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Bank Lending rates (As on 30th November 2012 ) Bank Rate : 9.00% Bank rate is the rate at which RBI lends long term loans to commercial banks. Repo Rate : 8.00% Repo rate is the rate at which RBI provides short term loans to commercial banks. In April 2012, repo rate was reduced to 8.00% from 8.50% Reverse Repo Rate : 7.00% Reverse Repo Rate is the rate of interest RBI provides to the commercial banks for keeping their excess fund with RBI. In April 2012, reverse repo rate was reduced to 7.00% from 7.50% Cash Reserve Ratio : 4.25% It is the amount the commercial banks must keep as reserve with RBI. In March 2012 CRR was reduced to 4.75% from 5.50% In September 2012 CRR was reduced to 4.50% from 4.75% In October 2012 CRR was reduced to 4.25% from 4.50% Statutory Liquidity Ratio : 23% SLR - It is the amount banks are required to maintain as liquid assets in the form of gold, cash and approved securities. SLR was reduced to 23 % from 24% in July 2012. Prime Lending Rate (PLR) Prime Lending Rate is the interest rate charged by banks to their most secure, trustworthy customers on short term loans.PLR is also known as Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR). RBI replaced PLR with Base Rate with effect from 1 April 2011.PLR is only applicable to loans existed before this date.For all new loans applicable interest rate is base rate Why PLR was replaced with Base Rate? To bring transparency in interest
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regime.Under PLR banks had the right to provide their prime customers loan at a rate lower than PLR.This practice has been stopped with the replacement.Under Base Rate no bank can lend below base rate SBI Base Rate : 9.75 % Base rate The rate of interest used by commercial banks as a basis for their lending rates.Banks have the right to fix their Base Rate but they cannot lend below Base Rate. Marginal Standing Facility: 9.00% Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is a new scheme announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Monetary Policy (2011-12). It came into effect from 9th May 2011. MSF scheme is provided by RBI where the banks can borrow overnight upto 1 per cent of their net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) Syed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi : New Election Commissioner Brazil to auction new oil blocks in 2013 China's 2012 GDP to grow 7.8 percent: Think tank The Chinese economy will expand by about 7.8 percent in 2012, surpassing the 7.5 percent growth target set earlier this year, a top think tank said on September 16, 2012. 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) Theme: Faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth GDP growth : 9 - 9.5% Agricultural growth : 4% Literacy rate 100% 11th Five year plan (2007-12) GDP Growth : 8.2 % Agriculture growth 3.3% BASEL Basel norms will be implemented in India from 1 January 2013 to 2018 (in world 2013 to 2019)
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Indian banks would need Rs 3,90,0005,00,000 crore capital over the next six years in the wake of Basel III capital regulations announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Seoul-headquartered Woori Bank has set up its first Indian branch in Chennai. Economic growth rate to be 6.7%: PMEAC Chairman of Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council, C. Rangarajan lowered the growth projection for the current fiscal to 6% from 6.7% in 2012-13. The economic growth rate had plunged to nine-year low of 6.5% in 2011-12 Smita Shah first Indian-American to serve as DNC Parliamentarian: Kaushik Basu has been appointed as the chief economist and senior vice president of The World Bank whose term begin on October 1,2012. He succeeded Mr Justin Lin of China. Inflation declines to 9.75 per cent in October The retail inflation moved closer to the double digit mark at 9.75 per cent in October 2012 due to rising prices of food items. October 2011: 11.81 per cent Smt.Tessy Thomas has been conferred the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2012. Current Disinvestment Secretary Mohammad Haleem Khan 1st woman to head African Union Commission African leaders elected Ms Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to head the African Union (A.U.) Commission. She is the first woman to gain such a position. India ranks 7th in Global Services Trade India has been ranked by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the 7th largest player in the global services trade with value of exports and imports aggregating 261 billion dollars in 2011. India ranks 66th in Global Food Index India ranked 66th in the 2012 Global Food Security Index, released by American chemical company DuPont on 26th September 2012. India is ranked 66 , China (39) , Sri Lanka (62),Pakistan (75) and Bangladesh ( 81) in the list of 105 countries. Aishwarya Rai appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador The United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS) has appointed Bollywood
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actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as its International Goodwill Ambassador. Malala Yousafzai receives Bravery Award 2012 The World Peace and Prosperity Foundation honoured Malala Yousafzai with the bravery award. United Nation Declared November 10 as Malala day Ex-Navy chief Admiral Verma to be envoy to Canada South Sudan became 188th Member of World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Highest per capita income world Qatar Chanda Kochhar :Most powerful Business Woman in India ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar has been named the most powerful woman in business in India for the second consecutive year by Fortune magazine Top 3 most Powerful Business woman in India Chanda Kochhar of ICICI Mallika Srinivasan of TAFE Aruna Jayanthi of Capgemini India IMF lowers 2012 growth outlook for South Korea The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 21, 2012 lowered its 2012 economic growth outlook for South Korea to 3 per cent from 3.5 per cent estimated in April, citing the Eurozone fiscal crisis as a major risk factor. The growth outlook for 2013 was also cut to 3.9 per cent from an earlier estimate of 4 per cent, GAAR Report submitted by the Shome Committee GAAR : General Anti-Avoidance Rules Global Hunger Report 2012 India is ranked 65th out of 79 countries in Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2012 released by US-based International Food Policy and Research Institute. IIP goes down by 0.4 % in September 2012 Industrial production in the country contracted 0.4 per cent in September 2012 . T he general index of industrial production stood at 163.6 in September 2012, which is 0.4 per cent lower as compared to the level in September 2011. New President of Somalia is Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Somalias parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the new leader for
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the African nation on 10th September 2012. Croatia will become 28th member of EU in July 2013. What is e-tailing ? e-tailing = electronic retailing Consumers directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet without an intermediary service. The largest online retailing corporations are E-Bay and Amazon.com, both of which are US-based. Ami Bera became 3rd Indian-American to win US Congressional Election 1st-Dalip Singh 2nd -Bobby Jindal( He is now the Governor of Louisiana) Onno Ruhl appointed World Bank country director for India India's retail industry to grow to $1.3 trillion by 2020: FICCI The Indian retail is poised to become a $1.3 trillion opportunity by 2020. With the current market size estimated at $500 billion, this translates to an additional $800 billion in the next eight years. President FICCI :R.V. Kanoria FICCI- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry President Barack Obama Re-elected President of United States of America Gurung appointed Acting Chief of EC Nepal Commissioner of the Election Commission Dolakh Bahadur Gurung has been appointed as the Acting Chief Commissioner. Nobel Prizes 2012 Physics : Serge Haroche, David J. Wineland Chemistry: Robert J. Lefkowitz ,Brian K. Kobilka Medicine : Sir John B. Gurdon ,Shinya Yamanaka Literature : Mo Yan Peace : European Union (EU) Economics : Alvin E. Roth , Lloyd S. Shapley Delhi, Mumbai rank low on most prosperous list State of the Worlds Cities report by the U.N. Habitat ranks New Delhi at 58 and while Mumbai has been placed at 52 among 95 cities.
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Peter ONeill : New PM of Papua New Guinea Peter ONeill has been elected new PM of Papua New Guineas Parliament. 10th ASEAN-India Summit The 10th ASEAN-India Summit that was held at Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia concluded on 19 November 2012 India, Brazil to boost trade to $15 billion by 2015 India and Brazil set to enhance bilateral trade to a target of $15 billion by 2015. Presently, the bilateral trade stands at $10 billion. India seeks investments from Brazil for establishing the National Manufacturing and Investment Zones (NMIZs). US to be top oil exporter by 2017: IEA The United States will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the worlds largest oil producer by 2017, according to the International Energy Agency. GDP & Growth Rate(Gross Domestic Product) Indias GDP to remain below 6% for 201213 CII(Confederation of Indian Industry) survey indicated that the GDP growth during 2012-13 is expected to remain below 6 percent ADB lowers India's growth forecast to 5.6% The Asian Development Bank (ADB) lowered Indias growth forecast for the current fiscal to 5.6 % from 7 % projected earlier in ADBs Asian Development Outlook 2012 IMF cuts India 2012 growth forecast to 4.9% International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut Indias growth forecast for 2012 sharply to 4.9 per cent from 6.1 per cent estimated in July. Indias Fiscal Deficit comforted to 5.7% of GDP in the fiscal 2011-12 As per the estimates issued by CAG on International Stock Exchanges Dow Jones .................................. Newyork Nikkei ....................................... Tokyo Hang Seng .............................. Hong Kong FTSE ..................................... London Bovespa ........................................ Brazil Kospa ........................................ Korea Dolex ......................... Mumbai (India) Mid Dax ................................... Frankfurt Simex ................................. Singapore
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May 31, 2012, the FD of India relieved to 5.7% of GDP, lower than 5.9% anticipated in the revised estimates in the Budget 2012. Fiscal Deficit: Rs 5.09 trillion rupees. Tax revenue receipts: Rs 6.31 trillion (against the projected figure of Rs 6.42 trillion) Govts non-plan expenditure: went down at Rs 8.84 trillion. Govts plan expenditure: went down at `Rs 8.84 trillion Rs 4.13 trillion. Revenue deficit: 4.3% of GDP. Indian GDP to crawl at 6.7% in 2012: UN The UN hewed down its growth predictions for India for the year 2012 by predicting a 6.7% growth rate rather than a 7.7% rise estimated earlier. UN declared Eurozone Debt Crisis as the biggest threat to the world economy. Global economy to grow by 2.5% in 2012 and 3.1% in 2013. It registered growth of 2.7% in 2011 Indian economy is predicted to expand by 6.7% in 2012, after expanding by 7.1% in 2011 Chinas growth to decline from 9.2% in 2011 to 8.3% in 2012 Prime Minister is confident of India's GDP crossing 6.5 per cent growth rate. Prime Minister has expressed confidence our India's economy doing better this year and cross the growth rate of the predicted 6.5 percent. Indian Economy could have grown by over 5.5% in Q2: Moody`s The country`s GDP numbers for July-September quarter is scheduled to be announced next week on November 30. What is Banking Ombudsmen Scheme? The Banking Ombudsman Scheme enables an expeditious and inexpensive forum to bank customers for resolution of complaints relating to certain services rendered by banks. FCCB : Foreign Currency Convertible Bond NBFC Non Banking Finance Company. Bear and Bulls related to Stock Market. Chairman of 13th Finance Commission Vijay Kelkar. Which committee recommended the hike of petrol and diesel prices Kirit Parekh Committee. For preventing frauds and counterfeiting in a bank, RBI has proposed a scheme called Know Your Customer (KYC).
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INDIAEX 2012: The U.S. and Indian navies bilateral exercise. Indias top paid Business woman : Kavery Kalanithi As per Fortune Magazine, Ms Kavery Kalanithi of Sun TV group has retained her position as the Indias top paid business woman in 2012. Top 4 Business women in India Kavery Kalanithi, Executive Director, Sun TV Group: Rs 57 Crore Urvi A. Piramal, Chairperson, Peninsula Land: Rs 7.3 Crore Preetha Reddy, MD, Apollo Hospital Enterprises: Rs 6.9 Crore Vinita Singhania, MD, JK Lakshmi Cement: Rs 5.9 Crore Bimal Gurung sworn in as the Head of GTA Bimal Gurung sworn in as the head of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA). Exports dip 1.63% to $23.2 billion in October India's exports in October contracted 1.63 per cent year-on-year, for the sixth month in a row, to 23.2 billion US Dollars, mainly due to demand slowdown in the US and European markets. Exports in October 2011 stood at 23.6 billion Dollars. India ranks 40th in WEF's FDI India was ranked at 40th position in the World Economic Forums Financial Development Report 2012, down four spots from last year. The index ranked 62 leading financial systems and capital markets. Hong Kong (Ist Rank), US (IInd Rank), UK (IIIrd Rank) Inflation quite high : Subbarao RBI Governor D. Subbarao held that the inflation is quite high at 7.45%. He remarked over the falling of headline inflation to 7.45% in October 2012 from 7.81% in September 2012. Banks to introduce new CTS-2010 by December 31, 2012 Banks all over India are in the process of issuing fresh-look cheques with more security and standardized features to all its customers by December 31, 2012. From January 1, 2013, cheques which do
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not conform to CTS-2010 standards would not be entertained by banks. IMFs World Economic Outlook Update hews down Indias growth forecast to 6.1% The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its World Economic Outlook Update, chopped down Indias economic growth projection from 6.8 % to 6.1% in 2012. It also cut the 2013 gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate as well to 6.5 % from 7.2 % projected earlier as it didnt see the situation to ameliorate significantly by 2013. The IMF also noted the slowdown in the economies of Brazil, China, and India. RBI cuts CRR by 25 basis points to 4.25% The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 30th October 2012 cut the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points to 4.25%, but kept the key policy rates including the repo rate unchanged. The CRR cut is meant to inject Rs 17500 crore into the banking system. It is intended to pre-empt prospective liquidity crunch. Retail Inflation in India rose to 9.75 percent in October 2012 The data on retail inflation was released by the Government of India on 11 November 2012. The retail inflation in India rose to 9.75 percent in the month of October 2012 . The retail inflation was marginal as it witnessed a rise of 0.02 percent of the noted rise of 9.73 percent in the month of September 2012. India among top FDI countries into Dubai in 2012 India has emerged among the top FDI countries into Dubai in the first half of 2012. India was listed along side USA, UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Germany, Switzerland and France among the top 10 countries. Indirect tax collections grow 15.6% in AprilSeptember Indirect tax collections have risen at 15.6% to Rs 2.17 trillion in April-September, against the annual target of 27%. Gross Direct Tax collection during the first six months of 2012-13 worked out to be Rs 2.72 trillion, up 5.87% from Rs 2.57 trillion in the corresponding period last year. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Conferred with French Award The Knight of the Order of Arts and Letter
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The Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on 1 November 2012 was conferred with the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ambassador to India Franois Richier S.Africa launches new Nelson Mandela Bank notes The South African Reserve Bank on 6 November 2012 rolled out new bank notes bearing the face of the countrys first black President Nelson Mandela marking it as a tribute to him. Sachin conferred order of Australia Award Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar conferred with the prestigious membership of the Order of Australia at a function in Mumbai. Planning commission pegged growth rate at 8.2% for 12th plan In Planning commission meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to approve the 12th five year Plan document, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia revised average growth target of 8.2 percent for the period. RBI credit Policy : Highlights RBI on September 17,2012 cuts Cash Reserve Ratio by 0.25 percent RBI keeps short term lending and borrowing rates unchanged CRR cut to release Rs 17,000 crore into the financial system Government's recent reform initiatives to result in favourable growth-inflation dynamics: RBI 21st ASEAN Summit The 21st ASEAN Summit Phnom Penh was held on 18 November 2012 at Peace Palace, Phnom Penh in CambodiazzzdoMyanmar Border Trade World food prices may hit record high in 2013: Rabobank study Skyrocketing agri-commodity prices are causing the world to re-enter a period of "agflation", with food prices forecast to reach record highs in 2013 and to continue to rise well into Q3 of the 2013, Netherlands-based Rabobank said. 58th Commonwealth Parliamentarian conference concluded in Colombo. 58th Commonwealth Parliamentarian conference concluded on 15 September 2012 in Colombo. The next conference will be held in South Africa next year.

