1. Naina Lal Kidwai becomes first woman President of FICCI
Naina Lal Kidwai took over as President of FICCI, becoming the first woman to head the leading industry body.
NOTE:- Kidwai succeeds R V Kanoria of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd.
Chairman of Xpro India Ltd and Digjam Ltd, Sidharth Birla, also has been elected as Senior Vice-President of FICCI.
2. North Korea Launched Long Range Unha-3 Rocket amid International Opposition
North Korea launched a long-range rocket Unha-3 despite international opposition and growing tensions in the region successfully delivering a scientific satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 into orbit.
NOTE:- Unha-3 is the second version of satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 which is successfully lifted off from the Sohae Space Center by carrier rocket.
3. Justice Arun kumar Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
Justice Arun Kumar Mishra took over as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.
NOTE:- Arun Kumar Mishra was earlier the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. He was administered the oath of office by West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan.
4. Pandit Ravi Shankar to be Honoured with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2013
Organisers of the Recording Academy announced that Pandit Ravi Shankar, the sitar maestro would be honoured with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously.
Pandit Ravi Shankar would become first Indian to receive the prestigious award. The award would be presented at 55th Grammy Awards ceremony on 10 February 2013 in Los Angeles.
NOTE:- Pandit Ravi Shankar is a three-time Grammy Award winner.
Pandit Ravi Shankar, 92 had passed away on 11 December 2012 after heart-valve replacement surgery in California.
5. ICICI Bank Opened 101 Gramin Branches across Villages in 6 States
ICICI Bank, the largest private sector bank of India opened 101 distinct gramin branches or rural branches as the part of its financial enclosure plan. These branches were opened in villages which lack the banking facilities, across six states of India.
NOTE:- All these gramin branches of the ICICI Bank would remain open for 4 hours per day and 6 days per week. These branches would offer banking services like fixed and recurring deposits, saving bank accounts, remittances, tractor loans as well as Kisan credit cards. Just like their current rural branches, ICICI will have at least 3 employees at the bank. Depending upon the business of the bank, ICICI might also make an addition of ATMs to a few of these rural branches.
6. Advocate R S Goswami Elected As the Chairman of Bar Council of Delhi
Advocate R S Goswami was elected as the chairman of Bar Council of Delhi. Goswami has the career span of 25 years as legal practitioner in different courts. He was elected unanimously by council members.
NOTE:- R S Goswami has second term as member of bar council. From 2006 to 2008, he was the honourary secretary of the Bar Council of Delhi.
7. Bombay Stock Exchange launched SME Platform Index aimed at Tracking Primary Market Condition
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) launched an SME index which primarily aims at tracking the current primary market conditions in the Indian capital market and measuring the growth in investors’ wealth over a period.
NOTE:-The index is going to be constituted by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which are listed on the BSE SME platform. Presently, there are 11 companies which are listed on the SME platform and this index is going to have features similar to the BSE IPO index.
8. Union Government launched Government Calendar Featuring Flagship Schemes
Government of India’s Wall Calendar for 2013 was launched featuring various flagship programmes of the Government, which includes Aadhaar based Direct Cash Transfer Scheme to be implemented in 51 districts from January 2013 among others.
NOTE:- The calendar is printed and designed by Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which has over the years worked on developing social advertising brand Bharat Nirman. The theme of the calendar is ‘Bharat Nirman- Sabka hit, Sabka Haq’.
9. Robert Amritraj passed away
Robert Amritraj, father of tennis icons Anand, Vijay and Ashok has passed away. He was 91.
NOTE:- Indian tennis considered Robert Amritraj as a father figure since he was instrumental in shaping the State Tennis Association and the formation of the Brittania-Amritraj Tennis Academy.
10. India bags Kabaddi World Cup in both Men's, Women's category
India has won the 3rd World Cup Kabaddi Tournament for the third consecutive time in Men’s category and second consective time in Women’s category.
NOTE:- Indian men thrahsed its arch rival Pakistan with a decisive margin of 59-22 points whereas, Indian eves out scored Malaysia by 72-12. Both the finals were played at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium in Ludhiana.
11. WHO clears India's vaccine industry to export vaccines across the world
India's 19,000 crore rupee vaccine industry has been cleared by the World Health Organization (WHO) to export vaccines across the world.
