current affairs 2013

Current Affairs January - August 2013

1

Jan 2013

01. The Astronautical Society of India (ASI) in the last week of December 2012 announced names of former secretary of the Department of Ocean Development, Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat,

Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister for prestigious Aryabhatta Award for the year 2010 and 2011

respectively. The two have been selected for the achievement in rocketry.

Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy an associate Director of Research Centre Imarat Hyderabad and P. Kunhikrishnan of

the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Thiruvananthapuram

would receive ASI Awards for rocket and rocket related technologies for the year 2010 and 2011 respectively.

Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy an associate Director of Research Centre Imarat Hyderabad and P. Kunhikrishnan of

the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Thiruvananthapuram

would receive ASI Awards for rocket and rocket related technologies for the year 2010 and 2011 respectively.

02. Venkatesh Mannar a Channai-born Scientist of Indian Origin and President, Micronutrient

Initiative, Canada was awarded with Canadas Highest Civilian Award the Order of Canada in

the last week of December 2012.

The Order of Canada instituted by Queen Elizabeth II in the year 1967 is a Canadian National

Order and is the second highest honour of merit in the Country. It is placed next to Order of

Merit.

03. A senior Scientist from ISRO, S. Ramakrishnan took over as the Director of the Vikram

Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram in the first week of January 2013.

04. McGrath became the third inductee of the year 2012-13 to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

and will join Enid Bakewell and Brian Lara to the list and also became the 68th male

member of the Hall of Fame.

05. S. Ramakrishnan is the new Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. He replaced

P S Veeraraghavan and carries four decades of experience in Rocketry.

06. India and Pakistan exchanged the list which contains the names of nuclear units of two

countries on 1 January 2013 as it is customary since 20 years.

07. Syed Asif Ibrahim, the IPS officer, took over as the Director of Intelligence Bureau on 1

January 2013 succeeding Nehchal Sandhu.

08. According to Israels Central Bureau of Statistics the Israels Jewish population passed

the mark of 6 million for first time.

09. Scientists while analysing the Australian rocks claimed that they discovered certain

traces of bacteria in Western Australia's Pilbara region, which lived a record-breaking

3.49 billion years ago.

10. CJI Altamas Kabir inaugurated the first fast-track court in Saket Court Complex, Delhi

on 2 January 2013 for dealing with the crime against females.

11. Urjit Patel was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of

India on 3 January 2013. Urjit Patel succeeds Subir Gokarn, who handled Monetary

Policy in RBI.

Urjit Patel is an economist with hawkish point of view on inflation. He authored a

research paper called Dynamics of Inflation Herding: Decoding India's Inflationary

Process along with Gangadhar Darbha, ED, Nomura.

12. Union Government on 2 January 2013 constituted the 14th Finance Commission under

former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy.


2

13. Justice Amitava Roy on 2 January 2013 was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan

High Court.

14. US President Barack Obama on 3 January 2013 signed into law the annual defence policy

Bill, authorising 633 billion dollars in defence spending for 2013.

15. The Violinist M.S. Gopalakrishnan and the recipient of both Padma Bhushan and Padma

Shri died on 3 January 2013.

16. Nestle in January 2013 won a trademark lawsuit against Cadbury on the rights over the

four fingered and three dimensional shape of the KitKat Chocolate Bar.

17. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on 3 January 2013 was awarded with the Lowest

Accident Rate Award for 2012.

18. Irelands prestigious Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 was awarded on 3

January 2013 to Malala Yousafzai the teenage schoolgirl from Pakistan, who was shot by

Talibans Gunman in October 2012.

19. A team of researchers including that of an Indian-origin, at Oregon State University

discovered in the first week of January 2013, one malfunctioning protein which leads to

itchy, dry as well as inflamed skin wounds in a kind of eczema. The protein is called

Ctip2 and it actually causes certain skin conditions by controlling body fat which keeps

the skin hydrated and healthy.

20. Astronomers studying about the newborn star called HD 142527, observed glimpses of

the planets which were forming around it, depicting the stage of planetary evolution

which was never seen before.

21. Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan on 4th January 2013 re-nominated by US

President Barack Obama as Federal Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

22. The 18th National Level Meeting between Myanmar and India was held on 28 -29

December, 2012 in New Delhi.

23. Indian Tennis player Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands on 5

January 2013 lifted the WTA Brisbane International trophy with a win against Kveta

Peschke and Anna-Lena Groenefeld.

24. Vice-captain of Indian Cricket team Virat Kohli on 4 January 2013 was

named the International Cricketer of the Year.

25. Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, a housewife from the state of Punjab in January 2013 emerged

as the first woman to win 5 crore rupees on the TV game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 6

(KBC).

26. Andy Murray won Brisbane International Tennis Title on 6 Jan. 2012 after

defeating Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets by 7-6 and 6-4.

27. The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore in the first week of January 2013

informed about its decision to come up with worlds largest solar telescope in

Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. The project would commence by the end of year

2013 and the telescope is likely to be placed at Hanle or Merak village near Pangong Lake

in Ladakh. The telescope would be a 2-metre class, state-of-the-art National Large Solar

Telescope (NLST). Its expected that the project would complete by 2017.

The project has been planned with a budget of 300 crore rupees.

28. National Data Centre of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is being

developed at Gurgaon.


3

29. Scientists discovered that oldest super predator of the world was the marine crocodile. It

looked partly like a shark and partly like a threatening dolphin.

30. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on 7 January 2013 announced withdrawal of

support from the existing Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led coalition Government in

Jharkhand. The support withdraw by JMM has reduced BJP to a minority party in the

State Assembly.

31. Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill is the new commandant of National Defence

Academy. He took the office from outgoing Lt. Gen Ashok Singh on 8

January 2013.

32. Usain Bolt, the fastest man of the world and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the

women's 100m Olympic champion won the male and female Athlete of the

Year awards respectively on 8 January 2013 at Jamaica Athletics

Administrative Association (JAAA) Golden Cleats Awards ceremony which

took place at Terra Nova Hotel in St Andrew.

33. Data released by RBI, reports that the Private Corporate Sector of India has registered a

4.3 percent increase in the net profits in the first half of 2012-13

34. Renault Duster was awarded the Car of the Year Award 2013 by the automotive

magazine Autocar India on 9 January 2013 in Mumbai.

35. Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl from Pakistan shot by Taliban received

France's Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom in Paris on 9 Jan

2013.

36. The oldest surviving woman of the world, Koto Okubo died at the age of 115 years in a

town near Tokyo, Japan on 12 Jan. 2012.

37. The Government of India on 11 January 2013 approved 14 FDI proposals

which is said to be about 1311 crore rupees including that of Hindustan Port

Ltd.

38. Astronomers in the first week of January 2013 discovered the largest known structure in

the Universe called Large Quasar Group (LQG) that is powered by super massive black

holes clump together. This cluster of galaxies spans across four billion light years.

39. At the Golden Globe Awards 2013, Argo won the Best Picture and Best Director Awards

thrashing Lincoln. Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) won the best actor award.

40. The Health Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) in

January 2013 decided to set up a Technical Working Group (TWG)

41. ITU summoned the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai

which was held from 3-14 Dec 2012. New Global Telecoms Treaty was agreed upon.

42. The President of Sri Lanka, on 13 January 2013 removed the first woman chief justice of

the country, Shirani Bandarnayake on corruption charges.

43. New novel about Hitler, called Er Ist Wieder Da (Hes Back) authored by Timur Vermes

became the Germanys bestseller, replacing Winter Of The World.

44. President Pranab Mukherjee on 15 January 2013 presented Krishi Karman awards for

2011-12 to eighteen states

45. India and Vietnam on 15 January 2013 signed (MoU) which directly meant for building

capacity and developing institutional framework for MSMEs in Vietnam.

46. Mahindra Satyam on 15 January 2013 signed an agreement with the Japanese firm

TechMatrix Corporation digging at business opportunities in the healthcare market.


4

47. Manmohan Singh elected Kamal Nath, the Union Minister for Urban

Development and Parliamentary Affairs, as a leader of Indian delegation for

World Economic Forum 2013.

48. The Law Ministry approved 80 crore Rupees for recruiting 2000 additional judges in the

country for the fast track courts.

49. Patiala House court complex in New Delhi on 16 January 2013 completely switched over

to the e-stamping facility, becoming the first district court to do so.

50. India and Bangladesh decided to speed up its rail link projects in order to increase the

contact among the people of two neighbouring nations.

51. Chinese Government appointed Wei Wei as its new Ambassador to India on 16 January

2013.

52. World Bank slashed the Global Growth Forecast to 2.4 percent on 15 January 2013. In

June 2012 it made a forecast of gaining 3 percent growth.

53. The Union Cabinet of India on 17 Jan 2013 agreed to enforce Presidents Rule in

Jharkhand following the resignation of Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Arjun Munda.

