Andy Murray won US Open

Britain's Andy Murray poses with the trophy after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the championship match at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament in New York on Monday. Andy Murray rewrote 76 years of British tennis history as he won the first Grand Slam title Monday, defeating Novak Djokovic 7-6 (12-10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2.

Arjuna Awards 2012

Sl. No.	Name	Discipline
1	Ms. Deepika Kumari	Archery
2	Ms. Laishram Bombayla Devi	Archery
3	Ms. Sudha Singh	Athletics
4	Ms. Kavita Ramdas Raut	Athletics
5	Ms. Ashwani Ponnappa	Badminton
6	Mr. Parupalli Kashyap	Badminton
7	Mr. Aditya S. Mehta	Billiards & Snooker
8	Mr. Vikas Krishan	Boxing
9	Mr. Yuvraj Singh	Cricket
10	Mr. Sardar Singh	Hockey
11	Mr. Yashpal Solanki	Judo
12	Mr. Anup Kumar	Kabaddi
13	Mr. Samir Suhag	Polo
14	Ms. Annu Raj Singh	Shooting
15	Mr. Omkar Singh	Shooting
16	Mr. Joydeep Karmakar	Shooting
17	Ms. Deepika Pallikal	Squash
18	Mr. Sandeep Sejwal	Swimming
19	Ms. Ng. Sonia Chanu	Weightlifting
20	Mr. Narsingh Yadav	Wrestling
21	Mr. Rajinder Kumar	Wrestling
22	Ms. Geeta Phogat	Wrestling
23	Mr. M. Bimoljit Singh	Wushu
24	Mrs. Deepa Mallick	Athletics – Paralympics
25	Mr. Ramkaran Singh	Athletics – Paralympics

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - 2012:
1.  Shri Vijay Kumar – Shooting

2.  Shri Yogeshwar Dutt - Wrestling

Gagan shoots India’s first medal in London olympics

Gagan Narang shot the bronze medal in men’s 10m air rifle to infuse life into the Indian challenge on the fourth day of the Olympics, at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London on Monday. 

HyAlfa

Hydrogen-powered three-wheeler ‘HyAlfa’ makes debut

 New Delhi, Jan 9: 
 The world’s first hydrogen-powered three-wheeler, ‘HyAlfa’, was showcased at the 11th Auto Expo here today.

Part of a development project dubbed ‘DelHy 3w’, a fleet of 15 HyAlfa three-wheelers will run on an experimental basis at Pragati Maidan, where a hydrogen refuelling station has also been set up.

The India Trade Organisation Promotion (ITPO) will use the vehicles on an experimental basis.

HyAlfa has been developed under a joint project by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (ICHET), Mahindra & Mahindra and IIT-Delhi, with support from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. 

Euro Cup 2012

Spain wins Euro Cup 2012

The tournament was hosted by Poland and Ukraine

Spain becomes the first team to win two consecutive European championships

The golden boot award was given to Fernando Torres of Spain

The official Euro 2012 song is Endless Summer

Captain Lakshmi Sahgal passed away

Captain Lakshmi Sahgal breathed her last at a private hospital in the city on July 23. She was 97

Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna passes away at 69

He breathed his last on 18-July -2012 in the presence of his ex-wife Dimple Kapadia, daughters Rinkie and Twinkle, son-in-law Akshay Kumar, grand children and close relatives.

Pranab Kumar Mukherjee new President of India

Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, 76, was declared elected the 13th President on 22/07/2012.

Actor Dara Singh passes away

Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh passed away on July 12

 The Commonwealth wrestling champion entered the film industry in the 1950s and is known for his roles in King Kong and Faulad. He was last seen in Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met in 2007 in which he played Kareena Kapoor’s grandfather.

The veteran actor also played the character of Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar’s epic television series Ramayan. 

Williams Sisters lift the Women’s Doubles crown

Williams Sisters conquer the Czechs to lift the Women’s Doubles crown – Wimbledon Championships 2012

American sisters, Serena and Venus Williams, conquered the Czech duo, Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, in straight sets at the Wimbledon Championships 2012 on Saturday. They formulated a 7-5, 6-4 victory over the sixth seeds to capture their 13^th Grand Slam title at this prestigious grass court tournament held in London, England.

