JULY-2012

APPOINTMENTS
1.Who will take over as DGCA chief--Arun Mishra
2.Who is the new CEO Of Yahoo--Marissa Mayer
3.Arun Mishra set to be new Director General of Civil Aviation
4.Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, AERB Chairman S S Bajaj.
5.BJP names Jagadish Shettar as new Karnataka CM
6.New Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) -- S.K. Shivakumar.
7.Who is appointed as secretary to President of India--Omita Paul
8.Mahama sworn in as Ghana's new president: Because Ghana President John Atta Mills died
suddenly
9.NEW PRESIDENT OF INDIA-- Mr.Pranab Mukherjee has won the presidential poll and
became Indias 13th president. Mr.Pranab Mukherjee won the poll with a huge margin. Pranab
was earlier Finance Minister in the UPA Government before he filed the nomination for the
Presidential elections. Pranab Mukherjee to be sworn in as President on 25th July 2012.
10. Rajkeshwur Purryag became the fifth president of Mauritius

OBITUARIES:
1. Veteran actor Dara Singh passes away.
2. Legendary actor Rajesh Khanna passes away.

IMPORTANT DAYS:
1.JULY 11World population day.

AWARDS:
1. Spanish striker Fernando Torres won the Golden Boot award for top scorer in European
Championship.
2. Which Indian state bagged best heritage tourism award at the 3-day India Tourism Mart held
at Bangalore recently?
ANS. Bihar
3. Golden Peacock Awards--Former Chief Justice of India P. N. Bhagwati gave away the
national Golden Peacock Awards for Eco-Innovation, Environment Management and
Occupational Health and Safety at the 14th World Congress on Environment Management here
recently.

SPORTS:
1.Roger Federer Wins 7
th
Wimbledon Title beating Andy Murray.
2.Jonathan Marray became the first Briton to win a Wimbledon mens doubles title in 76 years.
3.Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond beat Leander Paes-Elena Vesnina, won Wimbledon mixed
doubles title.
4.Serena and Venus defeated Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic,
won Wimbledon Ladies Doubles
5.Brett Lee retires from international cricket
6.Jeev Milkha Singh wins Scottish Open (GOLF)
7.Janco Tipsarevic of Serbia beat Juan Monaco of Argentina, won Mercedes Cup final
(TENNIS).
8.Name the German Grand Prix 2012 winner--Fernando Alonso
9.Who became the 1st South African batsman to score 300 runs in test cricket--Hashim Amla
10.Which countrys women team first time participating in Olympics--Saudi Arabia
11.Serena Williams wins fifth Wimbledon title. She beat Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.
12.Euro 2012 final-- Spain secure historic victory, thrash Italy 4-0 to retain title.

Miscellaneous
1.Delhi High Court removes 200 SMS per day limit

2.India tests nuclear-capable Agni-I missile

3.Which IT company reported its 1st ever loss in 26 years--Microsoft

4.Which company join hands with Google to introduce Google Web Academy in IndiaNIIT

5.Which bank overtook SBI as Indias most valued bank:HDFC Bank

6.Which Indian state residents will have to pay property tax for the first time--Jammu and
Kashmir.

7.IMF reduces Indias growth to 6.1 %.

8.RBI lowers growth forecast rate for 2012-13 to 6.5%.

9.BCCI for resuming cricket with Pakistan.

10. What is the NEFT transaction charges per transaction for funds less than Rs.10,000 from
August 1st 2012--Rs.2.50

11. SBI hikes interest rate for deposits below Rs.15 lakh.

12. Western Ghats now in World Heritage List.

13.E-filing of returns must for income over Rs. 10 lakh.

14.National Housing Bank (NHB), Genworth, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and
International Finance Corporation (IFC), have together set up a joint venture mortgage guarantee
company-India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation Pvt. Ltd. (IMGC).

15.Pakistan to reopen NATO supply lines.

16.New particle found by CERN at Meyrin, near Geneva. This particle looks like Higgs Boson.

17.Nuclear power goes back online in Japan.

