Current Affairs of September 2012

The place in French Guiana, from where India's heaviest satellite GSAT-10, weighing 3.4 tonnes, was launched aboard European Ariane 5 rocket	Kourou
The Indian theatre personality who has been conferred France's highest cultural award - Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)	Ebrahim Alkazi
The new Chief Justice of India who takes over the charge on 29 Sep 2012	Justice Altamas Kabir
The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways who has been given the additional charge of Railways following the resignation of Shri Mukul Roy	Shri C.P. Joshi
The venue of Second International Buddhist Conclave to be held from 29 Sep 2012	Varanasi
The Hindi daily which has been selected for a ‘Special Award’ by the Election Commission of India for its remarkable contribution towards voter education and awareness in the Assembly elections (January-March) 2012	Amar Ujala
The TV Channel which has been selected by the Election Commission of India for the National Media Award on Voter Education for its outstanding campaign towards creating voters’ awareness in the Assembly elections (January-March) 2012, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand	Zee News
China's first aircraft carrier, (originally purchased from Ukraine) which was unveiled by China on 25 Sep 2012 is named	Liaoning
The Indian Air Force base in Western Air Command where Sukhoi 30MKI have been recently inducted	Halwara
Kantilal Girdharilal Vora, better known as K Lal, who died on 23 Sep 2012 was a renowned	Magician
The Indian film written and directed by Anurag Basu which has been chosen to be India's official entry to the Oscar Awards in Febrary 2013	Barfi
The first-of-its kind Catamaran hydrographic survey vessel built by Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd which was commissioned by the Indian Navy in Sep 2012 is named	INS Makar
The search engine launched by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) to help people in searching tourism-related queries across websites in five Indian languages namely Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu is named	Sandhan
The Tamil author who has been awarded the Saraswati Samman for 2012 instituted by KK Birla Foundation	AA Manavalan
The place at which the Second All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) commenced its maiden session on 17 Sep 2012	Jodhpur
The state which has instituted Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Award, Kalpana Chawla Shaurya Award and Bahin Shano Devi Panchayati Raj Award in order to felicitate women who have done outstanding work in different fields	Harayana
The Indian Cricketer who has been awarded the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year Award for 2012	Virat Kohli
The Sri Lankan Cricketer who has been awarded the prestigious ICC Cricketer of the Year Award, the ICC Test Cricketer Award and also the People's Choice Award for 2012	Kumar Sangakara
The team which has lifted the overall team championship at the 52nd National Open Athletic Chamionship held at Chennai in Sep 2012	Railways
The British Tennis star who has won the 2012 US Open Men's Singles title defeating Novak Djokovic in the finals	Andy Murray
The US Tennis star who won the 2012 US Open Women's Singles title defeating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the finals	Serena Williams
The sail training ship of Indian Navy which set sail from Kochi on an historical mission to ASEAN countries	INS Sudarshini
The man known as the Father of White Revolution in India who died on 09 Sep 2012	Verghese Kurien
The latest aircraft being acquired by Air India which was launched by the Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Ajit Singh on 08.09.2012	B787 Dreamliner
The Governor of Rajasthan who has been awarded the Mercy Ravi Woman of Substance Award	Mrs. Margaret Alva
The place in Fatehabad district of Harayana where a nuclear power plant is proposed to come, work on which has recently commenced	Gorakhpur
The country which leads the Global Competitiveness Report 2011-12 for the fourth year in a row	Switzerland
The rank of India as per Global Competitiveness Report 2011-12 released by World Economic Forum recently	59
The football team which India defeated to win the third successive Nehru Cup in the finals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi	Cameroon