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P e o p l e i n N e w s

Forbes Richest American Bill Gates
Mauritius Prime Minister -Navinchandra Ramgoolam
New Chief J ustice of India Altamas Kabir
South Africa President-Jacob Zuma
Indian Author in the Man Booker Prize Race Jeet Thayil
CMD of Coal India Limted- Mr S. Narsing Rao.
Uzbekistan President-Islam Karimov
Romania President who gave Resign-Train Basescu
Fiji President-Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
Afghan Defence Minister Who Resign-Abdul Rahim Wardak
US Defence Secretary-Leon Panetta
China Finance Minister -Liu Weimin
President of Tajikistan-Emomali Rahmon
South Korea Prez: Lee Myung Bak
President of Pakistan- Asif Ali Zardari
Bhutanese PM- Jigme Y Thinley
Syria President-Bashra-al-Assad
U.S Defence Secretary -Leon Pnetta
Prime Minister of Singapore- Mr. Lee Hsien Loong


AP P OI N T M E N T S

N a t i o n a l :
New Indian envoy to Israel Jaideep Sarkar
New Indian envoy to Canada Nirmal Kumar Verma
New Secretary Gen. of Rajya Sabha Shumsher K Sheriff
New Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation Shailesh Gupta
New President of Indian Boxing Federation Abhishek Matoria
New President of Indian Newspaper Society Tilak Kumar
New Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau Rajiv Mehta
New FMC (Forward Markets Commission) Chairman Ramesh Abhishek
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New Director on the Central Board of Directors of the RBI - Y C
Deveshwar
New Finance Minister- P Chidambaram (Privious: Home Min.)
New Home Minister-Sushil Kumar Shinde(Pri: Power Min.)
New Power Minister- Veerappa Moily
New Science and Technology Minister-Vayalar Ravi
New Economic affairs secretary-Arvind Mayaram
New Chief Economic Advisor-Raghuram Rajan
New Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL)Chairperson - Shyamala
Gopinath
Re-appoint Deputy Governer of RBI: K C Chakrabarty
New President of India- Pranab Mukherjee
Re-elected Vice President-Hamid Ansari(loss-Jashwant Sing)
New CBDT Chairperson- Poonam Kishore Saxena
New Union Railway Minister- C.P.Joshi
New Aviation Secretary-K N Srivastava
New Union Aviation Minister- Ajit Singh
New Election Commissioner-S. Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
New Chief Election Commissioner-V.S. Sampath
New secretary to the Prez of India-Omita Paul
Head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Committee - Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore
New CEO of Prasar Bharti Jawhar Sircar
LIC new Chairman-D.K Mehrotra
New Navy chief-D.K.Joshi
New CMD of Union Bank - D. Sarkar
New CMD of Syndicate Bank- M.G. Sanghvi
New CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce- S.L. Bansal
New Executive Director of PNB-S. R Bansal
New CMD of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank- Nagendra Murthy (Pri-Mr K.T
J agannathan)
New Chairman of Indian Medical Association - Dr. Narendra Saini
New IBA Chairman-Alok Misra
New director of IBPS- Anup Sankar Bhattacharya
New Coach of Indian Hockey Team-Jack Nobbs
New President of FICCI- R.V. Kanoria
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New President of International Chamber of Commerce India
New Country Director of World Bank for India Onno Ruhl Harsh Pati
Singhania
New CMD of GIC A.K.Roy
New CMD of OICL-Dr. A.K. Saxena
New Director-General of Indian Coast Guard- M.P. Muralidharan
New Chief J ustice of India-Altamas Kabir
US Ambassador to India - Nancy J Powell
New Ambassador to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik
New CM of Karnataka -Jagadish Shettar (Previous : Sadananda Gowda)
New Chief Minister of U.P.- Akhilesh Yadav
New Chief Minister of Punjab Prakash Singh Badal
New Chief Minister of Goa- Manohar Parikar
New Chief Minister of Uttrakhand- Vijay Bahuguna
New Chief Minister of Manipur- Okram Ibobi Singh
Governor of Andhra Pradesh - E S L Narasimhan (reelect)
Governor of Maharashtra - K. Sankaranarayanan (reelect)
Governor of Rajasthan-Margaret Alva
New Supreme Court J udge- F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla
Next Army chief of India-Lt. General Bikram Singh.
New Communication Advisor to the Prime Minister - Pankaj Pachauri
President of ASSOCHAM- Mr Rajkumar Dhoot
Reelected NASSCOM President-Som Mittal
Chairman of NASSCOM-N Chandrasekaran
Indian High commissioner to U.K. Jaimini Bhagwati
TRAI Chairman-Rahul Khullar
New Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha-PJ Kurien
New CII President-Adi Godrej
New President of Hockey India- Mariamma Koshy
World Bank Chief Economist-Kaushik Basu