54. Mahaveer Golechha, the Indian researcher was selected to be felicitated with the Young

Investigator Scholarship Award for his work on Alzheimer's drug.

55. The Union Government on 17 January 2013 approved a 50 per cent reduction in the

reserve price of spectrum used by CDMA mobile operators.

56. Presidents Rule was imposed on Jharkhand on 18 January 2013 after

the Union Cabinet approved its imposition.

57. 58th Idea Filmfare Awards were given away on 20 January 2013. Ranbir Kapoor was

declared best actor (Barfi!) and Vidya Balan best actress (Kahaani).

58. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 20 Jan. 2013 inaugurated Ghat Ki Guni tunnel at

Jaipur. The tunnel connects jaipur with NH-11.

59. INS Saryu, the largest shore patrol vessel was commissioned in the eastern coast for

maritime surveillance around Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

60. The Government of India has increased the import duty on platinum and gold from 4

percent to 6 percent.

61. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 23 January 2013 projected that the

economic growth rate of India in 2013 would be 5.9 percent .

62. Major Abup J Manjali of the Rashtriya Rifles was selected for Kirti Chakra for his

extraordinary bravery efforts in counter- terrorist operations in J&K.

63. The Election Commission of India celebrated the 3rd National Voters Day across the

country on 25 January 2013

64. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on 26 January 2013 won the Womens Singles

title of the Australian Open Tennis tournament at Melbourne.

65. India successfully test fired a ballistic missile K-15, with a strike range of

around 700 kilometres, from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal.

66. China on 27 January 2013 successfully performed the second interceptor missile test.

This is for the second time that China announced testing such a missile.

67. As per the Czech Republic Presidential election results declared on 25

January 2013, Milos Zeman won and thus became the countrys first elected

President.


5

68. Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in four sets to win Australian Open

2013 final held in Melbourne .

69. Mumbai won its 40th Ranji trophy at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 28 Jan 2013

defeating Saurashtra .

70. Aircel on 28 January 2013 launched Free Roaming Service for Voice, SMS and Data

71. Tiger Woods on 29 January 2013 won his 75th PGA Tour title in the Farmers Insurance

Open at Torrey Pines.

72. India and Australia on 28 January 2013 agreed to concentrate on priority areas like

energy and food security for mutual benefit of the two countries.

73. World anti Leprosy Day was observed on 30 January 2013 to focus attention

and create awareness about the air-borne disease.


6

February 2013

1. NASA on 31 January 2013 launched a new communication satellite TDRS

to stay in touch with its space station astronauts.

2. P.R. Vasudeva Rao became the Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic

Research (IGCAR) succeeding S.C Chetal, on 31 January 2013.

3. India dropped nine places to 140th rank in the list of 179 countries in the latest

World Press Freedom Index 2013.

4. The Union Government of India on 31 January 2013 signed an agreement with the

Asian Development Bank (ADB) for 100 million US dollar loan.

5. Thirty Indian software product companies joined hands to form their own new

association called iSpirt, marking a break-up with the IT industry body NASSCOM.

6. World cancer day was observed on 4 February 2013 in order to raise

awareness about this illness.

7. India and Austria on 5 Feb 2013 signed a pact on social security at Vienna for

exemption of social security contribution of Indian professionals in Austria .

8. Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Republic of Mauritius visited India from 3 Jan 2013

to 10 Jan 2013. He was honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award.

9. King and Queen of Bhutan visited India from 23 to 30 January 2013. The King of

Bhutan was the Chief Guest for the Republic Day Celebration.

10. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became the first Iranian President to visit Egypt after the

Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution. He paid a state visit to Egypt to attend OIC .

11. Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, the President of Nepal was on a six day visit to India from 24

December 2012 to 29 December 2012.

12. The Union Cabinet of India on 6 February 2013 gave approval to DRDO for

developing an indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control System for IAF.

13. YES Bank, the fourth largest private sector Bank of India was awarded the Financial

Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region.

14. Book titled Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Germany by Professor Anita B. Pfaff

was given to Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 6 February 2013.

15. Researchers from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg discovered the

largest prime number of the world which is 17 million digits long.

16. In the 2013 Pyeongchang Special Olympics World Winter Games, India

returned with maximum number of medals (46). The games finished off

on 5 February 2013.

17. CCEA approved the proposal of merging NLCP and NWCP to develop a new scheme

named NPCA (National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems).

18. The Union Cabinet of India on 7 February 2013 approved raise in the authorized

capital of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, NABARD to

20000 crore rupees from 5000 crore rupees.

The authorized capital was increased with the aim to enlarge the operations and

broadening the activities of NABARD.

19. Parliament Attack Convict, Afzal Guru was hanged on 9 Feb 2013 at Tihar Jail after

his mercy petition was cancelled by the President of India.


7

20. NASA on 9 February 2013 announced that its Mars rover Curiosity

drilled into Mars surface. The drilling took place first time on 8

February 2013.

21. Pandit Ravi Shankar, the sitar legend was honoured with the posthumous Lifetime

Achievement Grammy award. Anoushka Shankar accepted the award on 9 Feb 2013.

22. Lydia Ko, the teenager became youngest winner of a women's European Tour golf

event by winning at New Zealand Women's Open in Christchurch on 10 February

2013.

23. US Marine General Joseph Dunford took over the command of the

NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.

24. Pope Benedict XVI announced on 11 February 2013 that he would resign

at the end of the month.

25. Conference for South Asian Autism Network (SAAN) for Autism Spectrum Disorders

(ASD) concluded on 11 Feb 2013 with Delhi Declaration.

26. Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal

Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013 was Operation Three Star.

27. The Health Ministers of India and Bangladesh signed a MoU on Health in New Delhi

on 12 February 2013.

28. Head of Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi was arrested for his involvement in a bribe

scandal to secure an Indian defence helicopter deal of 3600 crore rupees.

29. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee appointed Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty as

the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi on 12 February 2013.

30. Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley, Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom

Bhutan was on an official visit to India from 7 Feb. to 9 Feb. 2013

31. World Radio Day was observed on 12 February 2013 to raise awareness about

the importance of radio.

32. Parle-G in February 2013 became the first Indian FMCG brand that crossed 5000

crore Rupees mark in terms of retail sales in one year.

33. ICAI appointed Subodh Kumar Agrawal and K. Raghu as its new President and Vice-

President on 12 Feb. 2013.

34. The Government of India and the World Bank on 11 Feb 2013 signed a 60

million US dollars credit agreement for the Karnataka Watershed

Development Project II .

35. The State Government of Haryana exempted VAT from wheat that is

distributed under the PDS to the Beneficiaries of Antyodaya Anna Yojana.

36. Mohan Parasaran, the Additional Solicitor General was on 13 February

2013 appointed as the Solicitor General of India after Rohinton Nariman

resigned.

37. India and France on 14 February 2013 agreed to strengthen counter terrorism and

intelligence cooperation

38. Oscar Pistorius, the double-leg-amputee blade runner charged for

allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend on 14 February 2013 at his home.

39. Y Bhaskar Rao, the former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, sworn

in as the Lokayukta on 14 February 2013.


8

40. The first India-Japan Maritime Affairs Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 29

January 2013

41. England defeated host New Zealand in the third and last Twenty20 Cricket match

played at Wellington on 15 Feb 2013 to win the series 2-1.

42. Russia witnessed a meteorite that weighed more than 10 tonnes and left

more than 500 injured above its skies on 15 Feb 2013.

43. Pakistan tested the nuclear-capable Hatf-II ballistic missile on 15

February 2013. The test was conducted to evaluate the capabilities of

Strategic Forces.

44. Serena Williams became the new World number one womens tennis player after

reaching Semifinals of Qatar Open Tennis Championship in Doha.

45. The 27th edition of Surajkund mela that carried Karnataka as its theme ended

on 15 February 2013.

46. Asoke Kumar Mukerji was appointed as the next Permanent

Representative of India to the United Nations on 13 February 2013.

47. The Romanian film Child's Pose bagged the coveted Golden Bear prize for best film

at the 63rd Berlin film festival

48. India and Bangladesh held Joint Consultative Commission meeting in Dhaka on 16

February 2013 to resolve border dispute.

49. NACO signed MoU with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to Highlight Issues

related to AIDS on 14 February 2013.

50. Australia defeated West Indies by 114 runs to win ICC Womens World

Cup Trophy in the finals on 17 Feb. 2013.

51. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa was re-elected for a third term with more

than 50 percent of the vote.

52. The President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 18 Feb 2013 conferred 2011

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Award to

Ela Ramesh Bhatt.

53. Viswanathan Anand on 17 January 2013 won the Chess Classic trophy

after defeating Arkadij Naiditsch from Germany.

54. Rafael Nadal defeated David Nalbandian in straight sets to win the Brazil

Open on 17 February 2013 at Sao Paolo.

55. FIFA confirmed use of the Goal-Line Technology in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil

on 19 Feb. 2013, to assist referees in making a firm decision about a goal.

