Current Affairs October 2012 part 2

1. Brahma Chellaney won the Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his book Water: Asia's New Battleground 
2. Sharmila Tagore  Awarded with an Honorary Doctorate of Arts  by the Edinburgh Napier University.
3. The Union Government  constituted a National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers.The PM , Manmohan Singh would be the Chairperson of the committee
4. India has been ranked 105 in World Economic Forum's global gender gap report 2012
5. Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL)  got an ISO 20000 international certification for eliminating and controlling information technology-related threats.
6. Salman Khurshid --New External Affairs Minister
7. Ashwani Kumar--- New Law Minister
8. Rehman Khan ---- New Minority Affairs 
9. Ajay Maken-------New Housing and Urban Development 
10. Veerappa Moily --- NewPetroleum Ministry 
11. Manish Tiwari -----New Information & Broadcasting Ministry.