1. World Cancer day ?
     February 4

2. NPA means
    Non performing asset

3. The first space tourist ?
    Dennis Tito

4. Tunisian president ?
   Monsech Marsouki

5. The first woman US ambasidor in India ?
    Nancy Powel

6. Shortest woman in the world ?
    Jyothi amge, 62cm tall

7. Which country will host 2016 Olympics ?
    Brazil

8. SBI formed in ?
   1955

9. Who got World press photo award 2012?
    Samuel Aranda

10. Who is the pak high commissioner in India ?
    Salman Basheer

Paes-Vesnina end runners-up at Wimbledon

Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina pose with the runner up trophy after losing against Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond in the mixed doubles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, on Sunday.

Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will have to wait for their first Grand Slam title together as they lost the closely fought Wimbledon mixed doubles summit clash to Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond, on Sunday.

The fourth seeded Indo-Russian pair suffered a 3-6 7-5 4-6 defeat at the hands of second seed Americans after battling for two hours and four minutes.

It is for the second time in this season that Paes and Vesnina have ended runners-up at a tennis Major as they had lost the final of the Australian Open in January to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecau. 

Serena beats Radwanska to win fifth Wimbledon

Serena Williams is back, and she looks almost as good as ever. The 30-year-old American won her fifth Wimbledon title Saturday on Centre Court, beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her 14th major championship.

After hitting a backhand winner on match point, she fell onto her back to the grass. She then rose with a grin as big sister Venus — another five-time Wimbledon champion — smiled and applauded, along with the rest of the crowd. 

Federer beats Murray to win 7th Wimbledon title

Federer beats Murray to win 7th Wimbledon title.

Roger Federer won his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title Sunday, beating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 under a closed roof on Centre Court.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion excelled once the roof was closed early in the third set, giving Murray little chance to end Britain's 76-year wait for a homegrown champion.
Federer is now 17-7 in Grand Slam finals, including 7-1 at Wimbledon. Murray dropped to 0-4 in major finals, with three of those losses coming against Federer.

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates with the trophy after winning the men's singles final against Andy Murray of Britain at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon on Sunday.

Sunil Chhetri joins Sporting Lisbon

 Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri has joined Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, Aureliano Neves, club vice-president, said this was the first step towards the club’s initiative to develop football in India.

An emotional Chhetri, who was handed a club jersey, said he would try to make the most of the opportunity. 

“I will never forget this in my lifetime. I am playing for a nation which is ranked 156th and now I will play in a country which is No. 5, and for one of the best clubs in the world,” said the diminutive striker.

“I am not going to lose this opportunity. I will leave no stone unturned. When I will be a 40-year-old, I will be able to say that I gave whatever was humanely possible for me,” said Chhetri.

Welcoming the development, AIFF president Praful Patel said: “it is a milestone for Indian football. Sunil will play with some top players of the world.” 

Pakistan denies state role in 26/11

 India on Thursday made it clear to Pakistan that bringing those guilty in the 2008 Mumbai attacks to justice would be the biggest confidence building measure.

After two days of parleys, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani agreed that the relationship has to be normalised by narrowing divergences and building convergences.

“The Foreign Secretaries are mandated to discuss among other things peace and security, including CBMs. It is in this context that Foreign Secretary Jilani and I discussed all issues that impact peace and security between our two countries, including terrorism.

“I emphasised terrorism is the biggest threat to peace and security in the region and bringing the guilty to justice in Mumbai terror attacks would be the biggest confidence building measure of all,” Mr. Mathai told a joint press conference in New Delhi.

Mr. Jilani, on his part, rejected the role of state agencies in the Mumbai attacks and even expressed willingness for a joint investigations into the 26/11 carnage in which 166 people were killed. 

Amputee Pistorius named for olympics in 4x400 Race

Double amputee Oscar Pistorius is going to the London Olympics after being selected in South Africa’s 4x400 relay team.

Pistorius is set to become the first amputee track athlete ever to compete at the games. South Africa’s Olympic committee picked him on Wednesday.

The selection eased Pistorius’ disappointment at his failure to qualify in the individual 400 meters. The 25-year-old South African, who runs on carbon fiber blades, missed out by less than a quarter of a second at his final qualifying race at the African championships last week.

