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CONTENTS Honours & Awards - 2 News Makers - 6 Places in News - 6 Science Snippets - 7 Defence - 8 Space Science - 8 Summits - 9 Committees - 10 Deaths - 10 Economic Scenario - 11 Sports - 14 NationalRound-Up - 16 International Round-Up - 20 Knowledge Capsules - 24 Banking Awareness - 26 (For Bank PO & Clerks Exams) Current MCQ Capsules - 28 Disclaimer : All Readers of this book undertake responsibility for the relevance and accuracy of its content. The Publisher cannot Guarantee the accuracy and Reliability of Content. Current News & Events 2 Latest Current Affairs each year for the best original full- Honours & Awards Nayudu Award Committee met on length novel, written in the English 25 October and decided to confer language, by a citizen of the the honour on the legendary British Writer Hilary Commonwealth of Nations, opener, a release from BCCI Mantel won Booker Prize Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner secretary Sanjay Jagdale said. The of the Man Booker Prize is generally award comprises a trophy, citation for Second Time assured of international renown and a cheque for Rs 25 lakh. British Writer Hilary Mantel and success. The selection on 16 October 2012 won the process for the winner of the prize Sharmila Tagore gets prestigious literary prize, the Booker commences with the formation of honorary degree from Prize for her novel Bring up the an advisory committee which Bodies, the second in a historical includes an author, two publishers, Edinburgh University trilogy set during the reign of King a literary agent, a bookseller, a Veteran actress Sharmila Henry VIII. Hilary Mantel had earlier librarian, and a chairperson Tagore has been given an Honorary won the Booker prize in 2009 for appointed by the Booker Prize Doctorate of Arts from Edinburgh "Wolf Hall," the first novel in the Foundation. Napier University for her trilogy. Hilary Mantel is the third Gavaskar to receive outstanding contribution to Indian author to win the prize twice, alongside South-African-born J.M. BCCIs lifetime achieve- Coetzee and Australian Peter ment award Carey. With this she also became the first British author, and the first Former India captain Sunil woman, to achieve a double Booker Gavaskar will be conferred the Col Prize. Bring Up the Bodies” is also C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement the first sequel to win the prize. award at the annual BCCI awards Bring up the Bodies and Wolf Hall function. The BCCI's Col C K are parts of a planned trilogy about Thomas Cromwell, the powerful and ambiguous chief minister to Narayana Murthy receives 2012 Hoover Medal King Henry VIII. Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy has been conferred with Man Booker Prize: the prestigious 2012 Hoover Medal in recognition of his philanthropic activities in India. Former US Presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight The Man Booker Prize for Eisenhower and James Earl Carter are among some of the prominent Fiction is a literary prize awarded recipients of this annual award established in 1930 to recognize great, unselfish and non-technical services by the engineers to humanity. Murthy was awarded with the prestigious award at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in Seattle. The 70th recipient of the award, Murthy was recognized for establishing a foundation that forges outstanding improvements in healthcare, social rehabilitation, rural uplift and education following his formation of Infosys, an innovative company that provides business consulting, technology, and engineering services in over 30 countries. Current News & Events 3 cinema. The 67-year-old actress, who is the great grand-niece of Sachin Tendulkar to be awarded Order of Australia noted poet Rabindranath Tagore, membership joined leading figures from the world of foreign affairs, education Sachin Tendulkar is set to another feather to his already crowded and almost 1000 students at the cap as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard ceremony to collect the award. "It is on October 16 announced that the iconic indeed a privilege to be conferred Indian cricketer will be conferred the an Honorary Degree by Edinburgh membership of the Order of Australia, an Napier University. honour “rarely” awarded to non-Australians. Sachin Tendulkar will become only the Kahaani wins Best Film second Indian after former Attorney General award in Fiji Soli Sorabjee to get the honour. Mr. Sorabjee was made an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM) “for service Vidya Balan starrer to Australia-India bilateral legal relations” in 2006. Tendulkar is not the 'Kahaani' has been named the best first cricketer to be made an Order of Australia AM as in 2009, West film at the International Film Festival Indies legend Brian Lara was also made an honorary member. Another in Fiji. The two-week long film West Indies legend, Clive Lloyd, is an Honorary Officer in the Order of festival, which was partnered with Australia, having been conferred the award way back in 1985. The right- Indian High Commission and handed Tendulkar, considered