NOTE:- After a four-day audit, a 16-member multi-nation team headed by WHO officials informed Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad that they are satisfied with the vaccine clearance procedure adopted by the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) or the Drug Controller General's Office (DCGO).
Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr G N Singh said India has become the first country to pass the stringent indicators put in place by the WHO, in one shot.
12. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the Setting up of CCI
Union government of India approved the setting up of a Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI), to fast track investment clearances for mega projects. The decision was taken in the Union Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
NOTE:- Prime Minister will head the CCI and he will also nominate the members of the committee. The CCI will expedite projects offering single window clearance for projects costing 1000 crore rupees or more by setting timelines for the concerned ministries.
13. Global Telecom Treaty without Net Control Signed by 89 Nations
A controversial new global treaty on telecom regulations was signed by 89 International Telecommunication Union member states out of a possible 144 Countries regardless of US objections to prospective regulation of the Internet.
NOTE:- Over 150 nations met in Dubai, under the support of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to update a set of telecom rules of 1988, before the Internet and mobile phones transformed communications. But they failed to draw a conclusion which will lead to a new fight over cyberspace.
55 countries did not sign the treaty that enters effect in January 2015. A US-led bloc advocated a tolerant approach to the Internet, while Russia, China and much of Africa and the Middle East wanted greater governmental oversight of cyberspace.
14. Bhanu Athaiya, First Indian to Win Oscar decided to Return Her Trophy
Bhanu Athaiya, the first Indian to win an Oscar for costume design in the movie Gandhi decided to return her award to the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in December 2012. Bhanu Athaiya fears that she might lose her trophy as the government might not be able to protect it.
15. DAVP Received the Web Ratna Award-2012-Golden Icon Award
Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) was conferred the prestigious Web Ratna 2012, Golden Icon Award for Innovative use of Technology.
NOTE:- The DAVP Website http://www.davp.nic.in/ has enabled a complete change from the manual mode to the online mode where the media plans are made and released for the end users. The website with several user friendly features is the only advertising agency in the country which releases its designs, Release orders, payments online. The DAVP website has added a great deal of transparency to the entire system in its billing as well as other procedures which have not only helped the organisation but also its stakeholders. DAVP also keeps as much information as possible on the website for public scrutiny and information.
Naina Lal Kidwai took over as President of FICCI, becoming the first woman to head the leading industry body.
NOTE:- Kidwai succeeds R V Kanoria of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd.
Chairman of Xpro India Ltd and Digjam Ltd, Sidharth Birla, also has been elected as Senior Vice-President of FICCI.
2. North Korea Launched Long Range Unha-3 Rocket amid International Opposition
North Korea launched a long-range rocket Unha-3 despite international opposition and growing tensions in the region successfully delivering a scientific satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 into orbit.
NOTE:- Unha-3 is the second version of satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 which is successfully lifted off from the Sohae Space Center by carrier rocket.
3. Justice Arun kumar Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
Justice Arun Kumar Mishra took over as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.
NOTE:- Arun Kumar Mishra was earlier the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. He was administered the oath of office by West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan.
4. Pandit Ravi Shankar to be Honoured with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2013
Organisers of the Recording Academy announced that Pandit Ravi Shankar, the sitar maestro would be honoured with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously.
Pandit Ravi Shankar would become first Indian to receive the prestigious award. The award would be presented at 55th Grammy Awards ceremony on 10 February 2013 in Los Angeles.
NOTE:- Pandit Ravi Shankar is a three-time Grammy Award winner.
Pandit Ravi Shankar, 92 had passed away on 11 December 2012 after heart-valve replacement surgery in California.
5. ICICI Bank Opened 101 Gramin Branches across Villages in 6 States
ICICI Bank, the largest private sector bank of India opened 101 distinct gramin branches or rural branches as the part of its financial enclosure plan. These branches were opened in villages which lack the banking facilities, across six states of India.
NOTE:- All these gramin branches of the ICICI Bank would remain open for 4 hours per day and 6 days per week. These branches would offer banking services like fixed and recurring deposits, saving bank accounts, remittances, tractor loans as well as Kisan credit cards. Just like their current rural branches, ICICI will have at least 3 employees at the bank. Depending upon the business of the bank, ICICI might also make an addition of ATMs to a few of these rural branches.
