2012

Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies Fourth Estate

Sir Peter Stothard

Dinah Birch

Dan Stevens

Amanda

Foreman

Bharat

Tandon

Tan Twan EngThe Garden of Evening Mists

Myrmidon Books

Deborah Levy Swimming HomeAnd Other Stories/Faber & Faber

Alison Moore The Lighthouse Salt Publishing

Will Self Umbrella Bloomsbury

Jeet Thayil Narcopolis Faber & Faber

2013

Eleanor Catton The Luminaries Granta

Robert Macfarlane

Martha

Kearney

Stuart Kelly

Natalie

Haynes

Robert

Douglas-

Fairhurst

NoViolet Bulawayo

We Need New Names Chatto & Windus

Jim Crace Harvest Picador

Jhumpa Lahiri The Lowland Bloomsbury

Ruth OzekiA Tale for the Time Being

Canongate

Colm TóibínThe Testament of Mary

Viking

Winners27 January International Day of

Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

 34 C/Resolution 61

 A/RES/60/7

 UN web

13 February World Radio Day 36

C/Resolution 63 A/67/62

21 February International Mother Language Day  30 C/62 A/RES/

56/262

 UN web

8 March International Women’s Day 20

C/Resolution 13.2  UN web

20 March International Francophonie Day Message

from the Director-General

21 March World Poetry Day 30

C/Resolution 29  UN web

21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial

Discrimination 14

C/Resolution 11 A/RES/2142 (XXI)

 UN web

21 March International Day of Nowruz 184

EX/SR.1-9A/RES/

64/253

 UN web

22 March World Day for Water 141 EX/22 A/RES/

47/193

 UN web

23 April World Book and Copyright Day 28

C/Resolution 3.18  UN web

30 April International Jazz Day 36

C/Resolution 39

3 May World Press Freedom Day 26

C/Resolution 4.3  UN web

21 May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development  166 EX/37 A/RES/

57/249

 UN web

22 May International Day for Biological Diversity  146 EX/32 A/RES/

49/119

 UN web

25 May Africa Day / Africa Week5 June World Environment Day

 112 EX/15

 A/RES/2994 (XXVII) 

 UN web

8 June World Oceans Day 181 EX/4 A/RES/

63/111 

 UN web

17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought A/RES/

49/115

 UN web

9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People  146 EX/32 A/RES/

49/214

 UN web

12 August International Youth Day 159 EX/28 A/RES/

54/120

 UN web

23 August International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave

Trade and its Abolition 29

C/Resolution 40

8 September

International Literacy Day 14

C/Resolution 1.441

15 September

International Day of Democracy A/RES/62/7

 UN web

21 September

International Day of Peace 114

EX/24 A/RES/36/67;

A/RES/55/282

 UN web

5 October World Teachers' Day 27

C/INF.7  UN web

Second Wednesday in October

International Day for Disaster Reduction  134 EX/15 A/RES/

44/236; A/RES/64/200

 UN web

17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty  28

C/Resolution 2.1A/RES/

47/196

 UN web

20 October World Statistics DayA/RES/

64/267

 UN web

27 October World Day for Audiovisual Heritage  33

C/Resolution 53  UN web

10 November

World Science Day for Peace and Development  31

C/Resolution 20  UN web

Third Thursday in November

World Philosophy Day 33

C/Resolution 37  UN web

16 November

International Day for Tolerance 28

C/Resolution 5.61

 A/RES/51/95

 UN web

25 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against

Women 159 EX/28 A/RES/

54/134

 UN web

29 November

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People  114 EX/24 A/RES/

32/40B

 UN web

1 December World AIDS Day 130

EX/INF.3  UN web

3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities  A/RES/47/3

 UN web

10 December

Human Rights Day 3

C/Resolution 14.8 A/RES/423 (V)

 UN web

18 December

International Migrants Day 161

EX/37 A/RES/55/93

Jim Crace and Eleanor Catton are the bookies' favourites to win the Man Booker Prize tonight.

STATE CAPITAL  NAME Governor NameChief Minister Name

Andhra Pradesh

HyderabadE.S Lakshmi Narasimhan

Shri. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy

Aruna Chal Pradesh

Ita Nagar Nabam Tuki JJ Singh

Assam Dispur Tarun GogoiJanaki Bhallav Patnaik

Bihar Patna Devanand Konwar Nithish Kumar

Chhattishgarh Raipur Shekhar Dutt Dr. Raman Singh

Delhi - -Smt Sheela Dikshit

Goa Panaji K. sankarnarayanan Manohar Parrikar

Gujarat Gandhinagar Kamala beniwal Naredra Modi

Haryana Chandigar Jaganath PahadiaBhupindar singh Hooda

Himachal Pradesh

Simla Smt. Urmila SinghPrem Kumar Dumal

Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar (Summer)Jammu(winter)

