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1. The South African Reserve Bank on 6 Nov 2012 rolled out new bank notes bearing the face of thecountry’s first Black President Nelson Mandela marking it as a tribute to him.

2. Pakistan won the Asian Kabbadi Championship defeated India in the Final. 3. Goormail Singh is Indian Kabbadi Coach. 4. Irom Sharmila, the Iron lady of Manipur completed 12 years of fast. She is demanding

Cancellation of AFPSA ( Armed Forces Special Power Act. 1958) 5. Cricketer Vernon Philander named South African sportsman of the year 2012 6. Hironomy Chatterjee appointed as the CEO of AITA – All India Tennis Association. 7. IHF (Indian Hockey Federation) New President is V Dinesh Reddy. 8. Lyricist Gulzar conferred with Indira Gandhi National Award. 9. United Nation declared Nov 10 Malala Day.Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani Girl.Shot

militant Group 10. Taliban.Taliban is against Girls going to Schools. 11. Literacy critic and educator Gayatri Chakravorty Spivok got Kyoti Prize. 12. Xi Jinping is the new general secretary of the communist porty of China. 13. Tamil Nadu is the only State having 3 Major Ports. 14. Chris Gayle is the First Cricketer in the History of Test Matches hit Sixer on the very first

ball of a test match. In this match he was playing against Bangladesh and bowler debutant was Sohag Gazi.

15. ARCHDUKE JOSEPH is an Indian Diamond found recently in Golconda(Hyderabad). 16. ATP world tour winners Marcel Granoller and Marc Lopez defeated Mahesh Bhupathi

and Rohan Bopanna(Indians).Held in Paris. 17. Shanti Gandhi a great Grandson of mahatma Gandhi was elected to a state assembly in

US. 18. Baxter A is a Humanoid Robot of USA. 19. Mirabai Chanu Claimed 3 Bronze medals ar Asian Junior Weightlifting Championship. 20. Supreme court declared that Criminal cases can’t be dismissed because of delay. 21. President of Afghanisthan Hamid Karzai Visited India.(9‐13 November) 22. International Crop Science award given to ICRISAT(International Crop Research Institure

for Semi Arid Tropics) Scientist Dr. C.L. Laxmipathi Gowda. 23. Uttrakhand top in EPI‐Environmental Performance Index (Cleanest City as per as

Environment). 24. Polly Umrigar Award given to Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. 25. Air Chief Marshall of India – Norman Anil Kumar Browne. 26. Chief of Naval of India – Admiral D.K. Joshi. 27. General of Army of India – Bikram Singh. 28. Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)‐Dr. K. Radhakrishna. 29. DG (Director General) of DRDO‐Dr.V.K.Saraswat. 30. DG of ITBP (Indo‐Tibetan Border Police)‐Ranjit Sinha. 31. DG of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force)‐Pranay Sahay. 32. DG of NSG (National Security Guard)‐Subhash Joshi. 33. DG of Narcotics Control Beaurue – Rajiv Mehta. 34. Director of IB (Intelligence Beaurue) – Nehchal Sandhu. 35. Director of CBI (Crime Beaurue of Investigation) – A.P. Singh.



36. Director of Raw –Sanjeev Tripathi. 37. Chairperson of CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes)‐Dr.Poonam Kishore Saxena. 38. Chairman of Planning Commission of India – Dr.Manmohan Singh. 39. Director General Central Industrial Security Force(CISF) ‐ Mr. Rajiv 40. India Ranked 40th in World Economic Forum’s Financial Development Report 2012. 41. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was invited to teach in China’s Peking University. 42. World Carom Champion‐ Rashmi Kumari. 43. Spy Princess is biography of Noor Inayat Khan. 44. Andhra Pradesh High Court Lifted Lifetime Ban on Mohammed Azharrudin (Former

Indian Cricket Team Captain). 45. CIA Director‐David Petraeus Resigned. 46. BBC Director General – George Entwistle resigned over covering Sexual Abuse. 47. New MD and CEO of BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)‐Asish Kumar Chauhan. 48. Pucca house scheme stared in Sikkim. Provide pacca house to all Citizens of Sikkim. 49. Thailand Open Winner – Richard Gasquet defeated Gills Simon. 50. New HDFC Chairman – Deepak Parekh. 51. AAI announced International Airport for 5 Cities. Approved Names are Lukhnow,

