1 .Pakistan announced the successful training launch of the Medium Range Ballistic Missile,
Hatf V (Ghauri) which can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads to a distance of 1,300
km.
2. Mr. Ratan Tata was awarded an honorary doctorate of business from the University of New
South Wales.
3.President Mahmoud Abbas submitted the request for upgrading the rank from an observer to
a non-member observer before the U.N. General Assembly. General Assembly voted
emphatically to welcome Palestine as an observer
state.
4.The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will raise the cap on annual supply of subsidised
cooking gas (LPG) to 9cylinders per household provided the Finance Ministry agrees to give
an additional Rs. 3,000-crore in 2012-13. But Election Commission has directed it to stop any
such proposal because Model Code of Conduct is in force in Gujarat.
5.The Bhar vatiya Janata Party (BJP) will complain to the Election Commission against the
United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
government’s announcement on direct cash subsidy
transfer
scheme, saying it violates the code of conduct in view of the Gujarat elections.
6.Lok Sabha approved a Bill to expand the definition of offences related to money laundering.
Mr. Chidambaram said the amendments sought to enlarge the definition of predicate offences
of money laundering and include activities that are defined as crime under various other laws.
7.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said it was gathering information on the issue of
alleged cartelisation by domestic airlines on fixing fares and would soon take a
call on whether to probe the matter.
8.Goldman Sachs came out with a positive outlook for India, saying the economy was likely to grow by 6.5 percent in 2013.
9.The bilateral talks between the Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu started in
Bangalore to work outa formula to share the available waters in
the reservoirs across the Cauvery , as suggested by the Supreme Court.
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