Monday, December 24, 2012

Highlights of Year 2012


December 2012 Highlights
  • The month of December 2012 has now seen two of cricket’s brightest stars announce their retirements – 
  • The Mayan calendar reaches the end of its current cycle - 22 December 2012
  • Olivia Culpo has won the Miss Universe title on 19th Decemeber 2012.
  • Narendra Modi once again became the chief minister of Gurajat for the fourth consecutive time.




  • Gangnam Style became the first video in the history of the Internet to be viewed more than a billion times - 21 December 2012 (As of 24th Dec, 1,034,988,291 views for this video)


November 2012 Highlights
  • IK Gujaral, Ex.Prime Minister of India Passed away - 30 November 2012
  • Ajmal Kasab who was involved in 2008 Mumbai attacks was hanged - 21 November 2012
  • Bal Thackeray, the founder and chief of Shiv sena passed away - 17 November 2012
  • Barack Obama Wins Re-Election, narrowly defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney prevailing in both the electoral college (303 to 206) and the popular vote (50% to 48%) - 6 November 2012

October 2012 Highlights

  • Indian film maker Yash chopra passed away - 21 October 2012
  • U.S. Unemployment Rate Dropsed to Lowest Point Since 2009 - 9 October 2012
  • In Pakistan, Taliban members shot 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai in the head and neck. The shooting occured while Yousafzai was on her way home on a school bus filled with children - 9 October 2012
  • Hugo Chávez won the presidential election in Venezuela - 7 October 2012
September 2012 Highlights



  • 2012–13 Elite Football League of India first season begins - 22 September 2012
  • Armed gunmen in libya storm the American consulate in Benghazi and shoot and kill U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials.
    • - 11 September 2012
August 2012 Highlights

  • After 19 years of negotiation, Russia becomes the newest member of the World Trade Organization. - 22 August 2012 
  • The United States military reached 2,000 deaths in Afghanistan. It is an unfortunate milestone in the nearly 11-year-old war. - 21 August 2012
  • Bulk SMS & MMS banned in India for 15 days to prevent a rumour of ensuing violence against NE people by Muslim fundamentalists - 17 August 2012
  • Union Minister for Science And Technology and Ex Chief Minister Of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh Passed away - 14 August 2012
  • Incident of violence against North-Eastern people in Pune as repercussion of Assam Violence following which exodus of thousands of North-Eastern people from Bangalore due to a rumour circulated among them through SMS & MMS that they would be attacked after Eid - 8 August 2012
July 2012 Highlights
  • Gagan Narang wins the bronze medal in Men's 10m air rifle at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London - 31 July 2012
  • More than half of India's population—700 million people living in 22 out of the country's 28 states—loses power. - 30 July 2012
  • 2012 Summer Games Open with an Unconventional Ceremony in London - 27 July 2012

  • UPA presidential candidate and former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee became the new 13th President of India. - 22 July 2012
  • The Veteran Actor, Rajesh Khanna passed away but his legacy lives on. The tragedy of Rajesh Khanna is much more than fame hurting him hard as it left him or leaving him as soon as it came - 18 July 2012
June 2012 Highlights
  • India pledged $10 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help Eurozone countries out of the current crisis and fallout - 19 June 2012
  • United Nation monitors find evidence of mass atrocity in the small village of Qubeir. - 8 June 2012
  • All of the 153 passengers are killed as the plane goes down in neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria - 3 June 2012
  • Former President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, is sentenced to life in prison - 2 June 2012
May 2012 Highlights
  • Defending champion Viswanathan Anand  retained his world chess championship title, beating challenger Boris Gelfand in the World Chess Championship in Moscow - 30 May 2012


  • Thirty-two children under age ten are killed when the Syrian government attacks the village of Houla - 26 May 2012
  • A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits the northern region of Emilia Romagna, killing at least five people - 20 May 2012
  • First anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Obama and Karzai Sign Agreement - 1 May 2012
  • 150 missing as boat capsizes in Assam - 1 May 2012
April 2012 Highlights
  • Sachin tendulkar, nominated to rajyasabha - 26 April 2012
  • India's indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni V ballistic missile takes off from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast - 19 April 2012

  • North Korea Prepares to Launch Missile despite International Disapproval - 11 April 2012
  • Two earthquakes hit off the coast of Indonesia, triggering tsunami warnings - 11 April 2012
  • Yahoo announces it is laying off 2,000 employees, 14% of its staff - 4 April 2012
March 2012 Highlights
  • M.C. Mary Kom and Sarita win gold in the Asian Women's Boxing Championship - 26 March 2012
  • India votes against Srilanka, during the war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. UN resolution on war crimes adopted. - 22 March 2012
  • Sachin Tendulkar scores his 100th International Hundred against Bangladesh in Asia Cup - 16 March 2012


  • Indian national football team is knocked out of AFC Challenge Cup 2012 after losing all three matches in the group stage. - 13 March 2012
  • Rahul Dravid retires from international cricket after his 16-year career.- 10 March 2012
  • Tornadoes Rip through the parts of Southern Indiana, northern Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and southern Ohio - 2 March 2012.

February 2012 Highlights

  • Marked the 60th anniversary of the Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (as well as the 60th anniversary of her becoming Head of the Commonwealth) - 6 February 2012.


  • Ajay Mittal wins the gold medal at the 55th National Shooting Championships for Shotgun. - 6 February 2012
  • Fire Kills Hundreds at Prison in Honduras Over 300 people are killed at a prison in Honduras - 4 February 2012
  • Supreme Court cancels all 122 licences given by A Raja in 2G spectrum scam - 2 February 2012
  • Riot at Soccer Match Causes Turmoil in Egypt, At least 73 people are killed in a fight - 1 February 2012
January 2012 Highlights
  • Leander Paes (along with Czech's Radek Stepanek) won the Men's Doubles in 2012 Australian Open. - 28 January 2012
  • The cruise ship Costa Concordia partially sank after hitting a reef off the Italian coast - 13 January 2012

  • Iran Blames U.S. and Israel for Death of Nuclear Scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan - 11 January 2012
  • European Union Agrees to Impose Oil Embargo on Iran - 4 January 2012

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