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APEC Russia 2012 Summit The APEC Russia 2012 Summit is the 24th annual gathering of APEC leaders of 21 countries. Currently meeting on Russky Island off the Coast of Vladivostok, Russia from September 2-9 ,2012 . APEC :Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Govt launches Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme Government on 22 September 2012 launched the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) which was announced by the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in his 2012-13 budget speech. Rajiv Mehta appointed as New Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau Pakistan test fired cruise missile, Babur World Bank appointed Onno Ruhl as the country director for India World Bank appointed Onno Ruhl a Dutch National to be the country director for India. He will replace the retiring N Roberto Zagha in October 2012. Services exports up 6.4% at $11.06 bn in July India's services exports in July rose to USD 11.06 billion, up 6.4 percent from a year earlier, RBI data on September 14, 2012 The total exports from services in July 2011 stood at USD 10.4 billion. Imports of services in July grew by 10.3 percent to USD 6.5 billion compared to USD 5.9 billion a year earlier. FICCI General Secretary Rajiv Kumar Resigned FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Tomislav Nikolic:New President of Serbia Hyderabad Named world Third Best City to Visit in 2013 The City of Hyderabad was named as World Third best city to visit in 2013 by Travel guide book Lonely Planet published on 22 October 2012 Kofi Annan resigns as the UN special envoy to Syria ONGC sold 26 %Stakes to Japans Inpex Corp Inpex Corp, Japans largest oil firm acquired 26 % stake of Krishna Godavari basin of deep sea block of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
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Cricketer Vernon Philander Named SouthAfrican Sportsman of the Year 2012 Nepal elected to UN ECOSOC board Nepal has been elected as board member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three year term starting from January 2013. Japan unveils plan to phase out nuclear power by 2030 Japan has unveiled a plan to phase out nuclear power by 2030, in a major policy shift after last year's Fukushima disaster. Under proposals put forward by a government panel, the reactors would be shut down completely by the year 2040. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected as New President of Somalia. Industrial production growth rate dips to 0.1 % in July 2012 Industrial production growth rate dips to 0.1 per cent in July, as against 3.7 per cent in the same month last year.The slowdown is attributed to uncertainty in the global economy which affected exports and the key infrastructure sector grew at its slowest pace in six months. TRADE AGREEMENT (COUNTRY vs COUNTRY) India and China trade to be $100 billion by 2015: Trade between India and China is expected to reach USD 100 billion by 2015 against USD 73.9 billion in 2011 Japan logs $9.62 billion trade deficit Japan logged 754.1 billion yen (USD 9.62 billion)in trade deficit in August, according to government data released on , September 20, 2012 India signed 70 million US Dollar loan agreement with World Bank Government of India on 22 November 2012 signed a 70-million US Dollar loan agreement with World Bank for financing the Karnataka Health Systems Development as well as Reform Projects. India, Pak sign three agreements to facilitate bilateral trade: India and Pakistan on 22 September 2012 signed three agreements to facilitate bilateral trade even as New Delhi offered
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to supply 100 railway locomotives and help set up thermal or hydroelectric power plants of up to 2,000 MW. Lanka, China sign 16 new agreements Sixteen agreements have been signed during the current visit of Chinese leader Wu Bangguo to Colombo, mostly focusing on infrastructure development in Sri Lanka including USD 760 million aid to help the island nation to become "Asia's miracle" China-Sri Lanka bilateral trade volume reached 3.14 billion dollars in 2011. India, China to enhance Defense, Security Dialogue, reach $100 Billion Trade Target India and China are ready to enhance defense and security dialogue and work in the direction of achieving the bilateral trade target of 100 billion dollars. The agreement reached on the sidelines of the Rio+20 Environment Summit during a dialogue b/w Indian PM Manmohan Singh and his Chinese PM Wen Jiabo.
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Rahmon visited India from 1 to 4 September 2012. During this visit, India and Tajikistan signed six agreements in the field of sports, health, culture, education, labour, textiles and energy. India-Australia to double trade to $40 bn: India and Australia would achieve the bilateral trade target of USD 40 billion by 2015. Currently the annual bilateral trade stood at about US$ 21 billion. Australia has also opened the door for uranium sales to India India, ADB inked $ 67.6-m loan agreement to aid agriculture A loan agreement of $ 67.6-million has been signed b/w India and Asian Development Bank to support agriculture and foster investment for agri-business infrastructure in Bihar. The loan is the first part of a $ 170-million multi tranche financing facility under the Agribusiness Infrastructure Development Investment Programme. China signed Economic Agreements with North Korea which includes the Development of SEZs
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China in the second week of August 2012 signed agreements with North Korea to increase the bilateral economic cooperation with North Korea. Both these countries also signed agreements on agricultural co-operation and electricity supply. Union Science and Technology Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh has passed away. India seeks early conclusion of FTA with ASEAN Bilateral trade b/w ASEAN and India in 201112 touched $ 80 billion. NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) Summit 2012 held in Tehran 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit was held at Tehran, Iran. The theme of the summit was Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance. XVth Summit: July 11-16, 2009, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt Chairperson:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Venezuela was selected the host for the 17th NAM Summit in 2015. NRI remittances likely to exceed $75 bn in FY13: Assocham Remittances from the NRIs in the current financial year 2012-13 are expected to cross $75 billion mark up from $66 billion in 2011-12. Lakhdar Brahimi was appointed the New UN Arab League Envoy for Syria Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi was appointed the new UN-Arab League envoy for Syria. He will succeed Kofi Annan. ICC names Virat Kohli ODI Cricketer of 2012 FDI flows to China slow down for third month in August Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China fell for the third consecutive month in August due to continuing global economic crisis, Chinese Commerce Ministry said on September 19,2012 Chinas external debt touches $785 billion China's outstanding external debt rose by USD 34 billion the second quarter to reach USD 785.17 billion by the end of June this year, the country's foreign exchange regulator saidon September 17, 2012 The top business persons of 2012 MasterCard's India-born CEO Ajay Banga and ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar have been named by Fortune magazine among the '2012 Businesspersons of the Year'.

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Tech Mahindra buys 51% stake in Comviva for Rs 260 cr Tech Mahindra on 17 September 2012 acquired 51% stake in Comviva technology limited for 260 crore. The new brand identity is now called as Mahindra Comviva. Mariamma Koshy appointed as the full-time President of Hockey India George Entwistle resigns as Director General of the BBC MENA region to grow at 5.1 percent in 2012: IMF The International Monetary Fund has predicted that the economies of the Middle East and North Africa, MENA region will grow up by 5.1 per cent this year from 3.3 per cent in 2011-12. UK to end financial aid to India by 2015 British Government has announced that UK will stop giving aid to India by 2015. Support will be cut by about 200 million a year between 2012 and 2015 before being wound up, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said. Sunita Williams takes over command at space station Sunita Williams, the astronaut of Indian American origin, took over the command of International Space Station on 15 September 2012. Sunita Williams booked a record for total cumulative spacewalk time of 44 hours and 2 minutes by a woman astronaut with her sixth walk in the space for repairing a faulty unit of power distribution. Shimla Municipal Corporation introduced Green Tax on vehicles entering Shimla BBC Appointed Tony Hall as its New Director General Royal Opera House chief executive Tony Hall on 22 November 2012 was appointed as director general of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Scott Flemming Became the New Indian Basketball Team Coach Anil Dev Singh became the new Chairperson of IOA Election Panel Justice Yatindra Singh took oath as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
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Ravi Narain Elected Chairman of Working Committee of World Federation Exchanges National Stock Exchanges (NSE) chief and Managing Director Ravi Narain on 17 October 2012 was elected as chairman of the working committee of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) RBI reference rates for US dollar and euro The Reserve Bank of India fixed the reference rate of the rupee for the US dollar at 55.4430 and the euro at 71.6160 as against 55.2605 per dollar and 71.1310 per euro on 12/09/2012. In a press release issued by RBI, the exchange rates for the pound and yen against the rupee were quoted at 89.3076 a pound and 71.33 per 100 yen, based on reference rates for the US dollar and crosscurrency quotes at noon. Indias Exports declined to 22.4 Billion Dollar in July 2012 Indias exports for the month of July 2012 stood at 22.4 billion dollar registering a decline of - 14.8 percent as compared to 26.3 billion dollar during the same month of 2011. Imports during July 2012 stood at 37.9 billion dollar as compared to 41.1 billion dollar in July 2011. Balance of Trade stood at 15.5 billion dollar during July 2012 as compared to 14.8 billion dollar in July 2011. Belarus Prime Minister : Mikhail Myasnikovich RuPay cards will be acceptable at all PoS by January,2013: NPCI As per National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), RuPay cards will be acceptable at all PoS (Point of Sales) terminals in the country from January, 2013. What are RuPay cards? 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. What is PoS terminal? PoS or Point of Sale terminal is a device where debit and credit cards are swiped to perform electronic transactions. Tax payers can pay dues in select bank branches in Delhi: RBI Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that its city-based income-tax payers are allowed to deposit the tax at
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the branches of banks such as State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank. Tata's Kalinganagar plant to start production by 2014 Tata Steel, the world's eighth-largest steelmaker, is expecting to commission the 1st phase of its proposed 6 -million-tonne per annum (mtpa) greenfield plant at Kalinganagar, Odisha in the 2nd half of 2014 MekongGanga Cooperation 6th meet held in New Delhi Rupee at 4-mth high of 54.01 vs US dollar The rupee on 17 September 2012 surged to 53.66 a dollar on robust capital inflows but pared some gains to close at 54.01 - 29 paise higher and a four month high rate. India and Maldives agree to step up defence cooperation for regional stability and maritime security in the Indian Ocean. Salman Rushdie released his new book named Joseph Anton Bank of Baroda one of the Nationalised Bank has recently opened its first branch in South Africa. New President of Somalia is Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 12th Plan GDP growth target cut to 8.2% In view of fragile economic recovery, Plan panel has decided to lower annual average economic growth rate to 8.2 per cent in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) from 9 per cent envisaged earlier. Russia formally becomes member of WTO Russia formally became a member of the World Trade Organisation on August 22 2012 after 18 years of often acrimonious negotiations. Russia will be the 156th member of the WTO Headquarters:Geneva, Switzerland Director-General :Pascal Lamy RBI says real lending rates nearly halved in FY12 to 3.8% The Reserve Bank on 23 August 2012 proved wrong its critics, who have been flaying it for sharp growth dip and blaming it on the tight monetary policy, saying real lending rates nearly halved in FY12 to 3.8 percent from about 7 percent in the precrisis period. Anuraag Thakur, BCCI Joint Secretary became a member of Asian Cricket Council
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World Ozone Day- September 16 Ami Bera became 3rd Indian-American to win US Congressional Election Banks need Rs 1.75 tln in fresh capital to meet Basel III: RBI Forr the first time, Reserve Bank on 23 August 2012 quantified the cost of implementing Basel-III norms, pegging the recapitalization needs of the banking system at Rs 1.75 trillion, but added that it is manageable. Bank credit rises by Rs 22,000 cr in fortnight ending Aug 10 According to the data released by the Reserve Bank of India, credit provided by the scheduled banks rose from Rs 48,51,386 crore at the end of July 27 to Rs 48,73,420 crore as on August 10, 2012. Indias Exports slipped to $ 22.4 Billion in July 2012 Indias exports for the month of July 2012 were marked at $ 22.4 billion which showed a decrease of - 14.8 % as compared to $ 26.3 billion during the same month of 2011. Balance of Trade was at $15.5 billion during July 2012 as compared to $14.8 billion in July 2011. Eduardo Saverin: Co-founder of Facebook India to be second largest producer of crude steel by 2015 As per the Government, India is expected to become the 2nd largest producer of crude steel in the world by 2015 WEF meet 2012 on West Asia, North Africa & Eurasia begins The World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting on West Asia, North Africa and Eurasia began in Istanbul, Turkey The theme of the forum is: Roadmaps for Reform, Pathways to Inclusive Growth Deveshwar appointed on RBI board The government has appointed ITC chairman Y.C. Deveshwar as a director on the central board of directors of the Reserve Bank of India. Sachin Pilot commissioned as Territorial Army officer Francois Hollande: President of France. Dhoni named as the captain for IIC ODI team of the year The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has extended the ban on Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna
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EconomicTimes Awards for Corporate Excellence 2012 Business Leader of the Year : Anil Agarwal Global Indian of the Year : Anshu Jain Entrepreneur of the Year : Devi prasad Shetty Life Time achievement award : PRS Oberoi Corporate Citizen of the Year : Aditya Birla Group Company of the Year : HDFC Bank What is RTGS System? RTGS stands for Real Time Gross Settlement. RTGS system is a funds transfer mechanism where transfer of money takes place from one bank branch to another bank branch on a real time and on gross basis. Dr A.A Manavalan conferred on 21st Saraswati Samman Sensex stages biggest jump this year; zooms 464 points At the same time, the National Stock Exchange index`s 50-share index Nifty shot up by 165.75, or 2.98 points to regain a crucial 5,700 level at 5,720. RCom shares jump over 8% on hike in mobile call rates Shares of Reliance Communications on September 21 2012 surged about 8.5 percent after the company said it has increased the mobile phone tariff by up to 25 percent. Indias GSAT10 will launch on September 22 Hilary Mantel wins 2012 Man Booker Prize Hilary Mantel has won this years 50,000 Man Booker Prize for her historical novel Bring up the Bodies. Pranay Sahay was appointed DirectorGeneral of the Central Reserve Police Force. Pavan Sukhdev is the new Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Forbes rich list: India's 10 richest Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian for the fifth year in a row with a net worth of $21 billion, according to the Forbes India rich list. Three Indian bourses NSE, MCX and BSE have made it to the worlds top 20 derivative exchanges. The list is topped by the CME Group. MCX is ranked at 10th and BSE at the 18th position. India 132nd Among 185 In Ease Of Doing

Biz: In Doing Business report 2013 of World Bank, India is ranked 132nd among 185 countries unchanged from 2012. Singapore is at the top position. Microsoft launched the latest version of Windows 8. SAARC Conference kick started in Islamabad The 6th conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians began in Islamabad on 4 November 2012. During the inaugural session, SAARC women parliamentarians met with the general secretary of the Women Parliamentary Caucus Nafeesa Shah in the chair. India Biggest Arms Importer in the world 2007-11 report. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on March 19, 2012, India was the Worlds largest Arms Importer between 2007-2011. India account for 10% of Global arms import during 2007-11. Other large importers are South Korea (6%) Pakistan (5%) China (5%) and Singapore (5%) India import nearly 70% its defence requirements. Fifth edition of the World Future Energy Summit Fifth edition of the World Future Energy Summit was held in Abu Dhabi, capital of UAE The theme of 2012 World Future Energy Summit was - Sustainable Energy for All Nuclear Security Summit 2012 Second Nuclear Security Summit was held in Seoul March 2012. 53 heads of state and government, as well as representatives of the United Nations (UN), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), European Union (EU) and INTERPOL, attended the 2012 summit The first Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington in April 2010 Qatar has been ranked as the world's Wealthiest country The second and third positions were occupied by Luxemburg and Singapore. Liberia and Congo took the last positions.