56. Milos Raonic on 17 February 2013 won SAP Open 2013 at San Jose defeating Tommy

Haas in the championship match. Raonic won third straight SAP Open singles titles.

SAP Open is the second-oldest tennis tournament in US.

57. Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.

58. 140 nations adopted the worlds first mercury treaty on 19 February 2013 at Geneva

to limit the use of health hazardous mercury.

59. The Kerala Govt. on 20 February 2013 approved Kerala Abkari Act Amendment

Ordinance 2013, thus raising age limit for buying or selling liquor from 18 to 21.

60. Ratan Tata, the former head of Tata Group was awarded the life time achievement

award 2012 by Ernst & Young on 21 February 2013.


9

61. National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) tied up a term loan facility of 250

million US dollars with various banks.

62. The Union Cabinet of India approved merger of Bharat Heavy Plate &

Vessels Ltd. (BHPV) with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on 21

February 2013.

63. India's Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie-Mattek Sands won the Dubai

Tennis Championship on 23 February 2013.

64. Assam became the first state in India to produce over 500 million

kilogram tea for two years in a row.

65. NASA scientists spotted the youngest black hole yet in the Milky Way galaxy called

W49B, which is just 1000-years-old.

66. Nicos Anastasiades, the centre-right DISY (the Democratic Rally) party

leader won the presidential elections of Cyprus on 24 Feb 2013 with 57.5

percent votes.

67. Marina Erakovic won her first WTA title, US National Indoor Tennis Championship

2013 after beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki in Memphis on 23 February 2013.

68. Six foreign micro and mini spacecrafts and SARAL were launched successfully by

PSLV-C20 rocket on 25 February 2013 from Sriharikota.

69. Jelena Jankovic, the former world no. 1 won the WTA Copa Claro Colsanitas Cup

2013 in Bogota, Colombia on 24 February 2013.

70. Mozilla, the software community which is known for producing the Firefox web

browser, launched Web-based Smartphone operating system on 24 February 2013.

71. Delhi became the first state in India to ban the manual scavenging. Delhi

on 26 February 2013 banned deployment of cleaning staff for manual sewer cleaning.

72. The Surrey Space Centre (SSC) of the University of Surrey on 26 February 2013

announced that STRaND-1 was launched successfully into space from India.

73. Anupam Kher, the veteran Bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation

Award in Los Angeles in the last week of February 2013.

74. Capital of India, Delhi was ranked at number 32 or the worst position in the crucial

environmental parameters of Environmental Performance Index (EPI).

75. Sugata Mitra was awarded the million-dollar TED Prize on 26 February 2013 for

pursuing his idea for building the schools in the Internet.


10

March 2013

01. Vice Admiral, Anurag G Thapliyal took over as the Director General of the Indian Coast

Guard on 28 February 2013.

02. The Indian Coast Guard Interceptor Boat C-154 was commissioned by the Chief

Secretary to Government of Maharashtra on 22 February 2013 in Mumbai.

03. A MoU was signed between India and UK to strengthen their cooperation in Earth

Sciences and environmental research on 1 March 2013.

04. MoU was signed on 25 February 2013 between Indian Railways and Bharat Heavy

Electricals Ltd (BHEL) for setting up of Greenfield MEMU coaches manufacturing

facility at Bhilwara in Rajasthan.

05. Facebook Inc on 28 February 2013 announced that it agreed to buy advertising

technology called Atlas Advertiser Suite, from the Microsoft Corp.

06. Vijitha Bandara of Sri Lanka won Eighth NCR Cup Golf Tournament at Delhi Golf Club

on 1 March 2013. Bandara became the second Sri Lankan to clinch this title.

07. The Vice President of India released a book titled Walking with Lions: Tales from a

Diplomatic Past, written by K. Natwar Singh on 1 March 2013.

08. World Number one Novak Djokovic on 2 March 2013 won the ATP Dubai

Open Tennis title 2013.

09. Remote Village Electrification (RVE) for 6033 villages as well as hamlets was

sanctioned during 11th Plan by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

10. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain David Cameron was on an

official visit to India from 18 to 20 February 2013.

11. In the final of the 67th Santosh Trophy on 3 March 2013, Services won the soccer

contest by defeating Kerala 4-3 in Kochi.

12. Rajeev Shahare was appointed as the new High Commissioner to Maldives

on 28 February 2013, replacing D M Mulay.

13. Rafael Nadal defeated top seed and defending champion David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2 on 2

March 2013 in the final match of the ATP Mexican Open 2013 tennis tournament.

14. Rajasthani author Hariram Meena was selected for the Bihari Puraskar for

2012 for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer. The novel was published in 2008.

15. The US State Department awarded one of the 2013 International Women of Courage

Awards to 23-year-old paramedical student who was gangraped in Delhi.

16. Bharti Airtel in the month of March 2013 launched high quality voice service for its

subscribers in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria in the African sub-continent.

17. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, which is the state-owned centre of India,

announced that it was developing the largest magnet of the world weighing

50000 tons.

18. President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman.

19. Mukul Manda Sangma of Congress was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of

Meghalaya for the second term on 5 March 2013. He took oath as 26th CM

of the state.


11

20. Neiphiu Rio 63, of Naga Peoples Front (NPF) was sworn in as Chief

Minister of Nagaland for the third straight term on 5 March 2013 along with

11 ministers by the Governor Nikhil Kumar at the Raj Bhavan in Kohima.

21. India in the month of March 2013 proposed the idea of a hydrocarbon pipeline with

Kazakhstan that is intended to bring fuel through a five-nation route.

22. The European Union slapped a fine of 561 million Euros or 731 million US

dollars on Microsoft Corp on 6 March 2013 for breaking its browser

promise.

23. The Parliamentary Award Committee selected Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad

Yadav for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 resp.

24. India ranked third on list of countries which distribute spam all over the world, after US

and China, as per the new report of SophosLabs.

25. International Women's Day is celebrated across the world on 8 March 2013.

26. Indias Deborah won a Bronze medal in the final of women's juniors of 500m cycle

event in Asian Cycling Championship on 7 March 2013 in New Delhi.

27. Researchers discovered that the distance to our nearest neighbouring galaxy, Large

Magellanic Cloud (LMC) was 163000 light years away or 49.97 kiloparsecs.

28. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 8 March 2013 released the

Commemorative Postage Stamp on Sahir Ludhianvi at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New

Delhi.

29. Venezuelan Vice- President Nicolas Maduro on 8 March 2013 was sworn in

as Venezuelas acting president.

30. Uhuru Kenyatta, the Deputy Prime Minister who faces trial for alleged

crimes against humanity, clinched victory in a tightly fought race for

Kenya's presidency, on 9 March 2013.

31. 62 year old Former CBI Director, Ashwani Kumar on 9 March 2013

appointed as Governor of Nagaland.

32. Tine Baun won the womens singles title in the All England Open Badminton

Championships 2013 at Birmingham, England on 10 March 2013.

33. India and Bhutan on 8 March 2013 signed a currency swap agreement for up to 100

million US dollars.

34. Ministry of Tourisms new film Find What You Seek received first prize at the 11th

Golden City Gate Tourism Media Awards Ceremony held in Berlin on 8 March 2013.

35. Mauritius celebrated its 45th Independence Day on 12 March 2013. The

President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was the chief guest.

36. David Beckham was named as the richest footballer of the world,

according to the Goal Rich List 2013. He has a total income of 175 million

pound.

37. Reliance Games on 11 March 2013 acquired two gaming companies, one each in Japan

and South Korea.

38. Japan on 12 March 2013 announced that it became the first country to extract the

natural gas from frozen methane hydrate successfully off the central coast.

39. Laureus World Sports Awards 2013 were organised in Rio de Janeiro on 11 March

2013. Prestigious awards were won by Jessica Ennis, Andy Murray and Sebastian

Coe.


12

40. HPCL and the Government of Rajasthan on 14 March 2013 signed MOU at Jaipur for

setting up a refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Barmer, Rajasthan.

41. The new leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping on 14

March 2013 was appointed as the President of China.

42. Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of

Nepal on 14 March 2013. He took over the office from Baburam Bhattarai.

43. Tan Twan Eng on 14 March 2013 was announced as a winner of the 2012 Man Asian

Literary Prize for his novel The Garden of Evening Mists.

44. World Consumer Rights Day was observed on 15 March 2013.

45. India won a total of eight medals in Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship 2013 at

Bangkok on 14 March 2013. It won two gold, two Silver and four bronze.

46. Bobby Ghosh was appointed as the Editor of Times International. He is the first non-

American to be appointed at the post in the 80 years history of Times.

47. Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund signed a deal on 16

March 2013 in Brussels to aid Cyprus with a bailout worth 10 billion Euros.

48. The Union ministry of social justice and empowerment for the first time instituted

national awards to prevent Alcoholism and Drug abuse .