N.N. Vohra Omar Abdullah

Jharkhand Ranchi Dr Syed Ahmed Arjun Munda

Karnataka Bang lore H.R BhardwajJagadish Shivappa Shettar

KeralaThiruvanantapuram

H.R Bhardwaj(Additional Charge)

Oommen Chandi

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal Ram Naresh yadavShivaraj Singh Chouhan

Maharashtra MumbaiKateekal Sankarnarayanan

Prithviraj Chavan

Manipur Imphal Gurbachan JagatOkram Ibobi Singh

Meghalaya ShillongRanjith Sekhar Mooshahary

Dr Mukul Sangma

Mizoram AizwalVakkom Purushothaman

Pu Lalthanhawla

Nagaland Kohima Nikhil Kumar Neiphiu Rio

Orissa BhubaneswarMurlidhar Chandra Kanth Bhandare

Naveen Patnaik

Puducherty - - N. Rangaswamy

Punjab Chandigarh Shivraj PatilPrkash Singh Badal

Rajasthan JaipurShivraj Patil(Punjab Additional Chargr)

Ashok Gehlot

Sikkim Gangtok Balmiki Prasad Singh Pawan Chamling

Tamil Nadu Madras Dr K. Roshaiah Jayalalitha

Tripura AgartalaDayandeo Yaswantha Rao Patil

Manik Sarkar

Uttar Pradesh Lucknow B.L Joshi Akhilesh Yadav

Uttarakhand Dehradun Margaret Alva Vijay Bahuguna

West Bengal Culcutta M.K Narayan Mamatha benerji

Chief Ministers & Governors of Indian States

S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor

1 Andaman & Nicobar U.T. A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor)

2 Andhra Pradesh Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan

3 Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki Nirbhay Sharma

4 Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

5 Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar D. Y. Patil

6 Chandigarh U.T. Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator)

7 Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh Shri Shekhar Dutt

8 Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar Shri Bharat Vir Wanchoo

9 Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi Dr. Kamla Beniwal

10 Haryana Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda Shri Jagannath Pahadia

11 Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh Urmila Singh

12 Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah Narinder Nath Vohra

13 Jharkhand Hemant Soren Dr. Syed Ahmed

14 Karnataka Shri K. Siddaramaiah Hansraj Bhardwaj

15 Kerala Shri Oommen Chandy Shri Nikhil Kumar

16 Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Ram Naresh Yadav

17 Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan K. Sankaranarayanan

18 Manipur Shri Okram Ibobi Singh Sh. Gurbachan Jagat

19 Meghalaya Mukul Sangma K. K. Paul

20 Mizoram Pu Lalthanhawla Shri Vakkom Purushothaman

21 Nagaland Shri Neiphiu Rio Shri Ashwani Kumar

22 New Delhi Smt Sheila Dikshit Najeeb Jung (Lieutenant-Governor)

23 Orissa Sh. Naveen Patnaik Shri S. C. Jamir

24 Puducherry Shri N. Rangasamy Virendra Kataria (Lieutenant-Governor )

25 Punjab Shri Parkash Singh Badal Shri Shivraj Patil

26 Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot Smt. Margaret Alva

27 Sikkim Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

28 Tamil Nadu Sushree J. Jayalalithaa Konijeti Rosaiah

29 Tripura Shri Manik Sarkar Shri Devanand Konwar

30 Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Shri Banwari Lal Joshi

31 Uttarakhand Vijay Bahuguna Aziz Qureshi

32 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee Shri M. K Narayanan

33 Dadra and Nagar Haveli U.T. Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)

34 Daman and Diu U.T. Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)

35 Lakshadweep U.T. Shri H. Rajesh Prasad

The new World Trade Center tower in New York knocked Chicago's Willis Tower off its pedestal as the tallest building in the US. Dubai's Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world at 2,717 feet (828 meters).

The 4th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-

China Border Affairs was held in Beijing

Rafiq Kathwari, an Indian-American Poet Won Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2013

Stephen Lee Banned from Snooker for 12 Years for Match-Fixing Charges

Nikhat Zareen Won Silver at AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship

India Defeated Malaysia to Lift U-21 Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey Tournament 2013

Swaran Singh Virk Clinched Gold at the 15th Asian Senior Rowing Championship in China

Khadi and Village Industry Commission Announced Introduction of Exclusive Khadi Mark

N. Srinivasan Re-Elected As the BCCI President for the Third Term

Ranjib Biswal Appointed as Indian Premier League Chairman

Sonia Gandhi Unveiled the Statue of R Sankar, the First Congress Chief Minister of Kerala

Every Year on 29 September Celebrated as The World Heart Day

Rahul Ragala won Weightlifting Gold at Guangzhou Asian Youth Games

Team of Australian Doctors Created IVF History With Ovarian Tissue Transplant

Rajnath Singh Appointed the BJP Campaign Committee Chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

Rahul Dravid named as Brand Ambassador for National Tobacco Control Campaign

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on 29 September 2013 inaugurated Kerala's two major

health schemes Arogya Kiranam and Distribution of free generic medicines.