I n t e r n a t i o n a l :
New President of Russia- Vladimir Putin (3rd Time)
New President of Yemen-A.Mansour Hadi
New President of Somalia - Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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New Secretary General of SAARC-Ahmed Saleem
New ISI Director general-Zaheer-ul-Islam
Nepals Army Chief- Gaurav Shumsher Rana
New president of World Bank - Jim Yong Kim (Koreanborn)
New President of Germany - Joachim Gauck
New President of Malawi - Joyce Banda
New President of Libya: Mohammed Magarief
New PM of Greece - Antonis Samaras
New PM of Pak- Raja Pervez Ashraf.
New PM of Syria- Wael al-Halki(Replace: Riyad Hijab)
New PM of France-Jean Marc Ayrault
New IFC Head (Indian International Finance Corp.) Jim Yong Cai
New PM of Egypt- Hisham Kandil
UN-Arab League envoy for Syria-Lakhdar Brahimi
New President of Egypt/ Misra- Mohamed Morsi (Freedam & Jasits
Party) bt Ahmad Sarif
New President of Serbia- Tomislav Nikolic
New President of Maldives - Mohamed Waheed
New Pakistan High Commissioner to India - Salman Bashir
New CEO of Deutsche Bank-Ravneet Gill
New CEO of ICC-David Richardson(Pri-Haroom Largat)(SA)
New President of ICC-Alan Issac(N.Z.)(Pr-S.Powar)
New Italian Finance Minister-M-Vittorio Grilli
New World Bank Chief Economist-Kaushik Basu
Prez of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (reelected)
ICC President-Allan Isaac(NZ)(Privious-Sharad Pawar)
New UN mediator in Syria-Lakhdar Brahimi
President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected)
President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar
New Mauritius President-Rajkeshwur Purryag (Anerood J ugnauth)
New President of Mexico-Enrique Pena Nieto (from Dec- 12,
Current:Philip Cardelon)
New Paragawe President-Fedrico Franco(VP)(Privious who have given
resign-Fernando Armindo(given Resign)


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H E ADS OF VAR I OU S DE P AR T M E N T S


Comptroller and Auditor General of India - Shri. Vinod Rai
Chief Vigilance Commissioner of India - Shri. Pradeepkumar
Chief Election Commissioner Of India - Shri V.S. Sampath
Chief J ustice of India - Shri. Althamas Kabir
Army Chief - General Bikram Singh
Naval Admiral - Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi
Air Chief Marshal - Norman Anil Kumar Browne
Boarder Security Force - Director General - U K Bansal
Central Bureau of Investigation - A P Singh
Securities and Exchange Board Of India - U K Sinha
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority - J Harinarayan
Telcom Regulatory Authority Of India Rahul Khullar



NATI ONAL FI LM AWARDS - 2011

Best Feature Film: - 'Devur' (Marathi) & 'Byari' (Kannada)
Best Director:- Gurvinder Singh, 'Anhe Ghorey Da Daan'
Best Actor: - Girish Kulkarni, 'Deool'
Best Actress:- Vidya Balan, 'The Dirty Picture'
Best Children's Film: - 'Chillar Party'


I n t e r n a t i o n a l F i l m Aw a r d s - OSCAR - 2011

Best Film: The Artist
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Best Actor: J ean Dujardin
Best Actress: Meryl Streep




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N OBE L P R I ZE - 2011

LITERATURE :
o Tomas Transtrmer
PHYSICS :
o Saul Perlmutter
o Brian P. Schmidt
o Adam G. Riess
CHEMISTRY :
o Dan Shechtman
MEDICINE :
o Bruce A. Beutler
o J ules A. Hoffmann
o Ralph M. Steinman
PEACE :
o Ellen J ohnson Sirleaf
o Leymah Gbowee
o Tawakkul Karman
ECONOMICS :
o Thomas J . Sargent
o Christopher A. Sims

MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2011 J ulian Barnes (The Sense of An Ending)

MISS INDIA 2012 : VANYA MISHRA

MISS WORLD 2012 : Wenxia YU ( China )

MISS UNIVERSE 2011 : Leila Lopes


I MP OR T ANT OR GAN I ZAT I ON S AN D SU MMI T S

New Members
United Nation Total 193 (Last South Sudan)
WTO Total 156 (Last - Russia)
World bank and IMF Total 188 (Last South Sudan)
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European Union Total 27 (Next member will be Croatia in J uly
2013)
Nuclear security summit
2nd Summit 2012(Current) Seoul (South Korea)
3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Neitherland
BRICS summitCountry: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa.
4th Summit 2012(Current): New Delhi
5th Summit 2013(Next) : South Africa
G 8 Summit
38th Summit 2012 :David camp, USA
39th Summit 2013 : United Kingdom
G 20 Summit
7th Summit 2012 Los Kabos, Mexico
8th Summit 2013-St. Petersberg, Russia
NAM Summit
16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit- Tehran(Iran)
17th Summit(Next)-In 2015- Venezuela
26-31 August at Attended By(India): Prime Minister
Theme: Lasting Peace through J oint Global Governance.
Country:120,New-Fiji, Azerbaijan
SCO Summit
12th Summit 2012-Beijing - Attended by:SM Krishna(Forgien
Minister)
13th Summit 2013-Kyrgyzstan
National youth Festival
17th-Mangalore (Karnataka)
18th Patna(12-16) J anuary
Nato Summit-Chikago
Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq)
World Economic Forum Summit 2012 Nov- Gurgaon(Haryana)
20th ASEAN Meeting 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia
10th BASIC Summit - New Delhi
Earth Summit : -Rio de Janeiro
United Nation conference on Sustanable Devlopment- Rio de Janeiro
World Economic Forum Davos (Switzerland)
World Polio Summit 2012 - New Delhi
FM Trilateral Talks(China& India & Russia)-Moscow
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11th Energy Efficiency Summit organized by (CII Confederation of Indian
Industries) Hyderabad


E CON OM I C N E WS

Current Rates of RBI
o CRR 4.5%
o SLR 23%
o Repo 8%
o MSF 9%
o Bank Rate 9%
o Reverse Repo 7%

12th Five Year Plan (2012-17)
Theme Faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth
9 - 9.5% GDP growth
4% agriculture growth
Literacy rate 100%
Extra Power generation capacity 76000 MW
11th Five year plan recorded 8.2% GDP Growth.
Agriculture growth 3.3%
Basel norms will be implemented in India from 1 January 2013 to 2018 (in
world 2013 to 2019)
Govt. of India Approved FDI in Insurance and Pension Sector as 49%.
ICICI Bank to extend its net banking services through social media platform
Face book
Indian banks would need Rs 3,90,000-5,00,000 crore capital over the next
six years in the wake of Basel III capital regulations announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Largest home loan provider - State Bank of India (one lakh crore Rs. to 20
lakh families)
Top three according to per capita income: - Goa, Delhi, Haryana.
Seoul-headquartered Woori Bank has set up its first
Indian branch in Chennai.
Cheque and Draft is valid for 3 month from 1 April 2012.
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After SBI and NABARD ownership of National Housing Bank (Now RBI
hold 100% share) will be transferred from RBI to Government
Reserve Bank has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit
notes. With a tagline 'Pehchano Paise
Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai',
India will help Sri Lanka to establish special economic zone in auto and
pharma.
Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has allowed Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to
open branches in Tier-II cities (Population -50,000 to 99,999 as per 2001
census) without taking its permission.
India signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Monaco in
August 2012.
Odisha became the First Indian state to commence epayment facility for
government employees.
The Reserve Bank has asked banks to convert the existing no-frills
accounts into Basic savings bank deposit accounts.
SAIL will sponsor all medal winners of the London
Olympics for the next Olympics to be held in 2016 at Rio De J aneiro
(Brazil).
Apple has won USD 1 billion in a massive victory over South Korean giant
Samsung in a patent case.
World Bank Sanctions loan for Rural Livelihoods Project in Bihar
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered $150 million loan for the
expansion of railway tracks and improving overall service in the country.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced to provide $74.8 million loan
to improve road connectivity in the North East states.
World Bank approved an 1100 crore rupees loan for Himachal Pradesh to
promote green initiatives and sustainable development.
The NSE is now the world's largest bourse in terms of the number of trades
in equity segment for the first six months of 2012
India and Pakistan have agreed to allow two banks each from both the
countries to set up branches across the border. The two Indian banks are
State Bank of India (SBI) and Bank of India (BoI). And two Pakistani bank
are National Bank of Pakistan and United Bank Ltd.