Pistorius made history last year by qualifying for the world championships, where he won silver in the 4x400. The decision to leave him out of the final race caused controversy.

Pistorius won several medals at the Beijing and Athens Paralympics.

Rolf Heuer, Director-General of CERN

 “We have now found the missing cornerstone of particle physics,” Rolf Heuer, Director of the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN), told scientists amid cheers and standing ovation. “As a layman, I think we did it,” he said. “We’ve a discovery. We’ve observed a new particle that is consistent with a Higgs boson.”

The Higgs boson, which until now was a theoretical particle, is seen as the key to understanding why matter has mass. It is mass that combines with gravity to give an object weight. The idea is much like gravity and Isaac Newton’s discovery of it. Gravity existed even before Newton explained it. But now scientists see something much like the Higgs boson and can put that knowledge to further use. 

God particle

More than 100 Canadian researchers who have been working on an international project into the Higgs boson are eagerly awaiting an announcement that enough evidence has been gathered to say with greater confidence whether or not the long sought after "God particle" exists.

Physicists working at the world’s largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, have already found what they believe are hints pointing to the existence of the last undiscovered particle in the Standard Model of Physics, nicknamed the "God particle" because it is thought to answer fundamental questions about the universe.

But they have so far been unable to prove that the Higgs boson is anything more than a theoretical construct.
That may be about to change, however, as physicists in Australia and Switzerland are expected to announce they have gathered enough data to say with more certainty that the particle exists, though they may stop short of declaring the Higgs boson has been officially "discovered."

Scientists rarely say they are absolutely sure of something, but physicists gathered in Australia for a high-level conference on Wednesday seemed certain that a missing piece in their understanding of all the fundamental particles of nature and their interaction had been found. 

“We’re still a little bit guarded about the full properties of this thing, but the first analysis of the results from the last six months really show that it has all the properties we would expect so far of a Higgs boson,” Mr. Taylor told the national broadcaster ABC. 

The professor has led Australia’s contribution to work at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, where the research was conducted, since 1989.

He explained that the standard model that physicists had worked with for more than 40 years could be confirmed as correct by the Higgs boson. 

Delhi tops crime against women

Women living in Karnataka, especially in Bangalore, have little to cheer about as the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released the statistics on crimes against women for 2011. While Karnataka ranks 10 in terms of percentage share to the overall national figures of crimes against women, Bangalore is the second highest contributor when cities of the country are compared.

In fact, Bangalore has moved up from position three to position two it occupied in 2010 on this count.

Hyderabad, which ranked second last year, is now in the third place. While Bangalore recorded 1,570 crimes against women in 2010, it has registered 1,890 cases in 2011. 

The only solace is that that Bangalore is still a distant second after Delhi, which has consistently remained on top. The national capital recorded 4,489 crimes against women, up from 3,886 in 2010. In the country as a whole, the year 2011 saw 2,28,650 incidents of crime against women as against 2,13,585 in 2010, recording an increase of 7.1 per cent. In Karnataka, there is a steady increase in the recorded number of crimes over the last three years. While it was 7,852 in 2009 and 8,807 in 2010, 9,594 crimes against women were registered in 2011.

Euro cup 2012 -Poland-Ukraine

Spain  beat  Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final and with it became the first nation to win three big football titles in a row.

David Silva (14th), Jordi Alba (41st), Fernando Torres (84th) and Juan Mata (88th) were on target as Barcelona midfielders Xavi and Andres Iniesta pulled the strings in midfield in their usual commanding style after some slightly below-par performances earlier in the tournament.

Spain became the first team to get a big event hat-trick following titles at Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup with the biggest winning margin in a final, are the first to win back-to-back Euro titles and matched Germany’s record three continental titles, the first being in 1964.

Chinese space capsule returned to Earth

A Chinese space capsule carrying three crew members has returned to Earth following a 13-day mission.The astronauts, including China's first woman in space, carried out a successful manual docking with the Tiangong-1 laboratory module.
The mission is a key step towards China's goal of building a space station by 2020.
Premier Wen Jiabao hailed the mission as a "complete success".

"This is another outstanding contribution by the Chinese people to humanity's efforts to explore and use space," Mr Wen said in Beijing.

