Top Ten Informations

• From January 1, 2013, cheques which do not
  conform to CTS-2010 standards would not be
  entertained by banks. ‘Cheque Truncation System
  (CTS)-2010 standard’ is a set of benchmarks towards
  achieving standardisation of cheques issued by
  banks across the country. These include provision of
  mandatory minimum security features on cheque
  forms such as quality of paper, watermark, bank’s
  logo in invisible ink, void pantograph and
  standardisation of field placements on cheques
• India and China held their annual Strategic Economic
  Dialogue (SED) in New Delhi
•  Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull wowed the spectators at
  the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida for
  the second successive year. Fernando Alonso of
  Ferrari was on second place
•  The 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster
  Risk Reduction organised by the United Nations
  Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) ended in
  Indonesia
•  The Home Ministry cleared the Pakistan cricket
  team’s India visit later this year. The tour is set to
  begin on December 25 and will feature two T20
  Internationals and three One-Day Internationals
  (ODIs).
•  Centre would launch the National Urban Livelihood
  Mission to protect the rights of the street vendors.
•  Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has decided to
  extend the deadline for filling up the Know Your
  Customer (KYC) forms by LPG consumers to
  November 30 to enable genuine consumers to avail
  of the offer.
•  The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is deploying
  the latest technology global positioning system (GPS)
  and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to ensure the
  safety and security of its troops in field operations,
  particularly in Maoist-affected areas.
•  India and the United Kingdom signed a protocol
  amending the 1993 bilateral convention on
  avoidance of double taxation and prevention of
  fiscal evasion related to taxes on income and capital
  gains.
• Cable television in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata
  switched over from analogue to digital mode at
  midnight on October 31.