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IMPORTANT ECONOMIC NEWS 1. Current Rate a. CRR 4.5% b.SLR 23% c. Repo 8% d. MSF 9% d. Bank Rate 9% e. Reverse Repo 7% 2. 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) Theme Faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth 8.2% GDP growth 4% agriculture growth Literacy rate 100% Extra Power generation capacity 76000 MW 3. 11th Five year plan recorded 7.9% GDP Growth. Agriculture growth 3.3% 4. Basel norms will be implemented in India from 1 January 2013 to 2018 (in world 2013 to 2019) 5. Govt. of India Approved FDI in Insurance and Pension Sector as 49%. 6. ICICI Bank to extend its net banking services through social media platform Face book 7. 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). 8. Largest home loan provider - State Bank of India (one lakh crore Rs. to 20 lakh families) 9. Top three according to per capita income: - Goa, Delhi, Haryana. 10. Seoul-headquartered Woori Bank has set up its first Indian branch in Chennai. 11. Cheque and Draft is valid for 3 month from 1 April 2012. 12. After SBI and NABARD ownership of National Housing Bank (Now RBI hold 100% share) will be transferred from RBI to Government 13. Reserve Bank has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit notes. With a tagline 'Pehchano Paise Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai', 14. India will help Sri Lanka to establish special economic zone in auto and pharma. 15. India on signed an agreement with Belgium for the modernization of the Indian Railways. 16. 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. 17. India signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Monaco in August 2012. 18. Odisha became the First Indian state to commence epayment facility for government employees.

19. E-stamping to be launchd in Delhi 28June of all denominations 20. The Reserve Bank has asked banks to convert the existing no-frills accounts into Basic savings bank deposit accounts. 21. SAIL will sponsor all medal winners of the London Olympics for the next Olympics to be held in 2016 at Rio De Janeiro (Brazil). 22. Apple has won USD 1 billion in a massive victory over South Korean giant Samsung in a patent case. Later faced a reversal. 23. World Bank Sanctions loan for Rural Livelihoods Project in Bihar 24. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered $150 million loan for the expansion of railway tracks and improving overall service in the country. 25. Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced to provide $74.8 million loan to improve road connectivity in the North East states. 26. World Bank approved an 1100 crore rupees loan for Himachal Pradesh to promote green initiatives and sustainable development. 27. 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 28. 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.

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IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 1. Indian boxer Mary Kom to be conferred Lt Colonel rank. 2. Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was launched in Maharashtra 3. Mangalam village became the first village in India where all households were provided banking facilities, it is situated in Pondicherry 4. M S Dhoni becomes brand ambassador of cricket in Nepal 5. 8 Indian Company in Fortune Global 500 Company. IOC on 83rd place.132 company of USA is in this list 6. Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station is in Rajasthan. 7. Google Buying Meebo To Help Social Networking Push 8. Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar) Accepts Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late. 9. China won both Thomas cup and Uber Cup of Badminton. Venue of Both were in China. 10. Indias First River-lake link project launched In Bundelkhand 11. Kofi Annan resign as the UN special Envoy to Syria 12. India has allowed foreign direct investment(FDI) from Pakistan. 13. Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) granted permission to MCX Stock Exchange (MCXSX) to operate as a full-fledged stock exchange 14. 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 will be held in Cochin (Kerala). Last meeting was held in Jaipur. 15. Iran has tested Fateh 110 missiles (Range - 300 km). 16. Home Ministry declined permission to three Iranian banks (Eghtesad-e-Novin, Parsian Bank and Bank Kasargad) to open branches in India. 17. 9th World Hindi Conference will be 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. 18. South Africas Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the first woman head of African Union (A.U.) Commission. 19. State Bird of Delhi-Sparrow 20. States which ban Gutka-MP, Kerela, Maharashtra, Bihar Rajsthan,Gujrat 21. 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. 22. Coal India Ltd will be investing Rs 7,500 crore to develop railway infrastructure in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha. 23. Abhijeet Gupta has won the Sixth Kavala International Chess Tournament in Greece. 24. Sunita Williams became the second woman in history to take command of ISS 25. Mariamma Koshy appointed as the full-time

