Page-12 of Current Affairs - December, 2012
Bharat Muni Samman to be given to Hema Malini
For her extraordinary contributions to the field of art and culture, renowned film actress and Bharatanatyam exponent Hema Malini has been selected for the prestigious Bharat Muni Samman 2012. About Bharat Muni Samman Named in the honor of author of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
India and Pakistan operationalize new visa pact
Taking one more step towards peace, India and Pakistan has operationalized new liberalized visa agreements. What are the newly incorporated visa norms? Click here
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: International / World Current Affairs
“National Investment Board” renamed as “Cabinet Committee on Investment”, also changes made in it’s powers
The Union Cabinet approved a renamed and modified version of the original proposal, creating a new Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) to fast-track decisions on infrastructure and manufacturing projects over Rs. 1,000 crore. This was done primarily to address the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Tata Sons appoints Cyrus Mistry as it Chairman
Cyrus P Mistry will be the Chairman of Tata Sons from December 28 following retirement of Ratan N Tata. Ratan Tata will be conferred with the honorary title of Chairman Emeritus. Mistry has also been appointed as the Chairman of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
New UN telecommunication treaty inked amid splits
89 member countries on UN signed the first new U.N. telecommunications treaty introduced by U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union or ITU since the Internet age amid disapproval from the U.S. and other Western nations which refused to join. Why the US ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Moon crash site named after Sally Ride
NASA has honored Sally Ride, the first woman in space who died earlier this year, by naming a crash site of a pair of spacecrafts Ebb and Flow. Both were deliberately crashed into a mountain near the moon’s north pole. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Rajya Sabha approves controversial Quota Bill by huge majority
Rajya Sabha passed a Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill, 2012, providing for quota for SCs and STs in government job promotions with an overwhelming vote of 206 in the 245-member House. The Bill was vociferously opposed by members of Samajwadi Party ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
India successfully test-fires Agni-I ballistic missile
The Strategic Force Command of the Indian Army conducted a successful practice trial of indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast. Agni-I is developed by DRDO ..