Sudha Singh of Railways won Gold in Women's 3000m Steeplechase

Naval Science and Technological Laboratory Centre inaugurated in Visakhapatnam

Megan Young of Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013

India and China held sixth Financial Dialogue in Beijing.

Ruchira Kamboj appointed the Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO

Nalco posted 4.75 Percent Increase in Sales Turnover at 6809 Crore Rupees

India's first ever Naval and Maritime Exposition and Conference, NAMEXPO 2013 concluded on 27 September 2013 at Cochin

Ravindra Kumar Elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS)

World Rabies Day Observed on 28 September

Malala Yousafzai Presented with Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award by Harvard University

India Won Bronze in 8th Asia Cup Women Hockey Tournament

Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2013 Received President's Assent

Sri Srinivasan was sworn in as Judge of US Court

Union Ministry of Tourism Launched -777 Days of Incredible Indian Himalayas-Campaign

Raghuram Rajan awarded with the Fifth Deutsche Bank Prize

Navneet Kaur Dhillon won the Multimedia Award at the Miss World 2013

First Ever Allard Prize for International Integrity Presented to Anna Hazare

KC Ponnappa Took Over the Office as Chairman of Nilgiri Planters' Association

Ukraine Signed Natural Gas Production-Sharing Agreement with Exxon and Shell

Association of Mutual Funds in India Appointed Sundeep Sikka as Its Chairman

World Tourism Day observed on 27 September

Vidit Gujrathi Won Bronze in World Junior Chess Championship

Department of Posts Allotted Country's First Customized Pin Code to Supreme Court of India

Category Name of the Person Contribution

Physiology or Medicine

James Rothmanfor their groundbreaking work on how the cell organises its transport systemRandy Schekman

Thomas Suedhof

Physics

Peter Higgs for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles.

Francois Englert

Chemistry

Michael Levittfor the development of multi scale models for complex chemical systemsMartin Karplus

Arieh Warshel

PeaceThe Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons

Literature Alice Munro master of the contemporary short story

Economics

Eugene Famafor their work on creating a deeper knowledge of how market prices moveLars Peter Hansen

Robert Shiller

1. India on 25 October 2013 signed an agreement with World Bank for credit of 360 million US dollar for 2nd phase of UP Water Sector Restructuring Project.

2. Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for all commodities in the month of September 2013 stood at 6.46 percent as compared to 6.1percent in August 2013.

3. ndia and Japan on 9 October 2013 signed MoU to do a joint feasibility study of High Speed Railway system on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.

4. Gross collection from direct taxes increased by 10.66 percent to 301250 crore rupees in April-September period in 2013.

5. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 7 October 2013 reduced the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate to 9 per cent from 9.5 per cent.

6. The Reserve Bank of India on 4 October 2013 fixed the reference rate of rupee against US dollar at 61.4050

7. The Union government of India on 26 September 2013 notified GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule

8. Reserve Bank of India on 25 September 2013 banned zero per cent interest rate schemes for purchase of consumer goods

9. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 23 September 2013 took some steps to promote the operationalisation of Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs).

10. The foundation stone of MEMU Coach Factory was laid on 22 September 2013 at Bhilwara, Rajasthan

11. RBI on 20 September 2013 increased the repo rate or the short term lending rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent from 7.25 per cent with immediate effect

12. Bhartiya Mahila Bank, the first nationalised bank for women expected to be operational from November 2013

13. The Government of India signed an agreement with Latvia on Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).

14. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 September 2013 announced that banks can open their branches in tier 1 centers without taking its permission in each case

15. P. Chidambaram on 18 September 2013 announced strictness measures such as a slash in the non-plan expenditure by 10 percent to contain fiscal deficit

16. The Union Government of India hiked the import duty on gold from 10 percent to 15 percent

17. The Union Government has further slashed the import tariff value of gold to 432 dollars per 10 grams and silver to 736 dollars per kilogram.

18. Bilateral Currency Swap Arrangements between India and Japan expanded to 50 billion US dollars.

19. FDI inflows into the service sector declined by 47.5 percent to 1.19 billion US dollars during the April-August 2013 period

20. The Union Cabinet of India on 30 October 2013 gave its approval for declaring the Bhubaneswar and Imphal airports as international airport

21. India on 25 October 2013 signed an agreement with World Bank for credit of 360 million US dollar for 2nd phase of UP Water Sector Restructuring Project

22. China on 10 October 2013 signed a 350-billion-yuan (45 billion Euro) currency swap agreement with the European Union

23. Union Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan on 11 November 2013 launched a National Portal on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad,he was a scholar and a great Indian freedom fighter, an eminent educationist and the first Education Minister of India.