18.The Supreme Court has asked the Reserve Bank of India not to grant permission to or register
foreign law firms to set up liaison offices in India under Section 29 of the Foreign Exchange
Regulation Act, 1973, for fighting litigation in the country.
Reconstituted NAC meets today

19.IRCTC recently introduced which payment service to book tickets online--Interbank Mobile
Payments Service, with One Time Password

20.Yahoo India recently tied-up with which kannada language daily newspaper to launch a co-
branded kannada property kannada.yahoo.com--Udayavani

21.Name the Nobel laureate who has been appointed as the first chancellor of the proposed
Nalanda University.--Amartya Sen

22.RBI to issue Rs.5 coins bearing which institutes emblem as it marks its Centenary Year--
Indian Council Medical Research

23.Haryana bans chewable tobacco products.

24.No I-T returns if you earn Rs 5L or less.

25.The reconstituted Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) will meet on Friday to
review the first two years of NAC 2 (June 2010-June 2012) as well as to listen to presentations
by the Union Ministries of Labour and Employment and Financial services on a set of
recommendations to the Central government on ensuring social security for the unorganized
sector.

26.Chidambaram to head Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on spectrum now.

27.Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong Arrives in Delhi to push for bigger Indian role in ASEAN
and to engage in education sector.

28.Jawaharlal Nehru University is the best university in the country, according to the National
Assessment and Accreditation Council.

29.The third edition of the Defence & Aerospace SES (Strategic Electronic Summit) 2012 will
be held in Bangalore on July 26-27.

30.The Maharashtra government has banned production, sale, distribution and storage of gutka
and paan masala.

31.India, U.S. join hands to promote innovation.

32.India has joined hands with the U.S. to promote innovation in India. Called Millennium
Alliance, the unique initiative will provide grassroots innovators with essential resources such
as seed funding, business incubation services, networking opportunities and technical assistance
to solve development problems, particularly in the areas of basic education and food security.

33.Which Indian state government has increased 0.5% VAT recently--Karnataka

34.Chinas Yi Siling wins 1st gold medal of Olympics 2012 in 10m air rifle

35.Indian Shooter Gagan Narang wins bronze 10m air rifle

36.BCCI bans five cricketers for spot-fixing in Indian Premier League: The Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) meted out harsh punishments on Saturday to five cricketers T P
Sudhindra,Shalabh Srivastava, Amit Yadav, Mohnish Mishra and Abhinav Bali who were
caught in a TV sting operation in May agreeing to either spot-fix matches or bragging about
receiving 'under-the-table' payments from franchisees and agreeing to move to other IPL teams
for more money.

37.The head of the European Center for Nuclear Research says its teams have discovered a new
particle that is consistent with the Higgs boson -- a subatomic particle considered so significant
to the understanding of the universe that it has been called the God particle.

38.Sunita Williams sets off on yet another space mission: Indian-American record-setting
astronaut Sunita Williams along with her two colleagues today took off for her second space
odyssey on a Russian Soyuz rocket, which blasted off successfully from a cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan.

39.Supersonic missile BrahMos successfully test-fired: India successfully test fired BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur off
Odisha coast. The missile, which has a flight range of up to 290 km, is capable of carrying a
conventional warhead of 300 kg.

August-2012
Appointments
1)Chidambaram returns to finance, Shinde placed in home and Veerappa Moily got another
ministry-- P Chidambaram is India's new Finance Minister.
Sushil Kumar Shinde takes over as Home Minister of India, the portfolio Mr Chidambaram
held. And Veerappa Moily, Corporate Affairs Minister, will also handle the power ministry,
which Mr Shinde held.
2) First lady to be appointed as Chairperson of the Central Board of Excise and
Customs(CBEC)--Praveen Mahajan
3)Who is elected as new Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha--P.J.Kurien.
4)New Election Commissioner--Former civil aviation secretary Nasim Ahmad Zaidi is appointed
as new election commissioner.
5) New Prime Minister of Mongolia--Norov Althanhuyag.
6) Raghuram Rajan,former chief economist of International Monetary Fund (IMF) was appointed
as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry of India.
7) New Vice President of India-- Hamid Ansari
8) N.K. Gupta,took over as Director (Finance) Railtel recently.
9) New Group Chief Executive of Barclays(a Banking Giant)-- Antony Jenkins
10) Arvind Saxena appointed the Managing Director of Volkswagen India