the finest batsman in contemporary organized by Fiji National University cricket, has 15,533 runs in 190 Tests besides a mammoth 18,426 runs and Film Fiji, was held in Labasa. in 463 ODIs. The Indian feature and documentary films were also a part of festival where 'Kahaani' received accepted the award from director Is Ada Se Aaj' and 'Kafian Bulleh the award in 'Best Film' category. Shyam Benegal, said there comes Shah'. During her career, Abida has The Fiji Film Festival a time in an artiste’s life when he- been awarded both the 'Pride of featured a range of diverse or-she shies away from accolades Performance' and the 'Sitara-e- international and local film entries and she was doing that in the past. Imtiaz' by the Government of including French, Russian, Middle However, this time she Pakistan. Eastern films, Bollywood decided to accept since the honour British military dog gets blockbusters and Bengali classics was from her own fraternity, at an as well. These films were screened international film festival and in the posthumous medal 100th year of cinema. She from all over the country from A British military dog who dedicated the award to her October 5 to 18. died in Afghanistan has been colleagues in the film industry. Ms. awarded the highest bravery award Waheeda Rehman Rehman has acted in 84 films in a for an animal for finding hidden career spanning six decades and conferred with the life weapons and improvised explosive has been awarded the Padma devices planted by the Taliban. achievement award Bhushan. Theo, a springer spaniel, Waheeda Rehman was Pakistani singer Abida died from an undiagnosed seizure conferred with the life achievement hours after his handler Lance award at the closing function of the Parveen recieves lifetime Corporal Tasker was killed on 14th Mumbai Film Festival on achievement award March 1, 2011 in a firefight. Theo October 25. The weeklong festival, Sufi legend Abida Parveen worked for five months in during which over 200 films were Afghanistan with Royal Army was honoured with a lifetime screened, concluded with the Veterinary Corps, searching out screening of Pablo Berger’s achievement award by Kaladharmi Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal. roadside bombs. Theo has now Blancanieves. Ms. Rehman, who been recognised with the Dickin Abida is an internationally acclaimed Pakistani singer of Medal by the People’s Dispensary Sindhi descent and one of the for Sick Animals (PDSA). It is the highest award any animal can foremost exponents of Sufi music. Her songs include mainly ghazals, receive and is given for gallantry or Urdu love tracks and her forte, devotion to duty in military conflict. The PDSA Dickin medal Kafis, a classical form of Sufi poetry. Some of her hits are 'Duma recognises that in finding IEDs and Dum Mast Qalandar', 'Teray Ishaq bomb-making equipment, Theo prevented soldiers and civilians Nachaya', 'Latthe Di Chadar', 'Kuch Current News & Events 4 from being killed or wounded. Theo protected areas category. The is the 64th animal to receive the programme was hosted by the PDSA Dickin Medal. Other Ministry of Environment and recipients include 27 other dogs, Forests.The award recognizes the 32 pigeons, three horses and a cat. outstanding models of biodiversity governance across the country. The Gov. of Bangladesh award was actually presented at Awarded Babu Jagjivan ministerial reception of Eleventh Ram with Friends of Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Liberation War Honour With the presentation of The President gave away Former Deputy Prime Award, the Minister of Environment 52 awards — 46 Niryat Shree Minister and Defence Minister of and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan Awards was given to exporters for India, Babu Jagjivan Ram was announced that the India their performance in 12 different awarded with the Friends of Biodiversity Awards will now be categories, which includes Liberation War Honour by the given annualy, to mark International agriculture, plantation products; Government of Bangladesh for his Biodiversity Day on 22 May each chemicals, drugs, pharmacy and contribution in the 1971 War. He year. allied products; engineering; gems was given the honour by the Prime Singham Bravery Awards and jewellery, handicrafts, carpets; Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh textiles, leather, service providers; Hasina and President of An Indian Police Service and 6 Niryat Bandhu Awards were Bangladesh, Mohammad. Zillur officer who was crushed to death given to Export Promotion Councils Rahman. by mining mafia in Madhya and Banks for their support to the The award was received by Pradesh and several security exporting community. Among the Niryat Shree Babuji's grandson, Anshul Avijit at personnel who have laid down awardees that were presented a the Bangabandhu International their lives fighting for the country gold trophy was MIOT Hospitals Conference Centre in Dhaka. were honoured posthumously with Limited for being the highest Anshul Avijit, is a journalist and Singham Bravery Awards on foreign exchange earner in the academician and also the son of October 20.