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Weekly Current Affairs update, for the Week October 21 to 27, 2012

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List of Contents

Section A : INDIA

Section B : WORLD

Section C : AWARDS

Section D : ECONOMY & CORPORATE

Section E : SPORTS

Major news of the week

Section A: INDIA

Spanish delegation led by Juan Carlos I visits India

NZ Minister of Conservation & Food Safety visits India

German House for Research and Innovation launched India improves position on global gender gap index

India 14th in the English Proficiency Index

IISc is only Indian entity on Global Employability List

CVC to head global taskforce on anti-corruption

The Indo-US submarine exercise INDIAEX-2012 held MoD asks Italy for response on Augusta Westland deal

Queensland lifts ban on uranium mining

Super30 ties up with University of Tokyo Guidelines to end discrimination faced by RTE students

NHRC committee to frame guidelines for drug trials

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) at 44 during 2011

Yatra against manual scavenging to be launched Commonwealth Public Administration Conference

New warnings to be put up on tobacco products

Constitution doesnt permit Father of the Nation title Jindal alleges Zee demanded Rs. 100 crore

Haryana gives clean chit to Robert Vadra over land deals

Chinnaswamy Stadium blast accused Fasih nabbed

Krishna resigns as foreign minister

Mamatas Flower Power painting auctioned for $3,000 Sahitya Akademi President S. Gangopadhyay departs

Yash Chopra passes away

Jaspal Bhatti passes away

Journalist Raj Narain Mishra passes away

Section B: WORLD

United Nations Day observed

World Space Week celebrated

African Union readmits Mali

PCB to buy bullet-proof buses for cricketers

China names new Chief of Army Staff

EU, U.S. warn against political vacuum in Lebanon

Mayas disown doomsday myth

Pakistanis break human flag record

Sainthood for first American Indian Rajat Gupta gets 2 yrs jail term for insider trading

4-year jail for Italys ex-PM Berlusconi for tax evasion

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Bo Xilai expelled from National Peoples Congress Obama wins in 3rd Presidential debate

Oldest known survivor of the Nazi camps passes away

Father of bone marrow transplant dies

Section C: AWARDS

Lifetime honour for Waheeda Rehman at Mumbai Fest

Slain IPS officer conferred Singham Bravery Award

BCCI to confer Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime on Gavaskar

Narayana Murthy receives 2012 Hoover Medal

ICRISAT scientist bags global award

Brahma Chellaney wins Asia Society Book Award

Sharmila Tagore honoured by Edinburgh University

Section D: ECONOMY & CORPORATE

National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers set up National Policy on Electronics 2012 approved

Govt, states sign MoU for broadband linking of villages

Commerce Min seeks to revive investor interest in SEZs

Domestic cos can pay for services by SEZ units in forex

RBI simplifies procedure for STPI exports

End-to-end computerization of TDPS

Ministry of Mines unveils draft on profit sharing formula

FM for better penetration of non-life insurance sector

India is 132nd in Doing Business 2013 Govt to disinvest 10% equity in NMDC

BPL card holders to get subsidised pulses through PDS

Package for backward regions in 4 states approved Government allows multiple LPG connections

Kingfisher asked to consult stakeholders for revival plan

Govt. approves formation of aircraft acquisition panel

Govt deadline for submission in XBRL format extended

Industries can start technical institutes of their own

RIL will have to place CAG report in Parliament

Gujarat No. 1 state in private investment list Assocham Deep Joshi is new IRMA Chairman

BSE, NSE among top 10 exchanges in Asia-Pacific region

Section D: SPORTS

Sun TV bags IPLs Hyderabad team Harbhajan, Ishant lose BCCI Grade-A contracts

East Zone keeps Duleep Trophy

Angelo Mathews is Sri Lankas Twenty20 captain Saina Nehwal wins Denmark Super Series

Wiratchant wins Hero Indian Open golf

Railways retains senior womens hockey title Delhi to host February 2013 Davis Cup tie

Cycling Union scraps 1999-2005 Tour de France records

Tennis legend DuPont passes away