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Pick of the Month ......................................................................................................................... 12
The 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit Was Held In Tehran .......................................... 12
Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012 released: India at top ............................................. 12
Jal Satyagraha ended after 17 days demonstration ............................................................. 13
51 percent FDI in multi-brand retail and 49 percent in Aviation ......................................... 14
Verghese Kurien, the Milkman of India died ........................................................................ 15
Russia declassified the existence richest diamond field ....................................................... 16
International ................................................................................................................................. 18
USA slapped sanctions on laskar-e-toibas eight commanders ............................................ 18
India and Tajikistan signed six agreements .......................................................................... 18
Sixth MekongGanga cooperation meeting held in New Delhi ........................................... 18
Smita Shah, the first Indian American at DNC Parliamentarian ........................................... 19
Gaurav Shumsher Rana became Nepals Army Chief ........................................................... 19
US uplifted Terrorist designation from Nepali Maoists ........................................................ 20
India & Pakistan issued joint statement on SM Krishna's visit ............................................. 20
Worldwide protests against the film Innocence of Muslims ................................................ 21
US Diplomat to Libya killed in Benghazi Attack .................................................................... 22
Pieta the South Korean Film won Golden Lion Venice Top Prize ......................................... 22
A Merchant Vessel was on fire near Mumbai Coast............................................................. 23
Trilateral Connectivity Project by 2016 ................................................................................ 23
India extended a credit of $10 Million to Palestine.............................................................. 23
MIT topped on the Qs World University Rankings Chart ..................................................... 24
India and Saudi Arabia hold their first talk on defence ties ................................................. 24
India and Pakistan signed MoU to expand business base .................................................... 25
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Sc asked Essar Oil to pay the sales tax dues in phases ......................................................... 45
Inflation rose by 0.68 percent in a months time ................................................................. 46
IRCTC introduced Interbank Mobile Payment System ......................................................... 46
Chidambaram pitched for National Investment Board ........................................................ 46
Green Tax introduced on vehicles entering Shimla .............................................................. 47
Trial to make Maharaja Express affordable .......................................................................... 47
Cash Reserve Ratio slashed to inject Rs 17000 crore ........................................................... 48
Indigo Airlines emerged to be the top ranked carrier .......................................................... 48
Bank details of mining firms demanded by Finance Ministry .............................................. 49
Foreign Investment cap hiked to 74 percent on Broadcasting............................................. 50
CCEA approved 1.90 crore lakh package on debt restructuring........................................... 50
CVC instructed CBI to expand the scope of investigation .................................................... 50
Economy Current Affairs Quiz............................................................................................... 51
Corporate ...................................................................................................................................... 58
SC directed Sahara to refund 17400 Crore to its Investors .................................................. 58
Deepak Parekh nominated to Competition Commission of India ........................................ 58
Tech Mahindra Acquired Hutchinson Global Services .......................................................... 58
Jindal Steel & Power acquired Canadian firm CIC for Rs 650 cr ........................................... 59
BEL and Thales entered into a joint venture ........................................................................ 59
Cargotec tied up with Tata Communication ......................................................................... 60
ICICI to extend its net banking services through Facebook .................................................. 60
Partnership in between Alstom Grid and Toshiba Corp ....................................................... 60
Infosys acquired Switzerland based firm Lodestone ............................................................ 61
Sales percentage of car declined in India ............................................................................. 61
Welspun found lenders for its 50 MW solar Project ............................................................ 61
Contract inked between BHP Billiton and BG Group ............................................................ 62
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AITA extended the Ban on Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna ..................................... 108
Daryl Tuffey retired from both all formats of Cricket ......................................................... 109
Indian Women won SAF Football Championship 2012 ...................................................... 109
Liberty Medal awarded to Muhammad Ali......................................................................... 109
Anuraag Thakur became a member of Asian Cricket Council ............................................ 109
Virat Kohli became the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year ........................................................ 110
Wave Group is the owner of Delhi Franchise of Hockey India ........................................... 110
Mariamma Koshy appointed as full-time President of HI .................................................. 111
Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar grabbed third Asian tour title .................................................... 111
Chandrika Tarafdar excelled in Weightlifting Championship ............................................. 111
Saina Nehwal signed up a 40-crore deal............................................................................. 111
Matthew Hayden retired from all formats of the game ..................................................... 112
Deepika Kumari won Silver at Recurve World Cup ............................................................. 112
Abhishek Matoria elected as President of IBF .................................................................... 112
Caroline Wozniacki won the WTA Title at Korean Open .................................................... 113
John Terry retired from International Football .................................................................. 113
Mary com is the brand ambassador of Super Fight League (SPL) ...................................... 113
Double Trap Shooter, Sodhi won Silver at ISSF World Cup ................................................ 114
Sandeep Patil appointed as BCCI Selection Committee chief ............................................ 114
Sports Quiz .......................................................................................................................... 114
Science & Technology ................................................................................................................. 121
Gene Therapy that can restore the Sense of Smell developed .......................................... 121
Australian Scientists discovered Alzheimer's Treatment ................................................... 121
Indias multi-lateral collaboration with European Nations ................................................ 121
Proteins that can protect against diabetes discovered ...................................................... 122
ISRO made a century with the launch of PSLV-C21 ............................................................ 122
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Former footballer from Delhi, Sardar Man Singh Batra Died ............................................. 146
SC refusal to review petitions challenging RTE Act, 2009 .................................................. 146
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 ........................................ 146
A A Manavalan won Saraswati Samman ............................................................................ 146
Urdu Poet Muzaffar Razmi died at Kairana in Shamli district ............................................ 147
Government decided to launch Saksham ........................................................................... 147
Plastic Omnium planned to build its third factory in Russia............................................... 147
Web Portal named Track Child launched ........................................................................... 147
Ruhl appointed as Indias country director for world bank ................................................ 148
HC delhi ordered GPS system installation in Auto Rickshaws ............................................ 148
FICCI General Secretary Rajiv Kumar Resigned .................................................................. 149
Rajiv Mehta appointed as Director General of NCB ........................................................... 149
Former Sarsanghchalak of RSS KS Sudarshan died at Nagpur ............................................ 150
Veteran communist leader A.M. Govindarasu passed away .............................................. 150
The President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon visited India ............................................... 151
Justice Altamas Kabir appointed as Chief Justice of India .................................................. 151
Tilak Kumar is the president of The Indian Newspaper Society ......................................... 151
Fuego Volcano in Guatemala started spewing Ash and Lava ............................................. 152
Fortis Escorts won FICCI Healthcare Excellence Award 2012 ............................................. 152
Former Chief Justice of India Ranganath Misra Died.......................................................... 152
Sheryl Kumar was Crowned as Miss India Fiji 2012 ............................................................ 153
Cartoonist Assem Trivedi granted bail by Mumbai High Court .......................................... 153
Tensions grew over Senkaku Islands between Japan and China ........................................ 154
Jeet Thayil shortlisted for the Man Booker for Narcopolis................................................. 154
Vice president of India M. Hamid Ansari released a book ................................................. 154
World suicide prevention day observed in India ................................................................ 155
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The report also cleared that approx 40 percent of the total deaths were reported within 28
days (neonatal period) of birth which counts to be three million deaths in total.
JAL SATYAGRAHA
Jal Satyagraha is a type of Satyagraha in which 51 farmers from Khandwa district of Madhya
Pradesh stood in the neck dip water of Omkareshwar Dam for 17 days continuously asking for
their rehabilitation.
In this unique way of demonstration by the agitators of Khandwa region of Madhya Pradesh
against the state government demanding for their rehabilitation after their lands and homes
were flooded off by the Omkareshwar Dam water. The Satyagrahis demanded for the
compensation as per the ruling of the Supreme Court. The agitators termed as Jal Satyagrahis
made a decision to stand in neck deep water of the dam, all wet and damp.
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The proposal makes a clear stand that investors looking ahead for investments will have
to take the permission in form of approvals from the Foreign Investment Promotion
Board
Investment of minimum $100 million is a must for any foreign investor planning to invest
in India, out of which 50% of the investment should be made in creation of back-end
infrastructure. Back-end investment means investments that is made in quality control,
warehouse creation, cold storage, design improvement, manufacturing, processing and
packaging
The investors will have to get 30% of the production of their total products by the smallscale industries
The proposal also clears that the agricultural produce like pulses, flowers, fruits,
vegetables, poultry item, fishery, meat and others can be unbranded
Investors can invest in the 51 cities with a minimum population of 10 lakh people as per
the census presented in the year 2011
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This will help in making equity invasion for the aviation companies seeking financial
support at the time when maximum of the domestic airlines are passing through a
phase of losses.
Investors who are not functional in airline business can own equity of 49 percent
directly or indirectly in the Indian Aviation Companies.
49 percent of FDI in power trading exchanges will be taken care of as per the regulation
laid down by SEBI and Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Power Market)
Regulations) 2010.
The commerce minister stated that Foreign Institutional Investors cannot exceed a limit
of 26 percent investment and the paid-up capital will be restricted to 23 percent.
FII can be permitted under automatic routes whereas; the FDI will be scrutinized under
the route approved by the government.
The generation of electricity, power transmission and distribution along with trading will
be done in accordance to the provisions of the electricity Act 2003.
The current policy allows FDI up to 100 percent in power sector (atomic energy is an
exception)
Economy: Help in reversal of the economic slowdown, attract the investment of billions
of dollars from foreign market and spin jobs to a greater extent
Kirana Stores: Will lower down the selling price, because they will purchase the supplies
from deep down retailers
Retailers: Can sell their equity up to 51% to the global leaders
Farmers: They can sell their produce directly at higher prices and the presence of middle
man will end
States: Decision to allow the retail giants or prohibit lies in the hands of states
Common Man: A chance to gain big discount with many options to shop
UPA government: Got a chance to wash away the blames of policy paralysis
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Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) was founded under the
chairmanship of the visionary. He was appointed to
be the founder Chairman of National Dairy
Development Board in the year 1965 by the then
Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri. He played a
major role in different organizations like, he
chaired the Vikshit Bharat Foundation and been a
Chairman for Board of Governors of Institute of
Rural Management, Anand.