49. The oil-rich United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 17 March 2013 officially opened the worlds

largest concentrated solar power plant Shams 1.

50. NASA's Swift satellite discovered one of the youngest-known supernova

remnants.

51. Kimi Raikkonen, the Australian driver of Formula One team Lotus won the season-

opening Australian Grand Prix 2013 on 17 March 2013.

52. The Goa Legislative Assembly on 18 March 2013 decided to have year-long

celebrations for marking 50 years of its inception.

53. Australia, the World Champions won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey

Tournament title for the seventh time on 17 March 2013. It defeated

Malaysia 3-2.

54. The State Bank of India (SBI) planned to start around 1200 new branches in India as

well as eight overseas branches in financial year 2013-2014.

55. Toyo Ito, the Japanese architect was declared as the winner of 2013 Pritzker

Architecture Prize on 18 March 2013.

56. First indigenously-developed chopper called Rudra was given to the Indian

Army on 8 February 2013. Rudra is the first out of 60 armed helicopters

provided by HAL.

57. Best actor: Irrfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Marathi film

Anumati, Best film - wholesome entertainment: Vicky Donor at 60th national film

awards.

58. S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, on 19

March 2013 won the National Bioscience Award for 2012.

59. Rafael Nadal of Spain won Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open 2013 on 17

March 2013. Maria Sharapova won the first title of 2013 in womens final of

the tournament.

60. 21 March 2013 is observed as the World Forestry Day across the globe.


13

61. India on 20 March 2013 successfully test fired its submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile of the over 290 km-range in the Bay of Bengal.

62. Anil Ananthaswamy won inaugural Physics Journalism Prize for the article Hip Hip Array on 28 February 2013 in central London.

63. World Water Day is celebrated across the world on 22 March every year.

64. Recovery team funded by Amazon CEO recovered two Saturn V rocket engines from the Atlantic. These rocket engines were used during Apollo 11 moon mission.

65. 20 March was declared as the International Day of Happiness by United Nations.

66. Arunachal Pradesh in the month of March 2013 became the first state to introduce e-GPF or electronic GPF.

67. Number of High Courts in India has gone up to 24 from 21 after opening up of the High Courts in Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur.

68. Earth Hour was observed across the world and India on 23 March 2013. The lights across many cities of the world went off from 8:30 to 9:30 pm.

69. Nikhil Kumar on 23 March 2013 took oath of the office and secrecy as the Governor of Kerala at Raj Bhawan. Earlier he was the governor of Nagaland.

70. Navneet Kaur Dhillon was crowned Ponds Femina Miss India 2013 on 24 March 2013 in the grand finale of 50th edition of the beauty pageant in Mumbai.

71. Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso took oath as 6th caretaker PM of Pakistan on 25 March 2013 in Islamabad. The oath was administered by President Asif Ali Zardari.

72. The American multinational corporation Apple in the month of March 2013 bought the indoor GPS mapping firm wifiSLAM for 20 million dollars.

73. The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh visited Durban, South

Africa for the 5th BRICS Summit which took place from 25 March 2013 to 28 March 2013.

74. An agreement, on the RadioAstron space satellite was signed between the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)

75. Indias international financial liabilities increased by 10.5 billion Dollars to 723.9 billion Dollars as at end- of December 2012 as per the Report.

76. World No. 1 Serena Williams on 30 March 2013 won Miami masters open Tennis Tournament for record sixth time in Key Biscayne.

77. Rajan Bharti Mittal on 31 March 2013 appointed as the President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India.


14

April 2013 01. British second seed Andy Murray on 31 March 2013 won the ATP Miami Masters by

defeating Spanish third seed David Ferrer by 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/1) in Miami, Florida.

02. The President of Egypt Mohamed Morsy visited India from 18 March 2013 to 20 March 2013 accompanying his senior ministers as well as business delegation.

03. An online survey conducted by Upstream revealed that in developing markets 32% people preferred Samsung over Nokia (22%), Apple (21%) and Blackberry

(10%).

04. The 77th foundation day of Odisha was celebrated across the State on 1 April 2013.

05. J&K Bank on 26 March 2013 won the prestigious FE Indias Best Banks Award-2012-13 in recognition of its strong fundamentals and dynamic growth model.

06. The United Nations General Assembly had declared 2 April as the World Autism Awareness Day.

07. Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) in the month of March 2013 announced that it will buy eSpeed, the electronic trading system for U.S. Treasuries.

08. Infosys on 2 April 2013 signed a five-year agreement with a European Energy Trading House, RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST).

09. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee visited Mauritius from 11 March 2013 to 13 March 2013. During the visit, three main MoUs were signed.

10. India and Singapore on 2 April 2013 signed an enhanced air services agreement to build on the existing 216 weekly flights and meet the growing demand for air connectivity.

11. For exercising pollution abatement schemes of rivers and lakes in different states, the Union Government of India sanctioned 4065.81 crore rupees.

12. SAARC Ministerial Level Meet on Poverty concluded on 5 April 2013 in Nepal. The member nations decided on formulation of the Common Poverty Reduction Strategy.

13. The Indian women's cricket team clean-sweeped the T20 International series against Bangladesh with 3-0 in Vadodara in the final match on 5 April 2013.

14. World health day was celebrated on 7 April 2013. The theme for 2013 was high blood pressure.

15. The medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile was on 7 April 2013 successfully test-fired with a strike range of more than 2000 km from the

Wheeler Island.

16. India's largest bank SBI will discontinue a free accident insurance cover given to its home and car loan customers from July 2013.

17. PM of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina.

18. Vocational education, services and e-governance network, AISECT launched a job portal called RojgarMantra.com.

19. The first and the only women to be the Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher died at the age of 87 following a stroke on 8 April 2013.

20. Planning Commission finalized a plan of 17000 crore rupees for Kerala Plan 2013-14.

21. Current women's world No. 1 Serena Williams won the Family Circle Cup.

22. NASSCOM appointed Krishnakumar Natarajan as its chairman and R Chandrasekaran as the Vice Chairman of the Executive Council for 2013-14.

23. Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won final of the Monterrey Open Tennis Tournament after defeating Angelique Kerber .


15

24. A German shipyard on 5 April 2013 launched Azzam, the worlds largest private yacht, overshadowing the previous record holder Eclipse.

25. The Madhya Pradesh government on 9 April 2013 decided to declare Malkhamb as the State Sport.

26. Yamaha on 9 April 2013 announced that it will soon roll out the cheapest motorcycle of the world in India. The price of this bike would be 500 USD or 27000 Rs.

27. Planning Commission of India finalized a plan of 30314 crore rupees for West Bengal Plan 2013-14.

28. Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri and Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde were appointed as the Judges of the Supreme Court of India by the President on 10 April 2013.

29. Planning Commission finalized a plan of 4100 crore rupees for Himachal Pradesh Plan 2013-14. Social service sector is the first priority in 12th Plan.

30. Manmohan Singh visited Germany from 10 April 2013 to 12 April 2013 for participating in second round of Inter Governmental Consultations with

Germany.

31. Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2012 was given to the veteran Bollywood actor and villain of the millennium, Pran on 12 April 2013.

32. Indian women won the Bangladesh Women Tour to India 2012/13 ODI cricket series against Bangladesh Women by 3-0.

33. The World Banks Country Partnership Strategy for India proposed to lend 3 billion to 5 billion US dollars every year for a period of next four years. The recognized states are

Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. The

states have been identified depending upon the number of poors that live in these states.

34. Adam Scott won the Augusta Masters Golf championship on 14 April 2013.

35. The Goa Government decided to impose entry tax on vehicles registered outside the state and entering Goa.

36. 66th Himachal Day Celebrate at Dhalpur Ground, Kullu.

37. British scientist Francis Cricks Nobel Prize was sold for 2.27m US dollar at the auction in New York.

38. Delhi-born Raj Chetty won John Bates Clark medal for 2013, also called Baby Nobel.

39. The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes on 15 April 2013, including the award for investigative reporting for stories .

40. Adam Johnsons novel The Orphan Masters son won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013.

41. World Hemophilia Day was observed on 17 April 2013 across the globe to spread awareness of this disease and other bleeding disorders.

42. President Pranab Mukherjee on 16 April 2013 dedicated Siddheshwar Dham Temple to the Nation

43. As per the Venezuelas Presidential election result declared on 14 April 2013, Nicolas Maduro emerged as the winner.

44. The lone women Chief Election Commissioner of India, V.S. Ramadevi died due to Cardiac Arrest. She also was the governor of Karnataka & HP.

45. Vice-President of India, Hamid Ansari visited Tajikistan from 14 to 17 April 2013 for strengthening bilateral ties.

46. World Heritage Day celebrated on 18th April.

47. Scientists in the third week of April 2013 discovered a giant galaxy called HFLS3 in the Universe , 12.8 billion years away from Earth.


