Saturday, May 5, 2012

Important Days

January 9
NRI Day
January 10
World Laughter Day
January 12
National  Youth Day
January 15
Army Day
January 26
India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 30
Martyrs day; World Leprosy Eradication Day      
2nd Sunday of February
World Marriage Day
February 14
Valentine Day
February 24
Central Excise Day
February 28
National Science Day
Second Monday March
Commonwealth Day
March 8
International Women’s Day; International Literacy Day
March 15
World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
March 18
Ordnance Factories Day(india)
March 21
World forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial discrimination
March 22
World Day for Water
March 23
World Meteorological Day
March 24
World TB Day
April 5
International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
April 7
World Health Day
April 17
World Haemophilia Day
April 18
World Heritage Day
April 21
Secretaries Day
April 22
Earth Day
April 23
World Book and Copyright Day
May 1
Workers  Day(International Labour Day)
May 3
Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
May 2nd Sunday
Mothers Day
May 4
Coal Miners Day
May 8
World Red Cross Day
May 9
World Thalassaemia Day
May 11
National Technology Day
May 12
World Hypertension  Day; International Nurses Day
May 15
International Day of The Family
May 17
World Telecommunication  Day
May 24
Commonwealth Day
May 31
Anti-Tobacco Day
June 4
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggregation
June 5
World Environment Day
June 3rd Sunday
Father’s Day
June 14
World Blood Donor Day
June 26
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
July 1
Doctor’s Day
July 6
World Zoonoses Day
July 11
World Population Day
August 1st Sunday
International Friendship Day
August 6
Hiroshima Day
August 8
World Senior Citizen’s  Day
August 9
Quit India Day; Nagasaki Day
August 15
Indian Independence Day
August 18
Intl. Day of Worlds Indigenous peoples
August 19
Photography Day
August 29
National Sports Day
September 2
Coconut Day
September 5
Teacher’s day; Sanskrit Day
September 8
World Literacy  Day(UNESCO)
September 15
Engineers Day
September 16
World Ozone Day
September 21
Alzheimer’s Day; Day of peace & Non-violence(UN)
September 22
Rose Day(Welfare of Cancer Patients)
September 26
Day of the Deaf
September 27
World Tourism Day
October 1
International Day for Elderly
October 2
Gandhi Jayanthi
October 3
World Habitat  Day
October 4
World Animal Welfare  Day
October 8
Indian Air Force Day
October 9
World Post Office Day
October 10
National Post Day
October 2nd Thursday
World Sight  Day
October 13
UN International Day for natural Disaster Reduction
October 14
World Standards Day
October 15
World White Cane Day(guiding the blind)
October 16
World Food Day
October 24
UN Day; World Development Information  Day
October 30
World Thrift Day
November 9
Legal Services Day
November 14
Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
November 17
National Epilepsy Day
November 20
Africa  Industrialization Day
November 29
International Day of solidarity with Palestinian people
December 1
World AIDS Day
December 3
World Day of the Handicapped
December 4
Indian Navy Day
December 7
Indian Armed forces Flag Day
December 10
Human Rights Day; Intl. children’s Day of Broadcasting
December 18
Minorities Rights Day(India)
December 23
Kisan Divas(farmer’s Day)(India)
December 25
Christmas Day

Current Affairs March 2012

1. Who is crowned Miss India World 2012?
- Vanya Mishra Chandigarh girl Vanya Mishra is crowned the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2012 in a glittering grand finale of the 49th edition of the beauty pageant. The Miss India Earth title went to 24-year-old Prachi Mishra of Pune, while Chennai girl Rochelle Maria Rao, 23, is crowned as the Miss India International.
 

2. Name the cricket personality called 'The Wall' who retired from International cricket recently.
- Rahul Dravid The 39-year-old Batting great Rahul Dravid, the second most prolific batsman in the game’s history and India’s middle order bulwark for years, on Friday bid adieu to Test cricket, bringing down the curtain on a glorious 16-year career.