Kurien, who was born in Kerela on 26 November
1921, in a Syrian Christian family was a mechanical engineer by education with dairy
engineering as his minor subject. He was sent to Anand by the first home minister of Indian
Union, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel to look after the existing problems of farmers in 1949 and
since then Anand turned up to be the home for the Milkman of India. He along with his team is
known as the pioneer, who invented the process of transforming buffalos milk into condensed
milk as well as powder instead of the cows milk.
His vision and leadership together helped the then milk deficit country India to be the largest
milk producing country of the world. Indias contribution to the total milk production of the
world is about 17%. Because of his contributions to the nation, Verghese Kurien won awards
namely Magsaysay Award, the world food prize and Indias second highest civilian award,
Padma Vibhushan. Now, Kurien is survived by his grandson, Siddharth, daughter Nirmala Kurien
and his wife.
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INTERNATIONAL
USA SLAPPED SANCTIONS ON LASKAR-E-TOIBAS EIGHT COMMANDERS
The United States of America on 31 August 2012 slapped sanctions on Pakistan-based terror
group Lashkar-e-Toiba's top eight commanders, including Mumbai terrorist attack mastermind
Sajid Mir and its founder Hafiz Saeed's son. LeT, despite being designated as a foreign terrorist
organisation in January 2002, continues to operate in Pakistan and throughout the region and
engage in terrorist activities worldwide. LeT conducted numerous terrorist acts against
Pakistani, Indian, Afghan and US interests and is responsible for the November 2008 Mumbai
attacks that killed more than 160 people, including six Americans, and the July 2006 Mumbai
train bombings that killed more than 180 people.
The US decision to designate the Lashkar-e-Toiba as a terrorist organisation again and ban it is
the vindication of the long standing Indian assessment of this particular group. The specific US
reference to the role of the Lashkar in the Mumbai attack of November 2008 will place greater
politico-diplomatic pressure on the Pakistani government to take action against Lashkar-eToiba.
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The Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) was established on November 10, 2000 in Vientiane,
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic with a purpose of cooperation amongst India and the five
Mekong region countries - Cambodia, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Vietnam
and Thailand.
It was basically established to emphasize on four areas of cooperation, which are tourism,
culture, education, and transportation linkage, in order to build strong foundation for future
trade and investment cooperation among the region. This is the first time that the Mekong
Ganga Cooperation meeting was hosted by India. India had earlier chaired the 5th MGC
Ministerial Meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India Meetings.
Five Mekong Ganga Cooperation ministerial meetings has held so far, In Vientiane, Lao Peoples
Democratic Rebuplic on November 10, 2000; In Hanoi, Vietnam on July 28, 2001; In Phnom
Penh, Cambodia June 20, 2003; In Cebu, Philippines on January 12, 2007 and in Manila,
Philippines on August 1, 2007.
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Rana, who did his graduation in military affairs from a Himachal Pradesh based, The Lawrence
School at Sanawar also completed his Officers Cadet Course Royal Military Academy,
Sandhurst, UK. Rana is a son of a former Major General Aditya Shumsher Rana of Nepal Army
and a great-grand son of the Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Rana, who ruled the nation in
between 1901-1930.
Cross-LoC travel would be expanded on both sides of LoC to include visits for tourism
and religious pilgrimage.
Tourist and Pilgrimage sites will be designated on both sides of the LoC and information
will be available with the designated authorities.
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Besides, List of 21 products of permissible items for Cross-LoC trade will be respected by
both sides. It was agreed that the JWG (Joint Working Group) on Cross-LoC CBMs will
meet on a bi-annual basis to review existing arrangements and suggest additional CBMs
and measures for Cross-LoC travel and trade.
India and Pakistan reviewed the status of bilateral relations and expressed satisfaction
on the holding of meetings on the issues of Counter-Terrorism (including progress on
Mumbai trial) and Narcotics Control; Humantarian issues; Commercial & Economic
cooperation; Wullar Barrage / Tulbul Navigation Project; Sir Creek; Siachen; Peace &
Security including CBMs; Jammu & Kashmir; and promotion of Friendly Exchanges.
Both nations held substantive discussions on the whole range of issues within the
framework of the Dialogue process and expressed satisfaction over the progress
achieved since their last review meeting in July 2011.
India and Pakistan reaffirmed the importance of carrying forward the dialogue process
with a view to resolving peacefully all outstanding issues through constructive and result
oriented engagement, and to establish friendly, cooperative and good neighborly
relations between Pakistan and India.
The nations agreed that terrorism poses a continuing threat to peace and security. They
reaffirmed the strong commitment of the two countries to fight terrorism in an effective
and comprehensive manner so as to eliminate the scourge in all its forms and
manifestations.
The nations held discussions on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and agreed to the need
for continued discussions, in a purposeful and forward-looking manner, with a view to
finding a peaceful solution.
The Ministers reviewed the existing Cross-LoC CBMs and acknowledged that the
ceasefire was holding since 2003. They also reviewed the implementation of the
decisions taken regarding travel and trade across the Line of Control (LoC) in their last
meeting in July 2011.
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PIETA THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM WON GOLDEN LION VENICE TOP PRIZE
The Golden Lion Prize for best movie was given to the South Korean Movie, Pieta directed by
Kim Ki-duk at the 69th Venice Film Festival on 8 September 2012. The Master by Paul Thomas
Anderson walked off with two major awards namely, Special Jury Award and Best Actor for
Joaquin Phoenix.
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Pieta is the brutal story about a debt collector with a habit of crippling those, who were unable
to pay his debt. The brutality stops at a certain point of time, when he meets a woman who
claims to be his mother.
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districts to fetch quality education. The schools at Abu Dees and Asera Al Shamalyeh will be
constructed in an area of 1700 and 1900 square meter with 10 and 12 classes respectively.
In the second agreement, India will set a state-of-the-art information and communication
technology center in Palestine to create IT experts and generate opportunities of employment.
To make the center of Palestine self reliable, some of the IT professionals from Palestine will be
trained here in India to a higher level.
As per the third agreement, India will participate in providing vocational training to the women
and youth of Palestine. The training will include technical and machinery know-how to.
Prime Minister Mr. Singh stated that he supported the Palestinian cause to achieve
independent, sovereign and united state of Palestine and East Jerusalem as a capital to the
state.
INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA HOLD THEIR FIRST TALK ON DEFENCE TIES
The Joint Committee on defence cooperation from Saudi Arabia and India met for creation of
defence ties on 11 September 2012. Decisions for this establishment of joint committees was
decided during the visit of Indian defence minister A.K. Antony to Saudi Arabia and his meet
with the Crown Prince and defence minister of Saudi Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in February
2012.
The 11 member team from Saudi Arabia was headed by the Chief of the Armed Forces
Operations of Saudi Arabia Maj Gen Suleiman Saleh Al-Khalifa. The Indian side was headed by
the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Both the sides met for formulation of the program that
can enhance the areas of cooperation between the defence establishments of two nations.
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This upswing in the relationship between India and Saudi Arabia has been in existence ever
since the visit of King Abdullah to New Delhi in the year 2006. The two nations inked several
agreements on certain factors like narcotics, energy, money laundering, counterterrorism and
extradition in the 2010.
He was born in Jalalaqsi on the Shebelle River of central Somalia in the year 1955
He completed his education in India and United States
Worked in the United Nations development program and World Bank as well as a
university lecturer
In the year 2008, he worked with Somalia Civil Society
In 2009 history of mediation in Somalia is a book written by him was published
2011, founded the peace development party as its chairman
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uttermost important. Kapil Sibal shared the success story of Indian Telecom Sector and gave an
overview of the spectrum of policy initiatives in Indias National Telecom Policy 2012.
India could extend cooperation to Turkmenistan in the fields of e-health, e-education and egovernance services. Turkmenistan can be connected to Indian Universities through National
Knowledge Network and students sitting in Turkmenistan can directly be part of academic
sessions in various disciplines in India.
Turkmenistan Minister and his delegation was invited to participate in India Telecom 2012 in
Delhi, from 13 to 15 December 2012, as the event could be an excellent platform for further
strengthening mutual cooperation and for promoting ICT and its eco system in the region.
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India and Burundi agreed to further enhance the bilateral cooperation in view of the
considerable untapped potential.
Burundi thanked India for approval of a concessional line of credit of 80 million US
dollars for the Kabu 16 Hydro-electric projects.
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this post during the cabinet reshuffle activity. She is the youngest minister and first Muslim in
the Norwegian Political history.
HADIA TAJIK
The 29 year old has degrees in Journalism and Law and has been Norway Labour Parties career
politician. She had also served to Minister of Justice, Knut Storberget between 2008 and 2009
as an advisor. In the year 2009, she was elected as an MP from Oslo for Norwegian Labour
Party.
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It was informed by Union Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles, Anand Shrama that
Indias bilateral trade with Malaysia stood at nearly $13 billion in 2011-12 registering a growth
of 34% over the previous year.
In his visit to Malaysia in July 2010 and February 2011 Anand Sharma analysed that it was
required an investment from Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Government of Malaysia`s strategic
investment fund) into Indian infrastructure sector through a collaborative venture with IDFC.
The Union minister, Anand Sharma has identified priority sectors of engagement including
Roads & highways, Railways, Airports, IT &ITES, Biotechnology, Tourism, Health Services and JV
projects in third countries. Subsequently, the two countries have entered into a Comprehensive
Economic Cooperation Agreement which was signed in February 2011. The signing of this
Agreement has provided considerable momentum to trade and investment on both sides.
