Sunday, 21 October 2012

current affairs of 18th 0ctober 2012

Cabinet clears Rs 8,000cr missile purchase for armed forces


Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)-cleared for procuring around 10,000 ‘Invar’ missiles from Russia for the Army’s T-90 tanks and over 200 air-launched versions of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles for the IAF.

India and Australia Sign Four Agreements of Cooperation -in security and Defence including fight against terrorism .They also agreed to begin negotiations for an agreement on Civil Nuclear Energy Co-operation which will precede actual cooperation. Both the countries also signed four agreements in the field of space science technology and education, co-operation in student mobility and welfare, skill development and textiles.


After 40 years, Myanmar’s Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to India on November 13.

44 people were killed in air strikes on the Syrian rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan .

Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, New Zealand visited the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi

Union Cabinet on 18th October 2012 cleared Rs 4,000-crore joint action plan for tackling Japanese Encephalitis.

Asia Co-operation Dialogue Summit held in Kuwait.Leaders from 32 countries pledged to focus on key areas

EU support for Darjeeling tea.






















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