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Who is the Chairman of NMCC? V. Krishnamurthy NMCC : National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council RBI to issue Rs 100 banknotes with inset letter 'G' soon The RBI on 20 September 2012 said it will soon issue Rs 100 denomination banknotes with inset letter 'G' in the Mahatma Gandhi series 2005. Bank credit rises by Rs 27,902 cr in fortnight ending September 7 Bank credit rose by Rs 27,902 crore to Rs 47.21 lakh crore in the fortnight ending September 7, reflecting an uptick in economic activity. According to the data released by the Reserve Bank of India, credit provided by the scheduled banks rose from Rs 47,21,792 crore at the end of August 24 to Rs 47,49,694 crore as on Septmeber 7, 2012. 2010-20 is observed as the Decade of Innovation by India NIC: National Innovation Council. Sam Pitroda is the Chairman of NIC. Govt. provided 100 crore as seed money for setting up India Inclusive Innovation Fund. Omnishables selected as the UK Word of the Year by Oxford English Dictionary John Key: Re-elected as the New Zealand Prime Minister for a second term in November 2011. Wellington is the capital of New Zealand 32nd India International Trade Fair held in New Delhi The 14-day annual fair will be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee. Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail V Myasnikovich will be the Guest of Honour at the ceremony. 11th Lokayukta's conference held in New Delhi Non Stop India: A book by Mark Tully, the former BBC correspondent in India No Full Stop in India, Heart of India are his other books. Mario Monti - New Prime Minister of Italy. He was the former European Commissioner. Andy Murray first Britisher to win Grand Slam mens singles title in 76 years Who is the chairman of CBDT? Dr. Poonam Kishore Saxena CBDT :Central Board of Direct Taxes

GAIL and RSPCL signed an Agreement of Joint Venture on Gas Supply Pipeline Project The GAIL Gas Limited and the Rajasthan State Petroleum Corporation Limited (RSPCL) signed an agreement of Joint Venture on 5 November 2012 to lay down the natural gas supply pipeline in the state. India proposes JV with Turkmenistan to manufacture Aakash India on September 18, 2012 proposed forming a joint venture with Turkmenistan to manufacture low-cost tablet 'Aakash' for supply to students in the CIS nation. Apple share tops $700 on iPhone 5 success Ma Ying Jeou has been re-elected the President of Taiwan. Rafeeque Ahmed is the New President of The Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO). Daniel Ortega re-elected President of Nicaragua for the third term. Managua is the Capital of Nicaragua, a Central American Country. Sheikh Hasina :Prime Minister of Bangladesh Capital of Bangladesh : Dhaka IAAF Athlete of the year 2011. Men: Usain Bolt of Jamaica (Sprint) Women: Sally Pearson of Australia (110m Hurdle) Fiscal deficit For 2011-12, the govt. had estimated a deficit of Rs. 4.12 lakh crore or 4.6% of GDP. World Economic Forum Annual meeting 2012 was held at Davos, Switzerland in January 2012. The theme of the summit was The Great Transformation Shaping New Models. Karishma Kapoor Appointed Brand Ambassador of McCain Food Long range strategic missile Agni-IV test-fired Yahoo completes $7.6 billion deal with Alibaba Group Salman Rushdie released his Book Joseph Anton Teledensity increases to over 77 % The teledensity in the country has been increased to over 77 per cent at the end of August 2012. August 2011 :74.96 per cent TRAI set the limit for concessional SMS at 100 per day per SIM. TRAI :Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI Chairman :Rahul Khullar
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Manmohan Singh flaged off Kochi Metro Rail project on 14 September 2012. Bhakti Kulkarni becomes Goa's first woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni became Goa's first Woman Grandmaster after the World Chess Federation officially cleared her title at 83rd FIDE Congress in Istanbul. Justice Altamas Kabir to be new Chief Justice of India Justice Altamas Kabir has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India on 13 September 2012. 99th Indian Science Congress 2012 99th Indian Science Congress was held at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Bhubaneswar. Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, inaugurated The theme of 2012 Congress is Science and Technology for Inclusive Innovation - Role of Women. Venezuelas President Hugo Chavez Chief Minister Narendra Modi launched a new Gujarat television channel NaMo.. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas-2012 The 10th Pravsi Bhartiya Divas held in Jaipur,the Pink City The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad Bissessar was the Chief Guest of the event. The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh inaugurated the event. FDI up 31% to $27.5 bn in 2011 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India went up by 31 per cent to 27.5 billion US Dollars in 2011 FDI inflows in 2010 totalled USD 21 billion. What is GNP? Gross National Product is measured as GDP plus income of residents from investments made abroad minus income earned by foreigners in domestic market. Who is Jim Yong Kim? (South Korea) World Bank President. Bank of India opened its first branch in South Africa State-owned Bank of India (BoI) opened its first branch in Johannesburg South Africa in a move to enhance the relationship between South Africa and India while contributing to the overall development of the BRICS grouping. Tilak Kumar appointed as new President of

the Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2012-2013 . India-Myanmar-Thailand Highway by 2016 India, Myanmar and Thailand on 10 September 2012 reviewed the eagerly awaited trilateral connectivity project and decided to make all efforts to implement this by 2016. This was done at the meeting of the IndiaMyanmar-Thailand Joint Task Force, which met in New Delhi. Ravi Narain elected as a chairman of the working committee of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). Global biodiversity event- the 11th Conference of Parties (COP) to Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held at Hyderabad. New Prime Minister of Libya - Ali Zidan. Bidzina Ivanishvili became new Prime Minister of Georgia. S.Viswanathan was appointed as a Managing Director of State Bank of India. U.N. celebrated Mahatma Gandhijis birthdays as the International Day of NonViolence. New CMD of Allahabad Bank Shubhalakshmi Panse has taken over as its new Chairperson and Managing Director from October 1. India recorded the Highest Number of Deaths In the Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012 published recently, by United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), India was placed at the top position in the chart of 10 countries that topped on the chart. The other countries with their names on the chart are Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Smiling Armadillo to be the official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil Former Chief Justice of India Ranganath Misra passed away on 13 September 2012. India ranks 2nd in retail realty investment momentum index India ranks second among top 20 countries with the strongest momentum in retail real estate index and it lags behind China due to weaker investment prospects and a smaller presence of global retailer, according to a report by global property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Haryana govt decides to implement e-Pension System Haryana Government has decided to implement e-Pension System. They will start drawing their pension through this system on or after August 1, 2012. ICICI, HDFC Bank follow SBI; revise FD rates by up to 0.5 pc Private sector banks like ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank on 12 September 2012 reduced interest rates on fixed deposits by atleast 50 basis point. Reserve Bank of India relaxes External Commercial Borrowings norms for infrastructure companies. The RBI also relaxed the ECB norms for repayment of Rupee loans within the overall ceiling of 20 billion Dollars. ICC launches official event website for World Twenty20 India extends $10m development aid to Palestine; three pacts inked. India extended development assistance of 10 million US dollars to Palestine and extended support to its bid for a full United Nations membership. Both countries also signed three pacts to enhance bilateral cooperation. List of Limits in Various Sectors Public Sec. Banks 20% Private Sec. Banks 74% Defense 26% Pension 26% Insurance 49% Print Media 26% Civil Aviation 49% According to ASSOCHAM Gujarat topped in total investment followed by Odisha and Maharashtra. The third India-U.S.-Japan trilateral discussions held in New Delhi. NSE: Worlds Largest Bourse The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) came up as the worlds largest bourse in terms of the number of trades it made in equity segment for the first 6 months of 2012. Andy Murray clinches US Open Title for Men's singles. Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) published its annual publication- Indias external debt: a status report 2011-12. As per the published report, Indias external debt in the end of March 2012 was

$345.8 billion, which is 13% high than the previous years debt or $ 39.9 billion from where India stood at the end of March 2011. India's Virender Singh wins a bronze at the World Deaf Championship at Sofia in Bulgaria. IndianBanksNeed Extra$90Billionfor Basel III The government will have to pump Rs 70,000-90,000 crore into state-run banks by the year of 2018 if it wants to maintain its shareholding in the banks at the current level, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has estimated to meet the new global prudential capital requirements as set by Basel-III norms. West Bengal signed an agreement with TCS to monitor MGNREGA Fund West Bengal government signed an agreement with a leading IT firm TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) to monitor management of the MGNREGA fund. MGNREGA:Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Serena Williams won Women's Singles US Open 2012 "Pieta" the South Korean Film won Golden Lion Venice Top Prize Lewis Hamilton became the winner of Italian Grand Prix 2012 Liquidity position comfortable, RBI says ahead of policy review The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said the liquidity situation currently is comfortable and indicated that monetary policy action in the mid-quarterly review next week would depend on latest developments in the money market. The central bank, in its mid-quarterly review of monetary policy to be announced on September 17, is expected to take steps to promote growth and also contain inflationary expectations. 2012 London Paralympic Games conclude in London London's 2012 Paralympics has ended with a fiery finale and official handover to 2016 host, Rio de Janeiro. Indian Paralympic team consisted of 33member including silver medallist Girisha Hosanagara Nagaraje Gowda who finished second in the Men's High Jump F-42 event. India successfully launches 100th space mission
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Dr. Verghese Kurien, father of India's White Revolution passes away India and Pak sign new liberalised visa agreement Dr. KC Abraham awarded with Business Excellence Award Union cabinet approved interest subsidy for farmer loans Union Cabinet gave its approval to continue interest subsidy to Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), Cooperatives Banks and NABARD enabling them to provide short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakhs to farmers at 7% p.a. during the year 2012-13. Aung San Suu Kyi Receives US Congressional Gold Medal The 9th World Hindi Conference to be held in Johannesburg ,South Africa from 22-24 September 2012. Mary Kom brand ambassador of Raj Kundras Super Fight League (SFL) India got 3rd position in ICC T20 rankings India ranked to be 59th in the report released by World Economic Forum India slipped down with 3 ranks to 59th position from its previous year ranking in the Global Competitiveness Report 20122013 released by the World Economic Forum. The identified reason for this downfall is Indias disappointing performance in satisfying competitiveness for the basic factors. Switzerland managed to be on top of the list for consecutive four years followed by Singapore that ranked second and Finland was placed at third position. Among the members of BRICS Nations, Russia was placed at 67th Position, South Africa got 52nd position and Brazil remained to be the 48th Nation. ICICI Bank to extend its net banking services through social media platform Facebook Kaushik Basu Appointed World Bank Chief Economist Global Competitiveness Index Indias ranking declined by three places to 59th position in the World Economic Forums (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index 2012-2013 Manu Raju, Indo-American wins White House Journalism award India, Japan to launch dialogue mechanisms on cyber, maritime security Andhra Pradesh DGP V. Dinesh Reddy ap-

pointed as the New President of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director David Petraeus Resigned. China offers $8 billion loan to South Sudan China has offered $8 billion in loan to South Sudan to fund a broad range of infrastructure projects over the next 2 years. U.P. Govt. launched a website to help the netizens of the 46 districts of the state The website www.cybercrimecelllucknow.org was launched by Cyber Crime Cell of Lucknow Police. SEBI permits MCX-SX to operate as fullfledged bourse Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) granted permission to MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) to function as a fullfledged stock exchange, India slips to 169th in world rankings of Football Direct tax revenue doubled to Rs 4.46 lakh crore in 5 yrs to FY11 During 2010-11, the governments revenue from direct tax collection rose by 94% to Rs 4,46,935 crore in from Rs 2,30,181 crore in 2006-07. During the same period, the Indirect tax collection rose to Rs 3,45,127 crore from Rs 2,41,538. 3.41 million (2009-10) 3.37 million (2010-11) (Decrease) New Southern Naval Command Chief G.Ashok Kumar took over as the Southern Naval Command Chief India China agreed to set up Joint Working Group India and China agreed to set up a joint working group (JWG) to look into issues related to trade and investments. The decision to set up the JWG was taken at the meeting of India-China Joint Group on Economic Relations, Trade, Science and Technology in New Delhi on 27 August 2012 P. M Nair as the Director General, National Disaster Response Force & Civil Defence (NDRF & CD). Best Banker Prize 2012
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Jammu and Kashmir Bank won four national awards-The Sunday Standard FINWIZ-2012 Best Bankers Awards. CII Eleventh Energy Efficiency Summit The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Summit held in HICC, Novotel Hyderabad. The summit was held between 22 August 2012 to 25 August 2012. India Win Under-19 world Cup Prithvi II successfully test-fired NTPC plans to mop up $750 mn from overseas markets PNB seeks to open branches in Lahore, Karachi August 25, 2012 Punjab National Bank (PNB) has filed an application to open branches in Lahore and Karachi, a move that can signal wider range of trade and financial ties between India and Pakistan. Philippe Divry appointed as the Managing Director of Volvo India Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt chosen for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2012 P.J.Kurien elected the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenavi passed away Miss China crowned Miss World 2012 China's Wen Xia Yu was on 18August 2012 crowned Miss World 2012. 20th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was presented to D.R. Mehta Govt to promote PPP model in agriculture via flagship scheme In a major reform to boost farm sector growth, the Centre has kept a target of four per cent agriculture growth rate for the 12th Five Year plan (2012-17). It has allocated 9,217 crore rupees for RKVY in the 2012-13 fiscal. V.V.S.Laxman retires from international cricket KC Chakrabarty reappointed as RBI Deputy Governor Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty has been reappointed as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore appointed as the head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards Committee Oriental Bank ties up with M&M for vehicle financing Mahindra & Mahindra signed an MoU with the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) for personal and commercial vehicle