 The re-entry capsule of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft lands safely in Siziwang Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on 29 Jun  2012

Shenzhou-9

 China on June 16, 2012 sent its first woman(Liu Yang, 33-year-old mother ) into space, successfully carrying out the much-anticipated launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which will perform the first manned docking mission and lay the ground work for plans to build a space station.

The three astronauts on board Shenzhou-9, 

The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft,carrying three astronauts, blasted off from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in north-western Gansu province at 6.37 p.m. Accompanying Ms. Liu Yang on the mission are two fellow People's Liberation Army (PLA) pilots, Liu Wang and Jing Haipeng, who on Saturday became China's first astronaut to travel into space twice.

State media reported Shenzhou-9 would complete an automated docking procedure in the next couple of days, following which the astronauts will “enter the space lab to carry out scientific experiments, technical tests and physical exercises”.

President Hu Jintao in a letter described the mission as a “major breakthrough” for the manned space programme. During the 13-day mission, the crew will conduct manual docking with the Tiangong-1 or “heavenly palace” space laboratory module, which has been orbiting the earth since last September.

“I am grateful to the motherland and the people. I feel honoured to fly into space on behalf of hundreds of millions of Chinese females,” Ms. Liu said. 

1. Who was written the book "My unforgettable Memories" ?
Mamta Banerjee

2. Who is the winner of 2012 Templeton prize ?
Dalai Lama

3. Who has been chosen for Saraswati Sammaan 2011 ?
A A Manavalan

4. The 20th ASEAN summit was organized in which place in April 2012 ?
Phnom penh

5. N.K.P Salve was passed away on 1 April 2012 . who was he ?
Former BCCI President

Mohamed Morsy

    Mohamed Morsy is set to become Egypt’s first elected President following a historic election, brought about by an uprising that first expelled the former dictator, Hosni Mubarak, and then paved the way for the country’s transition to democracy.

Radha Vinod Raju, founding Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and key member of the special investigation team which probed Rajiv Gandhi assassination, died in Kochi on Thursday. He was 62.

The high point of Mr. Raju’s career was his central role in investigating the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Later, he co-authored a book, Triumph of Justice, with SIT chief and former CBI director D.R. Kaarthikeyan. It described how investigators, starting with almost no leads, established that a hit-team from the now-decimated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam had carried out the killing.


Mr. Raju worked as officer in the Bank of India before being selected to the Indian Police Service in 1975. He was assigned to the J&K cadre, and he began an illustrious career that won him the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1992, the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 1999, a Director-General’s Commendation Certificate in January 2000 and the Sher-e-Kashmir Medal for Meritorious Services in 2003.

Mehdi Hassan died on 13 JUN 2012

India-born Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan died on 13 JUN 2012.

Hassan was born into a family of traditional musicians at Luna village in  Rajasthan state in 1927. His family migrated to Pakistan at the time of Partition in 1947.

Mehdi Hassan performed throughout the world, especially in India and Pakistan. He cut down on his performances since 1980s due to his health problem. The last song he recorded with any Indian artist was for Sarhadein with Lata Mangeshkar, who he always wanted to sing with. That was the only song he recorded with her.

RIO+20

                     The UN's Rio Earth Summit (Rio +20) is officially called the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.

The Conference took place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg.

Manmohan Singh represented India in RIO+20

The Rio+20 summit was formally thrown open by UN chief Ban Ki-moon, bringing together representatives of 191 UN members, though US President Barack Obama and leaders of Germany and Britain -- Angela Merkel and David Cameron are giving it a miss. 

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is leading the US delegation.

GLT is a necessity - Sepp Blatter

After football’s latest high-profile goal-line controversy, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said using technology to determine whether the ball has crossed the line is a “necessity.”  

Ukraine was denied what appeared to be a legitimate equaliser in its must-win match against England at the European Championship because the official beside the goal couldn’t see if the ball crossed the line before it was cleared away. Ukraine lost the match 1-0 and was eliminated.

Blatter said on Twitter that “After last night’s match GLT is no longer an alternative but a necessity.”

Dhoni India's richest sports person

       Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has beaten the likes of sprinter Usain Bolt, tennis ace Novak Djokovic and teammate Sachin Tendulkar in the latest list of world’s 100 richest sportspersons, released by the Forbes magazine.