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(c) Bangladesh
(d) Srilanka
Answer (a) United States
6. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a support of how much amount to
Palestine during a meet with Palestines National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
on 11 September 2012?
(a) $15 Million
(b) $20 Million
(c) $10 Million
(d) $5 Million
Answer (c) $ 10 Million
7. What is the name of the island in the East China Sea which has become the point of
dispute between China and Japan?
(a) Honshu
(b) Shikuko
(c) Senkako
(d) Shamian
Answer (c) Senkako
8. Which two countries along with India decided to implement Trilateral Connectivity
project by 2016
(a) Myanmar and Thailand
(b) Thailand and Malaysia
(c) Malaysia and Vietnam
(d) Bangladesh and Myanmar
Answer (a) Myanmar and Thailand
9. Name the United state ambassador to Libya, who was killed on 9 September 2012 after
some fundamentalist mobs fumed and protesting over a film mocking Prophet
Mohammed, attacked Consulate building in Benghazi city of Libya.
(a) Chris Stevens
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WORLD DAIRY
1 September 2012
1. USA slapped Sanctions on Laskar-e-Toibas Top Eight Commanders
2. India established Diplomatic Relations with Niue
3 September 2012
1. India and Tajikistan went ahead on strategic partnership and signed six agreements
4 September 2012
1. Sixth MekongGanga Cooperation meeting held in New Delhi
2. India, China discussed Border security and Bilateral Defence ties
6 September 2012
1. US uplifted terrorist designation from Nepali Maoists
9 September 2012
1. India and Pakistan issued a joint statement at the end of the SM Krishna's Visit
2. US Diplomat to Libya killed in Benghazi Attack
10 September 2012
1. India, Myanmar and Thailand decided to implement Trilateral Connectivity Project by
2016
11 September 2012
1. India extended a credit of $10 Million aid to Palestine in a gesture of support
2. Differences grew in between China and Japan over the disputed Diayo Islands
3. India and Saudi Arabia held their first talk on defence ties
12 September 2012
1. The Islamabad Womens Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the PHDCCI signed
MoU
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2. India topped the chart of registered largest number of under five deaths in 2011
17 September 2012
1. Pakistan test fired cruise missile, Babur
2. China signed 16 new Agreements with Sri Lanka
3. US and Japan agreed to deploy advanced missile defense system
4. China signed 16 new Agreements with Sri Lanka
18 September 2012
1. India signed a memorandum of understanding with Egypt
2. New Nuclear Safety Agency launched in Japan
3. Najeeb A Majeed became the new Chief Minister of Sri Lanka's, Eastern Province
19 September 2012
1. India and Burundi signed 3 Major Agreements and issued a Joint Statement
2. India and Nepal signed MoU for constructing School Building
24 September 2012
1. Pakistani-origin women appointed as Norwegian Cultural Minister
25 September 2012
1. China included Liaoning as its first Aircraft Carrier
2. US, India and Afghanistan held its First Trilateral Discussion
26 September 2012
1. India Malaysia to achieve a target trade of USD 15 Million
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ECONOMY
GAAR REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE SHOME COMMITTEE
The GAAR report was submitted on 1 September 2012 to the finance minister of India by the
Shome Committee constituted by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, after the approval of Prime
Minister of India. The committee in its report has tried to create a balance in between the
investors being invited to the country and protection of the tax base from tax avoidance and
evasion, using aggressive tax planning. The major findings of the GAARs committee to create a
balance in between the investors and chances of tax avoidance and evasion that includes:
Monetary Threshold
GAAR will not override the CBDT circular 789 of 2000 with respect to the tax-treaty in
between India and Mauritius
GAAR will not be applicable at places where so ever anti-avoidance provisions are in
existence in the treaty of tax and any type of anti-avoidance rule exists in the Act
Tax abolition in cases of gains that rises out by the transfer of listed securities
Corresponding adjustments
Tax Withholding
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The committee in its findings has stated that the GAAR guidelines should be introduced in the
country at the time of economic stability. Hence, it has recommended the postponement of its
implementation by 3 years. Committees recommendation also states about the
implementation of the findings with complete spirit and has laid emphasis on transition period
of the taxpayers and preparedness of the administrators. To provide clarity on GAARs
applicability provisions in different situations 27 illustrations were made and are mentioned
under different conditions.
Following the Finance Act 2012, the introduction of the General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR)
was done into the Income Tax Act, 1961. The committee briefly analysed the provisions of
GAAR as per the inputs available from stakeholders and following the recommendations made
the amendments in the Act were made for finalization of the guidelines for the Income Tax
Rules, 1962.
SHOMES COMMITTEE
The expert committee on GAAR (General Anti-Avoidance Rules) was constituted under the
Chairmanship of Dr. Parthasarsthi Shome with members, namely Shri N. Rangachary (Former
Chairman of IRDA and CBDT), Dr. Ajay Shah (Prof. NIPFP) and Shri Sunil Gupta (Joint SecretaryTax Policy and Legislation, Department of Revenue) for undertaking the consultations of
stakeholders and finalization of guidelines for GAAR. The main objective of the committee was
to get feedbacks from the stakeholders and prepare new guidelines or to amend the previous
guidelines after examining the things finely. The committee was constituted by the Central
Board of Direct Taxes after being approved by the Prime Minister of India.
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To receive feedback from both public and stakeholders on the Guideline of GAAR
mentioned on the website of Government of India.
To rework on the guidelines following the feedbacks received and examining the same
and then publish the same in form of second draft
To find out and finalise, guidelines along with an road-map for implementation of GAAR
and submit it to the government
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AIESL will be operational in line of repair, maintenance and overhaul (MRO) business for Air
India only but also for airlines owned by different groups. Its expected that the unit can bring
back a potential turnover of about $ 1.5 billion MRO business in Asia Pacific.
Air India that has reportedly suffered a loss of about 7,853 crore in the financial year 2011-2012
is hoping to gain a total equity infusion of Rs 30,000 Crore by 2021 under the turnaround and
restructuring time devised by the government.
J.R.D. Tata founded Air India and is also known as the Father of Civil Aviation in India. Air India
took its first flight on 15 October 1932. Air India is known as the national flag carrier of India.
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paid back in eight different installments of two years beginning from 17 January 2012. Supreme
Court also dismissed the demand of Rs 1800 crore interest made by the Government of Gujarat.
The court also directed the oil company to make the payment at the interest rate of 10 percent
on the payment due of 17 January 2012 instead of 18 percent demanded by the state
Government. In its statement, the oil company cleared that it has already cleared a due
payment of Rs 1004 crore of the total dues amount of Rs 6169 crore.
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will help in speeding the approval of the proposals, for the mega projects and their
implementation. Formation of the board will help the country in achieving the targeted growth
for the twelfth five year of 8.2 percent.
At the meeting of the full planning commission under the chairmanship of Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, the finance minister expressed his concern on the delayed implementation
of the mega projects and stressed on the fact that the decision made by the National
Investment board (NIB) to be taken as the final decision. Chidambaram also insisted
interference by any other authority on the approvals and decisions made by the NIB will be
entertained. He also added to his statement that NIBs role will be limited to the projects with
investments of Rs 1000 crore or more.
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seeing, 24-hour valet service, paramedics on-board and entrance fees to the sights. Beer, liquor
and house wines will be served as complementary.
The other route of travel will cover Delhi-Agra-Ranthambore-Jaipur-Bikaner-Jodhpur-UdaipurBalasinor-Mumbai and is named to be and Indian Splendour. The package with deluxe cabin
start at a $ 5560 per person and the one travelling with a companion will be charged $8340
instead of $11120.
Packages with shortened distances and duration are named as Gems of India and Treasures of
India and will commence from Delhi and travel through Agra, Ranthambore and Jaipur and
terminate back at Delhi and have been priced at $ 3850 for one in deluxe cabin and with the
discounted offer of 50 percent it will cost $7160 for two persons.
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August by carrying 12.05 lakh domestic passengers out of 43.69 lakh passengers. Indigo shared
a total of 27.6 percent of the market share.
The report also reported that there was a fall of 8.6 percent passengers in total as compared to
the previous year record for the month.
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Due to arbitrary allotment of the coal blocks the Indian exchequer suffered a loss of Rs
1.86 lakh crore equivalents to $ 37 billion
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Up to 31 March 2011 total 194 coal blocks were allotted to different private and
government parties with an aggregate quantity of 44,440 million tonnes of coal
The beneficiary of these allotments as per CAG report were 25 major companies of India
including Essar Power, Jindal Steel and Power, Hindalco and Tata Power
To bring out transparency in the process, the CAG suggested competitive bidding as a
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(d) 6 percent
Answer (c) 7 percent
8. As per the data released by the government on 14 September 2012, Indian inflation rose
from 6.87 percent recorded in July 2012 to _________percent August 2012.
(a) 7.55
(b) 8.0
(c) 9.5
(d) 7.25
Answer (a) 7.55
9. The Union Cabinet cleared the proposal of foreign direct investment (FDI) for 51 percent in
the multi-brand retail chains and _______percent in Aviation power exchanges industry.
(a) 50
(b) 49
(c) 66
(d) 25
Answer (b) 49
10. The reserve bank of India reduced the Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) by
(a) 0.5 percent
(b) 0.25 percent
(c) 0.75 percent
(d) 1 percent
Answer (b) 0.25 percent
11. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited introduced a system
for making the payment of the bookings via mobile phones. What is the name of that
system?
(a) Interbank Mobile Payment System (IMPS)
(b) Sybase mobile banking System
(c) Railway mobile banking system
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CORPORATE
SC DIRECTED SAHARA TO REFUND 17400 CRORE TO ITS INVESTORS
The Supreme Court of India on 31 August 2012 directed Sahara Group's two companies to
refund around 17400 crore rupees to their investors within three months with 15 per cent
interest. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar directed Securities and Exchange
Board of India, SEBI, to take action against the companies of Sahara India Real Estate
Corporation and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation, if they fail to refund the money. The
apex court allowed the regulatory body to attach properties and freeze bank accounts of these
two companies if they did not comply with its order.
