Current Affairs October 2012

India Current Affairs/hot News of: October :2012

India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable naval Dhanush missile off Odisha coast.
Supreme Court rejects YSR Congress Chief Jaganmohan Reddy’s bail plea.
The apex court refuses to admit any fresh material other than the expert panel report on Mullaperiyar Dam issue.
Nifty crashes 800 points …. National Stock Exchange blames it on erroneous orders worth 650 crore rupees.
Sensex down by over 100 point in afternoon trade; Rupee gains 24 paise in late morning deals.

Supreme Court refuses to grant interim bail to 2008 Malegaon blast accused, Lt. Colonel Purohit and Pragya Thakur.
Prithvi-II ballistic missile with 350 kilometer strike range successfully testfired.
Government to ensure Kingfisher follows all safety parameters before it resumes flight operations.
Sensex crosses key 19,000 mark, Nifty breaches 5,800 mark over reform hopes; Rupee rules firm at 51 rupee 97 paise against the Dollar.
Farmers from North India meet UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi; Hail government’s decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail and demand the waiver of loans.

Centre proposes to set-up two smart cities in every state under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
The Assam government deploys a 100-member team of Forest Protection Force in the KazirangaNational Park to protect animals.
DGCA says Kingfisher airlines cannot fly without paying the salaries to its staff.

Pakistan Supreme Court resumes hearing on the Contempt of Court case against Prime Minister Pervaiz Ashraf.
In the second semi-final of the ICC Twenty-20 World Cup Cricket, Australia is to take on the West Indies 5 October 2012.

US President Barack Obama and his Republican party challenger Mitt Romney show down on Economic issues just about a month before the US polls.
Hosts Sri Lanka clash with Pakistan in the first semi-final of the ICC Twenty-20 World Cup in Colombo 4 October 2012.
In Nigeria, gunmen kill 46 students in an attack in the northern city of Mubi.
India beat South Africa by one run in the Super Eight match of Twenty-20 World Cup but fail to make it to the semi-finals.
West Indies Beat Sri Lanka by 36 Runs in Twenty-20 World Cup

Education News October 2012

The first-ever NEET will cater to admissions in all government and private medical and dental colleges in the country on the basis of its merit list.
If everything thing goes as scheduled, admission to engineering and medical undergraduate courses from 2013 will be a much easier and hassle-free process. Instead of criss-crossing across the country to write scores of entrance tests conducted by various colleges, students will have to write only one test for medical and one for engineering.
Even as the registration window for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2013 opened, those enrolling themselves for the exam will be using it more like a door to a government job. From being seen as the ‘gateway’ to M.Tech seats, GATE has now become the first step to be shortlisted in renowned Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)