Varanasi, Mangalore, Tiruchirapalli and Coimbatore. 52. DG (Investigation) of NHRC‐Kanwaljeet Deol. 53. Foreign Minister of Venezuela‐ Nicolas Maduro. 54. PM of Libya‐Ali Ziedan Replaced Mustafa Abu Shagur. 55. Mrs. India Worldwide 2012 – Rebecca Logein from Raipur. 56. Secretary General of NATO‐Anders Fogh Rasmussen. 57. Ex.Phillipines President Gloria Arroyo arrested stealing 3666 million Peso.(USD 8.8

Million). 58. Felix Baumgartner – Made record.He jumped 24 Miles above the earth. 59. Other than Sachin Tendulkar Indian Ex. Attorney General Soli Sobarjee got Order of

Australia in 2006. 60. 46th Jananpith Award‐Kannad writer Chandrasekhar Kambar 45th Jananpith Award was

given to Amar kant and Srilal Shukla.This year Award was given in Belgaum(Karnataka). 61. Green Parent Award‐Hollywood Actress Jessica Alba. 62. Capital of Mangolia is Ulan Bator. 63. India’s First E‐Library will be in Jharkhand. 64. Tropical Storm “Jelawat “ Struck Southern Japan. 65. Jinnah Vs Gandhi written by Roderick Mathews. 66. Pride of india Honour Given to Tirlochan Singh for Outstanding Services. 67. Sin Tax is a tax imposed on Gambling, Alchohal and Cigarette. 68. Rashtriya Kishore Kumar Samman given to Salim Khan. 69. New Chief justice of High Court of MP‐Sharad Arvind Bobde. 70. PM of Libya‐Ali Zeidan. 71. Seceratary General of FICCI‐ A. Didar Singh succeeded Rajiv Kumar. 72. Miss India Universe 2012‐Urvashi Rautela. 73. Rwanda is new member of United Nations Security Council. 74. World’s highest Polling Station‐Hikkam village (Himachal Pradesh).



75. Single Voter Polling Station in Banej Village(Junagarh) for Voter Bharatdas Darshandas (55 years).

76. Lek Sonyachi Scheme Started in MP for BPL (Below Poverty Line) Girls. 77. Chairman of the Board of Director PTI (Press Trust of India)‐R.Laxmipathy. 78. Lifetime achievement award at 14th Mumbai film Festival was given to – Waheeda

Rehman. 79. President of KK Birla Foundation is Shohbana Bharti. 80. 52nd National Open Athletics Championship was held in Chennai. 81. Secretary for Department of School Education and Literacy – Rajarshi Bhattacharya. 82. Bihar Observed Dolphin Day on 5th October 2012. 83. Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize given to Allende Chilean. 84. First President of USA was George Washington, 1789‐1797. 85. 7th East Asia summit was held at Peace Palace ,Phnom Penh Cambodia on 19

November,2012. 86. India’s First indigenous Civilian aircraft is Saras. 87. New head coach of Pakistan’s national Cricket team for next 2 years is Dav whatmore. 88. Thailand is also known as land of white elephants. 89. New Chairman and CEO of PEPSICO is Indira Nooyi. 90. Kerala is also known as India’s Spice Garden State. 91. NCL‐National Chemical Laboratory is in Pune. 92. ICANN‐Internet Corporation for assigned names and numbers. 93. CEO of ICANN is Fadi chehade earlier was Rod Beckstorm. 94. ZIP stands for zoning improvement Plan. 95. Winter Olympic 2014 will be held in Sochi (Russia). 96. Olympic the Indian story – author of this book is Boria Majundar and Nalini Mehata. 97. Gangnam Style is the most viewed video on YouTube earlier was Justin Barber’s Song

Baby. 98. Indira Gandhi Prize for peace, Disarmament and development 2012 given to Ellen 99. Johnson Sir leaf (Liberian President).



ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS (NOV. 2012)

1. NSDRC‐National Ship Design and Research Centre Head is in Vishakhapatnam. 2. CACP ‐ Commission of Agriculture Cost and Prices. 3. CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access 4. AAI‐Airport Authority of India 5. WDR – World Development Report 6. SEZ‐Special Economic Zone 7. FICCI‐Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 8. ONGC – Oil Natural Gas Corporation 9. NMDC – National Mineral Development Corporation 10. UIDAI ‐ Unique Identification Authority of India 11. UNESCO – United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization. 12. NPCI‐National Payment Corporation of India. 13. ATP‐Association of Tennis Professionals 14. NTCA‐National Tiger Conservation Authority. 15. CAG‐Comptroller Auditor General 16. CWCR‐Child Witness Court Room 17. ASSOCHAM‐Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. 18. NASSCOM‐National Association of Software and Service Companies. 19. ESCAP‐Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

SOME IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS

1. ABM Anti Ballistic Missile 2. AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences 3. APEDA Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority 4. BBC British Broadcasting Corporation 5. BCCI Board of Control for Cricket in India 6. BHEL Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited 7. BIMSTEC Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation 8. CARE Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere 9. CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 10. CDRI Central Drug Research Institute 11. CIA Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.A.) 12. CID Criminal Investigation Department 13. CNG Compressed Natural Gas 14. CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 15. DDT Dichloro Diphenyle Tri‐chloroethane 16. DFDR Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box) 17. DNA Di‐oxyribo‐Nucleic Acid 18. EDUSAT Education Satellite



19. EPABX Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange 20. ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration 21. ESCAP Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (This is the new name of

ECAFE) 22. FAO Food and Agriculture Organization 23. FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA) 24. FERA Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 25. FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act 26. FIR First Information Report 27. FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion Board 28. FTA Free Trade Agreement 29. GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited 30. FTZ Free Trade Zone 31. GATT General Agreement on Tariff and Trade 32. GDP Gross Domestic Product 33. GIST Global Institute of Science and Technology 34. GMT Greenwich Mean Time 35. GNLF Gorkha National Liberation Front 36. GNP Gross National Product 37. GPO General Post Office 38. HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation 39. HIV Human Immuno‐deficiency Virus 40. IAAI International Airport Authority of India 41. IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency 42. IBA Indian Bank Association 43. ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited 44. IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India 45. IDPL Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited 46. IGCAR Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research 47. ILO International Labour Organization 48. INS Indian Naval Ship 49. INTERPOL International Police Organization 50. IRDA Insurance Regulatory Development Authority 51. IRDP Integrated Rural Development Programme 52. ISI Inter Services Intelligence (Pakistan) 53. ISRO Indian Space Research Organization 54. KYC Know Your Customer 55. LASER Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation 56. LIBOR London Inter Bank Offered Rate 57. NABARD National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development 58. NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement 59. NARI National AIDS Research Institute 60. NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) 61. NASDAQ National Association of Security Dealer’s Active Quotation



62. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization 63. NBFC Non‐Banking Financial Companies 64. NCERT National Council of Educational Research & Training 65. NCHRH National Council for Human Resource in Health 66. NEERI National Environment Engineering Research Institute 67. NHRC National Human Rights Commission 68. NOIDA New Okhla Industrial Development Authority 69. NREGA National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 70. NRHM National Rural Health Mission 71. ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Commission 72. OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 73. PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 74. PFRDA Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority 75. PSLV Polar. Satellite Launch Vehicle 76. PWD Public Works Department 77. RADAR Radio Angle Direction and Range 78. RSS Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 79. RTRA Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority 80. SEWA Self‐Employed Women’s Association 81. SEBI Security Exchange Board of India 82. SGRY Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana 83. SGSY Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana 84. SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank of India 85. SLV Satellite Launch Vehicle 86. TISCO Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited 87. TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 88. TTFI Table Tennis Federation of India 89. UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees 90. UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund 91. VAT Value Added Tax 92. WCCB Wildlife Crime Control Bureau 93. WEF World Economic Forum 94. WHO World Health Organization

IMPORTANT DAYS – DECEMBER

1. 1 Dec ‐ World AIDS Day 2. 2 Dec ‐ International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 3. 3 Dec ‐ International Day of Disabled Persons 4. 9 Dec ‐ International Day against Corruption