The bench further directed SEBI to conduct investigation against these companies to find out
their actual subscriber base besides getting other relevant information. It also directed the
companies to furnish all their documents and account details to SEBI. The court also appointed
a former apex court judge B N Aggarwal to oversee the probe by SEBI against the two Sahara
firms.
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Hutchison Global Services (HGS), basically provides call centre and customer life-cycle
operations to customers in UK, Ireland and Australia. Whereas, Tech Mahindra is a leading
provider of solutions and services to the telecommunications industry with a majority stake
owned by Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, in partnership with British Telecommunications plc.
JINDAL STEEL & POWER ACQUIRED CANADIAN FIRM CIC FOR RS 650 CR
Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) on September 5, 2012 bought CIC Energy Corp of Canada
for Rs 650 crore. CIC has coal mines in Botswana, Africa, with reserves of six billion tonnes.
The deal was concluded through Jindal BVI Ltd (JBVI), a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power
Limited. JBVI and CIC now be merged and delisted from the Canadian stock exchange in a
months time. Botswana is a landlocked country in Africa and JSPL is going to spend close to Rs
550 crore in developing the mine. JSPL already holds coal mining licences in South Africa and
Mozambique. Jindal Steel and Power Limited is one of India's major steel producers with a
significant presence in the mining, power generation and infrastructure sectors.
JSPL is a part of the US$15 billion diversified O.P. Jindal Group and is consistently tapping new
opportunities by increasing production capacity, diversifying investments, and leveraging its
core capabilities to venture into new businesses.
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Welspun Energy is a sister concern of the US $ 3.5 billion Welspun Group. The company mainly
deals with creation of environment-friendly power plants and is aimed to establish its plants
across India.
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SUPREME COURT DIRECTED ESSAR OIL TO PAY THE SALES TAX DUES
Supreme Court passed a judgment on 13 September 2012 for Gujarat Sales Tax case allowing
Essar Oil to pay back the sales tax dues in phases. The dues amount of Rs 5,165 crore can be
paid back in eight different installments of two years beginning from 17 January 2012. Supreme
Court also dismissed the demand of Rs 1800 crore interest made by the Government of Gujarat.
The court also directed the oil company to make the payment at the interest rate of 10 percent
on the payment due of 17 January 2012 instead of 18 percent demanded by the state
Government. In its statement, the oil company cleared that it has already cleared a due
payment of Rs 1004 crore of the total dues amount of Rs 6169 crore.
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NH-8 in Gurgaon. The same body will be looking forward for its operations in the future. The
rapid metro is scheduled to come under operations by April 2013.
During this intensive training period of 17-weeks, the DMRC will train people using special
training modules, designed with a purpose to suit the requirements of Rapid Metro. The
candidates will be taught about the technologies used and its operations like Automatic Train
Protection (ATP) and how a metro station works.
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launch of the 10001st ATM in Kerala follows the inauguration of the 10000th ATM,
commissioned last week in Ajmer Sharif, Rajasthan.
The launch reflects the banks endeavour to provide all forms of electronic channels-- ATMs,
net banking and mobile banking, for customers.
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by carrying 12.05 lakh domestic passengers out of 43.69 lakh passengers. Indigo shared a total
of 27.6 percent of the market share.
The report also reported that there was a fall of 8.6 percent passengers in total as compared to
the previous year record for the month.
The company made fresh investment in creation of a new technology that will help in
production of long wear resistant rails, at its Hayange Rail Mill.
In the year 2011, the company upgraded its facilities to start production of 108 meter
long rails. In the same year the company won an order to supply high-speed rails for the
new 302 kilometer line joining French cities Bordeaux and Tours.
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In the year 2009, Tata Steel entered into a deal SNFC, the French railway Operators for
supply of rails for six years; the contract was signed at a cost of Euro 350 Million
The project will create round about 10000 jobs during the construction period. Rails of 108meters in length will be supplied for the project. Tata is going to make an estimated investment
of 50 million in a period of three years for the making of reliable and high-quality rail.
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(d) Wipro
Answer: (b) Microsoft
8. A production- Sharing Contract (PSC) was signed by Australian BHP Billiton and UKs based
global energy and Natural Gas Company on 10 September 2010. Name the UK based
company.
(a) Salamander energy
(b) London Marine Consultants
(c) Falkland Oil and Gas
(d) BG Group
Answer: (d) BG Group
9. Which State-owned Indian Bank opened its first branch in South Africa in a move to
enhance the relationship between South Africa and India?
(a) Bank of India
(b) Union bank of India
(c) Punjab National bank
(d) ICICI Bank
Answer (a) Bank of India
10. Larsen & Turbo integrated its L&T Engineering Services with IT business L&T InfoTech for
igniting growth rate of the company in technical arena. The companys newly restructured
cluster is rebranded by name as:
(a) L&T Technology Services
(b) L&T Info engineering Services
(c) L&T Tech Engineering Services
(d) L&T Tech and Solution services
Answer (a) L&T Technology Services
11. Tech Mahindra acquired 51% stake in Bharti group owned mobile value added service (VAS)
provider limited for 260 crore. What is the name of that value added service provider?
(a) Comviva Technologies
(b) Bharti Airtel
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(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Australia
Answer: (a) UK
20. TVS Motors on 28 September 2012 launched a new 125 cc Motorcycle in market .The
Motorcycle is named by
(a) TVS Phoenix
(b) TVS Flame
(c) TVS Jive
(d) TVS Apache RTR
Answer: (a) TVS Phoenix
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NATIONAL
SC: DIRECTED GOVERNMENT TO RE-FIX PAY SCALE OF ARMY OFFICERS
The Supreme Court of India on 4 September 2012 directed the Union Government of India to
re-fix the pay scale of army officers affected by the Fourth Pay Commission. It would now entail
a payout of 1600 crore rupees to the exchequer. The Supreme Court also directed the
government to pay interest at the rate of 6 per cent from 1 January 2006, to all the officers,
whether or not they have filed any petition before any of the High Courts or Benches of Armed
Forces Tribunal.
The bench directed that all pending petitions before any of the High Courts or Benches of
Armed Forces Tribunal, by similarly-placed officers, will be governed by this order.
A three-judge bench of justices- R M Lodha, T S Thakur and Anil R Dave, passed the order while
dismissing an application filed by the Centre for recall and modification of 8 March 2010 order.
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gangster on 9 September 2012. The order was passed in reference to the submitted petition to
the Supreme Court by the Attorney General G E Vahanwati for granting sometime to translate
the judgment of Portugals court from Portuguese to English.
Abu Salem, 44 years in age is an underworld don who has been convicted with the charges of
1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai and killing of Gulshan Kumar the Indian music tycoon and
many more cases of extortion and killings. He has also been a close associate of Dawood
Ibrahim. In 2002, the Azamgarh born was arrested in Lisbon, Portugal by the Interpol. He was
handed over to Indian Authority by the Portuguese authority for facing the trial in case of 1993
serial blasts of Mumbai, with a guarantee that death penalty will not be pronounced by his
name.
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organizations involved in the mining work taunted with the forest laws and environment norms
& guidelines. This report also suggests the involvement of state directorate of mines, the union
ministry for environment and forests (MoEF), Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), the state forest
department and the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) in this act of illegal mining.
Jayanti Natarajan, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests cleared his stand over the
issue that officials, whose involvement is found in the case, will be dealt accordingly following
the procedures made by the law. As per the issued report, the complete scam worth approx
35,000 rupees. The report also presents data that proves the involvement of Indian Authorities
and the State Government in supply of unchecked and unregulated iron ore to China under
their protected scanner to make more money.
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Payment of penalties in respect of Indian nationals for illegal stay in the host country
where prima facie the worker is not at fault.
Providing support to start and run Overseas Indian Community-based student welfare
centres in Countries that have more than 20,000 Indian students presence.
The Minister also mentioned that Government has given the voting rights to NRIs. The
Government is also getting the PIO and OCI Card Scheme merged into one Scheme.
The conference was attended by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as well as
Jordan, Yemen, Malaysia, Maldives, Angola, Thailand, Nigeria, Iraq and Libya.
The conference is organized by the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs every year to
discuss the issues related to protection and welfare of Overseas Indian workers.
There are approximately 7.5 million semi-skilled and unskilled overseas Indian workers in the
GCC countries and Malaysia on temporary employment/ contract visas, predominantly in the
construction, healthcare and household services sectors.
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) is the nodal Ministry for protection and welfare
of Overseas Indian workers.
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The Rajasthan High Court had passed its order on an appeal by a private firm against the refusal
by the state authorities to recognise or grant mutation to the purchase of a plot by the
company from a person belonging to scheduled caste.
ISSUE
The ex-servicemen association and defence forces
demanded payment of uniform pension to the defence
personnel retiring at same rank with same length of
service period irrespective of their date of retirement.
The OROP also demanded passing of future
enhancements to the past pensioners.
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THINGS THAT CABINET APPROVED ON THE ISSUE OF ONE RANK ONE PENSION
To bridge the gap created between the pension of the JCO/OR retirees as per the pre 1 January
2006 and post 1 January 2006 after determining the pensions of the pre 1 January retirees.
The gap will be bridged on the basis of estimated maximum for ranks and groups among the
three categories of services following the case of the post retirees. The weightage for qualifying
into the service for Naik, Sepoy and Havaldar ranks would be increased by two years in case of
both pre and post retirees.
For the pre- 1 January 2006, commissioned officer pensioners the pensions will be decided after
referring to the minimum of the fitment table for the ranks in place of the minimum of the pay
band. In relation to the family pension, the cabinet in its decision stated that the pensions of
the pre- 1 January 2006 retirees like Honorary Commissioned Officers, Commissioned Officers,
JCOs/Ors will be decided following the fitment table instead of the minimum pay-band.
