22.12.2012 Germany is the top trading partner for india within Europe.

TEA BOARD gives export license to tea exporters of india. Validity of temporary license is 3yrs.

SECURITY N EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (SEBI) is capital market regulator.

Power minister of india: joytiraditya scindia

Astra is india’s beyond visual range air to air missile. It is the smallest missile developed by DRDO.

23.12.2012 India has become the largest exporter of rice in the world. The reason being the removal of the 4 yr ban on export of non vasmati rice. Thailand was the largest exporter of rice before india outperform others in rice export.

24.12.2012 former chief justice JS VERMA heads the enquiry commission on safety n security of women after the infamous delhi gang rape case.

25.12.2012 Russia is the largest arms supplier for india. Russian direct investment fund(RDIF) signed an agreement of 2 billion investment consortium with SBI.

26.12.2012 world’s longest high speed railway launched in china between Beijing and Guangzhou. Runs at 300km/hr

2.1.2013 chairman of finance commission: YV reddy

3.1.2013 Chairman of atomic energy commission:ratan kumar sinha

5.1.2013 world’s largest solar telescope: Mcmath pierce in US ….Largest one going to be built in ladakh in india

AERB: atomic energy regulatory board

Japanese prime minister: liberal democratic party leader shinzo abe

Food in decreasing order of consumption in the world: wheat, rice, maize and potato

NEW ELECTION COMMISSION NORMS: A party will be granted recognition even it fails to secure a seat either in lok sabha or legislative assembly provided 8% of the total valid votes polled in the state is acquired by it.

A country will be declared polio free country if it remains to be polio free for 2 more years from the time it has no reports of polio. Polio endemic countries( after removal of india): Pakistan ,Afghanistan and Nigeria. The world will be declared polio free only after it is able to remain polio free for 3yrs continuously.

World’s longest border between nations: between Canada n US (also known as international boundary)

Hindu marriage act( new amendments): wife will have right to husband’s property. Adopted child will have rights on par with biological offspring. Wife can oppose divorce plea by husband. But husband cannot oppose divorce plea by wife if the wife moves to court for divorce.

Right to education act: 25% free seat to poor chidren upto the age of 14 in govt, aided and unaided institutions( excluding unaided minority institutions).

1st sport personality nominated to rajya sabha: sachin Tendulkar

World’s largest arms importer: India, then south korea and Pakistan,china

MULLAPERIYAR DAM CONTROVERSY: between kerala and tamil nadu. Kerala wants to replace the dam by a new dam thinking it endangers some of its districts. Tamil nadu maintains that the dam is structurally strong and the proposal to construct new dam is a ploy by kerala to deny water to tamil nadu.

Copyright act(amendments): gives lifelong royalty to owner, bans production of cover of original creations for 5yrs from the date of creation. Research students using the material for research purpose are exempted from the bill.

Child & adolescent labour act( earlier known as child labour act) amendments: prohibits employment of child below 14yrs completely. Person below 18yrs cannot be employed in hazardous conditions. Year of imprisonment for child employment raise to 2 yrs. For repeated offence it is 3 yrs.

Father of white revolution in india: verghese kurien

ILR programme: interlinking of river programme. Aims at linking surplus-water rivers with water-deficient rivers to