MISCELLANEOUS
1)The 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit was held at Tehran, Iran on 30-31
August 2012.The theme of the summit was Lasting Peace through Joint Global
Governance.Venezuela was
selected the host for the 17th NAM Summit in 2015.
2)India successfully launched its Heaviest
Satellite GSAT-10.
3)APEC Russia 2012 Summit
The APEC Russia 2012 Summit is the 24th annual gathering of
APEC leaders of 21 countries.Leaders from the member economics are currently
meeting on Russky Island, Russia from September 2-9 ,2012.
4)Delhi Transport Corporation green signaled
Ladies’ Special Buses with women conductors on 27 September 2012 from 11 different
points across the city.All this has been done to ensure safe and comfortable
journey for the ladies during the peak office hours in the city.
5)US, India and Afghanistan held its First Trilateral Discussion
The meeting was held at the Afghan Mission in New York and
was attended by Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Y K Sinha and Joint
Secretary (America) Jawed Ashraf from the Indian side, Afghan Deputy Foreign
Minister Jawed Ludin, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Ambassador Marc Grossman and Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian
Affairs Robert Blake.
7)The Government of India hiked the foreign
investment cap for the broadcasting service providers to 74 percent.
8)India on 19 September 2012 test fired its
nuclear-capable surface-to-surface
Agni-IV missile from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha Coast. Fitted
9)Salman Rushdie released his Book Joseph Anton.
10)Reserve Bank of India slashED down the Cash
Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points to 4.50 percent from 4.75 percent.
11)Pakistan successfully test fired nuclear-capable Babur cruise missile on
17 September 2012 with a range of 700 km.
12)The Union Cabinet 2012 cleared the proposal
of foreign direct investment (FDI) for 51 percent in the multi-brand retail chains and 49 percent in Aviation power exchanges industry.
13)The President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon
visited India from 1 to 4 September 2012.This was the fifth visit to India by
President Emomali Rahmon. During this
visit, India and Tajikistan signed six agreements in the field of sports,
health, culture, education, labour, textiles and energy.
14)Vice president of India Hamid Ansari
released the book “Muslim in Indian cities”.
15)India slipped down with 3 ranks to 59th
position from its previous year ranking in the Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 released on 5 September
2012 by the World Economic Forum.
16)The Bhilai Steel Plant won the Prime
Minister’s Trophy for the 10th Time.
17)India, Pakistan to ink 3 pacts to boost economic activity:
Hoping that the forthcoming visit of External Affairs
Minister S.M. Krishna would lead to a liberal visa regime agreement, Commerce
and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma, said India and Pakistan would soon ink
three agreements in the areas of customs co-operation, mutual recognition of
standards and redressal of trade issues to give a fillip to economic activity.
18)India, Pakistan ink visa agreement:
Pakistan and India have announced that they will ease tough
visa restrictions, an important step forward in improving relations between the
nuclear armed neighbours.
19)Govt launches Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme:
The Finance Minister P Chidambaram approved the Rajiv Gandhi
Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS).While the RGESS is aimed at encouraging first
time retail investors to invest in stock markets through tax concessions, the
cut in withholding tax to 5 percent seeks to lower the cost of foreign
borrowings by the Indian companies.The RGESS will give tax benefits to new
investors who invest up to Rs 50,000 and whose annual income is below Rs 10
lakh.
20)9th World Hindi Conference To held in
Johannesburg
21)Ranbir Kapoor starrer Barfi! has been
nominated as India’s entry to the Oscars next year in the foreign film
category.
22)Aishwarya Rai Bachchan appointed as
International Goodwill Ambassador.
23) Indian boxer and London Olympic bronze
medalist M C Mary Kom on 24 September 2012 named as the brand ambassador of
super fight league.