Obituaries
1) Vilasrao Deshmukh is no more. Union minister for science and technology and former
Maharashtra chief
minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who has been battling liver cancer, died.
2) Neil Armstrong--First human who land on moon is dead.
3) Veteran actor A.K.Hangal Passed away.

Days
August 3 International Friendship Day.
August 6 Hiroshima Day,
August 9 Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day.
August 15 India's Independence Day.
August 29 National Sports Day.

Awards
1)ARJUNA AWARD AND KHEL RATNA AWARD: Ace cricketer Yuvraj Singh is set to
get the Arjuna Award this year, announced the Union Sports Ministry on Saturday. The ministry
has also decided to reward Olympic medal-winners Vijay Kumar (shooting) and Yogeshwar
Dutt (wrestling) with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
2)No. of coaches received Dronacharya Award 2012: Eight
3)V.V giri memorial award: Utsa Patnayak
4) 3rd Rajeev Gandhi Excellence Award 2011 under the Best Power Company of the Year--
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID).
5) Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award for the year 2012 --Central Bank of India has won
the prestigious.
6)Best Banker prizeJ&K Bank.

Sports
1) Who won the 1st gold medal at the London Olympics 2012 event--Chinas Zhang Cuiping
2) Who won ICC U-19 cricket worldcup 2012India(defeated Australia)
3)Which country won the maximum no. of medals in London Olympics 2012USA
4)How many medals India won in London Olympics 20126(2 silvers and 4 bronze).
5) Who became the 1st tennis players to win 4 Olympic gold medals--Venus Williams and
Serena Williams
6) Who became the Fastest Player to reach Landmark 3000 One-Day International Runs--
Hashim Amla(South Africa).
7)England Test Cricket Team captain Andrew Strauss retired .
8)Indian Test Cricket Team Senior player VVS Laxman announced his retirement.
9)The following is the list of India's medal winners at the 2012 London Olympics:
Medal Name Sport
Silver Vijay Kumar Shooting Men's 25m rapid fire pistol
Silver Sushil Kumar Wrestling Men's 66kg freestyle
Bronze Gagan Narang Shooting Men's 10m air rifle
Bronze Saina Nehwal Badminton Women's singles
Bronze Mary Kom Boxing Women's 51kg
Bronze Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Men's 60kg freestyle
Miscellaneous
1)Microsofts Hotmail no longer hottest email service in the town, Microsoft has launched
Outlook.com, a new web mail service, to take on Googles extremely popular Gmail.
2)India to help Sri Lanka set up SEZs
3)Where the eleventh Energy Efficient Summit was conducted--Hyderabad
4)Which 3 countries which will hold NAM summit in TehranIndia,Iran and Afghanistan
5)Which 3 Indian banks allowed to operate in PakistanPNB,Bank of India and State Bank of
India.
6)IDBI has recently launched floating rate deposit scheme.
7)Miss World 2012Yu Wenxia belongs to China.
8)Which bird has been declared as state bird by the Delhi Government--House Sparrow.
9)Manmohan Singh set record by becoming Indias 3rd Prime Minister to hoist National flag at
Red Fort for the 9th time?
10)SEBI recently allowed which instrument as valid address proof investors--Aadhaar card
11)The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has now tied up with WWF India (WI)
and TRAFFIC India (TI) to create awareness about wildlife among students.
12)The Government approved a Complete Ban on Employment of Children(up 14 years of age).
13)Union Finance Ministry approved 49 Percent FDI in Insurance and Pension Sector
14)India successfully test-fired Medium Range Ballistic Missile Agni II

