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ASEAN-India Car Rally 2012
ASEAN-India car rally reached the Indian capital after travelling nearly 8,000 km through nine countries. It was flagged in by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which also marked the occasion of ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit highlighting 20 years of their partnership. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Results of Assembly Elections 2012: BJP wins Gujarat
Narendra Modi led BJP registered a resounding victory in Gujarat. BJP won 115 seats in the 182-seat assembly which marks the third victory under Modi’s leadership, but two short of the 2007 tally of 117. Congress won only 61 seats ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
“Freedom of the Press Foundation”: WikiLeaks devises new way to raise funds
Julian Assange led WikiLeaks has launched a new platform called the “Freedom of the Press Foundation” to overcome banking blockade against it, and to promote aggressive, public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement, corruption and law-breaking in government. The Foundation was ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
$1.5 billion fine on UBS over Libor manipulation
Swiss bank UBS has been fined $1.5 billion over the manipulation of Libor benchmark rate. It is the second biggest fine ever on a global bank after HSBC which was recently fined a record $1.92 billion after being accused by ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Lok Sabha approves Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012
Lok Sabha approved the Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 which seeks to provide special status to six backward districts in the Hyderabad Karnataka region, with provision for reservation in education and jobs for local people. The Bill introduces a new Article 371-J ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
AIFF appoints investigation panel
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) formed a ‘one-man committee’ of retired Supreme Court judge and chairperson of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, A.K Ganguly to probe and decide the fate of the abandoned 10th round I-League match between ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Sardar Singh bags best price at HIL auctions
The captain of Indian Hockey team, Sardar Singh commanded the best price of $78,000 from the Delhi franchisee as the players were auctioned in the Hockey India League auction. About Hockey India League, Teams and it’s Marquee players:
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Ratan Tata is chairman emeritus of Tata Sons
Outgoing chairman of the $100 billion Tata group, Ratan Tata, has been conferred the honorary title of Chairman Emeritus of the group by Tata Sons. Cyrus Mistry will take the chairmanship. As chairman emeritus, Tata will not attend Tata Sons ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Praful Patel becomes AIFF president once again
The All India Football Federation (AIFF), during its annual General meeting, re-elected Praful Patel as its president.
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Samsung displaces Nokia to become World’s No.1 mobile brand
Samsung has left Nokia behind to gain the world’s leading top mobile brand for the year 2012. This is the first time in 14 years that Nokia is not on top of the global cellphone business on an annual basis. ..