APPOINTMENTS
1)New Chief Justice of India--Altamas Kabir sworn-in as 39th Chief
Justice of India.
2)New envoy to Israel--Jaideep Sarkar was appointed as the new Indian Ambassador to
Israel.
3)New Chief for BCCI Senior Selection
Committee--Former Cricketer and all-rounder, Sandeep Patil was appointed as the Chairman of the senior selection
committee of BCCI.
4)New chairman of PTI—R Lakshmipathy, the
publisher of Tamil daily Dinamalar, was elected as the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI)
5)The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS) has appointed Bollywood actress Aishwarya
Rai Bachchan as its International Goodwill Ambassador.
6)C.P. Joshi, the Union Road Transport and
Highways Minister on 24 September 2012 took an additional
charge of the Railway
Ministry after the exit of Mukul Roy
7)Rajiv Mehta appointed as Director General of
Narcotics Control Bureau
8)World Bank appointed Onno Ruhl as the country director for India
9)Kaushik Basu appointed as
World Bank Chief
Economist
10) New President of Somalia -- Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud
OBITUARIES
1)India's first National Security Advisor
Brajesh Mishra died.
2)Dinesh Thakur, the veteran actor-director
died.
AWARDS
1)Waheeda Rehman to receive Lifetime
Achievement Award during 14th Mumbai Film Festival
2)AA Manavalan on 19 September 2012 was
awarded with the prestigious Saraswati Samman for his work, Irama Kathaiyum
Iramayakalyum. This is a comparative study of epic Ramayana in 48 different
languages.
3)The Director, Department of Animal Husbandry,Dr.
M.V.Reddy got the Bharat Jyoti Award.
SPORTS
1)Caroline Wozniacki won the WTA Title at
Korean Open
2)Matthew Hayden, the Australian Cricketer on
20 September 2012 announced his retirement from all formats of Cricket.
3)The Vice-Captain of Indian Cricket team, Virat Kohli was named as the ODI
Cricketer of the year at ICC Awards Function held at Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15
September 2012
4)Andy Murray won the US Open Grand Slam
Singles Championship by defeating Novak Djokovic 7-6 (12-10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6,
6-2 on 11 September 2012.
5)Serena Williams of USA won her fourth
Women's Singles US Open title in New York by beating the top seeded Victoria
Azarenka of Belarus, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.
6)India beat Cameroon to lift Nehru Cup for the third consecutive time
7)Lewis Hamilton, the driver of McLaren’s
became the winner of the Italian Grand Prix 2012 on 9 September 2012.
IMPORTANT DAYS IN A YEAR
1)September 5 Teachers' Day.
2)September 8 World Literacy Day.
3)September 16 World Ozone Day.
4)September 26 Day of the Deaf.
