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NEW APPOINMENT IN INDIA 1. New President of India- Pranab Mukherjee 2. Re-elected Vice President-Hamid Ansari 3. New Union Railway Minister- Mukul Roy 4. New Finance Minister- P Chidambaram 5. New Home Minister-Sushil Kumar Shinde 6. New Power Minister- Veerappa Moily 7. New Aviation Secretary-K N Srivastava 8. New secretary to the Prez of India-Omita Paul 9. New Election Commissioner-S. Nasim Ahmad Zaidi 10. New Chief Election Commissioner-V.S. Sampath 11. New Chief Economic Advisor-Raghuram Rajan 12. New Economic affairs secretary-Arvind Mayaram 13. Science and Technology Minister-Vayalar Ravi 14. New Union Aviation Minister- Ajit Singh 15. New CEO of Prasar Bharti Jawhar Sircar 16. LIC new Chairman-D.K Mehrotra 17. New Navy chief-D.K.Joshi 18. New CMD of OICL-Dr. A.K. Saxena 19. New CMD of Union Bank - D. Sarkar 20. New CMD of Syndicate Bank- M.G. Sanghvi 21. New CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce- S.L. Bansal 22. New Executive Director of PNB-S. R Bansal 23. New IBA Chairman-Alok Misra 24. Re-elected Nasscom President: Som Mittal 25. New director of IBPS- Anup Sankar Bhattacharya 26. New Coach of Indian Hockey Team-Jack Nobbs 27. New President of FICCI- R.V. Kanoria 28. New President of International Chamber of Commerce India- Harsh Pati Singhania 29. New CMD of GIC A.K.Roy 30. New Director (Works)of Delhi Metro - Jitendar Tyagi 31. New Director-General of Indian Coast Guard- M.P. Muralidharan 32. US Ambassador to India - Nancy J Powell 33. New CM of Karnataka -Jagadish Shettar (Previous:Sadananda Gowda) 34. New Chief Minister of U.P.- Akhilesh Yadav 35. New Chief Minister of Punjab Prakash Singh Badal 36. New Chief Minister of Goa- Manohar Parikar 37. New Chief Minister of Uttrakhand- Vijay Bahuguna 38. New Chief Minister of Manipur- Okram Ibobi Singh 39. New CMD of Coal India Limited (CIL) - S Narsing Rao 40. Governor of Andhra Pradesh - E S L Narasimhan (reelect) 41. Governor of Maharashtra - K. Sankaranarayanan (reelect) 42. Governor of Rajasthan-Margaret Alva 43. New Supreme Court Judge- F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla 44. Next Army chief of India-Lt. General Bikram Singh. 45. New Ambassador to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik 46. New Communication Advisor to the Prime MinisterPankaj Pachauri 47. CMD of Coal India Limited S Narsing Rao 48. President of ASSOCHAM- Mr Rajkumar Dhoot 49. Reelected NASSCOM President-Som Mittal 50. Chairman of NASSCOM-N Chandrasekaran 51. Indian High commissioner to U.K. Jaimini Bhagwati 52. TRAI Chairman-Rahul Khullar 53. New Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha-PJ Kurien

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NEW APPOINTMENT IN WORLD 1. New PM of Greece - Antonis Samaras 2. New PM of Pak- Raja Pervez Ashraf. 3. New PM of Syria- Wael al-Halki(Replace: Riyad Hijab) 4. New PM of France-Jean Marc Ayrault 5. New PM of Egypt- Hisham Kandil 6. New President of Egypt- Mohamed Morsi 7. New President of Russia-Vladimir Putin 8. New President of Yemen-A.Mansour Hadi 9. New President of Germany - Joachim Gauck 10. New President of Maldives - Mohamed Waheed 11. New President of Malawi - Joyce Banda 12. President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected) 13. President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar 14. New Secretary General of SAARC-Ahmed Saleem 15. New Pakistan High Commissioner to India - Salman Bashir 16. New president of World Bank - Jim Yong Kim (Koreanborn) 17. New CEO of Deutsche Bank-Ravneet Gill 18. New Italian FM-Vittorio Grilli 19. New UN Arab League Envoy for Syria-Lakhdar rahimi 20. President of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (re-elected) 21. ICC President-Allan Isaac(NZ)(Privious-Sharad Pawar) 22. New UN mediator in Syria-Lakhdar Brahimi PERSON IN NEWS President of Pakistan- Asif Ali Zardari Bhutanese PM- Jigme Y Thinley Syria President-Bashra-al-Assad U.S Defence Secretary -Leon Pnetta Prime Minister of Singapore- Mr. Lee Hsien Loong Mauritius Prime Minister -Navinchandra Ramgoolam Singapore PM-Lee Hsien Loong Brazil President-Dilma Rousseff South Africa President-Jacob Zuma OBITUARY Vilas Rao Deshmukh-Union Science and Technology Minister Mehdi hassan-Ghazal legend Dara Singh-Film Actor Rajesh Khanna- Film Actor 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Ravi Shankar- Music Composer Joy Mukherjee- Film Actor Bingu wa Mutharika-Malawis President Ahmed Ben Bella- first President of Algeria R.H. Patil- First MG of NSE