3. Which country has India agreed 'in-principle' to the participation in hydro power-projects in the North-East?
- Bangladesh
 

4. Name the Tech-savvy state which set a record by winning the National Tourism Award for its website for 5th time in last 10 years.
- Kerala
 

5. Which Malayalam language daily has tied up with Yahoo India to deliver premium digital content in Malayalam?
- Malayala Manorama


6. Name the Delhi-based group which has been nominated in the best international brand/group award at the British Reggae Industry Awards.
- Reggar Rajahs


7. Which movie of Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam is now part of the permanent collection at the Austrian Film Museum?
- Raavanan


8. Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered as Nobel prize in
Architecture?
- Wang Shu


 9. Which railway station became the first railway network to offer BluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and WiFi to provide information to passengers?
- Bangalore City Railway Station


10. Which state bagged the second best national award in the Comprehensive Development Of Tourism category?
- Rajasthan


11. Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded with Interfaith Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur.
- M.A.Yusuf Ali


12. Name the men's mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012.
- Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna


13. When was the World's oldest post office opened as it celebrates its 300th anniversary?
- 1712 in Sanquhar, London


14. Name the Indian American filmmaker who won the '2012 Rising Star Award' for his feature film '9 Eleven' at the Canada International Film Festival.
- Manan Singh Katohora


15. Who won the women's Kabaddi World Cup championship?
- India


16. Who is expected to visit India with export of gas and investment on agenda?
- Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani


17. Who has been elected as Russian President?
- Vladimir Putin


18. Name the West Indian cricketer who died in a car accident recently.
- Runako Morton aged 33


19. Name India's first 3D dance film.
- ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)


20. Which 4 financial institutions have agreed to form country's first $2 billion (about Rs.10,000 crore) Infrastructure Development Fund to finance infrastructure projects in India?
- Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, LIC and Citi Financial


21. Who has been appointed as MD of Hyundai Motor India Ltd.?
- Bo Shin Seo


22. Which Chinese Electric company has started office in India?
- Shangai Electric


23. Which university conferred honoris causa(as honorary academic degree) during its 12th convocation to the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee?
- Assam University


24. Which India's leading commodity exchange would be listed on the BSE making it India's first exchange to be listed?
- Multi Commodity Exchange


25. Which western India university will start the Institute of International Studies?
- M S University


26. HSBC will sell its general insurance for US $914 million to which 2 companies?
- AXA Group and QBE Insurance Group


27. Against which team India will play one-off Twenty20 International cricket on March 30th 2012 to commemorate the 150 years of settlement of Indians in that country?
- South Africa


28. Who retained his title of being the world's richest Indian in Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's richest people?
- Mukesh Ambani


29. Name the music director - king of soft melodies who passed away recently.
- Ravi Shankar Sharma


30. Who has been appointed as head coach of the Pakistan cricket team?
- Dav Whatmore


31. Name the bank that has entered into a partnership with Remit2home to offer Sri Lankans to transfer money back home.
- Nations Trust Bank


32. Where is Kerala a film city is to be built?
- Varikkassery Mana at Ottapalam


33. Who will be appointed as CEO of L&T?
- K Venkataraman


34. Name the chocolate boy of Hindi cinema during 1960's who passed away recently.
- Joy Mukherjee


35. Who is appointed as ISI chief of Pakistan Government?
- Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam


36. Which Indian NGO has been chosen for America's first Innovation Award for the
Empowerment of Women and Girls, for training and organising wastepickers and eliminating child labour from recycling?
- Chintan


37. What is the reduced CRR of scheduled banks as revised by RBI at 75 basis points?
- 4.75%


38. At what value did Euro zone finance ministers release 2nd bailout package for debt-hit Greece?
- $46.9 billion


39. Where was the International Financial Hub inaugurated in India recently?
- New Town, Kolkata


40. What is the extended number of days for advance reservation of Indian railway tickets?
- 120


41. Which state has recorded an increase in foodgrains production that touched 50.22 lakh tonnes during Kharif 2011 season?
- Haryana


42. Name the ambulance launched for farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Srihari Kotela, a Charterted Accountant.
- Rythu Ratham (Tollfree - 18002666208)


43. Which non-banking finance arm of Tata Sons have decided to ramp up its travel business and focus on the retail segment?
- Tata Capital


44. Which financial service will Nokia close in India?
- Nokia Money


45. Which rank does India hold as per U5MR rates by UNICEF?
- 46th rank


46. Who will take over the rein of Deutsche Bank CEO at the end of May 2012?
- Anshu Jain


47. Who was sworn in as Uttarkhand's Chief Minister?
- Vijay Bahuguna


48. Name the Indian railway minister who will present Railway Budget 2012-13.
- Dinesh Trivedi


49. Who has been appointed as Director General of Police for Punjab?
- Sumedh Singh Saini


50. Who and at what age became 5th time Chief Minister of Punjab?
Parkash Singh Badal


51. Where was FICCI FRAMES 2012 - Asia's largest global convention on film media and entertainment inaugurated?
- Kolhapur, Maharashtra


