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Institute For Career Advancement, Melarmath, Agartala Current Affairs September, 2012 2012-13 2 Current Affairs 1. Sanjay Mitra appointed as new Chief Secretary of West Bengal Sanjay Mitra was appointed as the new Chief Secretary of West Bengal on 30 September 2012. An IAS officer from 1982 batch, Mitra who was serving as the Principal Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department took over the office from Samar Ghosh at the State Secretariat. 2. Punjab Government started a massive door-to-door Cancer Detection Campaign The biggest door-to-door campaign to detect cancer at early stage was launched on 30 September 2012 by the Punjab Government The Pilot trial of the project will start in Faridkot district of Punjab from October 2012 for a complete month and will be implemented across the state in December 2012. The Cancer detection survey involving fifty thousand personnel aims at detecting the cancer at its initial stage in a population of over 1.25 crore. The Chief Minister of Punjab, Prakash Singh Badal declared during his high level meet of senior officials of World Health organization, departments of health and family welfare and medical education and research and more organizations about the official launch of the project. He also emphasized on the fact that he will not allow scarcity of funds to effect this prestigious campaign. 3. Tunnel joining the Amber Palace and Jaigarh Fort unveiled for Tourists The tunnel that connects the two monuments of historical importance Amber Palace and Jaigarh Fort in the capital city Jaipur of Rajasthan was inaugurated on 30 September 2012 by Contact: 8794365719, 9206042944 www.icaacademy.in facebook: [email protected] 3 Current Affairs the Diya Kumari of Jaipur Royal Family and former Rajasthan Tourism Minister Bina Kak. The tunnel is now open for the tourists as well as the historians. To excavate the tunnels joining the Jaigarh Fort and the Amber palace the Jaigarh Public Charitable Trust and the State government‘s Archaeology & Museums Department have entered into an agreement by singing a contract of public- private partnership. It‘s believed the tunnels of the fort were constructed during eighteenth century for managing the evacuation task of the then royal family and the nobleman, under situations of unfortunate attack by enemies. 4. Shadman Chowk renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk in Lahore Bhagat Singh Chowk: Is the new name of Shadman Chowk located in the Eastern City of Lahore (Pakistan) The Shadman Chowk in the eastern city of Lahore (Pakistan) on 29 September 2012 was renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk on the 105th birth anniversary of the revolutionary freedom fighter and martyr, Bhagat Singh. This came up in result of the demand from the peace activists for renaming the Chowk by the name of Bhagat Singh. Noorul Amin Mengal, the District Coordination Officer directed the City District Government to rename Shadman Chowk as Bhagat Singh Chowk. It was Shadman Chowk roundabout, where Bhagat Singh along with his two companions Sukhdev Singh and Rajguru were hanged on 23 March 1931 in the Lahore Jail for their alleged involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy Case. Till 1947, the Chowk was named after the name of Bhagat Singh, later it was renamed to be Shadman Chowk. Bhagat Singh Contact: 8794365719, 9206042944 www.icaacademy.in facebook: [email protected] 4 Current Affairs Bhagat Singh born of 28 September 1907 and hanged on 23 March 1931 was one of the greatest martyrs of the Indian Freedom Struggle against the British Empire. He has been termed as the most influential revolutionists of his time in the Indian History. Referred to be a Saheed, Bhagat singh as a teenager studied the revolutionary movements of European Countries and was attracted towards the Marxists and Anarchist thoughts. Some of the revolutionary acts of Bhagat Singh 1. Killed the then Assistant Superintendent of Police John P. Saunders in a plot to kill the Superintendent of Police James A. Scott 2. In 1915, when the British Government planned to implement the Defence India Act, 1915 Bhagat Singh along with Batukeshwar Dutt threw 2 bombs in the visitor‘s gallery of the Central Legislative Hall shouting Inquilab Zindabad and showered leaflets to with slogans against the Public Safety and Trades Dispute Bills. Both surrendered themselves in the hands of British police claiming the incident was intentional (this act was done in the influence of the news about the French anarchist who threw a bomb in the French Chamber of Deputies) Hunger strike and Lahore conspiracy case: 1. He along with few more revolutionaries went on a hunger strike of 116 days to protest against the inequalities, which were being done against the Indian Prisoners to that of the British Prisoners in the jail premises. 