6. Advocate R S Goswami Elected As the Chairman of Bar Council of Delhi
Advocate R S Goswami was elected as the chairman of Bar Council of Delhi. Goswami has the career span of 25 years as legal practitioner in different courts. He was elected unanimously by council members.
NOTE:- R S Goswami has second term as member of bar council. From 2006 to 2008, he was the honourary secretary of the Bar Council of Delhi.
7. Bombay Stock Exchange launched SME Platform Index aimed at Tracking Primary Market Condition
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) launched an SME index which primarily aims at tracking the current primary market conditions in the Indian capital market and measuring the growth in investors’ wealth over a period.
NOTE:-The index is going to be constituted by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which are listed on the BSE SME platform. Presently, there are 11 companies which are listed on the SME platform and this index is going to have features similar to the BSE IPO index.
8. Union Government launched Government Calendar Featuring Flagship Schemes
Government of India’s Wall Calendar for 2013 was launched featuring various flagship programmes of the Government, which includes Aadhaar based Direct Cash Transfer Scheme to be implemented in 51 districts from January 2013 among others.
NOTE:- The calendar is printed and designed by Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which has over the years worked on developing social advertising brand Bharat Nirman. The theme of the calendar is ‘Bharat Nirman- Sabka hit, Sabka Haq’.
9. Robert Amritraj passed away
Robert Amritraj, father of tennis icons Anand, Vijay and Ashok has passed away. He was 91.
NOTE:- Indian tennis considered Robert Amritraj as a father figure since he was instrumental in shaping the State Tennis Association and the formation of the Brittania-Amritraj Tennis Academy.
10. India bags Kabaddi World Cup in both Men's, Women's category
India has won the 3rd World Cup Kabaddi Tournament for the third consecutive time in Men’s category and second consective time in Women’s category.
NOTE:- Indian men thrahsed its arch rival Pakistan with a decisive margin of 59-22 points whereas, Indian eves out scored Malaysia by 72-12. Both the finals were played at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium in Ludhiana.
11. WHO clears India's vaccine industry to export vaccines across the world
India's 19,000 crore rupee vaccine industry has been cleared by the World Health Organization (WHO) to export vaccines across the world.
NOTE:- After a four-day audit, a 16-member multi-nation team headed by WHO officials informed Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad that they are satisfied with the vaccine clearance procedure adopted by the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) or the Drug Controller General's Office (DCGO).
Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr G N Singh said India has become the first country to pass the stringent indicators put in place by the WHO, in one shot.
12. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the Setting up of CCI
Union government of India approved the setting up of a Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI), to fast track investment clearances for mega projects. The decision was taken in the Union Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
NOTE:- Prime Minister will head the CCI and he will also nominate the members of the committee. The CCI will expedite projects offering single window clearance for projects costing 1000 crore rupees or more by setting timelines for the concerned ministries.
13. Global Telecom Treaty without Net Control Signed by 89 Nations
A controversial new global treaty on telecom regulations was signed by 89 International Telecommunication Union member states out of a possible 144 Countries regardless of US objections to prospective regulation of the Internet.
NOTE:- Over 150 nations met in Dubai, under the support of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to update a set of telecom rules of 1988, before the Internet and mobile phones transformed communications. But they failed to draw a conclusion which will lead to a new fight over cyberspace.
55 countries did not sign the treaty that enters effect in January 2015. A US-led bloc advocated a tolerant approach to the Internet, while Russia, China and much of Africa and the Middle East wanted greater governmental oversight of cyberspace.
14. Bhanu Athaiya, First Indian to Win Oscar decided to Return Her Trophy
Bhanu Athaiya, the first Indian to win an Oscar for costume design in the movie Gandhi decided to return her award to the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in December 2012. Bhanu Athaiya fears that she might lose her trophy as the government might not be able to protect it.
15. DAVP Received the Web Ratna Award-2012-Golden Icon Award
Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) was conferred the prestigious Web Ratna 2012, Golden Icon Award for Innovative use of Technology.
NOTE:- The DAVP Website http://www.davp.nic.in/ has enabled a complete change from the manual mode to the online mode where the media plans are made and released for the end users. The website with several user friendly features is the only advertising agency in the country which releases its designs, Release orders, payments online. The DAVP website has added a great deal of transparency to the entire system in its billing as well as other procedures which have not only helped the organisation but also its stakeholders. DAVP also keeps as much information as possible on the website for public scrutiny and information.
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