financing. Customers of Mahindra & Mahindra will be able to take advantage of these services at any of OBCs 1808 branches. M&M has 250 dealer outlets. India cuts number of items in sensitive list for SAARC NLDC members India has reduced the number of items in the sensitive list for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)'s Non-Least Developed countries (NLDCs) like Pakistan. PMEAC pegged Indias Growth at 6.7 Percent in the Fiscal Year 2012-13 The Prime Minister's economic advisory panel today pegged GDP growth for the current financial year at 6.7 per cent. It, however, added that inflation would remain high during the fiscal at 6.5 to 7 per cent, mainly due to poor monsoon which will pull down the agriculture growth rate to 0.5 per cent from 2.8 per cent last year. The governments fiscal deficit is expected to go up to 6 percent in the financial year 2012-13 as compared to 5.8 percent in the previous fiscal. Economic Outlook 2012-13 released by Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council on 17 August 2012. Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong Noted Indian Cinematographer Ashok Mehta passed away UN Security Council decided not to extend the UN Observers Mission in Syria United Nations Security Council decided not to extend the mandate of UN Observers Mission in Syria. However, it has supported the idea of maintaining a political office in Damascus. Rogelio Sierra Diaz, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba visited India Rogelio Sierra Diaz, vice foreign minister of Cuba visited India on 7 August 2012 to participate in the First India-CELAC foreign ministers Troika meeting in New Delhi. Both nations discussed ways to improve bilateral relations encompassing the areas dealing with political, commercial and economic; energy; sports; science and technology; education and culture during his visit. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspends Syria The 57-member Organisation of Islamic
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Cooperation has suspended Syria in a decision taken in OIC summit meeting in the Saudi holy city of Mecca . OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu SAIL to sponsor medal winners of London Olympics for next Olympics in 2016 Andhra Pradesh High Court appointment of Dinesh Reddy as states DGP SEBI allows e-IPOs, new routes for stake divestment Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) announced allowing e-IPOs. To begin with, the option of e-IPOs will be available at over 1000 points for electronic bidding in public offers. SEBI Chairman: UK. Sinha Pandit Nardevji Vedalankar choosen to be honored by India at the World Hindi Conference in Johannesburg The House Sparrow was declared as State Bird of Delhi The House Sparrow was declared as state bird of Delhi by the state government. Delhi government announced the decision after launching a campaign "Rise for the Sparrows". Lionel Messi of Argentina and Barcelona player won FIFA Ballon d2012. He is winning the award three times in a row. David Cameron : British Prime Minister The European Union (EU) agreed on January 30, 2012 on tougher measures to enforce budget discipline in Euro Zone. Pakistan Government honoured Gopi Chand Narang with Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan government on 14 August 2012 honoured Urdu author, Gopi Chand Narang with sitara-i-Imtiaz, the third highest civilian honour given by the nation. Rory Mcllroy won the US PGA Golf Championship India signs MoU with Belgium in Railway Transportation Indias FDI Inflow plunged 53 % in AprilJune Quarter of Fiscal 2012-13 According to the FDI data released by RBI on 10 August 2012, Foreign Direct Investment inflow in India declined to 5.4 billion dollar in the April-June quarter of fiscal 2012-13. The figure stood at 12.2 billion dollar during the same period of fiscal 2011-12.

Inflation falls to 32 months low of 6.87 per cent in July 2012 The rate of inflation declined to 6.87 per cent in July this year as the rate of price rise in the food articles category eased. Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index, had stood at 7.25 per cent in June, this year, and at 9.36 per cent in July last year. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will host the next Olympic Games in 2016 Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) declined to 212 from 600 Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) has come down to 212 in 2010 from 600 in 1990. European rocket to launch Indian satellite GSAT-10 on September 22 The satellite will be launched by European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane-5 rocket. Yahoo appoints Ron Bell as general counsel The Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council Projects an ambitious growth rate of 7.5% to 8% for 2012-13 fiscal. PMEAC Chairman Dr. C. Rangarajan said that the growth rate in 2011-12 was likely to be 7.1% which is marginally higher than the 6.9% growth rate projected by Central Statistical Organisation (CSO). In 2010-11 GDP growth was 8.4% Foodgrain Production in 2011-12 at 252.56 Million Tonnes Releasing the data on Third Advanced Estimate of production the Ministry of Agriculture said the total food grain production is likely to be 252.56 million tonne in 2011-12 compared to 244.78 million tonnes in the previous year. (2010-11) Mohammed Waheed Hassan is the new President of Maldives. New Chief of Army Staff: General Bikram Singh. Jawhar Sircar is the new CEO of Prasar Bharati. $ 293.44 billion is Indias foreign exchange reserve on February 24, 2012. India is the 19th most exposed nation globally to external risks. The data is released by Frontline risk analysis company Maple croft in February 2012 on the list of 178 countries, Somavisit www.newsandviewsonline.com for Latest General Awareness update

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lia tops the list. High corruption, terrorism political violence are some of the most prevalent risk in India. Amnesty in Myanmar In a significant development Myanmar pardoned and freed a number of prominent political prisoners on January 13, 2012. Amnesty: General Pardon World Forestry Day: March 21. International Womens Day: March 8 Joachim Gauck of Germany is the New President of European Union. S&P assigns 'BBB-'rating to ICICI Bank's unsecured notes issue Global ratings agency S&P today assigned 'BBB-' rating to the proposed issue of senior unsecured notes by the country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank. The bank is reportedly mulling to raise up to $1 billion through a bond sale with credit markets easing and bigger rival SBI managing to collect $1.25 billion through a bond sale last month. Michael Phelps- Most Successful Athlete in the Olympic History After winning 19th medal, US swimming machine Michael Phelps became the most successful athlete in the Olympic history. Rahul Khullar: Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar appointed the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Sachin Tendulkar becomes BMW Brand Ambassador Sachin Tendulkar has been signed as the Brand Ambassador of German Luxury car maker BMW. Sachin Tendular was earlier the Brand Ambassador of Fiat and Parent Company of Ferrari. Omita Paul: Appointed secretary to the President Mitchell to be first US Ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years Indo-Bangladesh Trade Fair 2012 in Dhaka The 3rd Indo-Bangladesh Trade Fair 2012 to begin Dhaka. The Trade Fair is being organized by the India Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Orissa: First Indian state to begin e-payment facility for government employees Orissa is the first Indian state to commence

e-payment facility for government employees from August 1, 2012. Govt employees will get their salaries and pensions through the online Portal of the RBI. The initiative of e-payment facilities taken by Reserve Bank of India. Record increase in Indias Coal import, touches 80-85 million tones Import of thermal coal is estimated to surge to 80-85 million tonnes with NTPC likely to account 1/5th of the total projected imports during 2012-13. It is a 60 % increase than the 50 million tonnes coal imported during 2011-12. India need not transfer $10 bn into IMF right away India may not be required to infuse $10 billion (Rs 55,000 crore) it promised at the G20 to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for bailing out debt-trapped Euro zone if the global economic situation gets better The G20 countries reacted to the need to augment the resources of the IMF to facilitate it to play its part in the current situation. Out of $75 billion pledged by the BRICS group, India committed $10 billion Total commitments that have been made so far amount to almost $460 billion India at 6th slot in Inclusive Wealth Index (IWI) per capita 4.3 % per year GDP per capita during this placed India 2nd only to China, which registered high growth of 9.6%. India also stood next to China in the HDI, with an average 1.4%per head annually. However, it ranked 6th in the Inclusive Wealth Index per capita with 0.9 % per year The 20 countries together responsible for around 3/4th of global GDP during this twenty-year time. This was disclosed by the United Nations University and UN development Programme in the run-up to Rio+20. Bihar tops the growth chart with 13.1 % GSDP 2011-12 As per the latest data released by Ministry of Statistics of India, Bihar has the highest economic growth rate in the country. Recorded a remarkable 13.1%growth in 2011-12 Topped the list for 2nd consecutive year Punjab, AP, Karnataka and UP registered
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growth rate lower than Indias GDP of 6.5% for 2011-12 S.K. Thorat : Chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research White Label ATMs (WLA) RBI has decided to Permit non-banks to set up ATMs. They will be known as White Label ATMs. They would provide ATM Service to customers of all banks. Sauli Niinisto is the New President of Finland. Amartya Sen was conferred the Prestigious National Medals of Arts and Humanities award by US President Barack Obama in February 2012. International Literacy Day: September 8 World Water Day : March 22 44th session of Indian Labour Congress was held at New Delhi on February 14, 2012. India women won Khabaddi world cup 2012 by beating Iran in the final in Patna, Bihar on March 4, 2012. Leung Chun Ying has been elected Chief Executive of Hong Kong in March 2012. Sachin Tendulkar Scored 100 hundreds in Cricket when he scored 114 against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup One Day International. He became the First cricketer to score 100 centuries. 51 test centuries and 49 one day International centuries. May 31: Anti-Tobacco Day Government hikes interest rate on SDS, SPF, GPF to 8.8% for 2012-13 Interest rates have been increased on the following Schemes for the year 2012-13 to 8.8% from 8.6% currently: Special Deposit Scheme (SDS) State Provident Fund (SPF) General Provident Fund (GPF) Greece gets new Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras GAIL, ONGC ink Swap agreement and Gas Co-operation agreement ONGC can sale and purchase the gas from GAIL for 3 years Both the companies can supply or sale LNG by GAIL to ONGC for the reduction of C2+ Extraction at Dahej. C2+ components will be supplied to ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPAL) for producing the petrochemicals at Dahej Special Economic Zone. As per the Swap Agreement: ONGC would supply gas to customers through GAILs

infrastructure so as to boost the availability and the efficient exploitation of resources. Yahoo appoints Marissa Maye as its New President and CEO Arun Mishra will be the new Chief of DGCA DGCA: Directorate General of Civil Aviation India drops to 64th position on Global Innovation Index India dropped in the Global Innovation Index (GII) ranking of 2012 to 64th position from 62nd in 2011. Lowest among the BRICS nations in the 2012 GII. Country GII Rank Brazil -58, Russia-51, India-62, China-34, South- Africa-54. Moodys slashed Indias Growth projections to 5.5% Moodys Analytics slashed Indias growth projections to 5.5 % for the fiscal year 201213. It attributed the cut to inaction by government and poor monsoon.Prior to this, CLSA and Citigroup had slashed their growth forecasts for India to 5.4% and 5.5 %, respectively for the fiscal year ending in March 2013. India recycles less than 5% of its total ewaste: ASSOCHAM ASSOCHAM : Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India ASSOCHAM President : Rajkumar Dhoot Samsungs Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet launched in US, Britain and South Korea Anushka Sharma becomes Brand Ambassador of Unicharms Sofy Margaret Alva: Margaret Alva sworn in as the 19th Governor of Rajasthan. She is the 3rd woman Governor of the state. India can recover faster than China: RBI Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Anand Sinha said, India can recover from the global economic slowdown faster than China as its economy is driven by domestic consumption. National Security Advisor : Shivshankar Menon Mali was readmitted into the African Union.
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PM Manmohan Singh committed $50 million (over Rs. 264 crore) for Bio-diversity. India votes against Sri Lanka. On March 22, 2012 India voted for a United Nation sponsored resolution at the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) censuring Sri Lanka for its alleged rights violations during the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The resolution was passed with 24 votes for and 15 against. The Wealth Report 2012 has forecast that India, surpassing China will become worlds largest economy by 2050. China will surpass USA by 2020 to become the largest economy in the world. Indian economy has been estimated to reach $ 85.97 trillion size in terms of purchasing power parity by 2050 while Chineese GDP is estimated to be $ 80.02 trillion. Afghan President: Hamid Karzai Aadhaar: Project to provide identity to all Indian undertaken by UIDAI Christine Lagarde : IMF Managing Director. South African Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the first woman to take office as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) at the A.U. headquarters in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Iran, which was Indias second biggest oil supplier after Saudi Arabia till 2010-11, had now been relegated to the fourth place. In 2011-12 largest suppliers for India are Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Iran. 4th BRICS Summit 2012 4th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi, India.in March 2012 Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are the members of BRICS. The BRICS nations signed two agreements to provide line of credit to business community and decided to examine the possibility of setting up a BRICS Development Bank on lines of World Bank India bagged Record Six Medals in London Olympics 2012 as Sushil Kumar settled for Silver Ravneet Gill will be new CEO of Deutsche Bank India Ravneet Gill appointed as new CEO of the banks Deutsche Bank for its Indian operations. Mr. Gill replaced Gunit Chadha, who was elevated as co-chief executive of Asia Pacific along with