September-2012

APPOINTMENTS
1)New Chief Justice of India--Altamas Kabir sworn-in as 39th Chief Justice of India.
2)New envoy to Israel--Jaideep Sarkar was appointed as the new Indian Ambassador to Israel.
3)New Chief for BCCI Senior Selection Committee--Former Cricketer and all-rounder, Sandeep
Patil was appointed as the Chairman of the senior selection committee of BCCI.
4)New chairman of PTIR Lakshmipathy, the publisher of Tamil daily Dinamalar, was elected
as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI)
5)The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has appointed Bollywood actress
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as its International Goodwill Ambassador.
6)C.P. Joshi, the Union Road Transport and Highways Minister on 24 September 2012 took an
additional
charge of the Railway Ministry after the exit of Mukul Roy
7)Rajiv Mehta appointed as Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau
8)World Bank appointed Onno Ruhl as the country director for India
9)Kaushik Basu appointed as World Bank Chief Economist
10) New President of Somalia -- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

OBITUARIES
1)India's first National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra died.
2)Dinesh Thakur, the veteran actor-director died.

AWARDS
1)Waheeda Rehman to receive Lifetime Achievement Award during 14th Mumbai Film Festival
2)AA Manavalan on 19 September 2012 was awarded with the prestigious Saraswati Samman
for his work, Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalyum. This is a comparative study of epic Ramayana in
48 different languages.
3)The Director, Department of Animal Husbandry,Dr. M.V.Reddy got the Bharat Jyoti Award.

SPORTS
1)Caroline Wozniacki won the WTA Title at Korean Open
2)Matthew Hayden, the Australian Cricketer on 20 September 2012 announced his retirement
from all formats of Cricket.
3)The Vice-Captain of Indian Cricket team, Virat Kohli was named as the ODI Cricketer of the
year at ICC Awards Function held at Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15 September 2012
4)Andy Murray won the US Open Grand Slam Singles Championship by defeating Novak
Djokovic 7-6 (12-10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 on 11 September 2012.
5)Serena Williams of USA won her fourth Women's Singles US Open title in New York by
beating the top seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.
6)India beat Cameroon to lift Nehru Cup for the third consecutive time
7)Lewis Hamilton, the driver of McLarens became the winner of the Italian Grand Prix 2012
on 9 September 2012.

IMPORTANT DAYS
1)September 5 Teachers' Day.
2)September 8 World Literacy Day.
3)September 16 World Ozone Day.
4)September 26 Day of the Deaf.
5)September 27 World Tourism Day.
MISCELLANEOUS

1)The 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit was held at Tehran, Iran on 30-31 August
2012.The theme of the summit was Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance.Venezuela
was selected the host for the 17th NAM Summit in 2015.

2)India successfully launched its Heaviest Satellite GSAT-10.

3)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, Russia
from September 2-9 ,2012.

4)Delhi Transport Corporation green signaled Ladies Special Buses with women conductors on
27 September 2012 from 11 different points across the city.All this has been done to ensure safe
and comfortable journey for the ladies during the peak office hours in the city.

5)US, India and Afghanistan held its First Trilateral Discussion
The meeting was held at the Afghan Mission in New York and was attended by Joint Secretary
(Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Y K Sinha and Joint Secretary (America) Jawed Ashraf from the
Indian side, Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin, US Special Representative for
Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman and Assistant Secretary for South and
Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake.

7)The Government of India hiked the foreign investment cap for the broadcasting service
providers to 74 percent.

8)India on 19 September 2012 test fired its nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile
from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha Coast. Fitted

9)Salman Rushdie released his Book Joseph Anton.

10)Reserve Bank of India slashED down the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points to
4.50 percent from 4.75 percent.

11)Pakistan successfully test fired nuclear-capable Babur cruise missile on 17 September 2012
with a range of 700 km.

12)The Union Cabinet 2012 cleared the proposal of foreign direct investment (FDI) for 51
percent in the multi-brand retail chains and 49 percent in Aviation power exchanges
industry.

13)The President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon visited India from 1 to 4 September 2012.This
was the fifth visit to India by President Emomali Rahmon. During this visit, India and Tajikistan
signed six agreements in the field of sports, health, culture, education, labour, textiles and
energy.

