| GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012: Current Affairs for September. Sep 30th 2012, 09:00 | GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012 | | The most comprehensive career education and test preparation forums in india. | | | Current Affairs for September. Sep 30th 2012, 08:00 1. Samsung wins the patent battle against Apple in Japan. 2. India's Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi has taken over as the new Navy Chief for next three years. 3. The Supreme Court has ordered Sahara group to refund nearly Rs 17,400 crore to its more than 2 crore investors. 4. The Supreme Court has lifted its ban on iron ore mining operations in some mines in Karnataka. 5. The World Bank has appointed Kaushik Basu as its chief economist and Senior Vice President effective from 1st October this year. 6. Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has set a new world record for the maximum number of spacewalks by a woman astronaut. 7. Verghese Kurien, the father of White Revolution in India and the founder of Amul, dies at the age of 90. 8. US legendary tennis player Andy Roddick has announced his retirement during the current US open championship. 8. US based award-winning digital production company; Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG) has filed for bankruptcy protection under chapter 11 of bankruptcy code. 9. India's Kerala based poet Jeet Thayil has been shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize in Fiction category for this novel "Narcopolis". 10. A Smiling Armadillo is announced as the official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup scheduled to be held in Brazil in 2014. 11. Indian Government has increased the diesel price by Rs 5 a litre excluding other taxes in order to reduce its mounting fuel subsidy bill. 12. Supreme Court Justice Altamas Kabir has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India. 13. India's Virat Kohli has been awarded with the ICC ODI Cricketer of the year for his impressive performance in last 12 months. 14. The Indian Cricket board, BCCI has terminated the contract of Deccan Chargers. 15. The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has extended the bans against India's second and third ranked tennis players Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna. 16. Trinamool Congress withdrew its support on the UPA led central government following key reform steps taken by the Central government to boost the economy. 17. Forbes magazine has published the list of wealthiest Americans in which Microsoft founder Bill Gates held the no. 1 position for 19th year in a row with total fortune of USD 66 billion. 18. Australian Cricketer Matthew Hayden has announced his retirement from all formats of Cricket. 19. Union minister CP Joshi has formally taken additional charge of the Railway Ministry following resignation by the TMS MP and Railway Minister Mukul Roy. 20. Telecom minister Kapil Sibal has announced the abolition of roaming charges from next year. 21. Famous Malayalam film actor Surendranatha Thilakan passed away due to illness. 22. Bollywood Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been appointed as the UN Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS. 23. Yahoo has appointed Ken Goldman as its new Chief Financial Officer. 24. China has commissioned its first aircraft carrier named "Liaoning". 25. Maharashtra's deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has resigned from the DF Government yesterday following report of corruption in the irrigation scam. 26. Ramesh Abhishek has been appointed as the new Chairman of Forward Markets Commission (FMC). 27. Former Indian cricketer Sandeep Patil has been appointed as the new Chairman of the national selection committee of BCCI. 28. Global credit rating agency Fitch has lowered 2012 GDP growth forecast for both India and China due to dismal global growth outlook and lower domestic demand. | | | |  | |
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