AlanCloete. Q4 GDP growth drops sharply to 5.3%, lowest in 9 years Yearly economic growth of India dipped to a 9-year low of 5.3% in the JanuaryMarch 2012 quarter. Even during the 200809, the year when India was facing the hit by the global financial meltdown, growth rate was higher at 6.7%. It is the lowest growth rate since 4.0% in 2002-03. A multi-year broadcast deal inked b/w Hockey India & ESPN STAR ESPN STAR Sports inked a multi-year broadcast deal Hockey India. The channel will now have the exclusive right to broadcast all international hockey test matches under Hockey India to be played in India for the next 5 years. V.S.Sampath :New Chief Election Commissioner MiG-29KUB performs first landing on INS Vikramaditya MiG-29KUB, a Russian-built fighter jet made the first landing on the INS Vikramaditya during sea trials. July 28: World Hepatitis Day June 26: International Day against Drug The theme for 2012 : Global Action for the Healthy Communities Without Drugs. Sudan, South Sudan ink pact over Oil Payments Sudan signed a deal with South Sudan over oil payments. South Sudan agreed to pay Sudan just over $ 9 per barrel to transport oil to its ports. Public Service Broadcasting Day: November 12 Xi Jinping: Chinas new leader Xi Jinping, elected as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Who is the President of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) ? Hu Jintao Vice President of the PRC: Xi Jinping Miss Nepal is WWF Young Conservation Ambassador Miss Nepal 2012 Shristhi Shrestha has been appointed as Young Conservation Ambassador of World Wild Fund (WWF). She is 7th Conservation Ambassador. She replaced former Miss Nepal Malina Joshi. WWF Nepal started appointing the Miss Nepal pageant winners as the Young Conservation Ambassador from 2004.
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India growth forecast slashed: CRISIL Rating agency CRISIL has slashed Indias growth forecast to 5.5%. It is the second cut for fiscal 2013 estimate. Earlier, the agency had cut GDP growth to 6.5%. Deficient rainfall and worsening Eurozone situation are the main causes behind the decline. As per CRISIL, the sluggish growth is expected to put pressure on government finances. Fiscal deficit may also expand to 6.2% of GDP in 2012-13 from the previous estimate of 5.8 %. Hamid Ansari sworn in as 14th Vice President of India CIIs business confidence index witness fall of 3.7 points The CII Business Confidence Index (CIIBCI) for July-September quarter has fall by 3.7 points to 51.3, after rising to 55.0 in April-June quarter from 52.9 in the previous quarter due to stagnancy in reforms feels most firms who took part into the survey. CNN, Time magazine suspend Fareed Zakaria for plagiarism Indian-American journalist and author Fareed Zakaria has been suspended by his employers CNN and Time magazine after he admitted to plagiarism and apologised for the ethical lapse. Indo-Canada bilateral trade likely to cross $15 bn by 2015: Bal Gonsal Vodafone India tied up with ICICI Bank for Mobile Money Service m- pesa India, Britain to step up cyber security cooperation Risk Index to facilitate banks in extending loans soon: CIBIL Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd (CIBIL) is likely to bring in a Risk Index that will assist countrys banks in making faster decisions on extending loans to corporates and business houses. Mr. Arun Thukral, MD CIBIL Mr M.V.Nair, Chairman CIBIL Forex Reserves of India tumble, looses 1.74 Billion Dollar Indias Foreign exchange reserve plunged by $1.74 billion to $290 billion The RBI data showed a sharp fall in the Indias Forex reserves The drop in forex reserve mainly attributed to sale of dollar by the RBI to rescue

continuously falling rupee. The Indian rupee marked a record low in recent weeks and stood at 55.54 against the dollar on June 1, 2012 Raghuram Rajan to be new CEA Raghuram Rajan will take the place of Kaushik basu as the Chief Economic Adviser. The selection was made by Prime Ministers Economic advisory council headed by C.Rangarajan. Mr. Rajan has been former Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund. India pledges $10-million for Palestine Vice President Hamid Ansari Releases the Book Muslims in Indian Cities Indias first Solar Satellite : Aditya-1 China signed Economic Agreements with North Korea which includes the Development of SEZs. India is the Second-Largest Mobile Phone user in World PSSKs : Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendras The 31st edition of Summer Olympics will be held in Reo de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016. IWCCI : Islamabad Womens Chamber of Commerce and Industry. PHDCCI : Punjab, Haryana and Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. USA wins third FIFA U-20 womens World Cup Armadillo to be 2014 FIFA World Cup mascot ISRO to launch SARAL satellite on 12 December 2012 Economic Survey 2011-12 Highlights Indias economic growth estimated at 6.9% in 2011-12. GDP expected to grow 7.6% in 2012-13 and 8.6% in 2013-14. Service Sector grows by 9.4% and its share in GDP goes upto 59%. Industrial growth in 2011-12 4% to 5% Agriculture growth forecast 2.5%. Centre spending on Social Services goes up to 18.5% in 2011-12 from 13.4% in 2006-07. Union Budget 2012-13 Highlights Fiscal deficit at 5.9% of GDP in 2011-12. Disinvestment trget in 2012-13 is 300 billion rupees.

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Service tax raised from 10% to 12%. Subsidies to be kept under 2% of GDP in 2012-13 and under 1.7% of GDP in the next three years. NCTC - National Counter Terrorism Centre. RTGS : Real Time Gross Settlement. It is used for transferring money from one bank account to another bank account. It has no upper limit Indian-Americans in Forbes' US rich list Five Indian-Americans, including Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and founder of IT major Syntel, Bharat Desai, have been named among the richest people in the US by Forbes, a list of 400 billionaires topped by Microsoft founder Bill Gates. India-European Union (EU) annual summit was held in New Delhi on February 10, 2012. Indias largest bank is SBI and largest private bank is ICICI. Headquarters of World Bank is in Washington. First woman Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning Schmidt Copenhagen is capital of Denmark Rs. 4,575-crore investment to perk up 5 PSUs In order to revitalize five Public Sector Units (PSUs), a total investment of Rs.4,575 crore are under consideration of the government. Govt funds will be inducted into Companies like HMT, HMT Bearings, HMT Watches, newsprint maker NEPA and Nagaland Pulp and Paper for their revival. Spain clinches Euro Cup 2012 Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in the finale. Becomes the first nation to retain crown. Spain confirmed their status as one of the greatest national teams in football history by overwhelming Italy 4-0 in the Euro Cup 2012 final in Kiev, Ukraine to retain their European crown. Amita Sharma is the new Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education Japan to confer Fukuoka Prize 2012 upon Vandana Shiva Government approves 14 FDI Proposals worth Rs 1584.11 crore Based on the recommendation of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, the government approved 14 FDI proposals worth Rs 1584.11 crore.

The FDI pr oposals which obtained government sanction included Rs 225 Crore investment in the Indian operations of Asian equity research firm CLSA. 320 million US Dollars for Assam road project India has signed a 320-million dollar loan agreement with the World Bank for road projects in Assam. The agreement was inked by Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Prabodh Saxena and Country Director of World Bank, Onno Ruhl in New Delhi. Jagadish Shettar to be the new Karnataka CM S/2012 5th moon orbiting Pluto discovered by NASA United States space scientists have discovered a 5th moon orbiting Pluto. According to NASA the irregular-shaped moon, nicknamed S/2012 for now, measures around 10 to 24 km across. China promises $ 20 Billion Loan to Africa China has promised to provide $ 20 billion loan to African countries over the next three years. The announcement was made by the Chinese President Hu Jin Tao at the opening session of the 5th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing. China had already pledged $10 billion loans at the previous China-Africa summit in 2009. China-Africa bilateral trade was at around $ 166 billion in 2011. Sonia Gandhi ranked 6th in the list of Worlds Most Powerful Woman Forbes magazines has ranked Sonia Gandhi at number 6 in the list of the worlds 100 most powerful women. Indira Nooyi (12th ), Padmashree Warrior (58th ), Chanda Kochar (59th ) Kiran Mazzomdar Shaw (80th ). German Chancellor Angella Markel (1) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (3) Roger Federer clinches Wimbledon Open Title 2012 Kulandei Francis receives Ramon Magsaysay award Ranee Ramaswamy- Appointed by US President as member of the prestigious National Council on the Arts

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India displaying delayed effects of antiinflation policies: Fitch According to Global rating agency Fitch, India, China and Korea three most powerful emerging Asian economies are exhibiting delayed effects of tight monetary policies introduced in 2010-11 to tackle inflation. Russia test fires Topol RS -12M Russian Strategic Rocket Forces, RVSN, test-fired a Topol RS-12M. India, Iran look at $25 billion trade by 2015 India and Iran plan to reach $25 billion in annual bilateral trade in the next four years current bilateral trade is around $15billion Saraswathi Samman 2012 Tamil Writer A.A. Manavalan Which is the newest country in the world? Republic of South Sudan. Salva Kiir Mayardit has been elected President of South Sudan. Capital :Juba Important Committees Related to Banking Industry Y.V. Reddy Committee:Reforms In Small Savings Rangrajan Committee: Computerization of Banking Industry Narasimham Committee:Financial System Kamath Committee:Education Loan Scheme A.C.Shah Committee:NBFC Food grain production India 2011-12 252.56 million tonne It was 241.56 million tonnes during 2010-11. May 8 : World Red Cross Day May 11 : National Technology Day. What is m-money transfer? It also called mobile money transfer, which nothing but just another method of sending money using electronic medium like mobile or computer. In this user who intends to avail the service would get a secret code through SMS soon after the money is transferred.A similar message would be forwarded to the recipient who could then visit the nearest service-enabled post office and receive the money by submittind the code. 5 October observed as dolphin day in Bihar. Aditi Mukherjee won the prestigious Norman Borlaug Award. Ajit Saran appointed as secretary in National Commission for Women.

Sanjay Mitra appointed as new Chief Secretary of West Bengal. India becomes Dubais top trading partner India has come out as Dubais top trading partner as its total trade reaches over USD 10 billion during the quarter ended March, 2012. As per the newest statistics released by Dubai Customs, India also evinced as Dubais top exporting and re-exporting country at USD 5.7 billion and stood 2nd in terms of imports at USD 5.17 billion, following China at USD 6.94 billion. The US was at 3rd place at USD 4.35 billion. What is Mobile Wallet? Mobile wallet which is also abbreviated as M-Wallet, is a an electronic account that is linked to a persons mobile phone in which money can be electronically deposited and the same can be used as cash. Utility: Internationally, MWallets are used to pay for goods at stores, pay for public transportation, make donations and pay bills. China and Japan ties in Choppy waters. Pakistan confers Nisan-i-Imtiaz on Saadat Hasan Manto Pakistan Govt has conferred its highest civilian honor Nisan-i-Imtiaz on famous Famous short stories include Toba Tek Singh, Bu (Odour), Khol Do (Open It) and Thanda Gosht (Cold Meat). Chinese national Jin-Yong Cai to lead World Banks private financial arm Chinese national, Jin-Yong Cai has been appointed as the head of World Banks private financial arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) $ 3 billion compensation to Sudan for economic losses: South Sudan Governments clearance to 10.82% disinvestment of stake in SAIL The government has approved 10.82 % disinvestment of its hold in Steel Authority of India (SAIL). The SAIL public offer has got the clearance of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). The share sale process, which will be done through auction route or offer for sale, is projected to generate over Rs 4,000 crore for the government exchequer. The government presently has 85.82 % stake in SAIL. After the disinvestment, the
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government of Indias shareholding in SAIL would get reduced to 75%. Gavaskar conferred with Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf chosen for Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2012 Urdu Scholar Gopi Chand Narang Awarded Moortidevi Award for 2010 Madhav Chavan Awarded the Education Nobel Prize Mathura Refinery Bagged 13th Annual Greentech Environment Award Naresh Chandra Committee submits National Security Report RBI cuts SLR, releases Rs 60,000 crore RBI slashed the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by 1 percentage point from 24 % to 23 % which is expected to provide liquidity of around Rs 60, 000 crore. It kept the major indicative policy rates unchanged while it slashed the gross domestic product (GDP) projections for the current financial year from 7.3 % to 6.5 % and raised the inflation forecast from 6.5 % to 7 %. Indias is facing a slowing growth and increasing inflation problem. The Repo rate is untouched at 8%. The Cash Reserve Ratio is at 4.75 %. The cut in SLR is expected to ensure that liquidity pressures do not hamper the flow of credit to the productive sectors of the economy. The move will facilitate banks to shift their portfolio in favor of the private sector. India lends $500 mn credit line to Myanmar MoU inked b/w the EXIM bank of India and Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank What is Trade Finance Programme (TFP)? TFP is a programme under Asian Development Bank with an objective to fill the market gaps for trade finance by providing guarantees and loans to banks to support trade. ADB collaborates with 200 partners to provide companies with the financial support they require to carry on import and export operations in Asias most challenging markets. In how many countries is TFP active? It is active in 16 countries. Five most active countries are Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam US, Pakistan sign NATO Supply Agreement US, Pakistan signed NATO Supply

Agreement on transporting supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan through Pakistan As per the agreement, the US will give $ 1.1 billion aid to Pakistan for fighting terrorists within its borders. The agreement will expire by the end of 2015. Govt of Goa starts Ladli Laxmi Scheme Govt of Goa started Ladli Laxmi Scheme initiated by Women and Child Welfare department. The scheme is aimed preventing female feticide in the state. D R Mehta to be awarded Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award Usain Bolt bags Olympic gold in 100m Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt clinched his second straight Olympic gold medal in the mens 100m. Maharashtra ATS chief :Rakesh Maria India unfurls 7-point strategy to boost exports to $360 bn in 2012-13 The Govt with an aim to thrust exports up by 20% in 2012-13 announced a series of initiative as part of 7-point strategy including interest subsidy and market diversification programmes. It announced extension of Interest Subsidy Scheme by 1 year till March 31, 2013 for labour intensive sectors. Indias exports increased by 20.94 per cent to $303.71 billion in the financial year ended in March 31, 2012, exceeding the governments target of $300 billion. Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire India set to join talks for creating RCEP, the largest trade bloc Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) = 16 Countries = 10 (ASEAN Countries) + 6 Others (China + Japan + South Korea + Australia + New Zealand + INDIA) India is set to join talks for creating the worlds largest trade bloc RCEP after a committee headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed the move. Gujarat tops in receiving private sector investment: ASSOCHAM As per an analysis titled Composition of Outstanding Investments Across States,
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carried out by Assocham, Gujarat has the biggest share of 12.5% in total outstanding private sector investments across India as of June 2012. As per the analysis top 4 states are: Gujarat (12.5%), Odisha (10.7%), Maharashtra (8.9%) , Andhra Pradesh (8%) Planning Commission approves Rs. 3,535 cr annual plan 2012-13 for Arunachal Pradesh M-SIPS: Special incentive package for ESDM sector ESSDM : Electronic System Design and Manufacturing M-SIPS: Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme Moodys cut credit outlook of 28 Spanish banks Mithali Raj regains No:1 position in ICC Womens ODI rankings India to talk over BITA with European Union NECTAR : North-East Centre for Technology Application and Reach MCA21 e-Gov plan- Govt planning an overhaul Indian Govt is contriving to overhaul its e-Governance program MCA21 MCA21: A key flagship e-Governance initiative by the Ministry of Company Affairs India under the National eGovernance Plan (NeGP). India, Indonesia ink DTAA Both countries hope to achieve the trade target of 25 billion US Dollars by 2015. India and Indonesia are partners in the Non Aligned Movement and the ASEAN grouping. India had made its stand clear on the issue of code of conduct regarding South China Sea and favors resolution of all differences for the well-being of the region and in line with international Gram Tarang wins National Skill Development Award Gram Tarang conferred with the overall best performer by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for the year 2011-12 London Olympics 2012 Highlights It was the 30th Summer Olympics (London Olympics 2012) that concluded in London on 12 August 2012. US topped the medal tally clinching total 104 medals.