2. On 7 October 1930, a three hundred page judgment by the tribunal that he faced along with the duo Rajguru and Sukhdev declared their sentence of being hanged till death in the Lahore Conspiracy Case 3. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, the trio were hanged on 24 March 1931 few hours before the original time decided Contact: 8794365719, 9206042944 www.icaacademy.in facebook: [email protected] 5 Current Affairs on the Shadman Chowk again renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk in Lahore. Bhagat Singh‘s Dairy and Pamphlet: 1. During his term in jail and by the time he was hanged, the martyr who had the habit of maintaining a dairy wrote 404 pages. Views from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the prominent ones available in the dairy. 2. In the prison he also wrote a small pamphlet with title Why I am an Atheist. 5. Dalmia Cement Bharat acquired Meghalaya based Adhunik Cement Meghalaya based Adhunik Cement on 28 September 2012 was acquired by the Dalmia Cement Bharat for Rs. 560 crore. The Adhunik Cement have a control over ten percent of the market shares in the North-East, with an annual capacity of 1.5 million tonnes. Dalmia Cement in January 2012, acquired fifty percent stake of the Assam based Calcom Cement for Rs. 238 crore. Dalmia cement is a subsidiary venture of Dalmia Bharat Enterprises and a leading player of the domestic market in India. 6. Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia retired The Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia, retired on 28 September 2012 from the post after serving the Supreme Court for two and a half years. Justice Kapadia, who turned up to be 65 years in age sworn in as the thirty-eighth CJI and served the Supreme Court from 12 May 2010 and retired, on 28 September 2012. While holding the office as a judge for a period of 22 years, Justice Kapadia never took a leave. After his retirement, Justice Altamas Kabir took over the job as the Chief Justice of India from 29 September 2012. The Chief Contact: 8794365719, 9206042944 www.icaacademy.in facebook: [email protected] 6 Current Affairs Justice of India sworn-in to the post by the name of God by the president of India. His appointment to the position is mentioned in article 124 of the Indian Constitution. The chief Justice of India also acts as the acting President of the nation in case the office of the President falls vacant due to any reason like his death, resignation or removal via impeachment and the Vice-President is not available to take on the charge of the acting president. The only Chief Justice, who has served as the acting President of India Sir Mohammad Hidayatullah, who served the nation as eleventh CJI (17 December 1905 - 18 September 1992) has also served as the acting President of India being an ex-officio CJI from 20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969, after Dr. Zakir Hussain died as a president in office and the then Vice-President V.V. Giri resigned from the post of acting President to participate in the Presidential Election. 7. Altamas Kabir sworn-in as 39th Chief Justice of India Justice Altamas Kabir on 29 September 2012 was sworn-in as the new chief justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. He took over the office from Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, who retired after serving the Supreme Court for two and a half year. 64 year old Altamas Kabir will be in the office for a period of nine months, from 29 September 2012 to 18 July 2013. His oath ceremony was conducted at the ceremony held at Ashoka Hall of Rastrapati Bhawan. At the swearing ceremony some of the dignitaries present were Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari, working Chairperson of NDA L.K. Advani, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, RJD leader Lalu Yadav along with several Union Ministers. About Justice Altamas Kabir Contact: 8794365719, 9206042944 www.icaacademy.in facebook: [email protected] 7 Current Affairs Justice Altamas Kabir was appointed as the Judge of Supreme Court on 9 September 2005 and is known for some of the landmark judgments related to election laws and human rights. He pursued his MA in LLB from University of Calcutta and started his career as a practitioner in civil and criminal cases in the year 1973 at District court of Calcutta. Altamas Kabir was first time appointed as a permanent judge in the Calcutta high Court on 6 August 1990 and has served the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court is the highest court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Indian Constitution and Article 124 to 147 states about the composition of Supreme Court of India. Supreme Court of India consists of one Chief Justice and 31 judges.