According to the list, Dhoni is ranked 31st, which is way ahead of Djokovic (62nd), Bolt (63rd) and Tendulkar (78th).

Star footballers Wayne Rooney and Fernando Torres are also behind Dhoni in the latest list.

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather topped the list with total earnings of USD 85 million while Fillipino pugilist Manny Pacquiao, with earnings of USD 62 million, and golf legend Tiger Woods, with USD 59.4 million, are second and third.

P.A. Sangma resigned from NCP

             Former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma  resigned from the primary membership of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) after it refused to back his candidature for President. Stating that he had received promise of support from senior party leaders of non-Congress parties including the opposition National Democratic Alliance, he said he could not ignore “the feeling of the tribals that Raisina Hill should not continue to be a distant dream for them”. 

Supreme Court disqualified Yusuf Raza Gilani as Prime Minister

The court disqualified Gilani as Prime Minister with retrospective effect from April 26 when it held him in contempt of court for refusing to write to Swiss authorities asking for reopening of graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari.

Microsoft's 'Surface' Tablet computer

Microsoft has unveiled Surface, a tablet computer to compete with Apple’s iPad. 

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was on hand to announce the new tablet, calling it part of a “whole new family of devices” the company is developing. 

Surface is less than 14 millimetres thick and under 910 grams, will work on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 Pro operating system and cost as much as an Ultrabook, the company said. The pro version comes with a stylus that allows users to make handwritten notes on documents such as PDF files. 

Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft’s Windows division, called the device a “tablet that’s a great PC PC that’s a great tablet.” 

Winners of IIFA Awards 2012

13th International Indian Film Academy Awards held in Singapore

• Best Actor – Ranbir Kapoor (Rockstar)
• Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
• Best Movie – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
• Best Director – Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
• Best Music – A R Rahman ( Rockstar)
• Best Singer Male – Mohit Chauhan (Nadaan Parinde – Rockstar)
• Best Singer Female – Shreya Ghosal (Teri Meri – Bodyguard)
• Best Lyrics – Irshad Kamil (Nadaan Parindey – Rockstar)
• IIFA Awards 2012 for Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema – Ramesh Sippy
• IIFA 2012 Green Award: Dia Mirza

G-20

India  announced a $10 billion contribution to the IMF’s additional $430 billion financial firewall to help the debt-wracked 17-nation eurozone so that the faltering world economy is protected against the spread of any financial contagion. 

The announcement was made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his address at the Plenary Session of the seventh summit of the Group of developed and developing countries (G-20) in the Mexican resort town of Los Cabos against the backdrop of growing calls to nations to increase contributions to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the bailout fund.

Mr. Sampath appointed as new CEC

Senior-most Election Commissioner Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath  appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner by President Pratibha Patil. He replaces S.Y. Quraishi 

OPEX LONDON 2012

OPEX LONDON 2012 is a program launched by India, that envisages undertaking Operation Excellence (OPEX) in the run up to the London Olympic Games, 2012. It entails training, coaching and all other facilities for teams and individual competitors in different disciplines.

Badminton

Saina Nehwal,World No 5 shuttler,  wins her third Indonesian Open title. She defeated Chinese Li Xuerui in the final match. Indonesian open held in Jakarta 

French open results -2012

The French Open is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments.
The other three are the Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam held on clay and ends the spring clay court season.

Men's singles - Rafael Nadal from spain win against Novak Djokovic.

Surpassing Bjorn Borg to win seven Roland Garros titles and now tied with Chris Evert for the most French open titles, Rafael Nadal became the most successful male tennis player of all time on clay, clinching his seventh French Open title at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris









Women's Singles   -  Maria Sharapova from Russia thrashes Italy's Sara Errani in final to win French open.

Maria Sharapova became the 10th woman in tennis history to win all four Grand Slam titles.

Mixed Doubles - Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza (India) won the French Open 2012 mixed doubles title.








Women's Doubles -
Italy's Sara Errani  and Italy's Roberta Vinci  beat Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Russia's Nadia Petrova 

Men's Doubles -
Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Daniel Nestor of Canada won a second consecutive French Open doubles title by beating American twins Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

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