Sport: Hockey Aga khan Cup ,Begam Rasul Torphy (woman's), Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup, Lady Ratan Tata Trophy (woman's), Gurunanak Championship (woman's) Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc,

Sport: Football Beghum Hazarat Mahal Cup, BILT Cup, Bordoloi Trophy Colombo Cup, Confederation cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B.C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy (National Championship), IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Mukherjee Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, etc,

Sport: Cricket Anthony D, Mellow Trophy, Ashes, Asia Cup, Benson and Hedges Cup, Bose Trophy, Champions Trophy, Charminar Challender Cup, C.K Naidu Trophy, Cooch – Behar Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duldeep Trophy, Gavaskar –Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, Ghulam Ahmad Trophy, Hamkumat Rai Trophy, ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy Interface Cup, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Lomboard World Challenge Cup, Mc Dowells Challenge Cup, Merchant Cup, Moin –ud –Dowla Cup, Net West Trophy, Prudential Cup(World Cup), Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Sheesh Mahal Trophy, Sheffield Shield, Singer Cup, Sir

Frank Worrel Trophy, Texaco Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Vizzy Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy, World Series Cup.

Sport: Table Tennis Berna Bellack cup( Men), Cobillion Cup (women), Jai Laxmi cup(women),Rajkumari Challenge Cup (women junior), Ramanuja Trophy (men Junior), Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men) etc.

Sport: Badminton Aggrawal Cup, Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Australasia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Thomas Cup Tunku Abdulrahman Cup, Uber Cup, Yonex Cup etc.

Sport: Basketball Basalat Jha Trophy, B.C. Gupta Trophy, Federation Cup, S.M. Arjuna Raja Trophy, Todd memorial Trophy, William jones Cup, Bangalore Bules Challenge Cup, Nehru Cup, Federation Cup etc.

Sport: Bridge Basalat Jha Trophy, Holkar Trophy, Ruia Gold Cup, Singhania Trophy. etc

Sport: Polo Ezra Cup, Gold Cup, King's Cup, Prithi Pal Singh Cup, Radha Mohan Cup, Winchester Cup etc.

Sport: Athletics Charminar Trophy, Federation Cup etc. Sport: Air Racing Jawaharlal Challenge Trophy, King's Cup, Schneider Cup etc.

Sport: Billiards Arthur Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup etc.

Sport: Boxing Aspy Adjahia Trophy, Federations Cup,Val Baker Trophy etc.

Sport: Golf Canada Cup, Eisenhower Trophy, Muthiah Gold Cup, Nomura Trophy, President 's Trophy, Prince of wales Cup, Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Topolino Trophy, Walker Cup, World Cup etc.

Sport: Chess Naidu Trophy, Khaitan Torphy , Lin Are City Trophy, World Cup etc.

Sport: Horse Racing Beresford Cup, Blue Riband Cup, Derby, Grand National Cup etc.

Sport: Netball Anantrao Pawar Trophy etc.

Sport: Rugby Football Bledisloe Cup, Calcutta Cup, Webb Ellis Trophy, etc.

Sport: Shooting North Wales Cup, Welsh Grand Prix etc.

Sport: Volleyball Centennial Cup, Federation Cup, and Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup, etc.

Sport: Yatch Racing America Cup

Current Affairs July 2013 [SUMMARY] (HOPE IT HELPS U ALL GUYS)

Person Appointed

1. Anil Chait Took over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs of Staff

Committee (CISC).

2. Najeeb Jung appointed as new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

3. Sunil Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

4. R. Chandrasekhar appointed President of Nasscom.

5. Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil appointed new Governor of Sikkim.

6. KK Paul took over as the New Governor of Meghalaya.

7. AK Singh sworn in as the new Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

8. Arvind Sharma Re-Elected as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of

India (AAAI).

9. Suresh Chandra Mohanty Elected as the New President of ICAI

10. Mamnoon Hussain was elected as the 12th President of Pakistan.

11. Bhim Sain Bassi Took Charge as the 20th Delhi Police Commissioner.

Person Resigned

1. Kumar Mangalam Birla Resigned from the Reserve Bank of India's Central Board.

2. Neil Mills, the Chief Executive Officer of SpiceJet Quit from his Post

Foreign Visits / Foreign Visitors

1. India's External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid, visited Nepal on 9th July 2013 to

hold official talk on bilateral relation.

Obituary

1. Douglas Engelbart, Father of the Mouse died at the Age of 88

2. Padma Shree Awardee Madhubani Painting artist Mahasundari Devi died at the Age

of 92

3. Dr. H.A.B. Parpia, the renowned Food Scientist died

4. Veteran actor Pran died due to prolonged Illness.

5. Amar Gopal Bose, the Founder of Bose Corporation Passed Away at 83.

6. Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi died in Milan on July 13, 2013.