It bagged 46 Gold, 29 Silver and 29 Bronze China took away a total of 88 medals and stood 2nd. It clinched 38 Gold, 27 Silver and 23 Bronze. Great Britain won 65 medals and finished 3rd. It bagged 29 Gold, 17 Silver and 19 Bronze), Russia with 82 medals (24 Gold+26 Silver+32 Bronze) was at 4th place South Korea with 27 medals (13 Gold+8 Silver+6 Bronze) finished 5th India with a total of 6 medals (2 Silver+4Bronze) stood at 55th position. Internet launched globally World IPV6 launch Day is set on June 6, 2012 In India transformation will be complete in a phased and time bound manner by 2020 All the Government websites to adopt new technology by the year end Presently, India has 35 million IPV4 addresses against 360 million data users Govt sets a target of 160 million by 2017 and 600 million by 2020 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore named as the head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards Committee 1.86 lakh crore is the loss to exchequer in Coal Blocks Allocation Scam: CAG CAG - Comptroller and Auditor General Mr. Vinod Rai :Comptroller and Auditor General of India Indians ranked low on financially literacy survey India stood at 23rd position among the 28 countries surveyed, with only 35% of its Population Financially Literate (PFL) Brazil topped the chart with 50.4% PFL Mexico: 2nd position with (47.8%) PFL Australia: 3rd (46.3%) PFL US: 4th (44.6%) PFL Canada: 5th (43.8%) PF Charges for NEFT rationalized by RBI NEFT:National Electronic Funds Transfer OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Operating System Apple unveiled OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Operating System. It is an application meant for Mac Range of PCs. The application will be fully integrated with social networking sites like Facebook , Twitter etc. It is priced at 19.99 Dollars (Rs.1110 approx). Derek O Brian: First Anglo-Indian to Vote in Presidential Election

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Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) offers e-pass book to subscribers 2012 Declared as International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) 'National Mathematical Year' Year of Intensification of Routine Immunization (Health Ministry) Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 Mr. Soumitra Chatterjee, iconic Bengali Actor won Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.Value of the award is Rs 10 Lakhs. Miss Vanya Mishra won Miss India World 2012 at the contest held in Mumbai India has emerged as the world No.1 Arms importer. India accounts for 9% of all global arm imports. Republic of Yemen's new president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi Its capital Sanaa Jnanpith Award 2010 Renowned Kannada writer Mr. Chandra Sekhara Kambar won it for 2010. World Food Prize 2011 John Agyekum Kufuor, the former President of Ghana and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, former President of Brazil won World Food Prize 2011. Axis Bank ties up with Ahli United Bank for remittance Axis bank, the 3rd largest private sector lender tied up with Bahrains Ahli United Bank for inward remittances S R Rao: New Commerce Secretary S.R. Rao appointed by the Government as the new Commerce Secretary. Replaces Rahul Khullar who was shifted as the telecom regulator IOC, RIL figure in Fortunes top 100 8 Indian companies appear in the list of worlds 500 largest companies by Fortune magazine. Indian Oil Corp and Reliance Industries Limited stand among the top 100 Indian Oil, with annual revenues of 86.01 billion dollars, stands at 83rd rank an
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increment from 98th position in 2011. RIL is the 1st Indian private firm to be ranked in the top 100. The other Indian companies featuring in the list are Bharat Petroleum at 225th position, followed by Hindustan Petroleum (267), State Bank of India (285), Tata Motors (314), ONGC (357) and Tata Steel (401). Bihar to get Rs 560 cr credit from the World Bank for project Jeevika The Central Govt and the Bihar Government inked pact with the World Bank for $ 100 million additional credit to intensify the ongoing Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project, Jeevika. World Bank approved 109-million Dollar Grant for RACP The World Bank on 28 March 2012 approved a 109-million dollar grant to fund RACP RACP: Rajasthan Agricultural Competitiveness Project. India ranked 62nd in innovation index Oscar Award 2012 Best Picture : The Artist Best Actor : Jean Dujardin (The Artist) Best Actress : Meryl Streep (The iron Lady) Best Director : Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) World Religious Parliament's peace ambassador : Pt. Arjun Prasad Bastola Toshiba JSW bagged Rs. 2300 Crore Order for Kudgi Project of NTPC Japanese power equipment giant Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator on 20 February 2012 bagged an order of Rs. 2300 crore from the NTPC Varun Berry stepped down as the CEO of PepsiCo India Who has been appointed, the new President of IAAF? Lamine Diack of Senegal has been appointed the President of International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF). June 14: World Blood Donor Day Theme for 2012: Every blood donor is a hero Mission Mode Project (MMP): By 2014, Govt plans Pan-India roll out of e-Courts With an aim to deliver speedy justice and cut the backlog of pending cases, the Government has decided to have pan-India roll out of e-Courts by 2014

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CMIE : Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy CMIE has estimated India GDP growth for 2011-12 at 7%. It projected 7.7% GDP growth for 2012-13. But Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council expect the GDP growth for 201112 at 7.1%. BASIC: Countries are Brazil, South Africa, India and China. Basic countries Climatic talk was held in February 2012 in New Delhi. US decides to end its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2013 and is preparing for the total pull out from Afghanistan in 2014. Asia's Richest Man 2012 Ist: Li Ka Shing(Hong Kong) : 25.5 billion 2nd: Mukesh Ambani : $22.3 billion 3rd: Lakshmi Mittal : $20.7 Billion Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation 2011 : Dalai Lama Brand Ambassador for 2014 World Cup in Brazil - Pele 9 Indians among 50 dynamic women in Forbes Magazines inaugural list of Asias most powerful business Women to watch. Chanda Kochchar - ICICI BANK Vinita Bali -Britannia Industry Shobhana Bhartia - Hindustan Times Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Biocon Ekta Kapoor -Film maker Zia Mody - AZB & Partners Shikha Sharma -Axis Bank ICONSAT - 2012 ICONSAT - 2012 will be held Hyderabad, India. ICONSAT : International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology India External debt $ 334.9 billion Indias total external debt at the end of December 2011 stood at $ 334.9 billion. Rates on small savings schemes increased. Centre on March 26, 2012 hiked the rate of interest on post office small savings plan for 2012-13. Interest on Saving deposit is kept unchanged at 4.00%. But term deposit for one year and two year increased to basis each to 8.2% and 8.3% respectively. Share of Agriculture in GDP down to 13.9% in 2011-12. The share of agriculture and allied sector in
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India is gross domestic product (GDP) declinedto13.9% in 2011-12from 14.5% in 2010-11. Agriculture and allied sectors achieved a growth rate of 2.5% in the 2011-12. 15th World Sanskrit conference was held from 5 to 10 January 2012 in New Delhi. Which countrys first female athlete is set to participate in Olympics 2012? Saudi Arabia What is Deflation? Deflation is the continuous decrease in prices of goods and services. Deflation occurs when the inflation rate becomes negative (below zero) and stays there for a longer period. What is PPP ? Public Private Partnership What is the validity period of a cheque 3 (w.e.f. April 1, 2012) What is a Commercial Bill A bill of exchange drawn by the creditor on the debtor. When the debtors acceptance is obtained, the paper becomes a bill of exchange. Eminent Kuchipudi dance guru Vempati Chinna Satyam passes away Prime Minister constitutes committee to review taxation of development centres & IT sector To review taxation of development centres and IT sector a committee has been established by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The Committee will function in consultations with stakeholders and related government departments to finalize the Safe Harbour provisions announced in Budget 2010. It will also recommend the approach to taxation of Development Centres. The Prime Minister had constituted an Expert Committee on General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) under the Chairmanship of Dr. Partho Shome to engage in a extensive consultation process and finalize the GAAR Guidelines. Former CBDT Chairman N. Rangachary will be the head of the committee. June 5: World Environment Day World Environment Day is being observed across the globe. Theme for this year: Green Economy: Does it include you? Westpac Banking Corporation opens its firsrt branch in Mumbai
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Australias Oldest Bank A multinational financial services, one of the Australian "big four" banks and the second-largest bank in New Zealand. Gail Kelly (CEO and Managing Director) Lindsay Maxsted (Chairman) Huge Chavez re-elected as President of Venezuela on 9 October 2012 Venezuela. A.Raja, Kanimozhi and Suresh Kalmadi named Members of Standing Committee Sundar Rajan appointed as Executive Director of Ashok Leyland R. Lakshmipathy elected as chairman of the Press Trust of India Ramesh Abhishek appointed as FMC chairman Rs 2,000-cr pharma research fund : Exim Bank The Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) will utilize Rs 2,000-crore fund in research activities for the pharma sector. It is being done to increase exposure in research and development. The fund has been allocated by the Commerce Ministry for the pharma sector. Exim Bank is looking for government contribution in this fund to keep the cost of lending rates low. Besides providing finance to export and import related activities, the bank is already into funding for research activities for corporates to boost competitiveness for exports. The Bank is also keen in having sector-specific fund for engineering. The bank has is planning a $ 500 million fund for the SME sectors modernization and technology development. Monisha Kalterborn Became the First Woman Team Principal in Formula one NATO headquarter is situated in ? Brusells Sustainable Development Conference name Called . Rio+20 . Who is Chairman Of ICC ? Alaan Isaac . R. Lakshmipathy elected as chairman of the Press Trust of India India successfully test fires user trial version of Brahmos supersonic cruise missile The name BrahMos is derived from the names of the two great rivers of India and Russia Brahmaputra and Moskva.

Ramachandran re-elected World Squash Chief Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi Scheme launched in Arunachal Pradesh India might be 1st BRIC to lose investment rating: S&P As per the ratings agency Standard & Poors India may become the 1st BRIC country to be degraded in investment grade rating. Cannes Film Festival: Austrian Director Haneke grabs top prize for a 2nd time Director: Michael Haneke (Haneke previously won this award for The White Ribbon in 2009) Movie: Love Best Actor: Mads Mikkelsen Movie: Hunt Best Actress: Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan ( shared ) Movie: Beyond the Hills Mysore gets countrys First Intelligent Transport System Chinese Film "11 Flowers" won NETPAC Award at Kolkata Film Festival Lyricist Gulzar Conferred with Indira Gandhi National Award Amitabh Bachchan Got Best TV Host Award for KBC Edinburgh Napier University honoured Sharmila Tagore with Honorary Doctorate of Arts First Ever India Biodiversity Award Presented in Hyderabad Reliance Industry Limited's Jamnagar refinery bagged British Safety Council Award Cabinet approves proposal to permit GAIL to sign agreement on TAPI Gas pipe line project The Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to permit GAIL India Limited to ink the Gas Sale & Purchase Agreement (GSPA) with Turkmenistans national oil company Turrnen-Gas, for the TurkmenistanAfghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline Project. UN Resolution vetoed by China, Russia: Situation intensifies in Syria Govt to uphold TUFS in the 12th plan Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma announced that the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) for the textile sector would be continued in the XII Plan. The scheme has
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been allocated Rs.15,886 crore. There is an increase in the amount granted to the scheme against XI Plan when it was Rs 12,000 crore. World Chess Championship: Viswanathan Anand Indian Grand Master Viswanatan Anand retained the FIDE ( Federation Internationale des Echec) World Chess Title for the record 5th time Asian chess: Parimarjan Negi wins Asian championship Double ITCZs: Double Inter Tropical Convergence Zone Barak Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan; US, Afghan sign Strategic Partnership Agreement The US President Barak Obama arrived in Afghanistan capital Kabul, on a surprise visit. US President Barak Obama and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai have signed historic Strategic Partnership Agreement outlining cooperation between the two countries after withdrawal of all international forces in 2014. New Director General of NSG Mr Subash Joshi is the new Director General of National Security Guard, NSG. Director of the News International Group, Rupert Murdoch resigns Indias largest industrial solar plant starts functioning Indias largest ever industrial solar plant in Ludhiana district of Punjab started functioning. This unit has been built to perform dual functions of producing solar power besides and providing permanent solution of disposal of large quantity of industrial waste water by evaporating it. Which woman Prime Minister was the Chief Guest of the Republic Day 2012 celebrations in India? Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra (Thailand) India-EU Summit 2012 12th India-EU Summit was held in New Delhi on 10 February 2012. EU was represented by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and Mr. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, President of the European Commission.
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Name the Chinese President who is in India on a 2-day visit to participate in the BRICS summit 2012 Hu Jintao Who is appointed as the president of NASSCOM ? Som Mittal NASSCOM:National Association of Software and Services Company Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2012 Vanya Mishra Food grain production during 2011-12 has been estimated at 250.42 million tonne. PF rate of Interest brought down to 8.25% for 2011-12. The rate was 9.5% in 2010-11. RBI reduced the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 75 basis point from 5.5% to 4.75% with effect from March 10, 2012. This reduction would inject around Rs. 48000 crore of primary liquidity into the banking system. Lok Sabha approves judicial Accountability Bill on March 30, 2012 which provides a mechanism for investigation against judges. British High Commisioner to India - James Bevan India's Highcommisioner to Britain - Jamini Bhagwati Iran successfully launched an observation satellite called Navid PM visited South Korea Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh visited South Korea on 25 March 2012 India and South Korea agreed to set a new bilateral trade target of 40 billion US dollars by 2015. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2010-11 Gagan Narang (Shooting) 2009-10 winner:Saina Nehwal (Badminton) Prize money:Rs 7.5 Lakhs Nomura slashes India GDP growth projection to 5.8% Nomura has lowered the countrys growth estimate for this fiscal to 5.8%, from 6.7% earlier. Nomura has also hacked its India GDP prediction for 2013-14 to 6.6% from the earlier 6.9%. The government is targeting at GDP growth rate of around 7.6% this fiscal. Indias economic growth plunged to 6.5% in 2011-12 from 8.4% in the previous two fiscals.
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It has also revised fiscal deficit forecast for India increasing it to 5.8% of GDP in the current fiscal from 5.2%. Government aims to curtail the fiscal deficit to 5.1% in 2012-13 from 5.76% in the previous fiscal. The Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) has decided to introduce electronic IPOs from January 1, 2013. Indias anti-ragging portal unveiled Government of India launched an antiragging website www.antiragging.in JIMEX 12 : India, Japan to have first bilateral naval exercise off Tokyo JIMEX 12 = Japan India Maritime Exercise 2012 Coca Cola to invest 5 billion dollars in India by 2020 Coca-Cola Company announced that it would invest $5 billion in the country between 2012 and 2020. India, Israel sign agreement to enhance bilateral relation in the Tourism Sector US announces $ 6million grant to Nepal US announced a $ 6million dollar grant to Nepal. It is for the school feeding program in Nepal. It will continue to provide midday meals for over 2 lakh children at 1,800 schools in 11 districts of Nepal for the next 3 years. French Open: Sania, Bhupathi clinch maiden mixed doubles title Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won their 2nd Grand Slam title together and first French Open trophy Agreement signed b/w India & Finland to boost cooperation on social security Cabinet clears 3 Bills The Universities for Research and Innovation Bill, 2012 Copyright (Amendment) Bill National Accreditation Regulatory Authority for Higher Educational Institutions Bill, 2012 Soumitra Chatterjee conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award Soumitra Chatterjee , veteran actor of Bengali cinema honoured with the esteemed Dadasaheb Phalke Award by Vice-President Hamid Ansari at the 59th National Awards for 2011 for his exceptional contribution to the growth of Indian cinema

