News for Sept 2012
- Aishwarya Bachchan : Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS.
- Persons in News: A.A.Manavalan : Saraswati Samman
- India and Burundi ink major pacts :
- Kabu –16 Hydro-electric project
- MOU for Rural development,health and medicine,education.
- Deepika Kumari won silver in recurve event at World Archery.
- Youth Unite for Voter Awareness” (YUVA)
- to encourage increased participation of young women and men in the electoral process by EC of India
- India, Britain ink pact on urban regeneration & development
- Foreign Investment limit raised to 74% for Broadcasting Services.
- Broadcast content companies (news channel and FM) : have only 26%
- The Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was conferred with the US Congress highest Civilian Honor.
- Mariamma Koshy becomes President of Hockey India
- AGNI-IV was successfully test fired from the Wheeler’s Island in Odisha.
- ‘Track Child’: A web portal by Women and Child Development Ministry
- Union Government to launch “Saksham” to Educate Adolescent Boys :
- Young boys in the age group of :10-18 yr
- by giving lessons in gender sensitivity and instilling in them respect for women.
- India inks MoU with Egypt for their ongoing cooperation in the domain of election management and administration.
- Shonkaliya region of Ajmer to breed Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican (endangered)
- Virat Kohli: ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year
- · The ICC Cricketer of the year, ICC Test Cricketer of the Year and the People`s Choice Award: Kumar Sangakkara
- · The ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year : Richard Levi (SA)
- Jal Satyagraha was a unique demonstration in which 51 farmers from Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh stood in the neck dip water of Omkareshwar Dam on Narmada river for 17 days continuously demanding for their rehabilitation came to an end
- Cabinet allowed 51% FDI in multi-brand retail and also 49% FDI in the aviation domain.
- But the Govt left it to the state governments to allow establishment of multi-brand retail stores.
- India, Myanmar and Thailand decided to implement Trilateral Connectivity Project by 2016
- It is a trilateral highway construction project that aims to connect India, Myanmar and Thailand.
- The idea was conceived at the trilateral ministerial meeting on transport linkages in Yangon in April 2002. The trilateral highway will connect Moreh in Manipur to Mae Sot in Thailand through Myanmar.
- Andy Murray: First British man to win a Grand Slam title after 76 years defeated Novak Djokovic.(before this Fred Perry).
- Andy Murray is also the first British player, who bagged an Olympic Gold medal in 100 years.
- RuPay cards will be acceptable at all PoS by January, 2013: National Payment Corporation of India
- RuPay card is a domestic debic card, launched by NPCI in April 2011.
- The card provides a platform to carry out electronic transactions at PoS terminals.
- Serena Williams clinches Women's Singles US Open 2012
- Government chooses 3 institutes to assess the quantum of black money by Indians
- National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
- National Institute of Finance Management
- National Council for Applied Economic Research