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AWAR DS a n d h o n o r s

Yuri Milner Award Ashok Sen
Chameli Devi J ain Award- Tushita Mittal
Sastra Ramanujan Prize - Zhiwei Yun
Abel Prize: Eedre Szemereredi(Hungry Mathematician)
Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana award - D.R.Mehta
Miss World 2012-Wen xia YU(China)
Miss Asia Paisific-Himangini Sing
Brand Ambassador of BMW-Sachin Tendulkar
Egtek Egale Award(Best Award of Mexico):-R.K.Pachauri
RGN Sadbhavana Award-D.R. Mehta
Seoul Peace Award-Bank Ki Moon
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award- Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt
Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor)
Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work
'Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas).
Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book Mein Hi
Radha, Mein Hi Krishna
Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work
Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro
Vyas Samman (2011) - Hindi writer Ramdarash mishra for his work aam
ke patte
Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai International film festival A.R.
Rahman
International Gandhi Award-Dr. Caire Veult & Dr. J.D. Samant
World Food Prize- Dr. Daniel Hillel(Israeli Scientist)
India who won Magasaysay Award-Kulandeai Francis
Indusharma Katha Samman-Pradeep Saurabh(Book- Teesri Tali)
ICC Awards 2012
ICC ODI Cricketer of the year-Virat Kohli
ICC Cricketer of the year- Kumar Sangakkara
Emerging Cricketer of the Year-Sunil Narine
59th National Film Awards
Best Film: Deool(Marathi) & Byari(Kannad)
Best Actor : Girish Kulkarni
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Best Actress : Vidya Balan
Best Banker Prize Award Jammu & Kashmir Bank
Castrol Lifetime Achievement Award Ajit Wadekar
Shiksha Ratna Award - AN Purohit
SHANTI SWAROOP BHATNAGAR AWARD 2012:
Suman Kumar Dhar Biology
Amit Sharma & Rajan Biotechnology
Balsubramaniam Chemistry
Mohan MJ & Plus Sarkar Maths
K Narayana Medical
Siraj Minawala Physics
Ramon Magsaysay Award winners 2012: Kulendei Francis (India)
Community Leadership


BOOK S AN D a u t h o r s

Those were the Days and then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani-
Mira Govind Advani
Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam
Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai
My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee
Mind Positive-Life Positive-S.Joginder Singh
Aawan Main Baarahon Maas-Ambika Dutta
"Muslim in Indian cities- Hamid Ansari
Ye J o Hai Pakistan'- Shivendra Kumar Singh
What Young India Wants Chetan Bhagat
J oseph Anton - Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography)
Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam
Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai
My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee





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Sp o r t s

LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 (Important)

Venue 2012 - London
2016 BraZil ( Rio )

First Us With 104 Total Medal ( 46 Gold )
Second China With 88 Toatal medal ( 38 Gold )
55
th
Place India (With 2 Silver and 4 Bronze)

Indias performanace Total 6 medal ( 2 Silver and 4 Bronze )