For establishment of links with the family in cases, where death of the JCOs/ORs have occurred
after the retirement than the dependants of the pensioner will be entitled for 60 percent of the
determined pension incases the normal family pensions can be calculated to be 30 percent of
the last pay drawn by the pensioner. In cases, where the pension is decided on the basis of
ranks, length of service and group of employment, the normal family pensions after the death
of JCOs/ORs will be 60 percent of the determined pension on notional basis.
PANEL REPORT
The approval of the Union Cabinet came on the OROP after the six member committee formed
by the Prime Minister submitted its report. Ajit Seth was the head of this committee.
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Busy route surcharge during busy season of maximum 10 percent varying from commodity to
commodity on freight will also come on effect from 1 October 2012. This step will help in
winning an additional sum of Rs 826 crore in upcoming six months for the railways.
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The Petitioner mentioned that the demand of Tamil Nadu seeking water from Karnataka was
uncalled for because Farmers in Tamil Nadu is going to get enough water during the North-East
monsoon beginning in October and ending in December.
They had also mentioned that the crops can be grown with the help of rain received during the
North-East monsoon. As also the storage in Mettur Dam was 45 tmcft, Tamil Nadu farmers are
not in need of water as it is going to be sufficient for them till November.
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Admiral Verma, will soon leave for Ottawa to join the office because Canadian Prime Minister
Stephen Harpers visit is scheduled to India in the near future.
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Should have served the High Court as its Judge for at least 5 years
He should have served the high court as its advocate for a period of 10 years
In case their occurs a vacancy in the CJI office due to any reason, the president appoints the
acting Chief Justice as the Chief Justice of India from amongst the judges of the Supreme Court.
The salaries and other allowances of the Judges in India are charged from the Consolidated
Fund of India. At present the salary structure is:
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REMOVAL OF JUDGES
The Judge can be removed from India on certain ground that includes incapacity to hold the
office or proven misbehavior. They can be removed only after the resolution of both the houses
of Indian Parliament that is supported by the majority of two-third of the members voting and
present. The two judges against whom the proceeding was initiated:
V Ramaswami in 1993 was the first judge against whom the proceedings were initiated
Soumitra Sen in 2011 was the second judge against whom these proceedings were
initiated
THE ONLY CHIEF JUSTICE, WHO HAS SERVED AS THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF INDIA
Sir Mohammad Hidayatullah, who served the nation as eleventh CJI (17 December 1905 - 18
September 1992) has also served as the acting President of India being an ex-officio CJI from 20
July 1969 to 24 August 1969, after Dr. Zakir Hussain died as a president in office and the then
Vice-President V.V. Giri resigned from the post of acting President to participate in the
Presidential Election.
to re-fix the pay scale of army officers affected by the which Pay Commission?
(a) Fourth pay Commission
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interest subsidy to Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), Cooperatives
Banks and NABARD enabling them to provide short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakhs to
farmers during the year 2012-13?
(a) 7% Per annum
(b) 8.5 % Per annum
(c) 6 % Per annum
(d) 5 % per annum
Answer (a) 7 % per annum
3. To what percent Government of India on 11 September 2012 reduced interest rates on
rescheduled crop loans from 12 percent in the drought-affected areas for the fiscal year
2012-13
(a) 8 percent
(b) 5 percent
(c) 7 percent
(d) 6 percent
Answer (c) 7 Percent
4. The State Health Ministry of Arunachal Pradesh launched a scheme in Itanagar on 14
September 2012 for providing financial assistance up to 1.5 lakh rupees to BPL patients
suffering from life threatening diseases in the form of a onetime grant. What was the name
of that scheme?
(a) Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi
(b) Rashtriya Janseva Nidhi
(c) Rashtriya Sarvoklayan Prayojna
(d) None of these
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India
(a) Justice Altamas Kabir
(b) Justice A.K. Sikri
(c) Rajeev Gupta
(d) Justice Mohit Shantilal Shah
Answer (a) Justice Altamas Kabir
7. Which person was appointed as the president of, The Indian Newspaper Society for the year
2012-2013 on 13 September 2012 during the 73rd annual meet of the Newspaper Society?
(a) K.N. Tilak Kumar
(b) Ravindra Kumar
(c) Ashish Bagga
(d) Pradeep Gupta
Answer (a) K.N. Tilak Kumar
8. On which date Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs inaugurated the 7th Heads
of Indian Missions (HoMs) conference and announced revised Indian Community Welfare
Fund (ICWF) scheme.
(a) 15 September 2012
(b) 16 September 2012
(c) 17 September 2012
(d) 20 September 2012
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lakh employees and pensioners and costing the exchequer an additional Rs7,408 crore
annually?
(a) 4 percent
(b) 8 percent
(c) 7 percent
(d) 6 percent
Answer (c) 7 percent
11. On which date, the Union Cabinet of India, under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh approved the long awaited demand for One Rank One Pension (OROP)
and other benefits of ex-servicemen.
(a) 21 September 2012
(b) 24 September 2012
(c) 19 September 2012
(d) 17 September 2012
Answer (b) 24 September 2012
12. Name the Union Minister who on 24 September 2012 took an additional charge of the
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candidates not to use which of the following in the election campaign as it was violating
Article 51 (g) of the constitution?
(a) Animals and Birds
(b) Arms and ammunition
(c) Heavy vehicles
(d) None of these
Answer (a) Animals and birds
15. Name the Indian nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile which on 19 September 2012
was successfully test fired from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha Coast.
(a) Agni III
(b) Agni IV
(c) Prithvi III
(d) Agni V
Answer (b) Agni IV
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INDIAN DIARY
1 September 2012
1. Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi took over as the new Indian Navy Chief
3 September 2012
1. DCGI directed Drug Companies to submit Safety Reports of New Drugs to It
4 September 2012
1. India and China agreed to boost the Defence Ties
5 September 2012
1. Supreme Court directed the Government to re-fix the Pay Scale of Army Officer
2. Kaushik Basu appointed as World Bank Chief Economist
3. India ranked to be 59th in the report released by World Economic Forum
4. Padamshree Dr. AN Purohit awarded with Shiksha Ratna Award by Petroleum University
5. Indias first multi-lateral Social Science research collaboration with four European
Nations
6 September 2012
1. Sachin Pilot commissioned as a Lieutenant in Territorial Army
2. Dr. KC Abraham awarded with Business Excellence Award
7 September 2012
1. Union cabinet approved interest subsidy for farmer loans
9 September 2012
1. Verghese Kurien the White Revolutionary and the Milkman of India Died
2. Aseem Trivedi the cartoonist from Mumbai held for sedition
10 September 2012
1. Supreme Court granted two weeks time to the centre to take a call on Abu Salem
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2. Supreme Courts Notice to Tamil Nadu on the petition that challenged 69% quota in the
state
3. Jal Satyagraha came to an end after 17 days demonstration on a victory note
11 September 2012
1. Supreme Court: media can be restrained from pressing trials during proceedings
2. Government reduced Interest Rates on rescheduled Crop Loans from 12 to 7 Percent
12 September 2012
1. Environment clearance of 99 Mines in Goa suspended
14 September 2012
1. Supreme Court lifted the Gag Order on Media Reporting of Troop Movement
2. Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi Scheme was launched in Arunachal Pradesh
15 September 2012
1. Former Sarsanghchalak of RSS KS Sudarshan died at Nagpur
17 September 2012
1. New measures announced for the welfare of overseas Indians
18 September 2012
1. Union Government decided to launch Saksham to Educate Adolescent Boys
2. Women and Child Development Ministry launched a Web Portal named Track Child
19 September 2012
1. Supreme Court refused to Review the petitions challenging Right to Education Act, 2009
2. A A Manavalan won Saraswati Samman for his comparative study on Ramayana
20 September 2012
1. SC: Land belonging to Scheduled Castes or Tribes cannot be bought by Non-Dalits
24 September 2012
1. Dearness Allowance (DA) hiked for Union Government Employees
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2. Union Cabinet of India approved the Demands of Ex-servicemen for One Rank One
Pension
3. C.P. Joshi appointed as the new Railway Minister
25 September 2012
1. Farmers moved to Supreme Court Challenging the Release of Water
2. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar Resigned
26 September 2012
1. Service Tax on high-end class travel, freight and auxiliary service rail fares
2. Indian Sovereign Rating is Stable-Moody
3. CSIR announced Fellowship program for Scientists aged above 70
27 September 2012
1. SC: There are alternative ways for allocation of Natural Resources
2. Election Commission prohibited use of animals in Election Campaigns
3. Former Navy Chief Nirmal Verma appointed as Indian envoy to Canada
4. Jaideep Sarkar appointed as the new envoy to Israel
5. CSIR announced Fellowship program for Scientists aged above 70
28 September 2012
1. Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia retired
2. India's first National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra died
3. India successfully launched its Heaviest Satellite GSAT-10
4. National Disaster Management Authority observed its 8th Formation day
29 September 2012
1. Altamas Kabir sworn-in as 39th Chief Justice of India
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TCS TO MONITOR MGNREGA FUND IN WEST BENGAL
The West Bengal government on 8 September 2012 signed an agreement with a leading IT firm
TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) to monitor management of the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) fund. The agreement will facilitate in plugging
wastage and leakage of funds under the scheme in the state. The 100-day employment
programme will also get a boost with modernization and transparency. The pilot project of
technology enabled monitoring of MGNREGA will start from south 24 Pragana district and
gradually will be extended to all other 18 districts of the state.
TCS will provide a 5-year support to the system after implementation. TCS said it would offer
extensive experience in e-governance.