16

48. 12000 cr rupees allocated to Bihar under Special Plan for remaining four years of the 12th five year plan by CCEA.

49. Aruna Bahuguna appointed as the first women Special Director General of CRPF. She is an IPS from a 1979-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre.

50. Belgian Mathematician Pierre Deligne won the Abel prize 2013.The Abel Prize is considered equivalent to the Nobel Prize.

51. China hiked its Defence Budget by 10.7 percent on 5 March 2013 to 119 US dollars.

52. The first test of Nirbhay cruise missile achieved partial success at

Chandipur, Odisha on 12 March 2013. It is developed by DRDO.

53. Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as the new President of Venezuela.

54. India is the largest recipient of remittances in the world, receiving 69 billion US Dollars in 2012 according to World Bank .

55. Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, Russia launched the worlds

only returnable satellite called Bion-M1 .

56. World Amateur Radio Day celebrated on 18 April 2013.

57. Civil Services Day was observed across India on 21 April 2013.

58. Assam emerged as the Champion state in the 20th National Archery Championship 2013 organised at Agrasen Dham, Raipur in

Chhattisgarh.

59. 22 April was observed as the International Mother Earth Day across the World. Face of Climate Change is the theme of the year 2013.

60. Italy's parliament on 20 april 2013 re-elected Giorgio Napolitano

to an unparalleled second term as president.

61. Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce.

62. World Book and Copyright Day was Celebrated on 23 April 2013.

63. 20th Womens Political Empowerment Day was celebrated in New Delhi on 22 April 2013.

64. Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocom on 23 April 2013 had signed an agreement for International Bandwidth.

65. Russia on 19 April 2013 launched the bio-satellite (BION-M) called orbital Noah's Ark into space with various living organisms.

66. Nokia on 9 April 2013 launched the most affordable mobile Nokia 105 at the price of 1249 Rupees.

67. The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets in the Palam area of Delhi entered the list of top 10 Weird and Unusual museums of the world.

68. Chris Gayle hit the fastest ever century in the history of cricket by reaching 100 in merely 30 balls during RCB vs. Pune Warriors match on 23 April 2013.

69. The largest biogas plant of the world was inaugurated on 12 March 2013 in Finland.

70. Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways on 24 April 2013 confirmed taking over of 24 per cent minority stake in Jet Airways for 379 million dollars.

71. India has cut down the import of crude oil from Iran by over 26.5 per cent in the financial year ended March 31 2013.

72. Anil Goswami appointed as Union Home Secretary of India.


17

73. Book entitled Leaf Turns Yellow: the Sufis of Awadh was released by the Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari at New Delhi.

74. Enrico Letta will be the new Prime Minister of Italy.

75. Yash Chopra and Rajesh Khanna selected for 13th Dada Saheb Phalke Academy Awards to be conferred on 30 April 2013.

76. Goa Government launched a digital Krishi Card to help farmers in making use of benefits such as subsidies and loans given by the State Government.

77. The Herschel observatory, a European space telescope stopped making observations after running out of liquid coolant .


18

May 2013

01. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 14 mega watt Solar Power project at Deoghar in Jharkhand on 30 April 2013.

02. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 30 April 2013 launched an Islamic equity index .

03. Parliamentary Speaker Abdul Hamid was on 24 April 2013 sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman. /***/

04. The Punjab government on 1 May 2013 announced to increase the minimum wages of unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers with effect from 1 March 2013.

05. Reliance Jio Infocomm and others on 30 April 2013 formed a consortium to set up BBG submarine cable system.

06. The High Court in Pakistan on 30 April 2013 imposed a lifetime ban on former President Pervez Musharraf from contesting elections.

07. The Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Fida-e-Lucknow -Tales of the city and its people on 1 May 2013.

08. Mount Fuji, Japan: International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) approved Japans Mount Fuji to be declared as the UNESCO World Heritage site.

09. Nevada, in the month of April 2013, became the first US State that allowed its residents to play online poker for money, legally.

10. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved 11000 crore Rupees project on 1 May 2013 for modernisation of central paramilitary forces.

11. Irelands government on 1 May 2013 unveiled the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill.

12. Jenita Mary Nongkynrih, A young woman scientist from Meghalaya was selected for ISRO Young Scientist Award 2013.

13. China, on 2 May 2013, successfully launched a communications satellite called Zhongxing-11.

14. The IBM scientists on 1 May 2013 released the smallest movie of the world called A Boy and His Atom.

15. World Press Freedom Day is celebrated across the world on 3 May 2013. The theme for World Press Freedom Day 2013 is Safe to Speak.

16. Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa was elected as the new president of Asian Football Confederation on 2 May 2013.

17. US Scientists at the Harvard University created a robot called robo-fly. It is the world's smallest flying robot.

18. Haryana announced an increase in rate of dearness allowance (DA) to its employees from 72 percent at present to 80 percent.

19. Maryland, the U.S. state located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, on 2 May 2013 became the first southern US state to abolish the death penalty.

20. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia was released in April 2013. The book is written by a Pakistani writer, Mohsin Hamid.

21. On 3 May 2013, Indian cinema completed exactly 100 years with the release of two films- Bombay Talkies and Shootout at Wadala.

22. Union government envisages investment of 12.1 billion dollars in the Aviation sector in the 12th plan period.


19

23. A young Indian biologist, Dr. Aparajita Datta was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, in London on 2 May 2013.

24. The Environment Ministry of India decided to put a ban on the trade of peacock feathers as a measure to conserve the national bird of India- peacock.

25. Asian Development Bank on 5 May 2013 announced that it is going to provide about 6 billion dollars loan to India over the next three years.

26. India and China on 5 May 2013 pulled back their troops from the stand off point at Daulat Beg Oldi sector in Ladakh.

27. The cost of the National Urban Health Mission for 5 years is 22507 crore rupees.

28. The Kudankulam nuclear plant is among those plants which is a part of Indias aim of generating 63000 MW of nuclear power by 2032. The Supreme Court of India

directed that the Kudankulam nuclear plant situated in Tamil Nadu could start its

operations now.

29. A book on Bhagat Singh by Chamanlal titled Understanding Bhagat Singh was released.

30. Najib Razak led National Front won the 13th General Election of Malaysia on 5 May 2013.

31. India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, accounted for the largest number of mobile subscribers in India.

32. Sex-Superbug named H041 can be more dangerous than AIDS virus because of its aggressive nature. It was first reported in Japan in 2011.

33. A plan size of 27072 crore rupees was finalized by the planning commission of India for Haryana for financial year 2013-14.

34. Tech Mahindra on 6 May 2013 signed agreement with Falcorp of South Africa to float a new company.

35. 7 May 2013 was observed as the World Asthma Day.

36. Najib Razak on 6 May 2013 was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Malaysia for a second term by Malaysias king.

37. Fortune 500 scored the near-record revenues in 2012 and retailer Walmart became the biggest profit maker on annual list by replacing ExxonMobil.

38. Statue of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N T Rama Rao was unveiled by Meira Kumar in the Parliament on 7 May 2013.

39. According to Pentagon China signed agreements for arms exports worth 11 billion US dollars from 2007 to 2011.

40. Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho were named as the recipients of Polar Music Prize 2013.

41. India was placed at top in the list of 1st-Day Deaths of Infants in the State of the Worlds Mothers Report 2013.

42. World Bank signed agreement to provide 100 million dollar grant to Afghanistan for expanding basic health, essential hospital services.

43. Sahara India Pariwar created a new Guinness World Record on 6 May 2013 when its 121653 workers sang Indias national anthem in Lucknow.

44. Moska Najib a 29 year old Delhi based Afghan women is shortlisted among 25 people in Australia's Best Job in the World Competition.

45. India nominated cluster of six hill forts in Rajasthan as well as Great Himalayan National Park in Himachal Pradesh for World Heritage Sites for 2013.


20

46. Congress came back to power in Karnataka after 7 years after securing 121 of 223 seats in Assembly polls. BJP & Janta-Dal secular secured 40 seats.

47. Solar Impulse, the plane powered by Sun completed its first leg of journey with an aim to cross US. The plane landed in Phoenix, Arizona on 4 May 2013.

48. Union Government announced an export target of 325 billion dollars for the current financial year 2013-14 to support the slowdown in the global markets.

49. Tamil Nadu Government had banned the production, possession, distribution and sale of tobacco products such as pan masala and gutka in the State.

50. FAO in its latest report for 2011 reported that India is the largest producer and consumer of Chickpeas in the world.

51. Government of India declared 2013 as Water Conservation Year 2013.

52. The painting by Fernand Leger, which was owned by Madonna sell for 7.2 million US dollar in New York on 7 May.

53. Union Ministers of Railway and Law, PK Bansal and Ashwani Kumar submitted their resignation to the Prime Minster on 10 May 2013.

54. India secured 2 Silver and 7 Bronze and ended its journey in the 19th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships held at New Delhi.

