December 2012 Current Affairs: In this chapter, information has been given about the latest current affairs based on India and the world in the month of December 2012 from the point of view of upcoming competitive examinations. Here you can find various fields of India and the world like: Appointments, Resignations, Sports and Sportsmen, Politics, Awards and Honors, Important Days, Deaths, Reports, Business, Planning, Politics, Education, Books and Authors, Economy, Accidents, Science, Technology You can get general knowledge about important current affairs related to geography, records, settlement, convention and entertainment etc.

31 December 2012 | Indian Current Affairs
The Indian government’s project of straight transfer of subsidies to beneficiaries’ bank accounts will start from the first day of 2013. This facility will, for the time being, be available only in 20 districts. P Chidambaram, the Union Finance Minister, has described it to be a groundbreaker for India.
30 December 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
Twenty-one Pakistani security personnel kidnapped by the Taliban from check posts near Peshawar were gunned down by the militants.
29 December 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
The Supreme Court lawyer Dayan Krishnan has been appointed as the special public prosecutor by the city police to conduct trial in the December 16 gangrape of a paramedical student who succumbed to injuries during the wee hours on Saturday at a Singapore hospital.
28 December 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
Ratan Naval Tata retired as chairman of the $100-billion Tata Group which he had joined 50 years ago. There was no event, speeches and he was not present at Bombay House to see the transition. Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, 44 will take the responsibility as the 6th chairman of the group.
27 December 2012 | Entertainment Current Affairs
Dabangg', 'Bodyguard' and 'Ek Tha Tiger' the success story for the actor Salman Khan continues  and this time it is Dabangg 2 in six days of its release. The movie has entered in the Rs.100 crore-club with revenue amounting to Rs.100.78 crore.
26 December 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
The leader of Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe has become Japan's new prime minister. Abe, who led the LDP to a landslide victory in the general election after three years in the opposition, will form a new Cabinet later in the day with his close allies.
25 December 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
As the government races to launch its flagship direct cash transfer programme from January 1, the low concentration of Aadhaar card database in the identified 43 districts is a cause of major concern.
24 December 2012 | Technology Current Affairs
India successfully test fired beyond-visual-range Astra air-to-air interceptor missile from a defense base in Odisha third time in a week from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur. 
23 December 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
Fortis Hospital has set up a new record by screening 751 women for cervical cancer in an eight-hour marathon session which was part of 'Teal To Heal Together'. It broke an earlier Guinness World Record of 350 participants achieved by Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, US, on the Jan 29 last year.
22 December 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
The Obama administration has announced to appoint yet another Indian American to a key administrative post, after it named Smita Singh as member of the president's Global Development Council.
21 December 2012 | Business Current Affairs
Vodafone, Idea, Tata Telecommunications and Aircel have been served show cause notices by the Department of Telecom (DoT), directing them to stop offering third-generation (3G) mobile data services through roaming pacts beyond their licensed zones as they are 'illegal'. 
20 December 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan superstar Sridevi were voted as the most admired celebrities according to the 'Vuclip Icons of the Year 2012' mobile survey.  Amitabh got 43 percent votes. Sridevi, who returned to Bollywood after 15 years with 'English Vinglish', surged ahead of  Kareena Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Vidya Balan with 33 percent votes.
19 December 2012 | Awards Current Affairs
United States President Barack Obama has been named Time Magazine's 2012 Person of the Year, with the US publication calling him the 'Architect of New America'. This is second time in four years that Obama has been named person of the year by the publication. He had received the title in 2008.
18 December 2012 | Social Current Affairs
Google India launched a special project of Chandni Chowk, the famous market of old Delhi.This project is a part of Google's endeavor to provide free websites and domains to small and medium businesses in India through the 'India Get Your Business Online' campaign which was launched last year.
17 December 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
Telecom firm Uninor will be closing down the operations in Kolkata and West Bengal circles from Jan 19 next year as 'no new spectrum (was) being (made) available through auctions'
16 December 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
The Rajya Sabha will vote on the controversial Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill 2012. The bill will provide reservation in government jobs for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
15 December 2012 | Accidents Current Affairs
Three members of a Sikh family were killed when their car was rear-ended at high speed by an SUV while they were trying to fix a flat tire on Friday in Redwood City, California.
14 December 2012 | Sports Current Affairs
India won the men's final of the World Kabaddi Cup for the third time continuously at Ludhiana on Saturday by defeating ?arch-rivals Pakistan 59-22. The match was dominated by the Indian players and they maintained a lead initially and reached  9-0. 
13 December 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
A revised visa agreement between india and Pakistan will become operative when Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik comes on a three-day visit to India. The two countries will also discuss counter-terrorism, border management, fake Indian currency notes and cooperation among security and investigation agencies.
12 December 2012 | Obituaries Current Affairs
Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar died at the age of 92, in a US hospital few days after he had a heart valve replacement surgery.He was there in Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, San Diego, after he was experiencing breathing difficulties.
11 December 2012 | Sports Current Affairs
Arch rivals India and Pakistan reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the blind after their imposing wins against South Africa and Nepal respectively in the last league matches in Bangalore.India will face Sri Lanka while Pakistan will take on England in the twin semifinals on Wednesday.
10 December 2012 | Awards Current Affairs
Bihar's public grievance redressal website has been given the Silver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012. The award was given by the Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibbal to S. Siddharth, Bihar's secretary of urban development and public grievances, in New Delhi on Monday.
9 December 2012 | Business Current Affairs
Zee Group chairman Subhash Chandra faced questions for the second consecutive day.He has stated that he would sue Jindal Group for defamation as it had alleged an extortion bid of Rs.100-crore by two journalists of the channel.
8 December 2012 | Obituaries Current Affairs
Eighteen people, including five women, have died after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's Bhojpur district in last twenty four hours. Four of them were admitted to a government hospital in critical condition.
7 December 2012 | Indian Current Affairs
There was a recommendation by an inter-ministerial group to lower the base price for 1,800 mega hertz (Mhz) spectrum by 30 percent for four circles which were not sold in the auction conducted last month.The four circles include Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
6 December 2012 | Social Current Affairs
Google launched the Google+ Communities, which can be called the bigger G+ version of Facebook Groups. As per Google Senior Vice President Vic Gundotra, Google+ Communities are 'a gathering place for your passions' and 'more permanent homes for all the stuff you love'. 
5 December 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
The government cruised through a strong opposition onslaught and won the vote in the Lok Sabha on foreign investment in multi-brand retail - with support from the BSP and the SP. They seem to have bailed out the UPA-II for their own political compulsions.
4 December 2012 | Sports Current Affairs
India got suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) failing to organize independent elections.This was decided at the IOC executive board committee meeting on the eve of the IOA elections. India is now in the same group of countries like Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan who have been suspended for different periods.
3 December 2012 | Indian Current Affairs
Foreign tourists arriving at Himachal Pradesh will be able to register themselves through an interactive web portal with various foreigner registration officers as informed by the Director General of Police (I.D.) Bhandari. He further added that the tourists can also file complaints on case of accidents or crimes at the 'Kanoon Vyavastha' web portal.
2 December 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
The UPA government is confident of its numbers before the critical debate with voting on FDI in multi-brand retail in the Lok Sabha from Dec 4-5.The Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath informed the media that the opposition motion will be defeated in both the houses.
1 December 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
With the situation returning to normal, authorities lifted the three-day-old curfew imposed in nine police station areas of Srinagar following sectarian clashes.

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