Current Affaires Mar 2012/ GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Latest Current Affairs

• L&T elevated Shailendra Roy as a Whole-Time Director of the Company
• L&T appointed K. Venkataramanan as New CEO of the Company
• Hindustan Motors-Mitsubishi launched Mitsubishi Pajero Sport SUV in India
• Rahul Dravid announced Retirement from International Cricket
• Congress emerged as the Single Largest Party in Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2012
• Scientists claimed to find the Treatment for Glaucoma in Rats
• Shiromani Akali Dal-Bhartiya Janata Party Alliance won Punjab Assembly Election 2012
• Mamoni Scheme introduced by the Assam State government

National Current Affairs

• Union Cabinet of India approved the Proposed Changes in the Motor Vehicle Act 1988
• Supreme Court appointed Justice HS Bedi as Panel head to Investigate Encounter Killings in Gujarat
• UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa recorded the Highest ever Voting Percentage in their History
• HRD Ministry Launched Portal for Implementation of NSIGSE

• US Court dismissed a Lawsuit filed against the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa
• India and China decided to have Maritime Cooperation to Build Confidence
• North Korea agreed to suspend its Nuclear Programme in Return for US Food Aid

Economy Current Affairs

Union Government decided to Boost Public Spending in the Health Sector to 2.5 per cent of GDP

• India’s Economic Growth Rate dipped to 6.1% in the October-December Quarter of 2011-12
• Fiscal Deficit stood at Rs 4.34 lakh crore, or 105% of the Total Annual Target in April-January 2011
• PE Investors in February 2012 encashed Investments worth $826 million in almost 16 Deals

Sports Current Affairs

• Indian National Women Kabaddi Team won first edition of World Cup Kabaddi Title
• Rahul Dravid announced Retirement from International Cricket
• Pakistan appointed Dav Whatmore as its National Team Coach
• Anjum Chopra to lead the Indian women's cricket team in Home Series against Australia

Environment and Ecology Current Affairs

• Indian Black Eagle was Spotted after 90 Years in the Aravali Biodiversity Park
• Court: States and UTs to get approval from Environment Ministry for Mining Activities
• A New Scientific Study claimed that Life began on Land, not Sea
• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary received Four Rhinos from Kajiranga

Science and Technology Current affairs

• Scientists transformed Skin Cells directly into Brain Cells
• Two Genes linked to Parkinson's identified by the Scientists
• Bird flu was less Deadly to Humans than Previously Thought
• DRDO Conducted Test of Interceptor Missile Successfully