Indais Medals

Medal Name Sport Event

Silver Vijay Kumar Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol

Silver Sushil Kumar Wrestling Men's 66 kg freestyle

Bronze Gagan Narang Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle

Bronze Saina Nehwal Badminton Women's singles

Bronze Mary Kom Boxing Women's flyweight

Bronze Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Men's 60kg Freestyle


Who leads Indias March past in Inaguaration Sushil Kumar

Who leads Indias March past in Closing ceremony Mary Kom
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Issue Maker in March Past of Opening ceremony - Madhura Nagendra
Womens Hockey- Netherlands bt Argentina
Mens Hockey- Germany beat Netherlands
In Mens Basketball, US beat Spain to win gold
Andy Murray(Eng) defeated Roger Federer (Switzerland) to clinch tennis
mens singles gold
Mascots for London Olympics were Wenlock and Mandeville.
o Wenlock was mascot for Olympics and Mandeville was mascot for
Paralympics.
o Next Olympics : Rio de J aneiro, Brazil in 2016
52nd National Open Athletics Championships 2012:
o Venue Chennai
o Winner - Railways Runner up Services
U-19 World Cup 2012
o Venue-Australia
o Winner-India ;Runner-Australia
o Man of The Match-Unmukt Chand(Indian Captain)
Azlan Shah cup
o Venue: Malaysia
o Winner-NZ; Runner-Argentina; 3rd Place-India
Thailand Open Grand Prix Single
o Venue-Bangkok; Winner-Saina Nehwal
o Runner-Ratchanok Inathon(thiland)
Indonesia Open Single
o Venue: J akarta; Winner-Saina Nehwal
o Runner :Li Xuerui(China)
Euro Cup-2012
o Venue- Poland And Ukrain; Winner-Spain; Runner- Italy
Cincinnati Masters
o Men Single: Roger Federer bt Novak Djokovic
o Women Single: Li Na bt Angelique Kerber (Germany)
US Open 2012
o Men Single: Andy Murray(Britain) bt Novak Djokovic(Serbia)
o Women Single-Serena Williams bt Victoria Azarenka
o Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy)
French Open
o Men Single: Rafael Nadal(Spain) bt Novak Djokovic(Serbia)
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o Men Double-Max Mirnyi(Belarus) and Danial Nestor(Canada)bt
Bob and Mike Bryan(USA)
o Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) bt Maria
Kirileko and Nadia Petrova(Russia)
Wimbledon 2012
o Men Singles - Roger Federer bt Andy Murray
o Women Singles - Serena Williams bt Agnieszka Radwanska
o Men Doubles - J onathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen bt Robert
Lindstedt and Horia Tecau
o Women Doubles - Serena Williams and Venus
o Williams bt Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka
o Mixed Doubles Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond bt Leander Paes-
Elena Vesnina.

Spo r t Ter ms Tabl e
(i n Al ph abet i c al Or d er )
Athletics
Relay, Photofinish, Track, Lane, Hurdles, Shotput, Discuss
Throw, Hammar Throw, Triple J ump, High J ump, Cross
Country, etc.
Badminton
Drop, deuce, smash, double-touch, clash, service, love, service-
line, etc.
Base Ball Bunting, hole, pitcher, put-out, strike, etc.
Baseball
Pinching, Home run, Base runner, Throw, Perfect game, Strike,
Put out, etc.
Billiards
Cue, cannon, baulk, pot scratch, long jenny, short jenny, frame,
spider, short and long rest, in-off, etc.
Boxing
Round, knock-outs, countdown, flyweight, jab, uppercut, hook,
punch, etc.
Bridge
Contract bridge, duplicate bridge, tricks, suite , rubber, trump,
grand slam, little slam, etc.
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Billiards
&
Snooker
Pull, Cue, Hit, Object ball, Break shot, Scoring, Cushion
billiards, etc. , etc.
Boxing
Knock. out, Round, Ring Stoppage, Punch, Upper-cut, Kidney
punch, Timing, Foot work, etc.
Chess Gambit, stalemate, move, resign, checkmate, etc.
Cricket
Hat-trick, maiden, follow-on, declare, bowled, caught, run-out,
leg before wicket(LBW), stumped, striker, slips, gully, short leg,
silly, mid-on, point, cover, mid-off, bouncer, beamer, googly,
full toss, drive, cut, pull, hook, flick, etc.
Cycling Sprint, Time trial, Point race, Trackrace, etc.
Football
Kick off, goal, corner-kick, throw-in, penalty, offside, red card,
yellow card, foul, hat trick, dribble, pass, forward, defender, half,
goalkeeper, tie-breaker, trapping, heading, etc.
Golf
Course, links, tee, hole, caddie, threesome, foursome, niblic,
club, putt, iron, birdie, eagle, etc.
Gymnastics
Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, Floor exercise, Uneven bar, Push up,
Sit up. etc.
Hockey
Centre, defender, forward, half, penalty-stroke, penalty corner,
push-in, free-hit, striking circle goal, goal-line, touch-line, goal
keeper, off-side, foul, stick, carry, dribble, tiebreaker, trapping,
etc.
Horse
Racing Race course, steeplechase, bets, bookies, jockey, punter, etc.
Judo Cocoa, Blue, white, Green belt, etc.
Polo Mallet, bunker, chukker, handicap, goal, sixty yarder, etc.
Shooting Bag, bulls eye, marksmanship, plug, skeet, etc.
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Swimming
Freestyle, Breast stroke, Back stroke, Butterfly, Lane, Pool,
Crawl, etc.
Table Tennis Smash, drop, deuce, spin , let, service, etc.
Tennis
smash, cross-court, passing shot,backhand, forehand,slice, top-
spin,serve, dropshot, lob, down-the-line, deuce, tie-breaker, set,
game, grand slam, ace, volley, etc.
Volleyball Blocking, doubling, heave, smash, point, serve, volley, etc.
Weight Lifting Snatch, J erk, etc.
Wrestling Free style, Hal Nelson, Point, Heave, etc.

