Weekly Important Current Affairs(Dec.6-Dec.13)

1. Ajit Pawar sworn-in as Maharashtra deputy CM, once again
   
   
2. The 19th TANA Convention will be held at Dallas Convention Center from May 24th – 26th, 2013.This was unanimously decided by Telugu committee of Dallas and Board members of TANA.
   
   
3. The powerful earthquake had occurred in Japan on 7 December 2012.The magnitude of this earthquake was recorded as 7.3. This earthquake had occurred in 240 km beyond the Miyagi coast in the Pacific Oceanin a depth of 10m. But there were no deaths or serious damage.
   
   
4. Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd had launched 14 Microsoft Innovation Centres (MICs) in India. It has signed agreements with leading academic institutions across four States.As part of the global programme, which currently has 75 MICs, Microsoft aims to launch a 100 such centres in India in the next two years.
   
   
5. Nearly 200 countries that took part in United Nations climate talks in Doha had agreed to extend the Kyoto Protocol through 2020. The 1997 agreement, which requires industrialized nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, had been set to expire on 31 December 2012.
   
   
6. Latest movie of Chinese Oscar winning director Ang Lee, Life of Pi has been awarded with two National Tourism Awards by the Ministry of Tourism
7. Amitabh Bachchan had attended Italy’s River to River Film Festival in Florence.The event honoured Bachchan by screening cinema projects including Sholay, Deewar and Black.The festival runs in Florence from December 7 to 13, before transferring to Rome between December 14 and 16.
   
   
8. Poland to host UN Climate Conference in 2013
   
   
9. Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, passes away
   
   
10. Noted vocalist duo of Rajan and Sajan Mishra will be awarded prestigious ‘National Tansen Samman’ for year 2011-12 for their contribution to Hindustani classical music.
    
    
11. Scientists had developed a new technology that allows electronic messages sent from mobile phones to be directly projected on to contact lens placed in the recipient’s eyes.The technology, developed by Belgian researchers, allows information such as text messages from a mobile phone to the contact lenses.
    
    
12. India and Ukraine on 10 December 2012 signed on five agreements in New Delhi to enhance cooperation including in areas of defence, Nuclear, Science and Technology and also to remove barriers in trade and commerce. The agreements were signed during the visit of Ukraine President Victor Yanukovich.
    
    
13. Former Bangladeshi President and  Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) leader  Iajuddin Ahmed passed away 10 December 2012. Iajuddin Ahmed  was the 13th president of Bangladesh serving from Sept. 6, 2002 until Feb. 12, 2009
    
14. Lionel Messi breaks Gerd Muller’s record for most goals in a calendar year
    
    
15. Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram was selected for K Karunakaran Foundation award for his brilliant administration.
16. Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for cooperation on future Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM) ship-defence systems on 5 December 2012.
    
    
17. Russia on 10 December 2012  delivered the first three upgraded MiG-29UPG fighter jets to India under a USD 900 million contract to modernise the ageing fleet of MiG-29 aircraft with the IAF.
    
    
18. India Economy Would Dominate the Economy of the World by 2030:US intelligence counsel Report
    
    
19. Bihar received the Silver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012 for its public grievance redressal website
    
    
20. India were placed at number three position while Suresh Raina was the only batsman in the top-10 in the latest ICC Twenty20 rankings released in Dubai on 11 December 2012.
    
    
21. Vijay Kumar appointed Senior Security Adviser in Home Ministry
    
    
22. Former Ranji cricketer B B Nimbalkar was passes away on 11 December 2012.       BB Nimbalkar, who made an unbeaten 443 runs for Maharashtra against Kathiawar in a Ranji Trophy match in 1948-49. 
    
    
23. Suresh Vaswani, the former co-CEO of Wipro was appointed as the President of Dell Services, the computer-maker, on 6 December 2012 He replaced Steve Schuckenbrock, the former President of Dell Services. 
    
    
24. Parathasarathi Shome Appointed as advisor to finance minister of india.
    
    
25. Legendary musician, Pandit Ravi Shankar passed in San Diego on 11 Dec. 2012. He was 92.
    
    
26. India on 12 December 2012  successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast. Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which is capable of carrying payloads up to 1000 kg  and destroy the targets at  a distance of 700 km.
    
    
27. Vijaywada will host the third World Cup of kabaddi, schedule from March 27 to 31 in 2013.In this event 20 countries will be participated.
    
    
28. First CM of Uttarakhand Nityanand Swami passes away
    
    
29. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose was sworn in Chief Justice of the AP High Court by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on 12 December 2012.
    
    
30. India and the United States have opened SERIIUS or the Solar Energy Research Institute in Mumbai to encourage collaboration between academia and industry of both countries.
    
    
31. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India  Vinod Rai was re-elected Chair of the (UN) Panel for the year 2013, while the CAG of the United Kingdom, Amyas Morse, was re-elected the vice-chair of the Panel.
    
    
32. Maruti Suzuki Ertiga has been conferred with coveted “Family Car of the Year 2012″ award by country’s leading automobile publication, BBC TopGear India.
    
    
33. On 12 December President Pranab Mukherjee  released a book “My Tryst with Justice ” which was written by Former Chief Justice P N Bhagwati.