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AWARD 1. Miss World 2012-Wen xia YU(China) 2. Brand Ambassador of BMW-Sachin Tendulkar 3. RGN Sadbhavana Award-D.R. Mehta 4. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award- Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt 5. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor) 6. Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work 'Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas). 7. Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna 8. Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro 9. Vyas Samman (2011) - Hindi writer Ramdarash mishra for his work aam ke patte 10. Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai International film festival A.R. Rahman 11. International Gandhi Award-Dr. Caire Veult & Dr. J.D. Samant 12. World Food Prize- Dr. Daniel Hillel(Israeli Scientist) 13. Chameli Devi Jain Award- Tushita Mittal IMPORTANT ECONOMIC NEWS 1. Current Rate a. Bank Rate 9% b. CRR 4.75% c. SLR 23% d. Repo 8% e. Reverse Repo 7% f. MSF 9% 2. 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) Theme Faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth 9 - 9.5% GDP growth 4% agriculture growth Literacy rate 100% Extra Power generation capacity 76000 MW

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3. 11th Five year plan recorded 8.2% GDP Growth. Agriculture growth 3.3% 4. Basel norms will be implemented in India from 1 January 2013 to 2018 (in world 2013 to 2019) 5. Indian banks would need Rs 3,90,000-5,00,000 crore capital over the next six years in the wake of Basel III capital regulations announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). 4. 20th ASEAN Meeting 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia 5. Earth Summit : -Rio de Janeiro 6. 12th SCO Summit 2012-Beijing (Next in 2013Kyrgyzstan) 7. Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq) 8. Nuclear security summit 2012 Seoul (South Korea) 9. 4th BRICS summit - New Delhi 10. 10th BASIC Summit - New Delhi 11. 17th National youth Festival Mangalore (Karnataka) 12. World Economic Forum Davos (Switzerland) 13. World Polio Summit 2012 - New Delhi 14. Nato Summit-Chikago 15. FM Trilateral Talks(China& India&Russia)-Moscow SPORTS London Olympics 2012(30th summer Olympics) Highest Medal: 1. US:104 M(46 G+29 S+ 29 B), 2 China:88 M(38 G+27 S+ 23 B) 55. India: 6 M(2 S +4 B) Womens Hockey- Netherlands bt Argentina Next: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016 Indias Medal in London Olympics

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6. Largest home loan provider - State Bank of India (one lakh crore Rs. to 20 lakh families) Euro Cup-2012 7. Top three according to per capita income: - Goa, Delhi, Venue- Spain; Winner-Spain; Runner-Italy Haryana. 8. Seoul-headquartered Woori Bank has set up its first Azlan Shah cup Indian branch in Chennai. Venue: Malaysia 9. Cheque and Draft is valid for 3 month from 1 April 2012. Winner-NZ; Runner-Argentina; 3rd Place-India 10. After SBI and NABARD ownership of National Housing Bank (Now RBI hold 100% share) will be transferred French Open from RBI to Government Men Single: Rafael Nadal(Spain) bt Novak Djokovic(Serbia) Important Organization and Summit Men Double-Max Mirnyi(Belarus) and Danial 1. New Member Nestor(Canada)bt Bob and Mike Bryan(USA) United Nation Total 193 (Last South Sudan) Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta WTO Total 156 (Last - Russia) Vinci(Italy) bt Maria Kirileko and Nadia World bank and IMF Total 188 (Last South Petrova(Russia) Sudan) European Union Total 27 (Next member will be Wimbledon mixed doubles Croatia in July 2013) Winner-Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond 2. 38th G 8 Meeting 2012 - David camp, USA (Last Runner-Leander Paes-Elena Vesnina meeting 2011 Deauville, France) 3. 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 Los Cabos, Mexico Thailand Open Grand Prix Single