14)Vice president of India Hamid Ansari released the book Muslim in Indian cities.

15)India slipped down with 3 ranks to 59th position from its previous year ranking in the Global
Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 released on 5 September 2012 by the World Economic
Forum.

16)The Bhilai Steel Plant won the Prime Ministers Trophy for the 10th Time.

17)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, 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.

18)India, Pakistan ink visa agreement:
Pakistan and India have announced that they will ease tough visa restrictions, an important step
forward in improving relations between the nuclear armed neighbours.

19)Govt launches Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme:
The Finance Minister P Chidambaram 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.

20)9th World Hindi Conference To held in Johannesburg

21)Ranbir Kapoor starrer Barfi! has been nominated as Indias entry to the Oscars next year in
the foreign film category.

22)Aishwarya Rai Bachchan appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador.

23) Indian boxer and London Olympic bronze medalist M C Mary Kom on 24 September 2012
named as the brand ambassador of super fight league.

October-2012


APPOINTMENTS
1) New President Of Venezuela : Huge Chavez Re-elected as President of Venezuela.
2) New Chairman Of ICC Cricket Committee : Former Cricketer Anil Kumble Appointed
Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee.
3) S.Vishwanathan Elected as New Managing Director of State bank of India.
4) New Prime Minister of Libya : Libyas National Congress elected Ali Zidan as the new PM.
5) The UN General Assembly elected five new non-permanent members to the Security
Council. The New Members are : South Korea, Luxembourg, Argentina, Australia and Rwanda.
6) The Ministry of Finance has appointed Tilak Raj Bajalia as Deputy Managing Director of the
Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI).
7) Shubhalakshmi Panse took charge as chairman and managing director of state run Allahabad
Bank.
8) New Cabinet Ministers in India inducted by PM. Click here to see the list of new Cabinet
Ministers.

IMPORTANT DAYS
1) October 1 International day of the Elderly.
2) October 3 World Habitat Day.
3) October 4 World Animal Welfare Day.
4) October 8 Indian Air Force Day.
5) October 9 World Post Office day.
6) October 10 National Post Day.
7) October 14 World Standards Day.
8) October 16 World Food Day.
9) October 24 UN Day, World development information Day.

OBITUARIES:
1) The King of Romance and the Famous Filmmaker, Yash Chopra Died.

SPORTS:
1) West Indies won ICC World Twenty20 Championship after defeating the Sri Lanka by 36
runs at R. Premadasa Stadium.
2) Australian Cricketer Shane Watson Named Player of World T20 Championship.
3) The Australian Women Cricket team defeated England to retain the Women T-20 world cup
title.
4) Indian Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won Macau Open.
5) Novak Djokovic won Shanghai Masters by Defeating Andy Murray.
6) The World No. 4 badminton player Saina Nehwal won the Denmark Open Super Series
Premier tournament by defeating the German badminton player Juliane Schenk.
7) The Indian women's cricket team won inaugural Asian Cricket Council's (ACC) Twenty20
Asia Cup, beating Pakistan in the final in Guangzhou city of Peoples Republic of China.
8) Indian Billiards Player Pankaj Advani won seventh World Billiards Championship title after
beating defending champion Mike Russell in the finals of World Billiards Championship 2012.

AWARDS

1) Pakistani Sufi legend Abida Parveen was honoured with a lifetime achievement award by
Kaladharmi Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal in New Delhi.

2) Nobel Peace Prize 2012: The European Union (EU) won Nobel Peace Prize 2012 on for its
effort to promote peace and democracy in Europe. The award was announced by Norwegian
Nobel Committee.
For Other Nobel Prize Winner in 2012 Click Here: NOBLE PRIZE WINNER 2012.

3) Julia Gillard announced the rare Order of Australia for Sachin Tendulkar.

4) The 11th Economist Crossword Book Award was held at Mumbai. The Folded Earth and A
Free Man-a nonfiction book, written by Anuradha Roy and Aman Sethi respectively were
declared among winners of the 11th Economist Crossword Book Award.