7. N Rangabashyam,the Padma Bhushan award recipient Gastroenterologist died

8. Samar Mukherjee, the CPI-M Veteran Leader Passed Away at 100

9. Veteran Tamil Film lyricist Vaali Died at the Age of 82

10. Prof. Oommen Mathew, Former MLA form Kuttanad, Kerala died

11. Former Union Minister Khurshed Alam Khan died

12. L Brojeshori Devi, the Olympian Judo Player Passed Away at 32

13. Manjula Vijayakumar, the South Indian Actress died at the Age of 59

14. IMO Secretary-General Emeritus and Padma Vibhushan Awardee, C.P. Srivastava

died in Italy.

15. Arun Nehru, the Former Union Minister and Close Aide of Rajiv Gandhi, Died at 69

16. Obaid Siddiqi, National Research Professor at the National Centre for Biological

Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), died in Bangalore

following a Road Accident.

17. Ilya Segalovich, the Co-Founder of Yandex Died at the Age of 48 Years.

18. Jagdish Raj, the Most Type-Cast Actor of Bollywood Died at 85.

19. SN Hanumantha Rao, the Former Indian Test Umpire Passed Away at 83.

20. Hemendra Prasad Barooah, the Noted Assam Tea Planter Passed Away at 87.

Person In News

1. Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad won Asian Athletics Association's President election.

2. India turned down the Snowden's Request for Asylum

3. Vandana Gandhi became First Indian Woman to Receive Prestigious Emirates

Woman Award

4. Adli Mansour Sworn in as the interim President of Egypt

5. 78th Birthday of Dalai Lama celebrated across the World

6. Mohamed ElBaradei named Caretaker PM of Egypt

7. Supreme Court Stayed trial against Lalu Yadav in Fodder Scam

8. HRD Minister M.M. Pallam Raju was Conferred the Honorary Fellowship' by IETE.

9. Nisha Desai Biswal nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of USA.

10. Sunetra Gupta's Portrait to be exhibited in Britain.

11. High Court of Mumbai charged Salman Khan with Culpable Homicide, not

amounting to Murder in the September 2002, hit-and-run case.

12. Edward Snowden awarded with German Whistleblower Prize

13. Batla House Encounter convict Shahzad Ahmed got Life Sentence

14. Angelina Jolie Declared as the Highest Paid Actress of Hollywood by Forbes.

Conference / Summit

1. HRD Ministry Set up a New Committee to go into the Quality Aspect of the Mid Day

Meal.

2. National Conference of State Tourism Ministers Held in New Delhi.

3. Neurotrauma Conference 2013 to be held in Assam

Awards

1. Zubin Mehta named for Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013.

2. Britain honoured Krishna Menon by placing Blue plaque on his First Home in

London.

3. Bono the frontman of rock band U2 was awarded with the Commander of the Order

of Arts and Letters on 17 July 2013 for the contribution to music.

4. British Firm called Real VNC was presented the MacRobert Award.

5. Paradip Port Conferred With the Major Port of the Year Award.

6. Amjad Ali Khan to get 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award .

Ramon Magsaysay Award 2013

Awarded Uncategorized:

• Habiba Sarobi aged 55,First Female governor of Afgan Province of Bamyan,received the

prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award for the year 2013.She was recognized for promoting

education and woman's right.

• Lahpai Seng Raw,Founder of Myanmar's largest civil society group,has also been honored

with the award for helping people across ethnic groups under conditions of armed conflict.

• The Nepalese group Shakti Samuha (Power Group), formed by survivors of human

trafficking, has recognised for helping fellow victims by setting up halfway homes and

emergency shelters.

Awarded under Emergent Leadership category:

• Ernesto Domingo, a 76-year-old Physician honored for dedicating his career to pushing

for the poor's access to Health services and for groundbreaking and successful advocacy of

neonatal Hepatitis vaccination that has saved millions of lives in the Philippines.

• The Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (Corruption Eradication Commission),

Indonesia's independent anti-corruption Government body, was honored for a 100-

percent conviction rate in the 169 cases it fought between 2004 and 2010, during which it

recovered more than US 80 million dollars in stolen assets.