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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 opens its first Branch in South Africa ISRO launches its 100th space program named PSLV C21 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 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 Indias Virender Singh wins a bronze at the World Deaf Championship at Sofia in Bulgaria

57. US Ambassador and 3 diplomats killed in Benghazi rocket attack (US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Evans) 58. Indias ranks 2nd in retail reality investment Momentum Index 59. Fortis Escorts won FICCI Healthcare Excellence Award 2012 60. India, Myanmar & Thailand decided to implement Trilateral Connectivity Project by 2016 61. Smiling Armadillo to be the official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 62. UP Government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva in the state 63. Bhakti Kulkarni becomes Goas first woman Grandmaster 64. Japan unveils plan to phase out nuclear power by 2030 65. 58th Commonwealth Parliamentarian conference concluded in Colombo (The next conference will be held in South Africa 2013) 66. Haryana Govt. decides to implement e-pension scheme system 67. Pakistan test fired cruise missile Babur with a range of 700km 68. FICCI Gen. Secretary Rajiv Kumar resigned 69. India offered Telecom Support to Turkmenistan 70. HDFC Bank announced to launch of Credit Card for Teachers 71. Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar grabbed third Asian tour title 72. India test fired its nuclear capable strategic missile AGNI IV (range 4000 km) from a test range of Odisha Coast 73. Mynamars Suu Kyi gets Congress highest honour 74. Chandrika Tarafdar becomes the first Indian to win a medal in Youth World Weightlifting Championship in Slovakia 75. 9th World Hindi Conference began at Johannesburg (Theme of the conference Bhasha Ki Asmita aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh) 76. China test New generation inter-continental ballistic missile Dongfeng 41 Range- 14,000 km 77. Afghanistan & China to expand bilateral relations 78. Ranbir Kapoor & Priyanka Chopra starrer Hindi film Barfi has been nominated for Oscar for next year film category 79. UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) appointed Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as International Goodwill Ambassador 80. Mary Kom became the Brand Ambassador of Super Fight League (SPL) Super Fight League promoted by IPL team Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra & Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt 81. GDP Growth Rate Reduced 1. 12th Five Year Plan reduce growth rate 9 - 8.2% 2. Standard & Poor reduce growth rate of India for 2012-13 - 6.5 5.5% 3. Fitch reduce Growth rate of India for 2012-13 (6.5 6%) 4. IMF fix Growth rate of India for 2012 6.1% & 2013 6.5% 5. ADB reduce growth rate of India 6.5 6.1%

82. FDI Limits List of Limits in Various Sectors Defense 26% Pension 49% Insurance 49% Print Media 26% Civil Aviation 49% Public Sec. Banks 49% Private Sec. Banks 74% Multi Brand 51% Tourism Pharmaceuticals FM Radio Telecommunication 100% 100% 26% 74%

IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION AND SUMMIT 1. New Member United Nation Total 193 (Last South Sudan) WTO Total 157 (Last - Vanuatu) World bank and IMF Total 188 (Last South Sudan) European Union Total 27 (Next member will be Croatia in July 2013) 2. Nuclear security summit 2nd Summit 2012(Current) Seoul (South Korea), 3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Neitherland 3. BRICS summit Country: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa. 4th Summit 2012(Current): New Delhi 5th Summit 2013(Next) : South Africa 4. G 8 Summit 38th Summit 2012 :David camp, USA 39th Summit 2013 : United Kingdom 5. G 20 Summit 7th Summit 2012 Los Kabos, Mexico 8th Summit 2013-St. Petersberg, Russia 6. 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 7. SCO Summit 12th Summit 2012-Beijing Attended by:SM Krishna(Forgien Minister) 13th Summit 2013-Kyrgyzstan 8. National youth Festival 17th-Mangalore (Karnataka) 18th Patna(12-16) January 9. Nato Summit-Chikago 10. Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq)