CHIEF MINISTER OF INDIAN STATES

1. Andhra Pradesh ‐ Shri Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy 2. Arunachal Pradesh ‐ Shri Nabam Tuki 3. Assam ‐ Shri Tarun Gogoi 4. Bihar ‐ Shri Nitish Kumar 5. Chhattisgarh ‐ Dr. Raman Singh 6. Delhi ‐ Smt. Sheila Dikshit 7. Goa ‐ Shri Manohar Parrikar 8. Gujarat ‐ Shri Narendra Modi 9. Haryana ‐ Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda 10. Himachal Pradesh ‐ Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal 11. Jammu and Kashmir ‐ Shri Omar Abdullah 12. Jharkhand ‐ Shri Arjun Munda 13. Karnataka ‐ Shri Jagadish Shivappa Shettar 14. Kerala ‐ Mr Oommen Chandy 15. Madhya Pradesh ‐ Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan 16. Maharashtra ‐ Shri Prithviraj Chavan 17. Manipur ‐ Shri Okram Ibobi Singh 18. Meghalaya ‐ Dr. Mukul Sangma 19. Mizoram ‐ Shri Pu Lalthanhawla 20. Nagaland ‐ Shri. Neiphiu Rio 21. Odisha ‐ Shri Naveen Patnaik 22. Puducherry ‐ Shri N. Rangasamy 23. Punjab ‐ Sardar Parkash Singh Badal 24. Rajasthan ‐ Shri Ashok Gehlot 25. Sikkim ‐ Shri Pawan Chamling 26. Tamil Nadu ‐ Selvi J. Jayalalithaa 27. Tripura ‐ Shri Manik Sarkar 28. Uttar Pradesh ‐ Shri Akhilesh Yadav 29. Uttarakhand ‐ Shri Vijay Bahuguna 30. West Bengal ‐ Km. Mamata Banerjee

IMPORTANT DAYS OF JANUARY

1. 9 January NRI Day 2. 10 January World Laughter Day 3. 12 January National Youth Day January 4. 15 January Army 5. 26 January India's Republic Day, 6. 26 January International Customs Day 7. 30 January Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day



1 RBI Signed MOU with State bank of Vietnam (SBV) for promoting greater co‐operation and sharing supervisory information.

2 11 Flowers – The Chinese film on 17th November, 2012 won the Network for the promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award at 18th Kolkata international Film Festival.

3 Scott Flemming is the head coach of the Men’s National Basketball Team. 4 BFI‐Basketball Federation of India. 5 National Police Academy is located at Hyderabad. 6 National Institute of Nutrition is located at Hyderabad. 7 National Tree of India is Banyan Tree. 8 WISE‐World Institute of Sustainable Energy. 9 New Defense Minister of Russia is Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu earlier was Anatoly

serdyukov. 10 President of Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) –Dinesh Reddy.Earlier was R.K.Shetty. 11 MD of Goldman Sachs is Kunal Shah earlier Was Rajat Gupta. 12 New DG of CPWD‐Central Public Work Department is Rakesh Mishra. 13 China New Army chief is Fang Fenghui Succeeded Chen Bingde. 14 WISE Prize given to Dr. Madhav Chavan ( also known as Noble Prize for education). 15 SCOPE‐Standing Conference of Public Enterprises. 16 French Ambassador to India – Francois Richiu conferred 2nd Highest French Civilian 17 Award Officer Dan Ordre Artset Des Letters to Aishwariya Rai Bachan. 18 Punjab Rattan Award given to – Lord Inderjeet Singh. 19 World’s Tallest Building is Burj Khalifa (Dubai). 20 World’s tallest Tower is Sky tree of Tokyo. 21 Moscow’s Mercury City tower (1109 Feets) Surpassed Londons Shard (1107 Feets). 22 CII‐Confederation of Indian Industry. 23 IAEE‐International Association for Earthquake Engineering. 24 NCHRH‐National Commission for Human Resources for Health. 25 Ravindra Jadega is the only Batsman who Scored 3 Triple Centuries in Domestic

Cricket. 26 PM of Canada Stephen Harper visited India Recently. 27 SC cancelled pending corruption charges on Former union Minister CK Zafar Sharif. 28 NSDAP‐National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy. 29 CEO of Datawind‐Sunit Singh. 30 5th BRICS Summit will be held in Durban, South Africa. 31 Burma and India Book Launched by Aung San Suu Kyi. 32 RBI directed all banks not to give loan for purchasing all types of Gold. 33 Obama Visited Myanmar. (First Acting US President Visited Myanmar). 34 CCAML (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living) Resources Held

in Hobart, Australia.



