Weekly Current Affairs update, for the Week October 21 to 27, 2012

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List of Contents
Section A : INDIA Section B : WORLD Section C : AWARDS Section D : ECONOMY & CORPORATE Section E : SPORTS

Major news of the week

Section A: INDIA
Spanish delegation led by Juan Carlos I visits India NZ Minister of Conservation & Food Safety visits India German House for Research and Innovation launched India improves position on global gender gap index India 14th in the English Proficiency Index IISc is only Indian entity on Global Employability List CVC to head global taskforce on anti-corruption The Indo-US submarine exercise INDIAEX-2012 held MoD asks Italy for response on Augusta Westland deal Queensland lifts ban on uranium mining Super 30 ties up with University of Tokyo Guidelines to end discrimination faced by RTE students NHRC committee to frame guidelines for drug trials Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) at 44 during 2011 Yatra against manual scavenging to be launched Commonwealth Public Administration Conference New warnings to be put up on tobacco products Constitution doesnt permit Father of the Nation title Jindal alleges Zee demanded Rs. 100 crore Haryana gives clean chit to Robert Vadra over land deals Chinnaswamy Stadium blast accused Fasih nabbed Krishna resigns as foreign minister Mamatas Flower Power painting auctioned for $3,000 Sahitya Akademi President S. Gangopadhyay departs Yash Chopra passes away Jaspal Bhatti passes away Journalist Raj Narain Mishra passes away

Section B: WORLD
United Nations Day observed World Space Week celebrated African Union readmits Mali PCB to buy bullet-proof buses for cricketers China names new Chief of Army Staff EU, U.S. warn against political vacuum in Lebanon Mayas disown doomsday myth Pakistanis break human flag record Sainthood for first American Indian Rajat Gupta gets 2 yrs jail term for insider trading 4-year jail for Italys ex-PM Berlusconi for tax evasion

Bo Xilai expelled from National Peoples Congress Obama wins in 3rd Presidential debate Oldest known survivor of the Nazi camps passes away Father of bone marrow transplant dies

Section C: AWARDS
Lifetime honour for Waheeda Rehman at Mumbai Fest Slain IPS officer conferred Singham Bravery Award BCCI to confer Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime on Gavaskar Narayana Murthy receives 2012 Hoover Medal ICRISAT scientist bags global award Brahma Chellaney wins Asia Society Book Award Sharmila Tagore honoured by Edinburgh University

Section D: ECONOMY & CORPORATE

National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers set up National Policy on Electronics 2012 approved Govt, states sign MoU for broadband linking of villages Commerce Min seeks to revive investor interest in SEZs Domestic cos can pay for services by SEZ units in forex RBI simplifies procedure for STPI exports End-to-end computerization of TDPS Ministry of Mines unveils draft on profit sharing formula FM for better penetration of non-life insurance sector India is 132nd in Doing Business 2013 Govt to disinvest 10% equity in NMDC BPL card holders to get subsidised pulses through PDS Package for backward regions in 4 states approved Government allows multiple LPG connections Kingfisher asked to consult stakeholders for revival plan Govt. approves formation of aircraft acquisition panel Govt deadline for submission in XBRL format extended Industries can start technical institutes of their own RIL will have to place CAG report in Parliament Gujarat No. 1 state in private investment list Assocham Deep Joshi is new IRMA Chairman BSE, NSE among top 10 exchanges in Asia-Pacific region

Section D: SPORTS
Sun TV bags IPLs Hyderabad team Harbhajan, Ishant lose BCCI Grade-A contracts East Zone keeps Duleep Trophy Angelo Mathews is Sri Lankas Twenty20 captain Saina Nehwal wins Denmark Super Series Wiratchant wins Hero Indian Open golf Railways retains senior womens hockey title Delhi to host February 2013 Davis Cup tie Cycling Union scraps 1999-2005 Tour de France records Tennis legend DuPont passes away