30. New Navy chief-D.K.Joshi 31. New CMD of Union Bank - D. Sarkar 32. New CMD of Syndicate Bank- M.G. Sanghvi 33. New CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce- S.L. Bansal 34. New Executive Director of PNB-S. R Bansal 35. New CMD of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank- Nagendra Murthy (Pri-Mr K.T Jagannathan) 36. New Chairman of Indian Medical Association - Dr. Narendra Saini 37. New IBA Chairman-Alok Misra 38. New director of IBPS- Anup Sankar Bhattacharya 39. New Coach of Indian Hockey Team-Jack Nobbs 40. New President of FICCI- R.V. Kanoria 41. New President of International Chamber of Commerce India NEW APPOINMENT IN INDIA 1. New Director on the Central Board of Directors of the RBI - 42. New Country Director of World Bank for India Onno Ruhl Harsh Pati Singhania Y C Deveshwar 43. New CMD of GIC A.K.Roy 2. New Indian envoy to Israel Jaideep Sarkar 44. New CMD of OICL-Dr. A.K. Saxena 3. New Indian envoy to Canada Nirmal Kumar Verma 45. New Director-General of Indian Coast Guard- M.P. 4. New Secretary Gen. of Rajya Sabha Shumsher K Sheriff Muralidharan 5. NEW President of Indian Boxing Federation Abhishek 46. New Chief Justice of India-Altamas Kabir Matoria 47. US Ambassador to India - Nancy J Powell 6. New Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau Rajiv 48. New Ambassador to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik Mehta 7. New President of Indian Newspaper Society Tilak Kumar 49. New CM of Karnataka -Jagadish Shettar (Previous: 8. New Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation Shailesh Sadananda Gowda) Gupta 50. New Chief Minister of U.P.- Akhilesh Yadav 9. New FMC (Forward Markets Commission) Chairman 51. New Chief Minister of Punjab Prakash Singh Badal Ramesh Abhishek 52. New Chief Minister of Goa- Manohar Parikar 10. New Finance Minister- P Chidambaram(Privious: Home 53. New Chief Minister of Uttrakhand- Vijay Bahuguna Min.) 54. New Chief Minister of Manipur- Okram Ibobi Singh 11. New Home Minister-Sushil Kumar Shinde(Pri: Power Min.) 55. Governor of Andhra Pradesh - E S L Narasimhan (reelect) 12. New Power Minister- Veerappa Moily 56. Governor of Maharashtra - K. Sankaranarayanan (reelect) 13. New Science and Technology Minister-Vayalar Ravi 57. Governor of Rajasthan-Margaret Alva 14. New Economic affairs secretary-Arvind Mayaram 58. New Supreme Court Judge- F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla 15. New Chief Economic Advisor-Raghuram Rajan 59. Next Army chief of India-Lt. General Bikram Singh. 16. New Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL)Chairperson- 60. New Communication Advisor to the Prime MinisterShyamala Gopinath Pankaj Pachauri 61. President of ASSOCHAM- Mr Rajkumar Dhoot 17. Re-appoint Deputy Governer of RBI: K C Chakrabarty 62. Reelected NASSCOM President-Som Mittal 18. New President of India- Pranab Mukherjee 63. Chairman of NASSCOM-N Chandrasekaran 19. Re-elected Vice President-Hamid Ansari(loss-Jashwant 64. Indian High commissioner to U.K. Jaimini Bhagwati Sing) 65. TRAI Chairman-Rahul Khullar 20. New CBDT Chairperson- Poonam Kishore Saxena 66. New Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha-PJ Kurien 21. New Union Railway Minister- C.P.Joshi 67. New CII President-Adi Godrej 22. New Aviation Secretary-K N Srivastava 68. New President of Hockey India- Mariamma Koshy 23. New Union Aviation Minister- Ajit Singh 69. World Bank Chief Economist-Kaushik Basu 24. New Election Commissioner-S. Nasim Ahmad Zaidi 25. New Chief Election Commissioner-V.S. Sampath NEW APPOINTMENT IN WORLD 26. New secretary to the Prez of India-Omita Paul 27. Head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Committee1. New President of Russia- Vladimir Putin(3rd Time) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 2. New President of Yemen-A.Mansour Hadi 28. New CEO of Prasar Bharti Jawhar Sircar 3. New President of Somalia - Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 29. LIC new Chairman-D.K Mehrotra 4. New Secretary General of SAARC-Ahmed Saleem

