Current Affairs of October 2012

The venue of the first-ever senior National Sambo championship, a form of Russian martial arts, for both men and women to be held from 26 October 2012	Jammu
The joint exercise carried out by the navies of India and the US in the Arabian Sea, to save sailors stuck in submarines during mid-sea mishaps is codenamed	INDIAEX 2012
The National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers set up to coordinate action for the introduction of direct cash transfers to individuals under the various government schemes and programmes is headed by	The Prime Minister
The veteran Indian cricketer who has been chosen for the BCCI's Col C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award	Sunil Gavaskar
The Indian shuttler who has won the Denmark Super Series badminton championship defeating Juliane Schenk of Germany in the finals at Odense, Denmark	Saina Nehwal
The village in Rajasthan from where Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh launched Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery enabling the usage of the Aadhaar identity platform to identify and authenticate residents for delivery of benefits/services by various government or private agencies like opening bank accounts or availing LPG subsidy	Dudu
The book by Ravi Subramanian which has bagged the Best Popular Book award for 2011, instituted by the Economist-Crossword Book Award	The Incredible Banker
The tiger reserve which has been given the India Biodiversity Award, jointly sponsored by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in recognition of its efforts towards managing the protected zone	Periyar Tiger Reserve
The British writer who has won the prestigious Booker literary prize for a second time (becoming the first British author and the first woman to achieve a Booker double) for her book Bring Up the Bodies	Hillary Mantel
The last Nizam of Hyderabad who has been named all-time richest Indian in a new inflation-adjusted list of the world's richest people of all time by Celebrity Net Worth website	Osman Ali Khan
The new CEO of Citigroup, replacing Mr. Vikram Pandit who resigned on 16 Oct 2012	Michael Corbat
The venue of 4th OECD World Forum being held from 16 to 19 October 2012	New Delhi
The India-born music conductor who been honoured with the Israeli Presidential Award of Distinction for his contribution to the society through the language of music.	Zubin Mehta
The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy who has been conferred the Great Cross of Civil merit, the highest possible honour accorded by the Spanish Government to somebody who is not Head of State or Government	Dr. Farooq Abdullah
The models of cars recalled by car manufacturer Toyota, to inspect faulty power window master switches (PWMS) which could be a potential fire hazard.	Camry and Corolla
The web application developed by CRIS and RailYatri team (Stelling Technologies) which allows users to access location of a train on Map and track movements of trains on a real-time basis is named	RailRadar
The Chinese writer, author of books - Red Sorghum, The Republic of Wine etc., who has been chosen for 2012 Nobel Prize for literature	Mo Yan (real name Guan Moye)
The Indian origin scientist who has led the Cambridge team which has discovered a cluster of enormous, rapidly growing super-massive black holes ever seen in the early Universe	Dr. Manda Banerji
The IAF vintage aircraft which was resurrected by the Indian Air Force for a fly past on 80th Air Force Day celebrations in New Delhi on 08 Oct 2012	Tiger Moth
The present President of Venezuela who has won a third consecutive six-year term defeating his nearest rival Henrique Capriles	Hugo Chavez
The common bird which has been declared Delhi's state bird by Chief Minister Sheila Dixit	House Sparrow
The public sector bank which has been awarded the Niryat Bandhu (Gold Medal) in the banks category by Federation of Indian Export Organisation’s (FIEO)	Canara Bank
The screen writer who has been chosen for the Madhya Pradesh (MP) government's prestigious National Kishore Kumar Award 2011-12	Salim Khan
The badminton player who has won the women's singles title defeating P.V. Sindhu at 77th Senior National Badminton Championships held at the Sher-E-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar	Sayali Gokhale
The badminton player who has won the men's singles title defeating Ajay Jayram at 77th Senior National Badminton Championships held at the Sher-E-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar	P Kashyap
The country which has witnessed public protests as its currency Rial has lost about a third of its value against the dollar in the past 10 days	Iran
The lyricist, poet and filmmaker who has been chosen for the 27th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 2011	Gulzar