52. Who is sworn as youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
- Akhilesh Yadav at the age of 38 years.


53. What is the proposed capital support to be infused to PSU's and financial institutions during the next fiscal year as per Budget 2012-13?
- Rs.15,888 crore


54. Who has been appointed as Additional Advocate General of Tamil Nadu?
- P.H.Arvindh Pandian


55. From which tax will RBI be spared?
- Wealth Tax


56. Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2012?
- Jenson Button


57. Who won the Swiss Open 2012 title against China's Shixian Wang?
- Saina Nehwal


58. Who will replace Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister?
- Mukul Roy


59. The indoor hall built at Orissa Cricket Association is named of which cricket personality?
- Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall


60. Who has been elected as German President?
- Joachim Gauck


61. Which bank recently celebrated its 75th anniversary?
- Indian Overseas Bank


62. As Jet Airways discontinues JetLite, which company it is set to merge?
- JetKonnect


63. Name the hockey player who was declared the winner of 'Survivor India'.
- Raj Rani


64. Expand - NPCI
- National Payment Corporation of India


65. Which Indian city has been selected as city of focus at the Toronto International Film Festival 2012?
- Mumbai


66. Who has been named for Dada Saheb Phalke award?
- Soumitra Chatterjee


67. Which European nation has tied up with the Indian Railways to renovate 14 railway stations in India?
- Belgium


68. Name the Goa Tourism minister who died of heart attack recently?
- Matanhy Saldanha


69. Which team won the cricket Asia Cup 2012?
- Pakistan


70. Expand - NBFC
- Non-Banking Finance Companies


71. Which British newspaper won the annual Press Awards - the Oscars of British Journalism?
- Daily Mail (Newspaper and Website of the year)


72. What amount of loan for education has been offered to India by World Bank?
- $500 million


73. 64 years after Independence which Indian state saw a locomotive train for the first time?
- Manipur (12km from Jiribam to Dholakhal)


74. Longding became the 17th district of which Indian state?
- Arunachal Pradesh


75. Israeli Government is planning to setup 3 agricultural excellence centres in which Indian state?
- Gujarat


76. Who has been nominated for World bank President post by US President?
- Korean-American Physician-Anthropologist Jim Yong Kim



77. Who will be appointed as Army chief to succeed Gen.V.K.Singh?
 
- Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh


78. Who won 2nd silver medal in the men's 50m rifle three position at the Amir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix?
- Gagan Narang


79. Name the new tax norms which will come into effect from April 1st 2012.
- GAAR - General Anti-Avoidance Rules


80. Which 2 banking facilities would not require signature attestation instead only thumb impression as per RBI?
- Fixed deposits and Opening a bank locker


81. Which state will get its first commercial dairy for processing of camel milk into various products in Kutch district once the provision is made in its 2012-13 budget?
- Gujarat



82. Who is appointed as chairman of Haldia Petrochemicals?
- Kolkata's industry minister Partha Chatterjee


83. Who is named as Peace ambassador of world religious Parliament?
- Pt.Arjun Prasad Bastola


84. Who is appointed as Wipro's banking head?
- Rajan Kohli


85. Who was named as the winner of the Templeton Prize 2012 for his contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension?
- Dalai Lama


86. Name the bill passed against conduct of any constitutional authority in India.
- Judicial Accountability Bill


87. Where in India Guru Gobind Singh refinery will be inaugurated in April 2012?
- Bathinda, Southwest Punjab


88. Where in Chennai is the 2nd airport is to be setup?
- Sriperumbudur


89. Where in Arunachal Pradesh Reserve Bank of India is planning to open its office?
- Itanagar


90. Which Indian state passed Rs.201.05 crore deficit budget for the financial year 2012-13?
- Arunachal Pradesh


91. Which IPL cricket team signed up with UNICEF in a bid to support the adolescent girls in India?
- Delhi Daredevils


92. Who has replaced Shankar Bidari as DGP and IG in Karnataka?
- A.R.Infant


93. Which Indian state would celebrate 77th foundation day on 1st April 2012?
- Odisha or Orissa


94. Name the 26/11 Mumbai terror survivor who has been selected as a flag bearer at the London 2012 Olympics.
- Harnish Patel


95. Name the PSU bank whose 108 branches were inaugurated electronically by Union Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena.
- Syndicate Bank


Current Affairs