11. World Economic Forum Summit 2012 NovGurgaon(Haryana) 12. 20th ASEAN Meeting 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia 13. 10th BASIC Summit - New Delhi 14. Earth Summit : -Rio de Janeiro 15. United Nation conference on Sustanable Devlopment- Rio de Janeiro 16. World Economic Forum Davos (Switzerland) 17. World Polio Summit 2012 - New Delhi 18. FM Trilateral Talks(China& India & Russia)-Moscow 19. 11th Energy Efficiency Summit organized by (CII Confederation of Indian Industries) - Hyderabad

5. New ISI Director general-Zaheer-ul-Islam 6. Nepals Army Chief- Gaurav Shumsher Rana 7. New president of World Bank - Jim Yong Kim (Koreanborn) 8. New President of Germany - Joachim Gauck 9. New President of Malawi - Joyce Banda 10. New President of Libya: Mohammed Magarief 11. New PM of Greece - Antonis Samaras 12. New PM of Pak- Raja Pervez Ashraf. 13. New PM of Syria- Wael al-Halki(Replace: Riyad Hijab) 14. New PM of France-Jean Marc Ayrault 15. New IFC Head (Indian International Finance Corp.) - Jim Yong Cai 16. New PM of Egypt- Hisham Kandil 17. UN-Arab League envoy for Syria-Lakhdar Brahimi 18. New President of Egypt/ Misra- Mohamed Morsi (Freedam & Jasits Party) bt Ahmad Sarif 19. New President of Serbia- Tomislav Nikolic 20. New President of Maldives - Mohamed Waheed 21. New Pakistan High Commissioner to India - Salman Bashir 22. New CEO of Deutsche Bank-Ravneet Gill 23. New CEO of ICC-David Richardson(Pri-Haroom Largat)(SA) 24. New President of ICC-Alan Issac(N.Z.)(Pr-S.Powar) 25. New Italian Finance Minister-M-Vittorio Grilli 26. New World Bank Chief Economist-Kaushik Basu 27. Prez of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (reelected) 28. ICC President-Allan Isaac(NZ)(Privious-Sharad Pawar) 29. New UN mediator in Syria-Lakhdar Brahimi 30. President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected) 31. President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar 32. New Mauritius President-Rajkeshwur Purryag (Anerood Jugnauth) 33. New President of Mexico-Enrique Pena Nieto(from Dec12, Current:Philip Cardelon) 34. New Paragawe President-Fedrico Franco(VP)(Privious who have given resign-Fernando Armindo(given Resign) PERSON IN NEWS 1. South Korea Prez: Lee Myung Bak 2. President of Pakistan- Asif Ali Zardari 3. Bhutanese PM- Jigme Y Thinley 4. Syria President-Bashra-al-Assad 5. U.S Defence Secretary -Leon Pnetta 6. Prime Minister of Singapore- Mr. Lee Hsien Loong 7. Mauritius Prime Minister -Navinchandra Ramgoolam 8. South Africa President-Jacob Zuma 9. CMD of Coal India Limted- Mr S. Narsing Rao. 10. Uzbekistan President-Islam Karimov 11. Romania President who gave Resign-Train Basescu 12. Fiji President-Ratu Epeli Nailatikau