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As per the petitioners, the Supreme Court directed the backward class commission in 2010 to
measure the justifiability of the 69 percent quota with the objective criteria report. The body
filed a report to the state government on 8 July 2011, without any objective criteria just by
confirming the 69 percent reservation on basis of Amba Shankar Commission Report made in
1985, without taking any objective criteria related to the terms of Nagaraja case that does not
permits the power to exceed the restriction beyond 50 percent reservation.
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sanitation, water, hygiene and other health determinants, he said. It would carry cash prize of
51000 rupees and a citation.
Life Time Achievement Award would 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. It would carry a cash prize of Rs 21,000 and a citation and a shawl, he said.
Women Outstanding Achievers Award would be given to the women who have done exemplary
achievements and outstanding work in their respective fields. The awards will be presented
annually to such women who have done commendable work in their respective fields. It would
be given to nurses, sports women, Sakshar Mahila Sammoh Members, Government employees,
social workers, Women entrepreneurs, nominees of Stree Shakti Puraskar, Prohibition-cumProtection Officer and Anganwadi workers. Each such award carries cash prize of Rs 5,100, a
citation and a shawl.
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Justice Murugesan was born on June 10, 1951. He was appointed as Judge of the Madras High
Court on March 2, 2000, and as Permanent Judge on June 13, 2001. He is going to have a brief
tenure of nine months as Chief Justice.
DELHI CM, SHEILA DIKSHIT GREEN SIGNALED THE LADIES SPECIAL BUSES
Delhi Transport Corporation green signaled Ladies Special Buses with women conductors on 27
September 2012 from 11 different points across the city. Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit
flagged off the bus from Delhi Secretariat.
All this has been done to ensure safe and comfortable journey for the ladies during the peak
office hours in the city. These buses will be operating to and fro from different locations of the
city that includes:
Chief Minister Delhi informed that the number of buses will increase in accordance to the
frequency of the commuters in the near future.
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SPORTS
INDIA BEAT CAMEROON TO WIN NEHRU CUP FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
India won Nehru Cup football tournament on 2 September 2012 after beating Cameroon 5-4 via
penalty shoot-out. In the final played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India
vanquished Cameroon 5-4 via penalty shootout and retained the Nehru Cup football.
The match went into tie-breaker after the two teams were locked 2-2 at the end of 120 minutes
of play. Gouramangi Singh (19th minute) and Sunil Chhetri (77th) scored for India in the
regulation time, while Makkon Thierry (29th) and Kingue Mpondo (54th) found the net for
Cameroon. In the tiebreaker, Robin Singh, skipper Chhetri, Denzil Franco and Mehtab Hosain
struck to ensure that India managed a clean slate.
Taking the final shot, Makkon hit the post to leave Cameroon shattered. Ashu C Tambe,
Ousmalia, Bebey Kingue Paul and Mpondo scored for the visitors in the shootout.
INDIA BEAT NEW ZEALAND BY 5 WICKETS AND WON THE SERIES 2-0
India won the second cricket test against New Zealand by 5 wickets on 3 September 2012.
Chasing a target of 261 set by New Zealand on the fourth day of the second and final Test in
Bangalore, India overhauled the target in the post-tea session with one full day remaining. Virat
Kohli on 51 and Skipper MS Dhoni on 48 remained not out.
Kohli, who had made 103 in the first innings, was adjudged man of the match, while Spinner
Ravichandran Ashwin was named man of the series. With this, India won the 2 match series 2-0.
India had won the first test at Hyderabad by an innings and 115 runs.
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bodied athletes at different levels of competition because of the lack of information about any
such event like paralympics for the disabled.
Sports minister, Ajay Maken declared that the medal winners in the Paralymipic will be
awarded with the same cash reward as that of the Olympians i.e. 50 lakhs for gold, 30 lakhs for
silver and 20 lakhs for Bronze.
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FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa- Zakumi the green-haired leopard
Taking the Armadillo as an official mascot for the mega event was backed by a NGO
named Caatinga Association engaged in protection of the biodiversity of North Eastern
Brazil.
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DHONI NAMED AS THE CAPTAIN FOR IIC ODI TEAM OF THE YEAR
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of Indian Cricket team has been named as the Captain of
ICCs ODI team of the year. Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir are two more players from Indian
squad to be selected in the ICCs ODI team for the year. Dhoni has been nominated to be a
member of the team for fifth consecutive year in a row.
The complete team of twelve members selected for the ICCs One Day International team of the
year includes three Indians and two members from each of the team Australia, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan and England along with one nominated South African player as a whole. The team was
selected by the a panel headed by the former West Indian Captain Clive Lloyd that included
other members like Carl Hooper (Former Skipper-West Indies), Marvan Atapattu (Former
Captain Sri Lanka), Tom Moody (former Australian all-rounder) and Clare OConnor (Former
Captain of Englands women team).
Name of the squad for the ICC ODI team was announced by David Richardson, the ICC Chief
Executive at an event organized before LG ICC Awards ceremony. Name of the players for the
team are MS Dhoni (Ind, wicketkeeper/Captain), Shahid Afridi (Pak), Gautam Gambhir (Ind),
Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Alastair Cook (Eng), Virat Kohli (Ind), Morne Morkel (SA), Michael Clarke
(Aus), Lasith Malinga (SL), Saeed Ajmal (Pak), Steven Finn (Eng). The twelfth man of the team
will be Shane Watson (Aus).
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include Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the squad until the country moves up from the
Asia-Oceania Group.
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Kuala Lumpur. The committee is engaged in development and promotion of the cricketers in
Asian region.
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) - The ICC Cricketer of the year, ICC Test Cricketer of the
Year and the People`s Choice Award
Richard Levi (South Africa) - The ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) - The Women`s ODI Cricketer of the Year
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Rhiti Sports will now manage Saina`s endorsements and brand associations, corporate profile,
patents and digital rights, images and all other commercial rights exclusively.
Highest score of 380 runs made by an Australian batsman in the test match is recorded
by his name
He was declared to be the ODI Player of the Year in the year 2007
With three centuries in super eights in 2007 world cup he was declared to be the best
batsman of the tournament
He was awarded with honorary citizenship by the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis
for scoring a century just in 66 balls against South Africa during 2007 World Cup. This
record was broken by an Irish Batsman, Kevin O'Brien in 2011, World Cup.
Since his debut in 1993 as a part of Australian Cricket team, he played 103 test matches
and 161 one-day internationals.
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In the Annual General Meeting of the federation, Khoibi Salam from Manipur and Rajesh
Bhandari, were elected as the treasurer and secretary-general respectively. Brigadier P. K.
Muralidharan Raja was elected as the senior Vice-President of the Federation.
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Has served the Kenyan national team as a coach that managed to reach the semi-finals
of the world cup in 2003
The former Indian Cricketer was a middle order hard-hitting batsman and a mediumpace bowler
SPORTS QUIZ
1. Name the Indian High jumper who won a silver medal in (F42 single leg, amputations
minimal disability category) at London Paralympics Games.
(a) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
(b) Vijay Singh Chauhan
(c) Suresh Babu
(d) Hari Shankar Roy
Answer (a) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
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2. The legendary tennis player from US who announced his retirement during the US open on
6 September 2012 after facing a defeat from John Martin del Potro.
(a) Roger Federer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Andy Roddick
Answer (d) Andy Roddick
3. Which Indian female wrestler won Bronze in the World Junior Championship at Pattava on 6
September 2012?
(a) Indu Choudhary
(b) Geeta Phogat
(c) Sonika Kaliraman
(d) Alka tomar
Answer (a) Indu Choudhary
4. Name the Formula one driver who became the winner of Italian Grand Prix 2012
(a) Fernando Alonso
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Sebastian Vettel
(d) Michael Schumacher
Answer (b) Lewis Hamilton
5. Name the tennis player who became the first British man to capture US Open Grand Slam
Singles Championship after 76 years by defeating Novak Djokovic on 11 September 2012.
(a) Andy Murray
(b) Max Woonsam
(c) Jamie Murray
(d) Bunny Austin
Answer (a) Andy Murray
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6. Name the New Zealands fast bowler who retired from both International and Domestic
Cricket
(a) Shane Bond
(b) Daryl Tuffey
(c) Ian Butler
(d) Chris Martin
Answer (b) Daryl Tuffey
7. The boxing Champion, Muhammad Ali who retired from the game in the year 1981 was
honoured with Medal in Philadelphia on 13 September 2012. What was the name of that
medal?
(a) Liberty medal
(b) Medal of Excellence
(c) Indecorum medal
(d) None of these
Answer (a) Liberty Medal
8. Which Indian player became ICC ODI cricketer of the year?
(a) Virendra Sehwag
(b) MS Dhoni
(c) Suresh Raina
(d) Virat Kohli
Answer (d) Virat kohli
9. Which character is declared to be the official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
on 12 September 2012.
(a) Laughing Buddha
(b) A Smiling Armadillo
(c) Shera
(d) A Running Pichachhoo
Answer (b) A Smiling Armadillo
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10. Women SAF football championship 2012 was won by which country?
(a) Nepal
(b) Bhutan
(c) China
(d) India
Answer (d) India
11. Name the two players on whom AITA (All India Tennis Association) extended ban till June
2014
(a) Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna
(b) Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna
(c) Leander Paes and Sania Mirza
(d) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati
Answer (a) Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna
12. Name the owner of Delhi franchise of hockey India
(a) Tata Group
(b) Wave Group
(c) Bharti Group
(d) Aircel and Reliance
Answer (b) Wave Group
13. Name the person who has been appointed as full time president of Hockey India.
(a) Gayatri Shetty
(b) Mariamma koshy
(c) Bachendri Pal
(d) Dilip Tirki
Answer (b) Mariamma koshy
14. Name the Australian Cricketer who on 20 September 2012 announced his retirement from
all formats of Cricket.