NuSTAR successfully launched by NASA NuSTAR: Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array 5th International Sagarmatha Day (Mount Everst Day) celebrated in Nepal PM inaugurates Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Bathinda What is a negotiable instrument ? A cheque, promissory note or bill of exchange which are payable on demand. Australian Open 2012 Mens Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Womens Single: Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) Dubai Open 2012 Mens Singles: Roger Federer (Switzerland) Womens Single: Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) Womens Doubles :Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond (USA) The Arab League Summit was held in Baghdad from 27 to 29 March 2012. The three-day summit was hosted by Iraq.22 Arab league states participated in the summit. What is Indias projected peak population by UNO 1.718 billion in 2060. After which it will decline. At its peak India will be the most populous country in the world. China, at its peak in 2025, will have 1.395 billion people. World population Day is July 11 The population of India is 1,210,193,422 in 2011 Government of India and the World Bank on 20 January 2012 signed an IDA credit Government of India and the World Bank on 20 January 2012 signed an IDA credit of 130 million US dollars to finance the project NERLP (North East Rural Livelihoods Project). Four participating states of Mizoram, Nagaland,Sikkim and Tripura. What is Aadhaar? Government initiative to provide its citizens with Unique Identification (UID) number is called Aadhaar. What is NPA Non Performing Assets.
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What is PAN ? Permanent Account Number What is Eurozone crisis ? Acute financial crisis faced by some of the countries in European Union. They include Greece, Portugal , Spain and Italy. They find it tough to repay this debt and are on the verge of default. What is plastic money ? Credit cards are popularly known as plastic money. What is liquidity ? Easy convertibility into cash. What is hot money ? Money which has the tendency to migrate towards more profit oriented place. What is CCI ? The Competition Commission of India. It replaced Monopolies and Restricted Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) Basel II norms Maintaining Capital Adequate ratio The exchange of goods between the two or more countries is known as - FTA(Free Trade Agreement). Credit Rating agency in India CRISIL Stocks and bonds are trade Capital Market Insurance services given by banks are called Bancassurance. Bank are connected to all banking network -Core Banking Solution. Fastest inter bank transfer is by -- RTGS. ASBA -- Application Supported by Blocked Amount. SLR -- The minimum reserves each bank must hold to customer deposits and notes. FINO -- Financial Inclusion Network and Operations. Deepak Mohanti committee is related to -Base rate. Secondary Market regulated by SEBI The Foreign Exchange Reserve of India are kept in the custody of -- Reserve Bank of India. Plastic money -- Credit Card, Debit Card PPP means - Purchasing Power Parity.

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Sudan) WTO : Total- 156 (Last - Russia) World bank and IMF: Total-188 (Last South Sudan) European Union :Total- 27(Next member will be Croatia in July 2013) Nuclear Security Summit 2nd Summit 2012(Current):Seoul (South Korea), 3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Neitherland BRICS summit Country: Brazil,Russia,India,China,SouthAfrica. 4th Summit 2012(Current): New Delhi 5th Summit 2013(Next) : South Africa G 8 Summit 38th Summit 2012 : David camp, USA 39th Summit 2013 : United Kingdom G 20 Summit 7th Summit 2012 : Los Kabos, Mexico 8th Summit 2013 :St. Petersberg, Russia NAM Summit 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit:Tehran (Iran) 17th Summit(Next)-in 2015: Venezuela 26-31 August at attended by(India): Prime Minister Theme: Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance. SCO Summit 12th Summit 2012 : Beijing Attended by:SM Krishna(Forgien Minister) 13th Summit 2013 : Kyrgyzstan Nato Summit-Chikago Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq) World Economic Forum Summit 2012 November : Gurgaon (Haryana) 20th ASEAN Meeting 2012 :Phnom penh, Cambodia 10th BASIC Summit :New Delhi Earth Summit : Rio de Janeiro United Nation conference on Sustanable Devlopment - Riode Janeiro World Economic Forum 2012: Davos (Switzerland)
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The bank cheques use the principle of _ MICR - Magnetic Ink Character Recognition The Mechanical or electronic translation of scanned item into machine encoded form OCR (Optical character Recognition) Correcting errors in a program called Debugging The process of finding errors in the software code is called Testing Process of writing computer instructions is called Coding A technique for direct search is hashing An error in a program is known as bug The first page of a website ______ Homepage What is e-commerce Buying and selling products and services over the internet A person who used his or her expertise to gain access to other peoples computers to get information illegally or do damage is called ______ Hacker When some one forcefully takes control of a website is known as Web Jacking What is a junk e-mail? An unsolicited mail from an unknown sender. Junk email is spam Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT are known as ______ Operating System In WINDOWS ME, ME Stands for: Millenium In WINDOWS XP, XP stands for: eXPerience A ______ is a set of rules Protocol Standard protocol of the internet is TCP/IP TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol A repair for a known software bug, usually available at no charge on the internet, is called ______ Patch Vendor-created programme modifications are called ______ Patches

What is an embedded system? A computer and software system that controls a machine or appliance Most application software today comes with an interface called a(n) Graphical User Interface (GUI) Commonly used Graphical User Environment device: Mouse is a specially designed mouse for handicapped person. Nouse A compiler translates a program written in a high level language into Machine Language An assembler is used to translate a program written in Assembly language The symbols used in assembly language. Mnemonics The first computer were programmed using Machine language Inorder to save an existing document with a different name you need to use the Save as command Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called ______ keys Function Every component of your computer is either Hardware or Software How many write cycles are allowed to EEPROM? 1000 EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory PROM stands for Programmable Read only Memory The connection between your computer at home and your local ISP is called ____ The last mile ______ refers the fastest, biggest and most expensive computer Super Computer The most powerful type of computer: Super Computer Soft Copy refers to Screen Output Hard Copy refers to Printed document. If the URL http/www.prenhall.com, the portion labelled http is the ______ Host (HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator www stands for World Wide Web. Father of www - Tim BernesLee
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Permanent instruction that the computer uses when it is turned on and that cannot be changed by other instructions are contained in ROM - Read Only Memory. It is nonvolatile ROM is compossed of Microprocessors. Cache and main memory will lose their contents when the power is off. They are volatile. RAM (Random Access Memory) is also volatile. Unsolicited commercial e-mail from someone you dont know, what should you do? Deleting it without opening it. VIRUS stands for Vital Information Resources Under Siege A program designed to destory data in your computer which can travel to infect other computer is called a Virus Common Virus are Melissa, Morris Worm, Chernobyl, Boot Sector, Macro etc. A(n) ______ allows sharing of a broadband internet connection Router is used to extend the length of the network without having the signal degrade. Repeater Who is the founder of facebook? Mark Zuckerbegs Facebook, a social networking service launched in Feb 2004 Founder of Twitter? Ivan Williams The updates of twitter is known as tweets Myspace, Linked In, NetLog, Hi5 of are Social Networking Sites What are .bas, .doc and html ______ extensions The default Extensions of Excel file .Xls. Extension of Word 2007 .docx You can keep your personal files/folders in ___ My documents Which drive usually represent the main hard disk drive? C drive The rectangular area of the screen that displays a program, data or information is a ______ Window Currently being used Window is known as

Active Window How many Windows can be active at a time? One Some thing which has easily understood instructions is said to be ______ User friendly A pattern of printed lines on most products are called barcodes It consists of thick and thin lines. The ______ becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing Mouse pointer The pointer usually appears in the shape of an arrow Latest version of MS Office is Office 2010 What is the name of latest server operating system developed by microsoft Windows 2008 The latest version of Windows Operating System and set to be released on october 26,2012. The new logo of Microsoft, features a square which contains four seperate coloured squares. Most mail programs automatically complete the following two parts in an e-mail From and Date Micro processor was introduced in which generation of computer? Fourth Generation First Generation - Vacuum Tubes and Magnetic drums. Second Generation - Semiconductors Third Generation - Integrated Circuits Fifth Generation - Artificial Intelligence The acronym DBMS stands for what? Data Base Management System ODBC stands for Open Data Base Connectivity Computers process binary numbers which are composed of 1s and 0 s A ______ represents approximate one billion memory location Giga byte A represents approximate one million memory location. Megabyte The common storage device for the personal computer is the Hard disk drive
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A micro processor is the brain of the computer and is also called Microchip A popular way to learn about computer without evergoing to a classroom is called e-learning What is the another names for a chip? Silicon Chip, Integrated circuit is generally regard as the first microprocessor Intel 4004 Pentium series of microprocessors were introduced by Intel How many characters can be typed in a single cell Excel? 65,535 Smallest storage unit of a computer is bit Bit is the short form of Binary digit Group of 4 bits known as - Nibble Group of 8 bit called - 1 byte The ______ controls communications for the entire computer system Mother Board The ______ tells the rest of the computer how to carry out programs instructions Control unit What is the name of list that stores the URLs of web pages and links visited in past fewdays ? History list Which menu is MS word can be used to change page size and type face? Format The first electronic computer in the world was ENIAC (Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator) The first electronic computer which soft could store programms in the memory was EDVAC (Electronics Discrete Variable Computer) EDVAC invented by John Von Neumann. First commercially available computer UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) When did arch rivals IBM and Apple computers inc decide to join hands - 1991 The internet is opened to ordinary users in 1994 Hotmail is come to being in 1996 First computer installed in India 1955 The ______ settings are automatic and standard Default A CD-RW disk can be erased and re-written For sound recording, what is necessary Microphone A program that works like a calculator for keep-

ing track of money and making budgets is used a Spread sheet Lotus 1-2-3 is a Spreadsheet Software The acronym HTML stands for Hyper Text Mark up language To restart the computer ______ key is used Alt + Ctrl + Del LAN stands for Local Area Network The network used exclusively in a company LAN WAN - Wide Area Network MAN - Metropolitan Area Network SAN - Storage Area Network VAN - Value Added Network. What is Output? Processor gives to the user A(n) ______ contains commands that can be selected Icon You can use the ______ bar to type a URL and display a webpage, or type a keyword to display a list of related web pages. Address To reload a web page, press the ___ button Refresh The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminals computer is example of a law enforcement specially called Computer forensics uses special software to scan hard drives of potential criminal suspects. Computer Forensics Access based on persons finger print is an example of biometric identification All the deleted files go to Recycle bin Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system are Peripherals Which media have the ability to have data/ information stored (written) on them by users more than once? Both CD-RW disk and Zip disks This type of memory improves processing by acting as a temperory high speed holding area between the memory and the CPU Cache Memory A word in a web page that when clicked opens another document is called Hyperlinks
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Which of the following displays the button for changing text style, alignment and size Formatting Toolbar ______ is when the computer is turned on and the operating system is loading Booting The most common input devices are the ______ and the ______ Keyboard and Mouse If you install a new program on your computer, it is typically added to the ______ menu all programs To access a mainframe or super computer, users often use a ______ Desktop What are the two parts of an E-mail address User name and domain name An advantage of a distributed word processing network is ______ less delay in inter-office communications The ______ controls a client computers resources Server application After a user has saved and deleted many files, many scattered areas of stored data remain that are too small to be used efficiency causing Fragmentation The time it takes a device to locate data and instructions and make them available to the CPU is known as ______ a processing cycle Arranging of data in a logical sequence is known as Sorting A ______ is a unique name that you give to a file of information File name What are the two examples of free ware Winzip and Linux The cheapest memory devices interms of cost/ bit Compact Disks Magnetic tape is not practical for applications where data must be quickly recalled because tape is A sequential-acess medium Device drivers are small, special-pupose programs Reusable optical storage will typically have the acronym RW The number of pixels displayed on a screen is
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known as the screen Resolution Where is the disk put to enable the computer to read it? Disk drive Three types of computer disk include CD-Row, CD-R and ______ CD-RW What is MP3? A sound format A ______ contains specific rules and words that express the logical steps of an algoritham Syntax If a memory chip is volatile, it will _____ be used for data storage only Perl is a Dynamic Programming Language Laser Printer is invented by ______ in the year ______ xerox, 1969 FIND option is available under which menu? Edit Find is the easiest way to locate a word or phrase. ______ are a type of inexpensive digital camera that remains tethered to a computer and are used for video conferencing, video chatting and live web broad cast Web cam The amount of time required by a storage device to retrieve data and programme is its ______ access speed A DVD is an example of a(n) ______ Optical disk The signal that a computer is waiting for a command from the user prompt When you quickly press and release the left mouse button twice, you are Double-clicking The benefit of using computers is that _ Computers are very fast and can store huge amount of data A Light Pen is a ______ Pointing device A sales clerk at a checkout counter scanning a tag on an item rather than keying into the system is using Source data automation The main memory of a computer can also be called Primary Storage Collecting personal information and effective posing as another individual is known as the
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crime of identity theft Information on a computer is stored as Digital data If you want to move an icon on your desktop, this is called Dragging To ______ a document means to make changes to its existing files Edit A blinking symbol which indicates the next character will appear at which place is called Cursor What is an E-mail attachment? A separate document from another programme sent along with an e-mail message One advantage of dial-up internet access is ______ it utilizes existing telephone service What is the storage area for e-mails messages called ______ A mailbox e-mail means Electronic Mail The ______ folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send Drafts The internet is Large networks of networks Surfing is the term connected with Internet While sending an e-mail, the field describes the contents of the message Subject Who introduced e-mail Ray Tomilson ______ is the most popular internet activity Communication What is windows explorer? A file manager The internet allows you to connects to servers all around the world The operating system called UNIX is typically used for Web servers ______ are attempts by individuals to obtain confidential information from you by falsifying their identity Phishing scams What are the four things needed to connect to the internet? Computer,ISP,Modem and communication software The process of transferring files from a computer to the internet to your computer is called? downloading
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A(n) ______ is composed of several computers connected together to share resources and data network Which structure is very popular for Local Area Network? Bus Network Between mini computers and micro computers in a term of processing power is a class of computers known as Driver A device that connects to a network without the use of cables is said to be wireless Computers connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) Share Information and/ or share peripheral equipment An e-mail address typically consists of a user ID followed by the ______ sign and the name of the e-mail server that manages the users electronic post office box @ Why should you delete unknown e-mail attachments? It might contain a virus that could hurt your computer Any letter, number, or symbol found on the computer? Character The different styles of lettering in a word processing program Font The shortcut that allows you to print is Ctrl+P Which type of file is created by word processing programs Document file Numbers in table columns are usually Right aligned In EXCEL, ______ contains one or more work sheets The work book To make the number pad act as directional arrows you press the key num lock A tuple is a ______ row of a table A ______ is an electronic device that process data converting it into information Processor Computer ______ is what ever is typed, submitted or transmitted to a computer system Input The Unit of speed used for super computer is GELOPS The OSI reference model defines the function for seven layers of protocols not including the user or communication medium
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Impact printers strike a ribbon against the paper to produce cordinates character images What device is used for entering X-Y cordinates Joy Stick Whcih device can draw continous lines plotter When we move from the outermost track to the innermost track in a magnetic disk, the density increases Communication circuits that transmit data in both directions but not at the same time are operating in half-duplex mode The process of copying data from a memory location is called reading The process of putting data into a storage location is called Writing Microsoft offices personal inforamation manages is Out look A website address is a unique name that identifies a specific ______ on the web Website Which is a popular programming language for developing multimedia webpages, websites and web-based applications? Java Programming language is used for creating applets Java Java Programming language was developed by James Gosling A chat is ______ a typed conversation that takes place on a computer The general term Peripheral Equipment is used for any device that is attached to a computer system If a disk drive fails but the computer application running and using it can continue processing, this application is said to have been designed with this feature Fault tolerance The ______ enables you to simultaneoulsy keep multiple web pages open in one browser window Tab Box Most of the commonly used personal computers laptops do not have a command key known as Turnover