OBI T U AR I E S

Ravi Shankar- Music Composer
Joy Mukherjee- Film Actor
Vilas Rao Deshmukh-Union Science and Technology Minister
Mehdi hassan-Ghazal legend
Dara Singh-Film Actor
Rajesh Khanna- Film Actor
Bingu wa Mutharika-Malawis President
Ahmed Ben Bella- first President of Algeria
R.H. Patil- First MG of NSE
Mrinal Gore-Social Activist
P.M.Rungta-Director of BCCI
A.K. Hangal-Film Actor
Neil Armstrong-first man to set foot on the moon(FromUS)
Meles Zenawi-Ethopia Prime Minister
Verghese Kurien- Founder of white revolution(Amul Milk)
Ranganath Misra -Former Chief J ustice of India
K.S. Sudarshan Former RSS Chief
Brajesh Mishra First National Security Advisor of India
A.M. Govindarasu Veteran communist leader & Freedom Fighter
Dinesh Thakur Indian theatre director and actor
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SBI As s o c i a t es Cl er k s Ex a m 2012

Indian boxer Mary Kom to be conferred Lt Colonel rank.
Rajiv Gandhi J eevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was
launched in Maharashtra
Mangalam village became the first village in India where all households
were provided banking facilities, it is situated in Pondicherry
M S Dhoni becomes brand ambassador of cricket in Nepal
IOC on 83rd place.132 company of USA is in this list
Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station is in Rajasthan.
Google Buying Meebo To Help Social Networking Push
Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar) Accepts Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late.
China won both Thomas cup and Uber Cup of Badminton.
Venue of Both were in China.
Indias First River-lake link project launched In Bundelkhand
Kofi Annan resign as the UN special Envoy to Syria
India has allowed foreign direct investment(FDI) from Pakistan.
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) granted permission to MCX Stock Exchange (MCXSX) to operate
as a full-fledged stock exchange
11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 will be held in Cochin (Kerala). Last
meeting was held in Jaipur.
Iran has tested Fateh 110 missiles (Range - 300 km).
Home Ministry declined permission to three Iranian banks (Eghtesad-e-
Novin, Parsian Bank and Bank Kasargad)
to open branches in India.
9th World Hindi Conference was held in South African city Johannesburg
from 22 to 24 of September this year.
The main theme of the conference is Bhasha Ki Asmita Aur Hindi Ka
Vaishvik Sandarbh.
South Africas Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the first woman head of
African Union (A.U.) Commission.
State Bird of Delhi-Sparrow
States which ban Gutka-MP, Kerela, Maharashtra, Bihar Rajsthan,Gujrat
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Russia and India will conduct sixth joint INDRA-2012 antiterrorism military
exercises in the Siberian republic of Buryatia. The last INDRA was held in
India in October 2010.
Coal India Ltd will be investing Rs 7,500 crore to develop railway
infrastructure in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha.
Abhijeet Gupta has won the Sixth Kavala International Chess Tournament
in Greece.
Sunita Williams became the second woman in history to take command of
ISS
Mariamma Koshy appointed as the full-time IRCTC introduced Interbank
Mobile Payment System
Indian Rank in Global Competitiveness Index-59th
Bank of India Open in 1st Branch in South Africa
India and Singapore will provide list of Black money holders to each other.
SBI, Bank of India & PNB will open their Branch in Pakistan
RBI punished two foreign banks for Money Laundering HSBC &
Chartered Accountant Banks.
India won the Nehru Cup Football Cup 2012 Tournament by defeating
Cameroon
India will not provide more than 3 months mobile connection to the foreign
tourists.
India & China agreed to set up a joint working group to look their trade and
investment
RBI issued a guide lines that all the cheques should be cleared in two days
Winner Asian Chess Championship 2012 Parivarjan Negi
World Trade Award 2012 will be held in Gurgaon (India)
LIC completed 56 year of its glorious and purposeful existence on 1st Sept
2012
Maruti Suzuki plans to start its new plant in Mehsana in Gujarat