13. Afghan Defence Minister Who Resign-Abdul Rahim Wardak 14. US Defence Secretary-Leon Panetta 15. China Finance Minister -Liu Weimin 16. President of Tajikistan-Emomali Rahmon OBITUARY 1. Ravi Shankar- Music Composer 2. Joy Mukherjee- Film Actor 3. Vilas Rao Deshmukh-Union Science and Technology Minister 4. Mehdi hassan-Ghazal legend 5. Dara Singh-Film Actor 6. Rajesh Khanna- Film Actor 7. Bingu wa Mutharika-Malawis President 8. Ahmed Ben Bella- first President of Algeria 9. R.H. Patil- First MG of NSE 10. Mrinal Gore-Social Activist 11. P.M.Rungta-Director of BCCI 12. A.K. Hangal-Film Actor 13. Neil Armstrong-first man to set foot on the moon(From US) 14. Meles Zenawi-Ethopia Prime Minister 15. Verghese Kurien- Founder of white revolution(Amul Milk) 16. Ranganath Misra -Former Chief Justice of India 17. K.S. Sudarshan Former RSS Chief 18. Brajesh Mishra First National Security Advisor of India 19. A.M. Govindarasu Veteran communist leader & Freedom Fighter 20. Dinesh Thakur Indian theatre director and actor AWARD 1. Chameli Devi Jain Award- Tushita Mittal 2. Abel Prize: Eedre Szemereredi(Hungry Mathematician) 3. Miss World 2012-Wen xia YU(China) 4. Miss Asia Paisific-Himangini Sing 5. Brand Ambassador of BMW-Sachin Tendulkar 6. Egtek Egale Award(Best Award of Mexico):-R.K.Pachauri 7. RGN Sadbhavana Award-D.R. Mehta 8. Seoul Peace Award-Bank Ki Moon 9. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award- Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt 10. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor) 11. Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work 'Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas). 12. Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna 13. Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro

14. Vyas Samman (2011) - Hindi writer Ramdarash mishra for his work aam ke patte 15. Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai International film festival A.R. Rahman 16. International Gandhi Award-Dr. Caire Veult & Dr. J.D. Samant 17. World Food Prize- Dr. Daniel Hillel(Israeli Scientist) 18. India who won Magasaysay Award-Kulandeai Francis 19. Indusharma Katha Samman-Pradeep Saurabh(BookTeesri Tali) 20. ICC Award 2012 ICC ODI Cricketer of the year-Virat Kohli ICC Cricketer of the year- Kumar Sangakkara Emerging Cricketer of the Year-Sunil Narine th National Film Award 21. 59 Best Film: Deool(Marathi) & Byari(Kannad) Best Actor : Girish Kulkarni Best Actress : Vidya Balan 22. Best Banker Prize Award Jammu & Kashmir Bank 23. Castrol Lifetime Achievement Award Ajit Wadekar 24. Shiksha Ratna Award - AN Purohit 25. SHANTI SWAROOP BHATNAGAR AWARD 2012: 1. Suman Kumar Dhar Biology 2. Amit Sharma & Rajan Biotechnology 3. Balsubramaniam Chemistry 4. Mohan MJ & Plus Sarkar Maths 5. K Narayana Medical 6. Siraj Minawala Physics 26. Ramon Magsaysay Award winners 2012: Kulendei Francis (India) Community Leadership SPORTS London Olympics 2012(30th summer Olympics) INDIA MEDEL IN LONDON OLOMPIC Name Gagan Narang Vijay Kumar Saina Nehwal Medel Bronze Silver Bronze Sport Shooting Shooting Badminton Event Men's 10m Air Rifle Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol

Women's singles Women's Mary Kom Bronze Boxing flyweight Yogeshwar Men's 60 kg Dutt Bronze Wrestling Freestyle Men's 66 kg Sushil Kumar Silver Wrestling Freestyle Highest Medal: 1. US:104 M(46 G+29 S+ 29 B), 2. China:88 M(38 G+27 S+ 23 B) 55. India: 6 M(2 S +4 B) Womens Hockey- Netherlands bt Argentina Mens Hockey- Germany beat Netherlands In Mens Basketball, US beat Spain to win gold

