19 October 2012 Current Affairs

Vijay Kumar honoured with ‘Services Best Sportsman"

Five New Non-Permanent Member Countries Elected to UN Security Council.
The New Members are South Korea, Luxembourg, Argentina, Australia and Rwanda.

The much awaited Aadhaar enabled system for direct cash transfer to beneficiaries under social schemes such as MNREGA and pension will be launched on 19th October 2012 by PM Manmohan Singh at Dudu, Rajasthan.

"The Folded Earth" written by Anuradha Roy and "A Free Man" by Aman Sethi won the 11th Economist Crossword Book Award that was declared at Mumbai.

First-ever India Biodiversity Awards presented

South Korea to host next UN biodiversity meet in 2014--announced in Hyderabad

India, New Zealand sign five pacts to cooperate in field of education

India, Switzerland to cooperate in Transport sector.