5) V. Narayan Murthy was honoured with 2012 Hoover Medal at the Global Humanitarian
Technology Conference in Seattle in Washington.

6) Lionel Messi won Golden Boot Award.

7) London Olympic Shooter and silver medalist Vijay Kumar was honoured with the Services
Best Sportsman award for 2012 at the Army Headquarters in New Delhi

MISCELLANEOUS
1) Global Hunger Report 2012: India ranked at 65th position.

2) Supreme Court of India Banned Mining Activities in Goa.

3) India and Austria signed an MoU to strengthen bilateral cooperation on Rail and Road.

4) India and Austria tied up for development of Smart Cities in India.

5)World bank and the Government of India on 5 October 2012 signed a loan agreement of 500
Million US Dollar for Secondary Education Project named Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha
Abhiyan(RMSA).

6)Ministry of rural development started a campaign named Nirmal Bharat Yatra which focuses
on making the country free from open defecation.

7) Nuclear Capable Prithvi II Missile Sucessfully Test Fired.

8) India Successfully Test Fired Nuclear Capable Dhanush Missile. Dhanush, The indigenously
developed naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile has a strike range of up to 350
km and can carry 500 kg of conventional or nuclear warhead.

9) Mukesh Ambani Named Richest Indian by a Chinese Survey

10) The 2nd India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue was held in Tokyo. These 2+2 consultations at Senior
Official level are mandated by the Action Plan to Advance Security Cooperation concluded
between India and Japan in December 2009. The first India- Japan 2+2 Dialogue was held at
New Delhi in June 2010. The next and the 3rd round of the India Japan 2+2 Dialogue will be
held at New Delhi at a mutually convenient date.

11) RBI cuts the Cash Reserve Ratio (the amount parked by banks with the RBI) by 25 basis
points from 4.5 per cent to 4.25 per cent. This measure is expected to infuse Rs 17,500 crore
liquidity into the banking system.

12) Australia on 28 October 2012 revealed that the country was planning to include Hindi and
Mandarin as languages to be taught in its schools.

13) China has become the worlds largest FDI recipient.


November-2012

APPOINTMENTS

1) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The All India Tennis Association (AITA) -- Hironmoy
Chatterjee.
2) New President of United States of America Democrat Barack Obama defeated
Republican Mitt Romney to become 44th president.
3) New President of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) -- V. Dinesh Reddy.
4) New Member of ECOSOC -- Nepal was elected in Nov. 2012 as a board member of the
United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three year term.
5) New director of Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) -- Ranjit Sinha.
6) New Managing Director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) -- Chitra
Ramkrishna.
7) New Intelligence Bureau director -- Syed Asif Ibrahim.
8) New RAW Head -- Alok Joshi.
9) Karishma Kapoor Appointed Brand Ambassador of McCain Food.

OBITUARIES
1) K.C. Pant,ex-Defence Minister of India and former Planning Commission Deputy Chairman
died.
2) Shiv Sena Supremo Balasaheb Thackeray died at the age of 86.
3) IK Gujral, Former Prime Minister of India Died.

SPORTS
1) Asian Kabaddi Championship -- Pakistan won the Asian Kabaddi Championship.
2) Book Yuvi -- Book on Cricketer Yuvraj Singh authored by Makarand Waingankar
Released.
3) Davis Cup 2012: Radek Stepanek won Davis Cup 2012.
4) New Chairperson of IOA Election Panel -- Anil Dev Singh.
5) World Athletes of the Year 2012 -- Usain Bolt won the IAAF World Athlete of the Year
Award 2012 for the fourth time and United States sprinter Allyson Felix won women's World
Athlete of the Year Award 2012.

IMPORTANT DAYS
November 9 World Freedom Day
November 14 Children's Day
November 20 Africa Industrialization Day
November 30 Flag Day

AWARDS

1) Indira Gandhi National Integration Award -- Lyricist and well known poet Gulzar gets Indira
Gandhi National Integration Award.