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Venue-Bangkok; Winner-Saina Nehwal Runner-Ratchanok Inathon(thiland) Indonesia Open Single Venue: Jakarta; Winner-Saina Nehwal Runner :Li Xuerui(China) IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER Indian boxer Mary Kom to be conferred Lt Colonel rank. Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was launched in Maharashtra Reserve Bank has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit notes. With a tagline 'Pehchano Paise Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai', Mangalam village became the first village in India where all households were provided banking facilities, it is situated in Pondicherry M S Dhoni becomes brand ambassador of cricket in Nepal Himangini Singh crowned Miss Asia Pacific World E-stamping to be launched in Delhi 28 June of all denominations. Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station is in Rajasthan. Google Buying Meebo To Help Social Networking Push Aung San Suu Kyi Accepts Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late Indias First River-lake link project launched In Bundelkhand Kofi Annan resign as the UN special Envoy to Syria National Housing Bank (NHB) and three others have joined hands to form the country's first mortgage guarantee firm which has an initial paid up capital of Rs 120 crore. The other members of the joint venture campan are Genworth, Asian Development Bank and International Finance Corporation India has allowed foreign direct investment( FDI) from Pakistan. Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) granted permission to MCX Stock Exchange (MCXSX) to operate as a full-fledged stock exchange 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 will be held in Cochin (Kerala). Last meeting was held in Jaipur. Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced to provide $74.8 million loan to improve road connectivity in the North East states. World Bank approved an 1100 crore rupees loan for Himachal Pradesh to promote green initiatives and sustainable development. Home Ministry declined permission to three Iranian banks (Eghtesad-e-Novin, Parsian Bank and Bank Kasargad) to open branches in India. 9th World Hindi Conference will be held in South African city Johannesburg from 22 to 24 of September this year. The main theme of the conference is Bhasha Ki Asmita Aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh. South Africas Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the first woman head of African Union (A.U.) Commission. World Bank Sanstions loan for Rural Livelihoods Project in Bihar BOOKS AND WRITERS 1. Those were the Day and then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani-Mira Govind Advani 2. Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam 3. Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai 4. My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee ABBREVIATION IN NEWS 1. NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre 2. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule 3. TCS -Tax Collection at Source 4. DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 5. TIEA Tax Information exchange Agreement 6. EFSF European Financial Stability Facility 7. NPS New Pension Scheme 8. MMRCA Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft 9. DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation 10. GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle 11. ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation 12. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency 13. NDMA National Disaster Management Authority 14. BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa 15. BASIC Brazil, South Africa, India and China 16. PPP Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity 17. MTCR Missile Technology Control Regim

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18. NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group 58. BTIA -Broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment 19. IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency Agreement 20. CEPA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement 21. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement 22. FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion board 23. PSLV Polar Satellite Launch vehicle 24. ICBM Inter-continental Ballistic missile 25. CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 26. IDF Infrastructure Debt Fund 27. CRIS Comparative Rating Index for Sovereign 28. GRAIL Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory 29. NCHER National Commission for Higher Education and Research 30. NCHRH - National Commission for Human Resources for Health 31. FII Foreign Institutional Investor 32. DII Domestic Institutional Investor 33. GST Goods and Services Tax 34. DTC Direct Tax Code 35. MPLADS MP Local Area Development Scheme 36. FCNRA Foreign Currency Non Resident account 37. MFI - Micro Finance Institutions 38. MFDC Micro Finance Development Council 39. TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 40. CIC - Central Information Commission 41. BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in India 42. SAARC - South-Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 43. ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nation 44. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Aghanistan-Pakistan-India 45. NLD National League for Democracy 46. MSF Marginal Standing Facility 47. MIRV - Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle 48. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings 49. NHRC - National Human Rights Commission 50. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer 51. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement 52. NIA - National Investigation Agency 53. S&P - Standard and Poors 54. RGSSBY- Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana. 55. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India. 56. SRO- Self Regulatory Organisation. 57. TDSAT- Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.

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