Most of the commonly availabe personal computers/laptop have a keyboard popularly known as QWERTY In order to save a word document as a web page you need to Save as HTML ______displays to the right of the Space where the text will be inserted when you type? Insertion point A word processor would most likely be used to Prepared document To move down a page in a document Scroll Hacker is a person Who designs the softwares which are threat to the system Firewalls are used to protect against _______ Virus Attacks A proxy server is used for To process client requests for Web Pages The issues that deal with collection and use of data about individuals is ______ Privacy A term relating to sending data to a satellite Uplink un athorized copying of software to be used for personal gain instead for personal backups is called Software piracy What is usually used for displaying information at public places Over head projections Participants can see and hear each other in a(n) ______ tele conference In database, a field is a ______ table of information Professional designers can create sophisticated documents that contain text, graphics and many colours using ______ software. DeskTop Publishing (DTP) The new ______ processor integrates the functions of a procesor, memory and video card on a single chip System on a chip A __ is a small hand held computer that helps you surf the web and program simple tasks PDA-Personal Digital Assistant Time taken to move from one cylinder of a add to another is called? Average seek time ______ transforms one interface into another interface Software
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What are three type of bus in computer Data Bus, Address Bus, Control Bus A collection of related files is called a Record ______ are words that a programming languge has set aside for its own use. Control words What disk is used to cold-book a PC? System disk .______ Menu types is also called a drop-down menu Pop-Up ______ is a procedure that requires users to enter an identification code and a matching password Logging on A collection of interrelated records is called a ______ database ______ moves the cursor one space to the right or put spaces in between words Space bar Use this when you want to make all letters capital without having to use the shift key for each character Caps lock key When your computer stops working suddenly it is referred to as a ______ Crash A symbol or question on the screen that prompts you to take action and tells the computer. What to do next ______ Prompt and dialog box A place that a user can creates to store files Folder Start or restart the computer boot The primary device that a computer uses to store information hard drive To make a notebook can be connected to a ______ which is connected to a monitor and other devices. docking station The ______ manual tells you how to use a software program User How many margins are on a page Four (top, bottom, right and left) Where are programs and data kept while the processor is using them Main memory
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The type of operating system software you use depends on your computer Plat form The two board categories of sotware are System and Application BIOS stands for Basic input output system How many different document can you have open at anyone time? As many as your computer memory will hold Smallest unit on screen or monitor that can be illuminate in order to project the image is Pixel What is the address given to a computer connected to a network called IP Address QDOS Stands for Quick and Dirty Operating System The ______button on the quick access Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent commands or actions Undo If you are going to a site you use often, instead of having to type in the address every time you should Bookmark it A disks Content that is recorded at the time of manufacture and that cannot be changed or erased by the user is ______ Read only In computer language one kilobyte equals 1024 bytes Charles Babbage invented Difference Engine Letters, Memos, Term Papers, Reports and Contracts are all example of Documents How many values can be represented by single byte 256 Which type of Software is used to make a slide show Presentation Software Personal logs or Journal entries posted on the web are known as Blogs Artificial intelligence can be used in every sphere of life because of its Ability of think like human beings In Pcs, P stands for Personal ______ controls the manner of interaction between the user and the operatig system User interface If you type a word that is not in words dictionary, a wavy ______ underline appears below the word Red
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Horizontal and Vertical lines on a worksheet are called Gridlines Software you can use to create a budget is called Spreadsheet software ______ is the process of carrying out commands Fetching Delivery channel means places where products are made available to the buyers Passwords enable users to retain confidentiality of files When sending an e-mail, the ______ line describes the contents of the message Subject A ______ is a named set of characters that have the same characteristics Type style A ______ pre-designed document that already has coordinating fonts, a layout and a background Template The ______ of software contains lists of commands and options. Menu bar A ______ can make it easier to play games Joy Stick Which key is used in combination with another key to perform a specific task? Control When you turn on the computer the boot routine will perform this test? disk drive test For creating a document, you use ______ command at file menu New When you save to this, your data will remain intact even when the computer is turned off. Secondary Storage Device The task bar is located at the bottom of the screen What type of computer could be found in a digital watch Embedded computer The ______ is the box that most important parts of a computer system System unit The main directory of a disk is called the ______ directory root Antivirus software is an example of _____ A security utility

Computer programs are written in a high level programming language, however, the human readable version of a program is called ______ Source code What happens when you press the ctrl+v key The selected item- is pasted to the clipboard Which do you press to enter the current date in a cell? ctrl + ; (semicolon) Which of the following describes a relational databae? It consists of separate tables of related data ________ places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database How do you prevent emailed word documents form always opening in the Reading layout? From the Tools menu > Options > General Tab > uncheck the Allow starting in Reading layout In Excel, Charts are created using which options? Chart Wizard Back up of the data files will help to prevent loss of data Text in a column is generally aligned Justified The back ground of any word document can have any colour you choose The ability to find an individual item in a file immediately ______ is used direct access Virtual memory is Memory on the hard disk that the CPU uses an extended RAM To move to the beginning of a line of text, press the ______ key Enter If text was highlighted and Edit Copy was clicked what would happen? Text would be copied from the document A scanner scans Both pictures and text For opening and closing of the file in Excel, you can use which bar? Title A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for many PCs. Work stations and other computer is a(n). Server A program that generally has more user friendly interface than DBMS is called a ______ Front end
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Each cell in a microsoft Excel document is referred to by its cell address, which is the Cells row and column labels The best reason that a computer needs to have a hard dis k is because______ it can store information when it is switched off ______ is when the more power-hungry components, such as the monitor and the hard drive, are put idle. Stand by mode When a computer is suddenly stop works is said to be Hanged Programs from the same developer, sold bundled together, that provide better integration and share common features, toolbars, and menus are known as Software suites The OSI model is divided into ______ process called layers Seven Routers work at which layer of the OSI model Network layer. Repeaters operates in which layer of the OSI model Physical layer What is the primary difference between a virus and a worm A worm has the ability to self-propagate from an infected users computer to other computers ______ describes what is in database fields Field names A goal of normalization is to minimize data redundancy A code that relational database management systems use to perform their database tasks is referred to as SQL Linux is a(n) ______ Operating System Open-Source This can be another word for program Software The term hypertext means Hypermedia The word FTP Stands for File Transfer Protocol What is the process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the hard disk called ______
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Installation A collection of programs that controls how your computer system runs and process information is called Operating System It tells the computer how to use its components VoIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol What is the meaning of CC in E-mail? Carbon Copy What is Wimax? Wireless Internet Technology You tube is a Famous Video sharing site Where is the headquarters of Microsoft Santa Clara, California .AVI is a type extension. Video file Which kind of computer memory is the first to activate when you turn on your computer? BIOS - Basic Input Output System Erasing magnetic media is known as deguss To find alternatives words with the same / similar meaning you can use the thesaurus How many text allignment methods are available in MS Word? 4 (Four) Father of HTML (Hyper Text Markup language) Tim Berners Lee Project Shicago is related with Windows Where was first ATM started? In 1967, London Father of ASCII code Bob Bemer ICANN stands for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names ISDN stands for Integrated Services Digital Network The robots which can run with related to internet i-robots Google was developed by Lary page, Serigi Brin Which feature of Excel is used to type in error free values of an application? Data Validation Orientation in Printing means: Direction of print in the paper Generally how many worksheets available when a new Excel worksheet is open. 3 (three) In UNIX, grep command is used for Search of a word in a file A command file is actually a Computer program WORM stands for Write Once Read Many
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The default view in Excel is Normal In word, you can force a page break By positioning your cursor at the appropriate place and pressing Ctrl+Enter. Grouping and processing all of a firms transactions at one time is called A real time system If you want to connect to your own computer through the internet from another location you can use Telnet Father of free software foundation? Richard Mathew Stallman A measurement used in comparing software and hardware performance is known as Benchmarking The Linux based operating system for mobile devices is known as Android The term used for enviromentally sustainable computing is Green computing Dot-matrix printer is an example of Impact Printer DBMS allows you to extropolate information from your data by using a query language Where are cookies stored? On the client Bandwidth refers to The amount of information a communications medium can transfer in a given amount of time. Programs that automatically submit your search request to several search engines simultaneously are called Metasearch Engines MetaSearch Engines are Answers.com, Hot Bot, MetaCrawler etc. All purpose search Engines are Google, Yahoo !, Lycos Etc, To drop a column that is used as a foreign keyi first drop the foreign key constraint Which kind of lock includes a keypad that can be used to control accessed into areas? Cipher What kind of scheme is the HTTP protocol? request/response A step by step produce for solving a problem is called An algorithm

Which class of software package allow people to send electronic mail along an network of computer and workstations? Data communication packages The interactive transmission of data within a time sharing system may be best suited to half-duplex lines In which network topology, there are bi-directional links between each possible nodes? Mesh topology In networking, UTP means Unshielded Twisted Pair Communication between computers is almost always Serial Data are followed to be transmitted in only one direction in a Simplex channel Error detection at a data link level is achieved by Cyclic redundancy code A central computer surrounded by one or more satellite computers is called a Star network Which device discriminates between multicast and unicast packets? Multicast Router. Coaxial cable is suitable for use in topology. bus In ring topology, the links are -----Unidirectional is suitable for use in star and ring topologies Twisted pair ------topology can be considered as an extension of bus topology Tree In a ring topology, the computer in possession of the can transmit data token The transmission mode which is used for data communication along telephone lines? Serial In communication Satellite, multiple repeaters are known as transponders What kind of connectors are used to connect a pc power supply to a bord drive? Molex language is used for artificial intelligence. PROLOG LISP programming language is related to artificial intelligence
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Father of artificial intelligence John McCarthy Data bus is bidirectional should be select when an Excel worksheet is to linked for use in a power point presentation. Edit Copy The icon represents an email message that has not been read. closed envelope increase the accuracy of a search by finetuning the keywords in the search Links describe what is in database fields. Field names A goal of normalization is to minimise data redundancy Internet 2 means An association to develop advanced internet technology. The output which is made up of pictures, sounds, and video is called Multimedia Which feature adjusts the top and bottom margins, so that the text is centered vertically on the printed page? Vertical Justifying is a form of denial service attack in which a hostile client repeatedly sends SYN packets to every port on the server using fake IP addresses. SYN Flooding Which powerpoint view displays each slide of the presentation as a thumbnail and is useful for rearranging slides? Slide Sorter Which device support data encryption for secure wireless communication for notbook users? USB wireless network adapter What refers to a set of characters of a particular design? typeface An allows you to access you e-mail from anywhere. Webmail interface type of electromagnetic waves are used by the Wi-Fi to exchange/ transmit data wirelessly? Microwaves

computer programs is used to create a copy of all the visited pages and indexes the downloaded pages to provide fast searches. Webcrawlers is the Indias fastest Super Computer today. SAGA 220 TFLOPS Stands for Trillion Floating Point Operations Per Second. Sells largest smart phones in the world. Samsung group In which networks, all nodes are connected to a common medium and commonly used in the original ethernet. Bus network Present Chairman of NASSCOM N. Chandrasekharan NASSCOM stands for National Association of Software Services Companies CERT stands for Computer Emergency Response Team Present Director of CERT Gulshan Rai The computer defeated World chess champion Garry Kasparov is Deep Blue New Version of Deep Blue Deeper Blue Who was the first to use the term robot Karel Capek Father of Industrial Robots Joseph.F.Engelberiger Father of Binary language George Boole is the global pool of information held on computer networks connected by Sophisticated transmission technology that can be accessed by anyone. Cyberspace 1024 zettabyte is reffered to as 1 Yotta byte (YB) The electronic model of Neuron is known as Neuristor FORTRAN stands for Formula Translator The first computer installed in India HEC - 2M A CPU chip developed by intel for wireless laptops is called the Xeon. A good website is relevant, reliable, recent and verifiable Which type of printers, printing head contacts with the paper in printing process? Impact printers Basic building block for a digital circuit is Logic gate
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