55. National Technology Day was celebrated on 11 May.

56. World Number Five Nadal defeated Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4 to win Madrid Open 2013.

57. Siddaramaiah, the leader of the Indian National Congress on 11 May 2013 was sworn in as the 22nd chief minister of the state of Karnataka.

58. National Stock Exchange, the Leading bourse on 11 May 2013 launched the countrys first dedicated debt trading platform.

59. The total value of mineral production (excluding atomic & minor minerals) in the country during March 2013 was 20475 crore rupees.

60. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the Asom Ratna Award for the year 2012 to Indira Goswami (posthumously).

61. The GEMS (Global Enteric Multicentre Study) showed that diarrhoeal disease has the highest rate of incidence in India.

62. Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan on 14 May 2013 imposed a state of emergency in three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

63. Rajasthan Royals cricketers Shreesanth, Ajit Chadila and Ankeet Chavan arrested for their alleged involvement in spot fixing in the 6th edition of the IPL.

64. IMF on 15 May 2013 approved a three-year, 1.3 billion dollars loan for supporting Cyprus attempts to stabilize its financial sector.

65. Annual Plan for the year 2013-14 for Bihar was finalized in New Delhi on 15 May 2013 at 34000 crore rupees

66. India got the observer status by the Arctic Council in Arctic Circle. This membership will give India chances of navigation and oil and gas exploration.

67. India, Brazil and South Africa approved the fifth IBSA Womens Forum Resolution, in New Delhi on 16 May 2013.

68. OBC creamy layer criteria on 16 May 2013 was raised to 6 lakh rupees from previous 4.5 lakh rupees by Union Cabinet of India.

69. Aggregate plan of 80500 crore was finalized for Maharashtra. Drought proofing & balanced industrial growth are on priority list for 12th Plan of state .


21

70. ISRO has planned to launch GSLV D5 from the spaceport in Sriharikota in July 2013 to place communication satellite GSAT-14 in orbit.

71. Nirbhay Sharma on 16 May 2013 appointed as governor of Arunachal

Pradesh as the term of present incumbent Gen (retd) J J Singh ended

in January 2013.

72. Indian initiatives namely Mass Contact Programme (MCP), Swavalamban and Graamin Haat won United Nations Public Service Award for year 2013.

73. David Beckham, the legendary footballer announced his retirement from professional football.

74. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was celebrated on 17 May 2013.

75. Total number of downloaded applications from the Apples iPhone App Store passed the 50 billion milestone on 15 May 2013.

76. Kerala and Himachal Pradesh would share information for better implementation of their rural development projects .

77. Samina Baig on 19 May 2013 became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest. Samina Baig is 22 years of age.

78. Nunshi and Tashi Malik, two 21-year old Indians from Dehrahdun became first twins to scale Mount Everest on 19 May 2013.

79. Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federar in the final match played on 19 May 2013 to lift his seventh Italian Open title.

80. Work of Worlds Biggest Hydroelectric Inga Dam on Congo River to start from October 2015. It will provide electricity to 500 million African Households.

81. The Opportunity rover of NASA broke the 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record on 16 May 2013, after 9 long years of Mars exploration.

82. Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 to win Italian Open on 19 May 2013. With this win, Serena Williams conquered 51st title of her career.

83. As per the study by a business consulting firm, Israel became the worlds largest exporter of unmanned aerial vehicles in terms of number of systems sold.

84. As per the Indian envoy to Colombo Ashok K Kantha Indian companies have invested nearly 1 billion dollars in Sri Lanka since 2003

85. Indian National Defence Universioty will be set up in Gurgaon with an estimated cost of 300 crore rupees

86. Martyrdom of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, also known as Anti Terrorism Day is observed across the country on 21 May 2013.

87. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development was observed on 21 May 2013.

88. Singer Hariharan was conferred with the Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran in Indore on 20 May 2013. Madhya Pradesh government instituted the award in 1984.

89. The Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai (15) was selected for UNA-USA's Global Leadership Award called Champion for Global Change Award for 2013.

90. Scientists in an experiment managed to kill lab-grown tuberculosis (TB) bacteria with good old Vitamin C.

91. The International Day for Biological Diversity was observed on 22 May 2013.

92. According to data released by Census 2011, lowest sex ratio in Haryana was observed in Gurgaon district at 854.


22

93. India on 22 May 2013 successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.

94. The Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy won United Nation's Public Service Award for his Mass Contact Programme on 22 May 2013.

95. American writer Lydia Davis won 2013 Man Booker International Prize for her innovative and influential writing.

96. The Annual Plan for the year 2013-14 for Madhya Pradesh was finalised in New Delhi on 22 May 2013 at 35500 crore rupees.

97. The President of India conferred the 47th Jnanpith Award for the year 2011 on Pratibha Ray on 22 May 2013 at Balyogi Auditorium in New Delhi.

98. Yuichiro Miura, the 80-year old mountaineer from Japan reached Mount Everests summit on 23 May 2013. He became the oldest man to climb the mountain.

99. President Robert Mugabe on 22 May 2013 signed Zimbabwe's new constitution into law.

The Union Cabinet of India, on 23 May 2013 approved to classify Malayalam as the

Classical Language.

The only satellite of Ecuador, Pegaso nanosatellite collided with the Russian space debri

US singer-songwriter Carole King became the first woman to receive the Library of Congress

Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

US Senate approved the name of Srikanth Srinivasan to position of the most senior

US Judge to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Philippines authorities are angry over Dan Brown's description for Manila as the gates of hell in

his latest fiction work Inferno.

Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs to win IPL Season 6 at

Eden Gardens on 26 May 2013.

Group of armed Maoists trapped and attacked the Congress party convoy at Dharba Valley in

Chhattisgarh on 25 May 2013.

Planning Commission of India fixed the Annual Plan 2013-14 for Nagaland at 2000 crore rupees

and targeted growth in agriculture during 12th Plan period.

Australia on 27 May 2013 was ranked as the world's happiest nation among

developed economies.

Blue is the Warmest Colour which is directed by French-Tunisian filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche

won the Palme d'Or - at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.

BJP on 28 May 2013 expelled senior lawyer and MP Ram Jethmalani from the primary

membership of party for six years over breach of discipline.

World Hunger Day was observed on 28 May 2013 across the globe. It is an annual

event.

Union Defence Minister AK Antony on 27 May 2013 dedicated to the nation the New

Air Force Station at Thanjavur at a brief function held to mark the occasion.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development appointed Kushal Singh as the Chairperson of

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

The Indian telecom sector became the second largest telephone network in the

world, after China by registering exceptional growth during last nine years.

The Annual Plan for the year 2013-14 for the state of Meghalaya was finalised on 28 May 2013 at

4151 crore rupees.

V. Narayanasamy inaugurated ISRO Navigation Centre (INC) at Byalalu, about 40

km from Bangalore on 28 May 2013.


23

Punjab government on 28 May 2013 gave its approval for starting an online lottery

system in order to increase revenues of the state.

The oldest person of the world, Jiroemon Kimura, 116 years Japanese man became the last male

of the 19th century in the world.

India, the United States and Australia came together to develop new climate-resilient varieties

of rice and wheat.

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on 27 may 2013 ended his four-day visit to Saudi

Arabia.

Madhya Pradesh government Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 29 May 2013 announced a 212 crore

rupees special relief package.

Manoj Das, the Noted Oriya writer on 28 May 2013 was presented the NTR National

Literary Award.

The Annual Plan for the year 2013-14 for Tripura was finalised on 29 May 2013. The

size of the plan was agreed upon at 2500 crore Rupees.

Akshay B. Gaikwad won three gold medals on second day of 15th Asian Youth

Weightlifting Championships in Doha.

Physicist Peter Higgs and Francois Englert won the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award.

Astronomers revealed the recent potential risk of Earth being hit by fatal gamma-ray burst from

the star called Wolf-Rayet star WR 104.

The seventh edition of the annual Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be

held in Sydney in November 2013.

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, N C Menon, Vineet Nayar and Ronnie Screwvala figured in 2013 year list

of Asia-Pacific's most remarkable givers.

According to World Health Organisation, World No-Tobacco day is

observed every year on 31 May 2013.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 30 May 2013 was elected to the

Rajya Sabha for the fifth time from Assam. 30 May is celebrated as the Hindi Journalism Day in Indias journalism every year. On this day

first Hindi newspaper, Udant Martand was brought out. UNESCO in the Month of May 2013 had declared India's Nicobar Islands as a world biosphere

reserve under its Man and the Biosphere Programme. The IAFs premier Academy located at Dundigal, Hyderabad on 31 May 2013 inducted basic

trainer aircraft Pilatus PC 7 MKII.


24

June 2013

01. Asteroid 1998 QE2 passed relatively close to Earth on 31 May 2013.

The asteroid was huge enough to completely wipe out the civilization

on Earth.