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The social scientists will get national funds for creating collaborations with European Partners
via a scheme. This is help in eradication of bureaucratic restrictions and obstacles. Its expected
to economise and rationalize the efforts of Europe towards production of high impact and
quality research on social science that can address to the challenges forwarded by the global
arena in terms of growth, economy, development, climate change, well being and health. As
per the scheme the proposal can be made on any hemisphere of social science that can be of a
help in understanding the social and individual behaviour of a person and influence the policies
beyond the boundaries.
The targeted six proposals that have been awarded with the funds after being mapped in the
month of May 2011, will deal in the aspects of wellbeing, ageing, bullying, mapping the cultural
authority of science, globally accessible medicine, climate governance and pupil-safety.
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The launch, which was pre-scheduled at 9.51 am was delayed by two minutes after the alert
generated by Indias Internal Navigation System for the possible collision with the debris of
space. This navigation system, guides the rockets in placement of the satellites into the orbit
with pinpoint precision. Director of the mission, Kunhi Krishnan declared about the success of
the mission at 10.14 am. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who himself was present at the
launch station congratulated and greeted the scientists, by stating that India is proud of its
space scientists, who are responsible for development of technology for space mission in India
itself.
ISRO
ISRO began its operations for the space mission with the launch of Aryabhata in the year 1975
Indias first satellite via Russian Rocket. Vikram Sarabha was the visionary, who envisioned and
realized the potential of the space technology that can be of the great importance for national
development. This was thought after the scientific investigations helped in identifying, the
upper atmosphere and ionosphere over the magnetic equator, near Thumba,
Thiruvananthapuram with the use of small sounding rockets.
India has turned up to be the World leader in remote sensing data market with twelve earth
observation satellites.
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Before the incident, Japan relied on nuclear power for at least one-third of its energy
requirements but now its planning to increase it to a level of 50 percent of its total energy
requirements. The framed policies framed aims to phase out the issues related to nuclear
power of the country for next three decades.
WHEELER ISLAND
Strategically located at a distance of 150 kilometer from the capital city of Odisha that is
Bhubaneshwar, the Island maintains the missile launching facility for India. The nearest port to the
Island of about 390 acres and 70 kilometer south of Chandipur in the Bay of Bengal is Dharama.
CHANDIPUR BEACH
The beach is about 194 kilometers from the capital Bhubaneshwar and is one of the major Indian
Ballistic Missile Defence Program test range for India in the city of Balasore.
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14. The simultaneous earthquakes seen in past few years in which region is found to be a cause
of the Tectonic Plate Disintegration?
(a) Arabian Sea
(b) Indian Ocean
(c) Arabian Peninsula
(d) Himalyan Region
Answer (b) Indian Ocean
15. On which date the most outstanding demonstrations of its own kind in Khandawa district of
Madhya Pradesh named Jal Satyagraha which had continued for 17 days at Omkareshwar
Dam Project came to an end?
(a) 10 September 2012
(b) 15 September 2012
(c) 17 September 2012
(d) 12 September 2012
Answer (a) 10 September 2012
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ENVIRONMENT ECOLOGY
ZSN AND IUCN RELEASED DATA SPECIES FEARING EXTINCTION
The Zoological Society of London and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
released a list of 100 different species to be first in line for extinction from 48 different
countries during the World Conservation Congress held in Republic of Korea on 11 September
2012. Tarzans Chameleon, The Spoon-Billed Sandpiper, The Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth, The
Saola, The Brightly Coloured Willow Blister, Loughshare Tortoise-Angonoka, Rio Pescado
Stubfoot Toad and Northern Muriqui- Wooly Spider Monkey are some of the most important
species fearing extinction.
Some of these threatened species from India and South-East Asia are the Great Indian Bustard
along with the White-bellied Heron, the Peacock Tarantula as well as the Spoon-billed
Sandpiper of India. The report also includes the name of the Sumatran and Javan Rhinos, which
are considered to be the extinct species by now.
The species that have been counted in the Red List of IUCN is White-bellied Heron, also known
as the Imperial Heron. Estimations state that its number may be in between 70 to 400. As per
Bird life International, the White-bellied Bustard is mainly found in the eastern foothills of Great
Himalayas mainly in the north-east India, Bhutan, hills of North Bangladesh, North, West and
Central Myanmar. These can be seen in small and big rivers adjacent to the subtropical
broadleaf forests. The experts from Species Survival Commission (SSC) have suggested the
development of hydel power projects as the identified reason for this increase in downfall in
the number of different species. The commission suggested that to bring these species back
from the verge of extinction adverse use of river based habitats must be eliminated and captive
rearing and release program should be brought into practice.
Peacock Tarantula with its habitat in the reserve forests of Nandyal and Giddalur in Andhra
Pradesh is facing a challenge of survival because of the degradation in the habitat caused due to
the cutting of timber and firewood. Great Indian Bustard, numbered to be in between 50 to
249 is also facing a challenge because of the agricultural developments. To protect the species
it was recommended to create a community reserve along with few protected areas nearby
Indira Gandhi Nahar Project. The number of Indian Spoon-billed Sandpiper has dropped down
to be in between 240 to 400. The rhinos with an identified number of 250 across the world are
facing the biggest threat as these are hunted for their horns.
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To get afresh clearance on the environment clearances the companies will have to deposit
relevant documents to the ministry. Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanti
Natarajan cleared that the previous clearances were made on the wrong facts, which were
submitted to the ministry by the state government and not finely verified by the MoEF officials.
The minister also cleared his stance that officials, found guilty will face punishments as per law.
Bodies identified for their involvement in illegal mining as per state directorate of mines, the
report are the union ministry for environment and forests (MoEF), Indian Bureau of Mines
(IBM), the state forest department and the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB).
The action of suspension of the clearances was based on the report submitted by the Justice M
B Shah Commission that stated about presentation of wrong facts for winning clearances on
mining. As per the report this scam of iron ore mining in Goa worth approximately 35000 crore
and was spread over an area of 500 hectares out of which several hundred acres are a part of
forest area and land owned by the government. As per the voluminous report, the iron ore was
exported to China unchecked, unregulated and unrestricted by the mining operators under the
guidance of central government agencies as well as the state government.
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However, the IITR said that among heavy metals, the level of nickel in 12 water samples
exceeded the BIS guideline value of 0.02 mg/L. But these were well below the WHO guideline
value of 0.07 mg/L for drinking water. The levels of organic toxicants, too, were well below
limits prescribed by regulatory agencies.
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The previous plan was to store the spent fuel in Russia, but now it will be stored within
the plant
The water for being used in the nuclear plant was to be taken from the local dam, but
now the decisions have been made to take the fuel from the sea
Then the Ministry of Environment and Forests stated that the sea temperature will
suffer a change of 5 degrees but now it has been raised to 7 degrees
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The nuclear plant is a generation 3+ power plant and is designed taking care of the ultramodern safety measures like auto-prevention against the general causes of failure of
the safety system and is reliable and complies to the standards of redundancy available
at
present
The power plant can survive against the natural events such as tsunami, earthquakes of
high reactor scale, shock waves, fire, cyclones and others. The main building of the plant
is also safe against the air-craft impact. Security arrangements against the terrorists
attack and sabotages have also been implemented.
The structural design can prevent the release of the radioactive material in the public
even in cases of physical attacks.
The affidavit also cleared that the 17 recommendations of the AERB (Atomic Energy
Regulatory Board) will be taken care at times to come. This affidavit also made clear
that 7 out of 17 recommendations were compiled but the power plant was safe even
without the use of the 17 recommendations made by AERB.
The team comprises C. Behra, Regional Deputy Director of Eastern Region and Kolkata
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The person who took over as the new Indian Navy chief on 31 August 2012 to become
21st Chief of Naval Staff of Independent India- Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi
The Indian national who was appointed as the as chief economist and Senior vice
president of World bank Kaushik Basu
The Indian educated lieutenant general who took over the position of Nepals Army
Chief, on 6 September 2012- Gaurav Shumsher Rana
The man responsible for bringing white revolution in India and founder of worlds
largest dairy company Amul who died on 9 September 2012- Verghese Kurien
The former chief justice of India who died on 13 September 2012 at the age of 86Ranganath Misra
The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister who resigned on 25 September 2012 after the
alleged corruption charges on him in awarding irrigation projects when he was state's
water resource minister- Ajit Pawar
The Indian Union Minister of state for Telecommunication and Information Technology
who was commissioned to be a Lieutenant in Territorial Army on 6 September 2012Sachin Pilot
The person who on 27 September 2012 was appointed as the new Indian Ambassador
to Israel- Jaideep Sarkar
The driver of McLaren's who became the winner of the Italian Grand Prix 2012 on 9
September 2012- Lewis Hamilton
The cartoonist from Mumbai who was held for sedition- Aseem Trivedi
The South Korean Movie which was awarded the Golden Lion Prize for best movie -Pieta
The first British man to capture a Grand Slam single championship after 76 years- Andy
Murray
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The software companies of India, which acquired Switzerland based global management
consultancy firm Lodestone on 10 September 2012 Infosys
The united state ambassador to Libya, who was killed on 9 September 2012 in Benghazi
Attack- Chris Stevens
The official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil -Smiling Armadillo
State-owned Bank which had opened its first branch in South Africa in a move to
enhance the relationship between South Africa and India- Bank of India
The girl of Indian Kazakh origin won the title of Miss Almaty 2012, on 14 September
2012- Farida Malik
New Zealand pacer who announced his retirement from both international and
domestic cricket- Daryl Tuffey
The President of Tajikistan who visited India from 1 to 4 September 2012- Emomali
Rahmon
The person who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India on 13 September
2012- Justice Altamas Kabir
The Dutch National who was appointed by World bank to be the country director for
India on 10 September 2012- Onno Ruhl
The person who was appointed as a Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
on 18 September 2012- Rajiv Mehta
The astronaut of Indian American origin who took over the command of International
Space Station on 15 September 2012- Sunita Willimas
The player of Indian Cricket team who was named as the ODI CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
at ICC Awards Function held at Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15 September 2012- Virat Kohli
The famous Urdu poet who died on 19 September 2012 in Kairana in Shamli districtMuzzaffar Razmi
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NEWS CAPSULE
RAMESH ABHISHEK APPOINTED AS FMC CHAIRMAN
An IAS Officer of 1982 Batch Bihar Cadre, Ramesh Abhishek on 24 September 2012 was
appointed to be the Chairman of Forward Markets Commission (FMC). His pay-scale and rank
has been elevated to that of the additional secretary and FMC Chief respectively.
