3,400kg weight.
PERSONS IN NEWS
A)Appointments
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.
Browne is new chairman of chiefs of staff
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne, who has become the
senior most among the three Service chiefs after Admiral Nirmal Verma retired
on 31st August 2012, has taken over as the new chairman of the chiefs of staff
committee (CoSC) on 1st September 2012.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Altamas Kabir sworn in as new Chief Justice of India
Justice
Altamas Kabir, seniormost Judge of the Supreme Court, was sworn in as the 39th
Chief Justice of India on 29th September 2012.
B)Resigns
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.
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.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
S.H. Kapadia, retired.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, S.H. Kapadia, retired on
28th September 2012.
C) Deaths
Dr. Verghese Kurien, father of India’s
White Revolution passes away
Dr. Verghese Kurien, the Father of the White Revolution, passed
away on 9th September 2012 after a brief illness. Dr. Kurien was the architect
of India’s White Revolution, which helped India emerge as the largest milk
producer in the world.
Iraq vice president sentenced to death
A Baghdad court sentenced in absentia Iraq’s vice president, Tariq
al-Hashemi, to death on hanging for the murder of a woman lawyer and terrorism
charges .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Former National Security Adviser Brajesh
Mishra dead
Brajesh Mishra, the country’s first National Security Adviser who
played a key role in foreign policy matters and pushed for deeper engagement
with the US, died in New Delhi on 28th September 2012 following a heart
ailment.
D) Visitors
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.
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.
E)Miscellaneous
Washington Post calls PM a ‘tragic figure’
Soon after Time magazine labelled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an
‘Underachiever’, the noted American news daily, Washington Post, has referred
to him as a “tragic figure”.The Washington Post said Singh’s image is of a
“dithering ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government”.
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.
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.
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.
$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.
PLACES IN NEWS
37 killed in Sivakasi cracker unit blast
37 people have been killed and at least 60 have been injured in a
huge fire at a Om Siva Sakthi Crackers in Mudalipetti, near Sivakasi, in Tamil
Nadu.
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.
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
Abbreviate GITEX
Gulf
Information Technology Exhibition
Abbreviate CTS(hint Cheque)
Cheque
Truncation System
Abbreviate DCGI(hint Drug)
Drug
Controller General of India
Abbreviation of FIFA
International
Federation of Football Association.
Abbreviation of WEF
World
Economic Forum’s
Abbreviation of APEC
Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation
Abbrivate MGNREG
Mahatama
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
IWCCI Abbreviation
Islamabad
Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry
PHDCCI Abbreviation
Punjab,
Haryana and Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Abbreviation of UNICEF
United
Nations Children’s Fund
BOOKS IN NEWS
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.
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.
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.
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
Rangarajan panel for total decontrol of sugar industry
The
Rangarajan panel will submit the report on decontrol of sugar industry within
two weeks.
DAYS & DATES
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.
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