02. The Planning Commission approved Project Ananta, a programme that looks for pulling Anantapur district out of the control of the perennial drought.

03. Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) on 31 May 2013 decided to acquire CA&P Division of Solaris Chemtech Industries for a total of 153 crore Rupees.

04. Avinash Chander, the principal architect of Indias missile programmes on 31 May 2013 appointed DRDO chief and scientific advisor to defence minister.

05. Infosys on 1 June 2013 appointed N R Narayana Murthy as executive chairman of the Board.

06. The Annual Plan for the state of Delhi was finalised on 31 May 2013 at 16626crore rupees.

07. Bayern Munich defeated Stuttgart in the German cup football final in Berlin on 1 June 2013 to win the tournament.

08. The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, M. Veerappa Moily launched the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Scheme in 18 districts on 1 June 2013.

09. The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 named

Rami Hamdallah as his new Prime Minister. 10. Egypts Supreme Court on 2 June 2013 invalidated the Countrys Shura Council.

11. Nigeria's Parliament on 2 June 2013 passed a bill criminalizing gay marriage, making it punishable with a 14-year prison term.

12. India and Singapore on 3 June 2013 reaffirmed their strong and long-standing defence ties .

13. Apple Inc in Month of June 2013 has signed an agreement with Warner Music for music licences so as to create a streaming music service.

14. The World Gold Council established its complete local unit in India with the full-fledged corporate structure. As of now, the WGC had liaison office only.

15. Raghav Joneja became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21

May 2013 with his five schoolmates. 16. The Union Cabinet of Bangladesh on 3 June 2013 approved the draft law meant for the

development and protection of Hindu religious properties. 17. Planning Commission finalized Odisha Annual Plan 2013-14 of 21500 crore. Poverty has gone

down by 20.2 percentage points during 11th Plan. 18. World Environment Day was observed on 5 June 2013. 19. Amazon.com, entered into Indian e-commerce market with the launch of its

marketplace Amazon.in . 20. Coca-Cola, the largest soft-drink maker of the world, opened its bottling plant in

Myanmar on 4 June 2013. 21. The Union Cabinet of India on 4 June 2013 approved the Real Estate (Regulation and

Development) Bill 2013 . 22. The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, visited Japan on 27-30 May 2013 for

the Annual Summit of the Prime Ministers. 23. Japan successfully tested the L0 Trains based on magnetic levitation technology the fastest in the

world. It will come into commercial use in 2027. 24. Nawaz Sharif took oath as the Prime Minister of Pakistan 5 June 2013.


25

25. Susan Elizabeth Rice was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013.

26. India and Myanmar set three billion dollar trade target by 2015 in New Delhi held on 6 June 2013.

27. Indias first all-women police station became operational in Itanagar, capital of Arunachal Pradesh in June 2013 to ensure better security to women.

28. Nations highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) will be set up at Nyoma, Leh district at a height of about 14000 feet.

29. Novel titled City of Bohane by an Irish author Kevin Barry won IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2013. The book describes Ireland of 2053.

30. The world observed 8 June 2013 as the World Ocean Day. The theme for 2013 is Together, we have the Power to Protect the Oceans.

31. Top-ranked American twins Bob and Mike Bryan on 8 June 2013 won the French open 2013. 32. India's talented youngster Srikanth K. on 9 June 2013 clinched the Thailand Open Grand Prix

Gold Badminton trophy . 33. Serena Williams on 8 June 2013 won the Women's Singles title of French

Open Tennis tournament. 34. Rafael Nadal on 9 June 2013 won his 8th Men's Singles Tittle of the French Open

Tennis Tournament. 35. India offered 150 million Dollars credit to Myanmar for establishing a Special Economic Zone at

Sittwe 36. Qatar has the highest density of millionaires in the world according to a report. 37. Nasa's Opportunity rover on Mars identified rock laden with what scientists believe to be clay

minerals. 38. The Annual Plan for 2013-14 for the State of Tamil Nadu was finalised on 10 June 2013 at 37128

crore rupees . 39. Infinity Tower, the worlds tallest twisted tower of 307 meter with ability of twisting at 90 degrees

was launched in Dubai on 10 June 2013. 40. Apple unveiled new software for its computers, smartphones and tablets on 9 June

2013 called iOS7 . 41. India and a top US science body in Month of June 2013 have forged an international organisation

to develop space solar power. 42. World Day against Child Labour was celebrated on 12 June 2013. The theme this

year was, No to Child Labour in Domestic Work.

43. Google in Month of June 2013 bought online mapping service Waze for a deal of 1.03 billion dollars.

44. Indian street food vendors Ashok Sah and Vijay Chaudhary won the critics award at the World Street Food Congress in Singapore.

45. Apollo Tyres on 13 June 2013 announced that it would acquire US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in the all-cash transaction worth 14500 crore Rupees.

46. Union Government on 12 June 2013 decided to discontinue the

Telegraph Services in India from 15 July 2013.

47. Dubai in the first week of June 2013 inaugurated the tallest twisted tower of the world called Cayan Tower at the cost of 272 million US dollar.

48. The world observed the World Blood Donor Day on 14 June 2013. 49. Government has set a target of achieving 80 percent literacy rate by 2017 at present the literacy

rate of India is 74 percent.


26

50. Panja Sahib in Pakistan is to be declared a Holy City by Government of Pakistan. Panja

Sahib is a house of stone with hand print of Guru Nanak Dev. 51. The World Population Prospects report released by UN projected that India will be the most

populous country by 2028.

52. The Government of India decided to appoint SK Roy as the new

Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). 53. Maersk Line unveiled the Worlds largest Container Ship named Maersk McKinney

Moller from the South Korean Shipyard. 54. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was celebrated on 15 June 2013. 55. The Parliament of Norway, called the Storting, voted on 14 June 2013 to recruit women in armed

forces. It became the first NATO country to do so. 56. Anish Kapoor, the Indian-origin sculptor was honoured with Knighthood, which

is the highest honour of Britain by Queen Elizabeth II. 57. John William Ashe, the ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda

selected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th session. 58. AirAsia on 17 June 2013 announced that Ratan Tata, the ex-chairman of the Tata Group was

appointed as the Chief Advisor of AirAsias India board. 59. Hassan Rohani, the moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the presidential

election in Iran on 15 June 2013. 60. The Garden of Evening Mists by the Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng won the Walter

Scott Prize 2013. This was Tan Twan Engs second novel. 61. Indian archers, Rajat Chouhan and Manjudha Soy won silver medal at the

World Cup (Stage-II) Archery competition in Turkey. 62. India topped the medal tally in the Junior World Asian Wrestling Championship by winning three

gold, five silver and nine bronze medals. 63. A survey conducted by Top 500, revealed on 17 June 2013 that the

Chinese supercomputer called Tianhe-2 is the fastest computer of the

world. 64. World Day to Combat Desertification was observed on 17 June 2013. The theme was

drought and water scarcity. 65. IAF on 18 June 2013 launched OPERATION Rahat to rescue

stranded pilgrims in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. 66. India signed an agreement for loan of 255 million US dollars with World Bank for the National

AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV). 67. Goa Revolution Day was observed across the state on 18 June 2013. The day is observed to pay

homage to the martyrs of Goa liberation from Rule of Portugal. 68. The 29th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (India chapter) scheduled

for November 2013 will be hosted by Kochi, Kerala. 69. The Government of India and China joined hands for organising the Chinese film festival in India

from 18 June 2013 to 23 June 2013 at New Delhi. 70. The Planning Commission of India on 18 June 2013 finalised the 59000 crore rupees plan for

financial year 2013-14 for Gujarat. 71. 20 June was observed as the World Refugee Day across the world.

For the first time the day was observed on 20 June 2001. 72. Andhra Pradesh state Assembly on 19 June 2013 passed the bill to restore gender balance.


27

73. US delivered first of the ten Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft to

India on 18 June 2013. The first aircraft land at Hindan Airbase in

India. 74. Scientists at the department of linguistics at the University of Michigan discovered a new

language called Light Warlpiri in Northern Australia. 75. A relief fund of 1000 crore rupees was announced for disaster relief to Uttrakhand by the

Government of India. 76. Tata Power with Geodynamics commissioned a 1 MW geothermal plant in Australia. 77. Union External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid visited Iraq from 19 June to 20 June2013.

