Weekly Top 20 Current Affairs(23 Nov.-30 Nov.)

1. India successfully test-fired an indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying a hostile ballistic missile, from a test range off the Odisha coast on 23 November 2012.
2. The ban on manufacture, sale and use of most types of plastic bags in the Capital came into force on on 23 November 2012.
3. Former Prime Minister of India, Inder Kumar Gujral, the head of unsteady coalition government in 1990s, died at the age of 92 following brief illness on 30 November 2012.
4. Saina's maiden book "Playing to Win" was released by Yuvraj Singh.
5. Joaquim Barbosa was sworn-in as Brazil’s Supreme Court’s first non-White President on 23 November 2012 at a packed ceremony in the capital Brazilia . Barbosa, became famous in Brazil after overseeing one of the country’s biggest corruption trials involving key members of the former President Lula Da Silva’s government.
6. Usain Bolt won the IAAF(International Amateur Athletic Federation) World male Athlete of the Year award for the fourth time and United States sprinter Allyson Felix won the women’s World Athlete of the Year award on 24 November 2012.
   
7. Arvind Kejriwal announced the name for his newly launched party as “Aam Admi Party” on 24 November 2012 in New Delhi.
8. The BJP on 25 Novemebr 2012 suspended a Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani from the party for “gross indiscipline”. He recently attacked for criticizing the appointment of the new CBI chief.
9. Scientists was developed a new drug called Aflibercept, for stop the cancer cells from multiplying.
   
10. The fourth joint military training exercises between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) – EKUVERIN 2012 – was held in Belgaum from 12 to 25 November 2012.
    
11. Sebastian Vettel became the youngest triple champion in Formula One history on 25 November 2012.He stood sixth position in Brazilian Grand Prix with 8 points.But overall he got F1 world title for this season with 281 points. This is the third time consecutively he got the F1 title.
12. The Second India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 26 November 2012. In this meeting China and India discussed several topics including greater cooperation at the global level, strengthening communication on macroeconomic policies, deepening and expanding trade and investment and promoting bilateral cooperation in the financial and infrastructure sectors. The bilateral trade between these two countries enhanced from $74 billion to $100 billion.
    
13. Dr. Joseph Murray, the surgeon who carried out the first successful kidney transplant and later won a Nobel Prize for his work in medicine and physiology, died on 26 November 2012 in Boston.
    
14. Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile called Hatf-V(Ghauri) on 28 November 2012 that can hit targets up to 1,300 km (807 miles) away.
    
15. Senior IPS officer Alok Joshi will be the new chief of RAW and Syed Asif Ibrahim will be the next director of Intelligence Bureau, the first Muslim to head it with four officers senior to him been shifted out.Alok Joshi will take charge from S.K. Tripathi on December 30, 2012.
    
16. By March 2014 all Kisan Credit Cards(KCCs) should be converted to ATM cards by public sector banks(PSBs), Finance Minister P Chidambaram asked PSBs. This will mean a total of 11.39 KCCs will get converted. The total money lend by these cards is RS.5,21,617crore. The scheme was introduced in 1998-99.
17. Punjab would host 3rd World Kabaddi Cup from 1 to 15 December 2012. 23 countries are participating in this world cup.The prize money for this world cup is Rs.4.54 crores.
    
18. India’s silicone valley Bangalore was rated among top polluted megacities in the world, claims a new study, using data collected by NASA’s high-tech satellites.Scientists at Tel Aviv University tracked pollution trends for 189 megacities, including Mumbai, New York City and Tokyo, by analysing eight years’ worth of data from three of NASA’s high-tech aerosol monitoring satellites.
    
19. Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of the third Test against South Africa.He is the second highest run scorer in Test history behind Sachin Tendulkar.Ponting has scored 13,366 runs at an average of 52.21 in his career.
    
20. B.S.Yeddyurappa, former Chief Minister of Karnataka on 30 November 2012 announced his resignation from Legislative Assembly and from primary membership of BJP party.