Weekly Top 20 Current Affairs

1. Thomas Cook (India), the integrated travel and travel-related financial services company on 1 November 2012 launched prepaid foreign exchange borderless prepaid card in collaboration with MasterCard Worldwide, a global payments and technology company.

2. China has invited India’s “missile man” and former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam to teach at the prestigious Peking University.

3. The Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari released a collection of writing and works -Granthavali of late Dr Dineshnandini Dalmia in New Delhi on 2nd November 2012.

4. Hironmoy Chatterjee, Secretary of the Bengal Tennis Association on 2nd November 2012 was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The All India Tennis Association (AITA).

5. K. Yerran Naidu, Telugu Desam Party’s senior leader and former union minister for rural development died in a car accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district on 2nd November 2012.

6. Former RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan appointed as executive director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

7. National Education & Human Resource Development Organization has awarded “Top Class Brand Award 2012 – 2013″ to Shoppers Stop Ltd on 3rd November 2012.

8. Veteran BJP leader and former governor of Gujarat and Rajasthan Kailashpati Mishra died in Patna on 3rd November 2012.

9. Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna clinched the Paris Masters, their second title of the year, after scoring a hard-fought win over Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in Paries on 4th November 2012.

10. The G20 summit was held in Mexico on 4th November 2012.In this the Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the India’s economy should grow by 5.5 percent to 6.0 percentin the year 2012 and return to 7 percent growth in 2013.

11. The sixth conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians begins in Islamabad on 4th November 2012.From India, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Professor P. J. Kurien among various parliamentarians are attended the conference.In this conference they discussed the role of women parliamentarians for social justice and the strengthening of democracy in South Asia.

12. Dinesh Reddy has been elected the new president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) on 5th November 2012.

13. The Sikkim Government has launched a Rs 211.20 crore ‘social housing’ project namely “Chief Minister’s Rural Housing Mission”(CMRHM) on 5th November 2012 to become a first state to provide ‘pucca houses’ to all citizens.

14. India has signed a 320-million dollar loan agreement with the World Bank for road projects in Assam on 5th November 2012.

15. Iron Lady from Manipur, Irom Sharmila on 5 November 2012 completed 12 years of her fast demanding cancellation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA). She blames AFPSA as the main cause for violence in the state of Manipur and other parts of Northeastern India.

16. Miniature gold fountain pens made by K.V. Ramana Murthy of Ratnam Ball Pen Works have secured a place in the India Book of Records on 6th November 2012.

17. Pakistan won the Second Asia Kabaddia Championship 2012 against India on 6th November 2012.

18. India are in the running to host the 2015 World Wrestling Championship ahead of the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

19. Canadian firms will soon be able export uranium and nuclear reactors to India for the first time in almost four decades, as the result of an agreement reached between the two countries on 6th November 2012.

20. Tulsi Gabbard is the first Hindu-American entered into the US House of Representatives, winning her Hawaii seat in November 2012 elections.