Axis Bank launched Happy Ending Home Scheme related to Home Loans
According to IBA (Indian Banking Association) guidelines duration of
education loans would be increased 7 10 yrs. In special case it would
extend to 15 yrs.
London became no.1 Fashion City of the world (earlier it was Paris)
Bank of India will opens its first Branch in South Africa
ISRO launches its 100th space program named PSLV 21 form Sri Harikota
(Andhra Pradesh)
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Exchange Traded Fund (ETF): Mutual fund related to Gold
India slips 169th in world rankings of Football
New Rank of India In World Global Competitiveness Index 2012-13 59th
(earlier it was 56)
UP govt. launch unemployment allowance scheme
ICICI Bank to extend its net banking services through social media platform
Facebook
Sachin Pilot commissioned as Lieutenant in Territorial Army
Bloomberg Markets magazine has included West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamta Banerjee in the list of 50 most influential people in the finance
category.
Pieta the South Koran Film won Golden Lion Venice Top prize
Lewis Hamilton became the winner of Italian Grand Prix 2012
HSBC agrees to sell banking business in Pakistan
2012 London Paralympics Games conclude in London
Indias Virender Singh wins a bronze at the World Deaf Championship at
Sofia in Bulgaria.
US Ambassador and 3 diplomats killed in Benghazi rocket attack (US
Ambassador to Libya Christopher Evans)
India ranks 2nd in retail reality investment Momentum Index.
Fortis Escorts won FICCI Healthcare Excellence Award 2012.
India, Myanmar & Thailand decided to implement Trilateral Connectivity
Project by 2016
Smiling Armadillo to be the official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil
UP Government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva in the state
Bhakti Kulkarni becomes Goas first woman Grandmaster
J apan unveils plan to phase out nuclear power by 2030
58th Commonwealth Parliamentarian conference concluded in Colombo
(The next conference will be held in South Africa 2013)
Haryana Govt. decides to implement e-pension scheme system
Pakistan test fired cruise missile Babur with a range of 700km
FICCI Gen. Secretary Rajiv Kumar resigned
India offered Telecom Support to Turkmenistan
HDFC Bank announced to launch of Credit Card for Teachers
Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar grabbed third Asian tour title
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India test fired its nuclear capable strategic missile AGNI IV (range 4000
km) from a test range of Odisha Coast
Mynamars Suu Kyi gets Congress highest honour
Chandrika Tarafdar becomes the first Indian to win a medal in Youth World
Weightlifting Championship in Slovakia
9th World Hindi Conference began at J ohannesburg (Theme of the
conference Bhasha Ki Asmita aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh)
China test New generation inter-continental ballistic missile
Dongfeng 41 Range- 14,000 km
Afghanistan & China to expand bilateral relations
Ranbir Kapoor & Priyanka Chopra starrer Hindi film Barfi has been
nominated for Oscar for next year film category
UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) appointed Bollywood
actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as International Goodwill Ambassador
Mary Kom became the Brand Ambassador of Super Fight League (SPL)
Super Fight League promoted by IPL team
Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra & Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt
GDP Growth Rate Reduced
12th Five Year Plan reduce growth rate 9 - 8.2%
Standard & Poor reduce growth rate of India for 2012-13
- 6.5 5.5%
Fitch reduce Growth rate of India for 2012-13 (6.5 6%)
IMF fix Growth rate of India for 2012 6.1% & 2013
6.5%
5. ADB reduce growth rate of India 6.5 6.1%

FDI Limits

o Defense 26%
o Pension 26%
o Insurance 26%
o Print Media 26%
o Civil Aviation 49%
o Public Sec. Banks 49%
o Private Sec. Banks 74%
o Multi Brand 51%
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o Single Brand 100%
o Tourism 100%
o Pharmaceuticals 100%
o FM Radio 20%
o Telecommunication 74%
o Broadcasting 74%





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