WHAT IS UNAID?
UNAIDS, is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on
the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to HIV and
AIDS that includes preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support to those already
living with the virus, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV and
alleviating the impact of the epidemic. UNAIDS seeks to prevent the HIV/AIDS epidemic from
becoming a severe pandemic.
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SOME OF THE RAILWAY MINISTERS OF THE INDIAN UNION BEFORE MUKUL ROY
The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh managed the railway portfolio for a period of
about two months after Mamata Banerjee resigned from the position.
Jeff Bezos, at No. 11, with estimated net worth of $23.2 billion
Steve Ballmer at 19th position with net asset of $15.9 billion
Paul Allen grabbed 20th position with net asset of $15 billion
Mark Zuckerberg of facebook, slipped from his previous years 11th position to 36th
position with net asset of $17.5 billion
James Jannard secured 150th position with his net asset of $2.8 billion
Craig McCaw was placed at number 311 in the list with his net asset of $1.5 billion
Bruce Nordstrom remained at. 360th position with net asset of $1.2 billion
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Dinesh Thakur was the founder-director of the Mumbai based theater group- ANK Productions.
Some of his recognized works include Hai Mera Dil, Jaat Hi Poocho Sadhu KI, Khamosh Adalat
Jaari Hai, Kamala, Jis Lahore Nahi Dekhya and Rang Bajrang.
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of migration. This book has tried to come up with the effect of Ramayana over the South East
Asia, its language and culture.
This book is a comparative study of Ramayana written in different languages over a certain
period of time and some of the languages include Pali, Tibetan, Prakirt, Tamil, Japanese, Old
Javanese, Assamese, Thai, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Sanskrit, Odisi, Hindi,
Malay, Persian, Maranao, Burmese, Laotian and Kashmiri.
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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.
As soon as a child is enlisted in a home, or whenever a missing FIR is registered in a police
station, the details will be put on the portal. The ministry will coordinate with police heads,
social welfare departments of various states and other agencies to create this mechanism. The
ministry is also considering a proposal to create a National Institute of Women Affairs, which
will serve as a think tank for women-related matters.
Onno Ruhl holds a post graduate degree (MSc) in Economics from University of
Amsterdam
He joined World Bank in the year 1993 and due to his potential leadership skills and
strong experience in finance and operations; he held several positions in Asia and Africa.
He has served World Bank as its director for Nigeria and a country manager for
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Prior to his joining to World Bank in 1993, Ruhl served the Foreign Affairs Ministry of
Netherlands
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Installation of Global Positioning System will help in tracking the position and movement of the
auto-rickshaws. The GPS will also ensure that the auto-rickshaw operators are not overcharging
the passenger via any wrong means, like by taking long routes to reach a particular location.
Installation of the GPS system will also ensure the security of the passengers to the next level.
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LIFE OF KS SUDARSHAN
He led the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist organization as its fifth
Sarsanghachalak from 2000 to 2009.
He did his bachelor in Engineering in Telecommunications (honours) from Sagar
University
He became a Pracharak of RSS at the age of 23 in the year 1954
In 1979, he became the chief of the RSS think-tank (Bouddhik Cell)
In the year 2005, his comment asking Atal Behari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani to stepdown and allow a young face to be take the leadership of the country on behalf of BJP,
created a rift in between party and Sangh Parivaar
He waylayed the trolley that carried the salary of railway employees of French
Government in Puducherry
At Karaikal-Kumbakonam route he along with three of his friends threw country bombs
at a security officer and took away Rs. 37,000 and a gun carried him. French
Government announced a prize amount of Rs 5000 on him and his friends
He escaped life term by French government for killing 2 people and robbing the train
but Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajajis intervention saved him at that point of time
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After Communist movement saw a split, he remained with the party. He served the
parties trade union AITUC as its general secretary
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New elected members of the executive committee are V K Chopra (Dainik Asam), P V Chandran
(Grihalakshmi), Mahendra Mohan Gupta (Dainik Jagran), L Adimoolam (Health & The
Antiseptic), Jagjit Singh Dardi (Charhdikala Daily), Samahit Bal (Pragativadi),Ravindra Dhariwal
(Navbharat Times), K Balaji (The Hindu Weekly), Pradeep Gupta (Dataquest), Dr B S Adityan
(Varantari Rani), Pawan Agarwal (Dainik Bhaskar, Bhopal), Rishi Darda (Lokmat, Ahmednagar)
and Vijay Darda (Lokmat) and others.
Indian Newspaper Society has 1000 dailies, weeklies, bi-weeklies, monthlies and fortnightlies
on board, which are published in eighteen different languages of India. It plays a major role in
fostering a mutual cooperation in the newspaper industry.
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To reserve 8.4 percent of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota of the 27 percent of
the minorities
Scheduled caste reservation for Dalit converts
15 percent seats for minorities in educational institutions and government services
Ranganath Misra was the head of the judicial commission that was appointed for the probe in
the anti-Sikh riots of New Delhi after the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated.
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than 150 million, Muslims constitute the largest minority in India, yet they suffer the most
politically and socioeconomically.
The books argue that the quality of Muslim life may lag behind that of Hindus nationally, local
and inclusive cultures had resilient in the south and the east. Within Indias cities, however, the
challenges Muslims face can be harder to read. As per the book, In the Hindi belt and in the
north, Muslims have known less peace, especially in the riot-prone areas of Ahmedabad,
Mumbai, Jaipur, and Aligarh, and in the capitals of former Muslim statesDelhi, Hyderabad,
Bhopal, and Lucknow. These cities are rife with Muslim ghettos and slums. However, selfsegregation has also played a part in forming Muslim enclaves, such as in Delhi and Aligarh,
where traditional elites and a new Muslim middle class have regrouped for physical and cultural
protection.
Combining firsthand testimony with sound critical analysis, the book follows urban Muslim life
in eleven Indian cities, providing uncommon insight into a little-known but highly consequential
subject. The book is published by Harper Collins publisher, India.
Laurent Gayer is a research fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS),
currently posted at the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH) in New Delhi. He is also research
associate at the Centre dEtudes de lInde et de lAsie du Sud in Paris. Christophe Jaffrelot is
research director at CNRS and teaches South Asian politics and history at Sciences Po (Paris), as
well as at Kings College, London.
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PIETA THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM WON GOLDEN LION VENICE TOP PRIZE
The Golden Lion Prize for best movie was given to the South Korean Movie, Pieta directed by
Kim Ki-duk at the 69th Venice Film Festival on 8 September 2012. The Master by Paul Thomas
Anderson walked off with two major awards namely, Special Jury Award and Best Actor for
Joaquin Phoenix.
Pieta is the brutal story about a debt collector with a habit of crippling those, who were unable
to pay his debt. The brutality stops at a certain point of time, when he meets a woman who
claims to be his mother.
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The other leading personalities included in that category were Business Tycoon Warren Buffet,
Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and Hyundais chairman Chung Mong Koo. Mamta
Banerjee is included in the policy-makers section and is sharing space with US federal chairman
Ben S Bernanke, European Central Banks President Mario Draghi and Burmese opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The selection was decided on the ability of leader to move markets and shape ideas and policies
and his or her influence in affecting the price of a security or the structure of a deal. Two other
people of Indian origin who were included in the list were Anshu Jain, Co- CEO of Deutsche
Bank and Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the southern District of New York.
Mamta banerjee was placed in 21st position. Earlier in April, she was also ranked among 100
most influential personalities of the world by the Time magazine.
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part of 124 TA (Sikh) Battalion the one also known by the name of Urban Concept battalion.
Along with commissioning, he will have to attend "14 camp and 22 parade days'' in a year.
Sachin Pilot has turned up to be the first union minister to be commissioned as an officer on
regular basis in Territorial Army. He cleared the exam that was conducted by the Territorial
Army and the SSB interview round at Allahabad. He will be pipped by the Army Chief Bikram
Singh at the commissioning ceremony organized at the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry
of Defence (Army).
Sachin Pilot age 35 is a son of late Squadron Leader Rajesh Pilot who also was IAF (Indian Air
Force) fighting pilot. He is a MP from Ajmer Lok Sabha Constituency of Rajasthan. A graduate
from St. Stephens College, Delhi Sachin holds a masters degree in Business Administration
(MBA) from Wharton Business School based in United States.
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guidelines issued by Department of Telecom, DoT, recently stated that the proof for a mobile
connection to any foreigner will be a passport with a valid visa. DoT ruled that any mobile
connection issued to a foreigner should not have validity beyond the validity of the visa.
The move comes in the wake of instances where mobile connections used by foreigners were
misused by some people even after the departure of the foreign nationals from the country.
DEVENDRA KUMAR JOSHI TOOK OVER AS THE NEW INDIAN NAVY CHIEF
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi (DK Joshi) took over as the new Indian Navy chief on 31 August
2012. He is the 21st Chief of Naval Staff of Independent India and the 19th Indian to command
the Indian Navy. He succeeded Admiral Nirmal Verma.
DK Joshi has commanded several naval ships which includes aircraft carrier INS Virat. He was
also the chief of Eastern Fleet. He specializes in anti-submarine warfare. During his tenure, the
Navy will start 13000 crore rupees phase II expansion of Project Seabird, the naval harbour
under construction near Goa.
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