2) BCCI Polly Umrigar Award -- Virat Kohli.

3) 'People's Hero' by People magazine of American Time Magazine Group -- Anand Kumar,
teacher and founder of Super 30 institute.

4) French Award The Knight of the Order of Arts and Letter -- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

5) WISE prize, for Education--Madhav Chavan.

6) Katherine Boo won the national book award for nonfiction for Behind the Beautiful Forevers:
Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.

7) CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award -- Sunil Gavaskar, was conferred with BCCIs
prestigious Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award at the BCCI Annual Awards
Function.

8) Malala Yousafzai awarded with Bravery Award by World Peace and Prosperity Foundation.

9) Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2012 -- Liberian President and Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf.

10) Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development -- The former President of
Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got the award.

MISCELLANEOUS

1) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President and Missile Man of India to teach at the Peking
University of China.

2) India-Japan-US Trilateral Dialogue -- India, Japan and USA held their third trilateral
dialogue in New
Delhi.

3) Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila completed 12 years of her fast demanding cancellation
of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, (AFSPA).

4) The South African Reserve Bank rolled out new bank notes bearing the face of the countrys
first black President Nelson Mandela marking it as a tribute to him.

5) India and Britain decided to step-up cooperation in Cyber Security during the talks of both the
nations.

6) India International Trade Fair started in Delhi with its theme Skilling India. The 32nd
season of Indian International Trade Fair started at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

7) United Nations declared November 10 as Malala Day in honour of Pakistani teeenage rights
activist Malala Yousafzai.

8) The Sultanate of Oman issued an official decree banning the import of eggs and chicken from
India. Oman that is the biggest egg export market of India

9) Bangladesh opted out of the key summit known as D-8 Summit in Pakistan. Bangladesh
opted out because Pakistan refused to apologise for the deeds committed during 1971 war which
eventually led to Bangladeshs independence.

10) Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the Pakistani and the lone surviving terrorist of 26/11
Mumbai Terror Attacks, was hanged on 21 November 2012 at Punes Yerwada Jail.

11) The 21st ASEAN Summit was held at Peace Palace, Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Prime
Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia- Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen was
the Chairperson for the 21st ASEAN Summit Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

12) The 2nd India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue was held in New Delhi in November,
2012.

December-2012

Appointments:
1) Narendra Modi sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the 4th consecutive term.

2) Virbhadra Singh sworn-in as Chief Minister of Himachal for a record sixth term in Shimla.
3) CNN's New Chief Executive : Jeff Zucker.

4) New CBI Director: Ranjit Sinha.

5) Adviser to Finance Minister of India Parthasarathi Shome.

6) Vinod Rai again Elected As Chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors.

7)President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) : Naina Lal
Kidwai

8) NewSecretary of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) : MS Sahoo

9) New ex-officio Member of Planning Commission : Kamal Nath

10) The first woman was elected as the president of South Korea : Park Geun-hye.

11) New Chief of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) : Subhash Joshi Appointed.

12) New Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) : Justice Swatanter Kumar

Obituaries:
1) Besse Cooper : The Oldest Person of the World, Died At 116

2) Norman Woodland, the inventor of bar code, died at the age of 91 at New Jersey.

Awards:
1) Best Administrator in India Award : Finance Minister P. Chidambaram awarded with Best
Administrator in India Award.

2) Shihab Ghanem wins the Tagore Peace Prize.

3) Brand Laureate Legendary Award in Malaysia : Shahrukh Khan.

4) Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 : Pandit Ravi Shankar.

5) Bharat Muni Samman of year 2012 : Famous Bollywood actress Hema Malini had been
selected for her outstanding contribution to the field of art and culture.

6) Web Ratna Award 2012 : Bihar's public grievance redressal website received the Silver Icon
Web Ratna Award 2012.

5) Person of the year 2012 : US President Barack Obama named Person of the year 2012 by
TIME Magazine.

Important Days:
December 1 World Aids Day.
December 4 Navy Day.
December 7 Armed Forces Flag Day.
December 10 Human Right Day.
December23 KisanDivas