Andy Murray(Eng) defeated Roger Federer (Switzerland) to clinch tennis mens singles gold Mascots for London Olympics were Wenlock and Mandeville. Wenlock was mascot for Olympics and Mandeville was mascot for Paralympics. Next: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016 52nd National Open Athletics Championships 2012: Venue - Chennai Winner - Railways Runner up Services U-19 World Cup 2012 Venue-Australia Winner-India ;Runner-Australia Man of The Match-Unmukt Chand(Indian Captain) Azlan Shah cup Venue: Malaysia Winner-NZ; Runner-Argentina; 3rd Place-India Thailand Open Grand Prix Single Venue-Bangkok; Winner-Saina Nehwal Runner-Ratchanok Inathon(thiland) Indonesia Open Single Venue: Jakarta; Winner-Saina Nehwal Runner :Li Xuerui(China) Euro Cup-2012 Venue- Poland And Ukrain; Winner-Spain; RunnerItaly Cincinnati Masters Men Single: Roger Federer bt Novak Djokovic Women Single: Li Na bt Angelique Kerber (Germany) US Open 2012 Men Single: Andy Murray(Britain) bt Novak Djokovic(Serbia) Women Single-Serena Williams bt Victoria Azarenka Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) French Open Men Single: Rafael Nadal(Spain) bt Novak Djokovic(Serbia) Men Double-Max Mirnyi(Belarus) and Danial Nestor(Canada)bt Bob and Mike Bryan(USA) Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) bt Maria Kirileko and Nadia Petrova(Russia) Wimbledon 2012 Men Singles - Roger Federer bt Andy Murray Women Singles - Serena Williams bt Agnieszka Radwanska Men Doubles - Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen bt Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau Women Doubles - Serena Williams and Venus Williams bt Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka

23. PSLV Polar Satellite Launch vehicle 24. ICBM Inter-continental Ballistic missile 25. CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 26. IDF Infrastructure Debt Fund BOOKS AND WRITERS 27. CRIS Comparative Rating Index for Sovereign 1. Those were the Day and then-The Life & Times of Lal 28. GRAIL Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory Krishna Advani-Mira Govind Advani 29. NCHER National Commission for Higher Education and 2. Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam Research 3. Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai 30. NCHRH - National Commission for Human Resources for 4. My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee Health 5. Mind Positive-Life Positive-S.Joginder Singh 31. FII Foreign Institutional Investor 6. Aawan Main Baarahon Maas-Ambika Dutta 32. DII Domestic Institutional Investor 7. "Muslim in Indian cities- Hamid Ansari 33. GST Goods and Services Tax 8. Ye Jo Hai Pakistan'- Shivendra Kumar Singh 34. DTC Direct Tax Code 9. What Young India Wants Chetan Bhagat 35. MPLADS MP Local Area Development Scheme 10. Joseph Anton - Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography) 36. FCNRA Foreign Currency Non Resident account 11. Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam 37. MFI - Micro Finance Institutions 12. Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai 38. MFDC Micro Finance Development Council 13. My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee 39. TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 40. CIC - Central Information Commission ABBREVIATION IN NEWS 41. BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in India 1. NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre 42. SAARC - South-Asian Association for Regional Co-operation 2. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule 43. ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nation 3. TCS -Tax Collection at Source 44. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Aghanistan-Pakistan-India 4. DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 45. NLD National League for Democracy 5. TIEA Tax Information exchange Agreement 46. MSF Marginal Standing Facility 6. EFSF European Financial Stability Facility 47. MIRV - Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle 7. NPS New Pension Scheme 48. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings 8. MMRCA Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft 49. NHRC - National Hu 9. DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation man Rights Commission 10. GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle 50. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer 11. ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation 51. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement 12. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency 52. NIA - National Investigation Agency 13. NDMA National Disaster Management Authority 53. S&P - Standard and Poors 14. BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa 54. RGSSBY- Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana. 15. BASIC Brazil, South Africa, India and China 16. PPP Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity 55. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India. 56. SRO- Self Regulatory Organisation. 17. MTCR Missile Technology Control Regim 57. TDSAT- Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate 18. NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group Tribunal. 19. IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency 58. BTIA -Broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment 20. CEPA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Agreement 21. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement 59. OIC-Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 22. FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion board Mixed Doubles Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond bt Leander Paes-Elena Vesnina