AWARDS
1) Pakistani Sufi
legend Abida Parveen was honoured with a lifetime achievement award by
Kaladharmi Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal in New Delhi.
2) Nobel Peace
Prize 2012: The European Union (EU) won Nobel Peace Prize 2012 on for its
effort to promote peace and democracy in Europe. The award was announced by
Norwegian Nobel Committee.
3) Julia Gillard
announced the rare
Order of Australia for Sachin Tendulkar.
4) The 11th
Economist Crossword Book Award was held at Mumbai. The Folded Earth and A Free
Man-a nonfiction book, written by Anuradha Roy and Aman Sethi respectively were
declared among winners of the 11th Economist Crossword Book Award.
5) V. Narayan
Murthy was honoured with 2012 Hoover Medal at the Global Humanitarian
Technology Conference in Seattle in Washington.
6) Lionel Messi
won Golden Boot Award.
7) London Olympic
Shooter and silver medalist Vijay Kumar was honoured with the Services Best
Sportsman award for 2012 at the Army Headquarters in New Delhi
MISCELLANEOUS
1) Global Hunger
Report 2012: India ranked at 65th position.
2) Supreme Court
of India Banned Mining Activities in Goa.
3) India and
Austria signed an MoU to strengthen bilateral cooperation on Rail and Road.
4) India and
Austria tied up for development of Smart Cities in India.
5)World bank and
the Government of India on 5 October 2012 signed a loan agreement of 500
Million US Dollar for Secondary Education Project named Rashtriya Madhyamik
Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA).
6)Ministry of
rural development started a campaign named Nirmal Bharat Yatra which focuses on
making the country free from open defecation.
7) Nuclear
Capable Prithvi II Missile Sucessfully Test Fired.
8) India
Successfully Test Fired Nuclear Capable Dhanush Missile. Dhanush, The
indigenously developed naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic
missile has a strike range of up to 350 km and can carry 500 kg of conventional
or nuclear warhead.
9) Mukesh Ambani
Named Richest Indian by a Chinese Survey
10) The 2nd
India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue was held in Tokyo. These 2+2 consultations at Senior
Official level are mandated by the Action Plan to Advance Security Cooperation
concluded between India and Japan in December 2009. The first India- Japan 2+2
Dialogue was held at New Delhi in June 2010. The next and the 3rd round of the
India – Japan 2+2 Dialogue will be held at New Delhi at a mutually convenient
date.
11) RBI cuts the
Cash Reserve Ratio (the amount parked by banks with the RBI) by 25 basis points
from 4.5 per cent to 4.25 per cent. This measure is expected to infuse Rs
17,500 crore liquidity into the banking system.
12) Australia on
28 October 2012 revealed that the country was planning to include Hindi and
Mandarin as languages to be taught in its schools.
13) China has
become the world’s largest FDI recipient.