35 ASHA‐Accredited Social Health Activist. 36 Project Lakshaya started by Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry. 37 AAC‐Aircraft Acquisition Committee. 38 BRGF‐Backward Regions Grant Fund Approved by CCEA (Cabinet Committee for

Economic Affairs). 39 BISP‐Benazir Income Support Program. 40 Earn while you Learn Scheme Launched by Ministry of Tourism. 41 Mexico’s New President is Enrique Pena Neito. 42 Seychelles is Capital of Victoria. 43 TERI‐The Energy and Resources Institute. 44 Viranganas‐Lady Police of Kerala. This Lady Police is specially trained to secure

women’s from eve‐Teasing. 45 Kudumbshree Mission started in Kerala. 46 First Aadhaar Card was issued in Maharashtra (29‐09‐2010). 47 Biggest Dairy Plant will be opened in Dharuhera (Haryana) by Amul India. 48 Ranjit Sinha, Senior IPS Officer took over As CBI Director. 49 Ricky Ponting Announced his Retirement from International Test Cricket. 50 S.A. Ibrahim's Appointment as Director for Intelligence Bureau Approved . 51 Anna Ushenina of Ukraine won the Women’s World Championship Crown of Chess. 52 EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organisation) launched its e‐Passbook Portal. 53 Jeff Zucker named CNN's New Chief Executive. 54 IK Gujral, Former Prime Minister of India Died At the age 92 years. 55 Brazilian Football Confederation appointed Luiz Felipe Scolari as the Coach of Brazil . 56 Arvind Kejriwal named his Political Party as Aam Admi Party. 57 Ernest Bai Koroma re‐elected as the President of Sierra Leone. 58 Joaquim Barbosa sworn‐in as Brazil’s Supreme Court’s First non‐White President. 59 Lula da Silva awarded Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. 60 Autar Kaw, a professor of Indian Origin won US Professor of the Year Award‐2012. 61 BBC Appointed Tony Hall as its New Director General. 62 Tenth ASIAN‐India Summit Concluded at Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 63 Twenty first ASEAN Summit concluded in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 64 Gavaskar conferred with Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. 65 Delhi High Court Launched e‐court Fee System making Justice Delivery System

Paperless. 66 NAK Browne released a book Victory India‐A Key to Quality Military Leadership. 67 Yuvi‐ Book on Cricketer Yuvraj Singh authored by Makarand Waingankar Released . 68 World Anti‐Doping Agency (WADA). 69 Anil Dev Singh became the new Chairperson of IOA Indian Olympic Association

Election Panel . 70 Sunita Williams Returned Back on Earth after 4 Months in Orbit. 71 M. Mahalakshmi and R. Vaishali won Gold at the World Youth Chess Championship. 72 Asian under 10 Girls Chess Champion N Priyanka Won World Youth Chess

Championship 73 Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray died in Mumbai.



74 Urdu Scholar Gopi Chand Narang Awarded Moortidevi Award for 2010. 75 Xi Jinping elected as the New General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. 76 NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies).NASSCOM is

integral part of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry). Its present Chairman is Natarajan Chandrasekaran and President is Som Mittal.

77 The Gross Domestic Product or GDP is a measure of all of the services and goods. 78 produced in a country over a specific period; classically a year. Nominal GDP is

calculated on Current rates. It includes Inflation 16‐ Real GDP is calculated on Base Year rates. Thus, Inflation is not included in it and presents the actual economic growth.

79 Bangalore is hosting first Ever T‐20 World Cup for Blinds. 80 Women’s World Chess Championship Winner‐Anna Ushenina. 81 INDRA is a joint Military Exercise of India and Russia. 82 Revenue Deficit is where the net amount received (by taxes & other forms) fails to

meet the predicted net amount to be received by the government. 83 Passport Seva “Won CSI (Computer Society of India) Nihilent E‐Governance Award. 84 Marcel Granollers & Marc Lopez won the ATP World Tour Final 2012. 85 Literary Critic and Educator Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Got Kyoto Prize. 86 Karishma Kapoor Appointed Brand Ambassador of McCain Food. 87 Fiscal Deficit is the difference between the government’s total receipts (excluding 88 borrowings) and total expenditure.

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