18 Dec : News

1. Indian Railways Bag the Highest Ever 11 National Energy Conservation Awards for the Year 2012 on National Energy Conservation Day i.e on December 14.
2. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is the biggest company in terms of revenue, followed by Reliance Industries, according to the Fortune 500 list of Indian companies for 2012.
3. Danny Boyle, Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire and the man behind the widely-acclaimed opening ceremony of the London Olympics, is reported to have turned down a knighthood saying he wishes to remain “a man of the people”.
4. Contraceptives to be delivered at home by Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) was launched on a pilot basis in 233 districts in 17 States in June last year.
5. Campaigning "Maila Mukti Yatra" to eradicate manual scavenging.Continuation of cleaning of human excreta by humans is a violation of "The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines Prohibition Act, 1993.".The MMY, which started from Bhopal on November 30, aims to cover 200 districts in 18 States in 63 days. It will cover 10,000 km. and will conclude on January 31, 2013 in New Delhi.
6. Intel will focus on the National Digital Literacy Mission in India, its initiative with industry body Nasscom and other industry players, to create a digitally literate population in the country.
   “Intel has impacted over 1 million learners through its Intel Easy Steps Digital Literacy programme in India in 2012.
   We remain committed to working with the ecosystem and will work towards fulfilling the government’s vision of having one e—literate person per household by 2020,” Intel said.