IIFA Awards 2013

1. Best Film: 'barfi!'

2. Best Actor: Rranbir Kapoor for 'barfi!'

3. Best Female Actor: Vidya Balan for 'kahaani'

4. Best director: Anurag Basu for 'barfi!'

5. Best story: Tani and Anurag basu for 'barfi!'

6. Best actor in a supporting role (male): Annu Kapoor for 'vicky donor'

7. Best actor in a supporting role (female): Anushka Sharma for 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan'

8. Best debut (female): Yami Gautam for 'vicky donor'

9. Best debut (male): Ayushmaan Khurana for 'vicky donor'

10. Best actor in a comic role: Abhishek Bachchan for 'bol bachchan'

11. Best actor in a negative role: Rishi Kapoor from 'agneepath'

12. Best debut director: Gauri Shinde for 'English Vinglish'

13. Best music director: Pritam for 'barfi!'

14. Best lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya for 'mujhme kahin' from 'agneepath'

15. Best singer male: Sonu Nigam for 'agneepath'

16. Best singer female: Shreya Ghoshal for 'chikni chameli' from 'agneepath'

17. Best sound design: Shajith Koyeri for 'barfi!'

18. Best background score: Pritam for 'barfi!'

19. Audience choice best jodi of the year: Deepika Padukone - Ranbir Kapoor

20. Digital Star of the Year: Shah Rukh Khan.

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEPTEMBER 2013 (Part-2)

TCS to Launch First All Women BPO Centre in Saudi Arabia

Aircel and Micromax signed Agreement for Integrated Device Sales and Activation

Randall Oliphant Appointed as The Chairman of The World Gold Council

BCCI imposed a Life Ban on Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi

RBI Banned Zero Percent Interest Rate Schemes for Purchase of Consumer Goods

Pawan Goenka Appointed as Executive Director of Mahindra & Mahindra

Ramchandra Guha Wrote a Book Titled 'Gandhi Before India'

BN Talukdar appointed Director General of DGH

Australia unveiled its Most Powerful Super Computer called Raijin

Nano Medicine for Blood Cancer Developed by Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine

Russia and China held Joint Military Exercise called Peace Mission 2013

Ramlubhya Appointed as Rajasthan State Election Commissioner

33rd Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators (APCCA) Inaugurated

Union Cabinet Approved Proposal for Multi-Sectoral Programme Addressing Maternal and Child Care

Chinese Paddler Liu Shiwen won 2013 Women's Table Tennis World Cup

Scientists of Indian Origin discovered Universal Flu Vaccine

Nelson Mandela Honoured with Humanitarian Achievement Award

Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo, Colombian Writer Died at 90

Rock Wrens, the Near Extinct Songbird Species, Made a Comeback through Conservation Project

Apollo Hospitals and Saarum Innovations Formed JV for First Commercial Bio-Bank of India

First Hawk Mk-132 Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft Delivered to Indian Navy

G20 Summit 2013 took Place in St. Petersburg, Russia

Bunker Roy and Malala Yousafzai Selected for Clinton Global Citizens Awards

Justice Vangala Eswaraiah Appointed as The Chairperson of NCBC (National Commision for backward classes )

India and China Signed 15 MoUs for Procuring 338 Million USD Indian Products

Jiyo Parsi Scheme Launched by The Government of India

Seekho Aur Kamao (Learn and Earn) Progrmme Launched by Union Government of India

7th India-Russia Trade Investment Forum held in St. Petersburg

Bharat Nirman- Public Information Campaign launched at Viramgam block of Ahmedabad

Indian wrestler Sandeep Tulsi Yadav on 22 September 2013 won bronze medal in the 66kg Greco-Roman category at Senior World Wrestling Championships in Budapest.

Deepika Kumari won Silver Medal at the Paris Archery World Cup

Russia Proposed Joint Venture with India in Defence Manufacturing

Union Government of India Finalised Setting up World's Largest Solar Power Project in Rajasthan

Bank of Beijing Opened China's First Direct Bank

TV Narendran Named Tata Steel New Managing Director

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Signed MoU with SECI to Tap Solar Power

Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola Won Miss Muslimah World 2013 Title

Mohameddan Sporting Club Won Durand Foot Ball Cup after 73 Years

Nancy Gibbs Appointed as Managing Editor of Time Magazine

Tigmanshu Dhulia Won Best Director Award at Norway Bollywood Film Festival

Dutch Cyclist Sebastiaan Bowier Broke World Land Speed Record

Ratan Tata Nominated as Board Member of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Finacle 11 E, an Advanced Banking Solution was Launched by Infosys

Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant Appointed New Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court

SEBI Signed MoU with Argentina for Information Exchange on Securities Markets

Bajrang Kumar Won Bronze Medal at World Wrestling Championship

68th Session of the UN General Assembly Began in New York

Malala Yousafzai and Harry Belafonte received Ambassador of Conscience Award 2013

P. Sudhakar Appointed as the CMD of Electronics Corporation of India Limited

Nina Davuluri Became First Indian-Origin Contestant to Win the Miss America Pageant

Hindi Diwas Observed Across India on 14 September

OASS movie won best film Award at Ladakh International Film Festival

Amit Kumar won silver at World Wrestling Championship

John Abraham honoured with the Pride of the Nation Award

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer observed on 16 September

Siddiqa Parveen of India declared the World's Tallest Woman

MoU Signed for Setting up a Centre of Excellence and Ethics at Ajmer

Poonam Khetrapal Singh Elected Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region