Khurshid is the first Indian Minister to visit Iraq in 23 years./**/ 78. Planning Commission finalized an Annual Plan of 4715 crore for Goa for FY 2013-14. The state

aims to improve on agriculture during in 12th plan period. 79. Palatana Gas Based Power Project inaugurated by Pranab Mukherjee. Developed by

ONGC this is the largest clean energy plants of the world. 80. James Comey was nominated as next Director of FBI by Brack Obama. 81. Manjeet Singh bagged a Silver medal for India at the 3rd China Open boxing tournament on 22

June 2013.** 82. Six Forts of Rajasthan included in the list of World Heritage Site of UNESCO and

won international recognition on 21 June 2013 in the 37th session of the World

Heritage Committee (WHC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The six majestic forts

include Amber (Jaipur), Kumbhalgarh, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Ranthambhore

(Sawai Madhopur) and Gagaron (Jhalawar). 83. The first Unit of ONGCs Mega Power project in Tripura was formally dedicated to

the Nation by the President of India. *** 84. The jury of IDG selected UIDAI for 21st Century Achievement Award 2013 under the category

Economic Development. 85. Japan's highest Mountain and famous landmark Mount Fuji on 20 June 2013 was

given world heritage status by the UNESCO . 86. The largest as well as the brightest moon of the year 2013, called the Supermoon was observed on

23 June 2013 as it passed the closest point to Earth. 87. International Olympic Day was celebrated across the world on 23 June. 88. The United Nations General Assembly designated 23 June as the UN Public Service Day in its

resolution. 89. The Vice President of India released a book entitled Healing Memories: Civilizations in Dialogue

on 24 June 2013. The book is edited by Zeenat Shaukat Ali. 90. China, on 20 June 2013 conducted the first classroom lecture from space which was

given by female Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping. 91. 39th edition of the G8 Summit concluded at Lough Erne in

Northern Ireland on 18 June 2013. 92. The United Nations General Assembly declared 26 June as the International Day

against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in the year 1987. 93. A survey conducted by UNCTAD revealed on 26 June 2013 that India was the third most

attractive destination, after China and US./****/ 94. Drayson Racing Technologies established the new world record when the lightweight electric

powered car reached the top speed of 328.6 km per hour.***


28

95. Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi on 26 June 2013

flagged off first train which connects Banihal in Jammu

with Qazigund in Kashmir.*** 96. John Kerry completed his India visit on 25 June 2013. He was on three-day visit to India from 23

June 2013 to 25 June 2013. ** 97. US Ambassador to India on 23 June 2013 announced that US would provide 150000 US dollar to

NGOs that are working for affected areas of Uttarakhand. 98. Kevin Rudd on 27 June 2013 was sworn in as Australias new prime

minister ousting Julia Gillard. *** 99. The Union government on 26 June 2013 has banned three major medicines anti-diabetes drug

pioglitazone, painkiller analgin and anti-depressant deanxit. - 01. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on 28 June 2013 received the

prestigious United Nations Public Service Award. 02. Rajasthan on 27 June 2013 launched a unique scheme called Mukhyamantri Bijli Bachat Lamp

Yojna for energy conservation. 03. Union Cabinet of India on 28 June 2013 gave its approval to the proposal for

the GSAT-15 communication satellite project . 04. Japanese got its First MOX Nuclear Shipment port since Fukushima on 28 June 2013 which was

arrived from France loaded with reprocessed nuclear fuel.** 05. Bimal Julka, an IAS officer of 1979 batch of MP cadre, appointed as the next I&B Secretary. He

will succeed Uday Kumar Varma, who retires on 30 June 2013. 06. European Union leaders on 28 June 2013 have signed a deal of a 1.3 trillion dollar for seven-year

budget from 2014-2020. 07. Mukesh Hariawala on 28 June 2013 was conferred the prestigious Indian

Healthcare Visionary of the Decade award. 08. India and United Kingdom decided to develop the signature Bangalore-Mumbai

Economic Corridor project. 09. Scientist in month of June 2013 discovered a complete new species of bird hiding in plain sight in

Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. Cambodian Tailorbird. 10. India awarded the opportunity to host World T20 for the

first time in 2016 and its 4th 50-over World Cup in 2023 by

ICC.***** 11. P. Sathasivam appointed as the next CJI after justifying the

Collegiums System of appointment of Judges. He will succeed the

Altamas Kabir. 12. O3b Networks, whose name represents the other 3 billion in month of June 2013, launched a

series of satellites which is supposed to provide fast, cheap Internet and phone service to remote

areas in 180 countries. 13. Indian Space Research Organisations scientists will establish a navigation satellite system for

India like that of Americas Global Positioning System (GPS). - Indian Regional Navigation

Satellite System (IRNSS) which required just seven satellites.


29

July 2013

1. Anil Goswami, a Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer took over as the Union Home Secretary on 30 June 2013. He succeeded Raj Kumar Singh.

2. Croatia on 1 July 2013 became the 28th member of the

European Union.**** 3. Brazil won the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 on 30 June 2013

against Spain in the final match. Brazil won 3-0 against FIFA World

Cup holders Spain. 4. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on 30 June 2013 announced that

Haryana adopted 25 villages of flood-hit Uttarakhand. 5. Trip Advisor's 2013 Travellers Choice Attractions Awards ranked India's Taj Mahal

among the top three landmarks in the world. 6. Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Lab on 25 June 2013 was approved under IPv6 Forum. 7. The IAFs latest acquisition C-17 Globemaster-III made its maiden flight to

the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on 30 Jun 2013.

8. India successfully launched its 1st dedicated navigation satellite,

IRNSS-1A using PSLV. IRNSS-1A is the part of the seven

satellites of the IRNSS satellites.*****

9. Suresh Kalmadi on 1 July 2013 lost the Asian Athletics Association's President election to Qatar's Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad.

10. Sunil Soni, on 2 July 2013 has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

11. Spain's Telefonica on 2 July 2013 launched the world's first

smartphone with the Firefox operating system.

12. India and Nepal on 2 July 2013 agreed on cooperation in tourism.

13. President of Egypt ousted in a military coup by Army Chief Abdel Fateh Al

Sissi. Adli Mansour will be the interim President until next elections.*** 14. Vandana Gandhi became the first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai

Government's coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellence in

June 2013. 15. World soccer body FIFA on 3 July 2013 again barred Iraq from holding any friendly

football matches due to soaring violence. 16. National Disaster Management headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar approved a

central assistance of 107 Crore Rupees for Kerala. 17. The Uttar Pradesh government on 5 July 2013 issued a fresh

notification for creation of Amethi as a new district. **** 18. Venezuela on 6 July 2013 offered to give humanitarian asylum to US intelligence leaker

Edward Snowden. 19. Vidya Balan got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian

Film Academy) awards 2013 held in Macau. 20. In the Women's Singles category of Wimbledon, Marion

Bartoli of France on 6 July 2013 won her maiden Grand Slam

title.


30

21. Thousands in India and across the world participated in the 78th birthday celebrations of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

22. Realty major DLF on 5 July 2013 finalised the 325-crore rupees deal to sell 150 MW wind turbine project in Gujarat.

23. Chinas former Railways Minister Liu Zhijun on 7 July 2013 was given a suspended death sentence for corruption and abuse of power.

24. Andy Murray is the first Briton to win Wimbledon

Mens Singles Trophy in 77 years. He defeated Novak

Djokovic in three sets to capture the title.*** 25. As per the ITU survey, approximately 40 percent of the Global population or 2.7 billion

people are online in 2013. 26. The government for the first time in Month of July 2013 has given its

nod for recruitment and commissioning of women officers in BSF. 27. Former Delhi police Chief, KK Paul on 8 July 2013 took over as

the new Governor of Meghalaya. **** 28. State Bank of India, in month of July 2013 launched Xpress Money card which will

enable the holder to receive the remittance directly on the card. 29. Aircraft de Havilland DHC3 Otter crashed on 8 July 2013 at Soldotna Airport in Alaska.

10 people were killed in the crash. ** 30. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 9 July 2013 announced the appointment

of Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his new Deputy Special Representative for MINUSMA. 31. Hazem El-Beblawi was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Egypt

by interim President Mansour. Mohammad ElBaradei is the new Vice

President. 32. Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh, on 8 July 2013 took over as the new

Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. *** 33. Emperor and Empress of Japan will make their first visit to India since accession to

throne in 1989. Their visit would boost ties between the two nations. 34. Indias External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid, visited Nepal on 9th July 2013 to

hold official talk on bilateral relation. 35. Lajja Goswami on 9 July 2013 won silver medal in women's 50-

metre Rifle 3 Position event at the ISSF World Cup in Granada,

Spain. -** 36. World Population Day observed across the day on 11 July. 37. Indian Parsi conductor of western classical music Zubin Mehta to be honoured with

Tagore Award 2013. He is the second recipient of Tagore Award.* 38. Hockey India (HI) on 10 July 2013 appointed Olympic gold medallist

Maharaj Kishan Kaushik as the men's hockey team coach. 39. The Allahabad high court on 10 July 2013 put a stay on caste-based rallies throughout

Uttar Pradesh. 40. The U.S. Navy on 10 July 2013 successfully landed a drone the size of a fighter jet

aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time. 41. Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on 10 July 2013 approved a reshuffled

ruling coalition Government, ending a 10-day crisis.

current affairs 2013

Documents

order of canada

research paper

new director

order of merit

urjit patel

rocket related technologies

asi awards

scientist of indian