Business & Economy News for JULY 2013 (PART- 1)

· HUL names Sanjiv Mehta its new MD & CEO

· Manu Anand to head Mondelez in India

· Zydus, IDRI to develop Kala-Azar vaccine

· APNPDCL bags eINDIA award

· Mohanty is President of ICAI

· Kumar Mangalam Birla quits RBI Board

· UBS Fund partners Tech Mahindra

· Zuari shelves urea plant plan in Karnataka

· Abdul Rahim Rather is new GST panel chief

· Sebi allows preference to Tamil Nadu government in Neyveli stake sale

· FDI in defence may be capped at 49 per cent

· Exim Bank extends $19.5 million credit to Vietnam

· ONGC bags safety award

· India second largest investor in London

· Ambassador, the world's best taxi

· Aircel launches 'Fuccha Pack' for Delhi college students

· UK bans Coca-Cola ad

· Dual -use remittance card launched

· A global money transfer firm has launched a new remittance card in India in partnership with the State Bank of India, which can be used for both receiving remittances from abroad and making withdrawals at ATMs. The State Bank Xpress Money Card, which will initially be available in Kerala and eventually cover other States, is a product of partnership between Xpress Money, State Bank of India and UAE Exchange and Financial Services Ltd. The card is a prepaid product which combines features of both debit and remit as it allows users to receive remittances from abroad and can also be used at ATMs and for e-commerce transactions.

· Government approves more powers to Sebi

· Having been jolted by the Saradha Group related controversy in West Bengal which brought to light the ill effects of ponzi schemes, the Government has approved a proposal to amend the Sebi Act, a move which would give the market regulator greater powers to come down heavily on such multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes. The Union Cabinet which was headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, took the decision to give powers to SEBI to conduct search and seizure operations and access call data records. Once the amendments come into effect, the regulator would have direct powers to carry out search and seizure operations and for attachment of assets, as part of efforts to crackdown on ponzi schemes.

· L&T wins Rs 2,085 crore contract for building expressway in Oman

· All-women bank plans 39 units in first year

· The country's first all-women bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank is eyeing to open a modest 33,400 customer accounts through 39 branches across the country in its first year. However, it hopes to set up 778 branches with 55 lakh customer accounts over the next seven years. The bank, which is set to be launched by November 2013, is also expected to set up 127 ATMs in the country in the first year of its operations. To be set up with an initial outlay of Rs 1,000 crore, the bank will open with six branches — one each in the four metro cities, the fifth one in central India and the sixth in the north east. The bank is likely to be headquartered at New Delhi. Usha Ananthasubramanian, executive director, Punjab National Bank is one of the top contenders for the post of chairperson.

· Arcelor Mittal scraps Odisha steel project

· Government allows 100% FDI in telecom, hikes insurance to 49%

· Slow progress of reforms to pull down GDP to 5.8% in 2013

· TCS India's most admired company

· Christie's to become first international house to hold auction in India in December 2013

· HPCL to partner Shapoorji Pallonji Group for LNG terminal

· Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Mumbai-based infrastructure major Shapoorji Pallonji will sign a joint venture pact to set up a terminal for import of liquid gas (LNG) on Gujarat coast at a cost of about Rs 5,000 crore.

· ONGC Videsh most internationalised Indian company

· ONGC Videsh has emerged as the Indian company having the most international exposure, replacing Tata Steel. ONGC Videsh has topped the list of 15 most internationalised Indian companies, prepared by Indian School of Business (ISB) along with Brazil's Fundação Dom Cabral. The company is the only public sector enterprise in the league, which features six Tata group companies. Besides, Tata Steel at the second spot, which was on top in year 2012, others are Tata Global Beverages (3), Tata Communications (6), Tata Motors (9), Tata Consultancy Services (12) and Tata Chemicals (15). The methodology is based on the Transnationality Index (TNI) developed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

· RIL gets licence to lay pipeline to transport CBM gas from Shogapur

· REpower sets up wind farm in Belgium

· Santosh Nayar new CEO & MD of IFCI

· IFCI, said Santosh B. Nayar had been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the company. Ashok Kumar Jain had been inducted as additional director of IFCI.

· RBI imposes fine of Rs 49.5 crore on 22 banks

· Iran agrees to take all oil payments from India in rupees

· Vaz panel warns against UK immigration backlog

· A House of Commons committee headed by Indian-origin British MP Keith Vaz has issued a stern warning against the mounting immigration backlog in the UK. The all-party Home Affairs Select Committee has found that the number of pending cases involving foreigners coming into the country had jumped to 502,000 at the end of 2012, which could take until the year 2050 to clear.

· India tops list of Dubai's food import partners

· India has been ranked the first among Dubai's food import partners with a share of 14 percent, amounting to over Rs 95 billion.

· Sustainbility code launched for tea

· The Indian tea industry would develop the 'Trustea' code for production of safe and hygienic teas as part of a sustainability initiative programme.

· India promises continued credit lines to Ethiopia

· The Exim Bank of India's line of credit (LoC) to African countries is growing in proportion to the Indian

· companies' interest in investing in the continent, says T.C.A. Ranganathan, its chairman and managing

· director. EXIM Bank has been extending credit in Africa for the past 15 years and in Ethiopia for about eight years.

· DRL unveils Detabine for injection

· Dr. Reddy's Labs has unveiled Decitabine for injection, a generic equivalent of Dacogen in the US market

· DLF sells 11.2 MW wind mills in Karnataka

· Cabinet clears STC, ITDC disinvestment

· The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, has approved disinvestment of government stake in State Trading Corporation (STC) and India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), which would fetch around Rs.30 crore to the exchequer. The Disinvestment Department had sought Cabinet nod to offload 5 per cent stake in ITDC, and 1.02 per cent in STC through the offer for sale route. The Centre at present holds 92.11 per cent stake in ITDC and 91.02 per cent stake in STC.

· Govt approves DGCA replacement

· The Government has cleared a proposal to replace DGCA with a new aviation regulator with full operational and financial autonomy. The new regulatory body would be called the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and would replace the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). It will administer and regulate civil aviation safety and manage safety oversight over air transport operators, air service navigation operators and operators of other civil aviation facilities. CAA is being established to meet the standards set by UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and in line with aviation regulators in other countries like the Federal Aviation Administration of the US and the UK's CAA.

· Axis Bank to open branch in UK

· Axis Bank, India's third-biggest privately owned lender, has been granted a banking licence in Britain and will open its first branch in the London.

· Lenovo becomes world's top PC supplier

· Chinese computer maker Lenovo said it has pipped US-based Hewlett-Packard (HP) to become the world's number one personal computer supplier. Lenovo, has pipped HP to acquire the global No 1 position in PC shipments, as per latest reports released by IDC and Gartner.

· HPCL to set up petrochemical complex at Barmer

· The Rajasthan Government and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have signed a joint

· venture agreement to set up a refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Barmer district. T

· Company to be set up soon to execute TAPI pipeline project

· India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have agreed to form a company for execution of the proposed pipeline project. They are expected to give it shape to by September 2013. The project is known as TAPI pipeline. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been appointed as legal-technical consultant, and it will soon identify a company which will drive the project. The Dubai-based SPV, TAPI Ltd., will scout for consortium leader who will build and operate the project.

· Vivek Lall to head U.S. India GAWG

· Vivek Lall, President and CEO of Reliance Industries' new venture on defence and aerospace, has been nominated as the chairman of the newly-formed U.S.-India General Aviation Working Group (GAWG).

· RBI tells oil firms to buy dollar from single PSU bank

· With the rupee depreciating sharply against the dollar, the Reserve Bank of India, has ordered state-owned oil companies to purchase their dollar requirement from a single public sector bank for every daily transaction so as to curb volatility in the currency. The RBI issued orders to Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Mangalore Refinery to stop seeking quotes from several banks for their $8-8.5 billion of monthly U.S. dollar requirement. IOC, the nation's largest refiner, will buy their monthly requirement of $3.8-4 billion from State Bank of India.

· MRPL upgraded to Schedule A

· Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL), a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

· (ONGC), and a Mini Ratna Category 1 public sector undertaking (PSU), has been upgraded by the

· Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) from Schedule B to A.

· Import duty on sugar hiked to 15 per cent

· Sebi tightens currency derivative rules to tame volatile domestic currency

· Sebi has tightened the exposure norms for currency derivatives to check any large scale speculative activity in the forex trade. The decision, came after consultations with banking regulator RBI. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) keeps a tab on capital market, including trading in currency derivatives. Currency derivative trading allows traders and investors to take forward views on various currency pairs, including rupee-dollar. In recent times, there have been apprehensions that large-scale speculations on currency pairs is adding to the downward pressure on the rupee, which fell to a new low of 61.21 against the US dollar.

· IMF lowers India's growth projection to 6.3%

· Lowering India's growth projections a notch to 6.3 percent in 2014, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that emerging market and developing economies are now expected to grow at a more moderate pace. India's growth projections at 6.3 percent for 2014 and 5.6 percent for 2013 in the July update of IMF's World Economic Outlook are, respectively, 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points lower than forecast in the April 2013 WEO. At 5 percent in 2013 and about 5.5 percent in 2014, growth in emerging market and developing economies as a whole would be some 0.25 percentage point slower.

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· RBI released the First Quarter Review of Monetary Policy for 2013-14 on 30 July 2013. The highlights are as following:

• The repo rate was kept unchanged at 7.25 percent.

• Reverse repo remains at 6.25 percent.

• Cash reserve ratio unchanged at 4.00 percent

• Keeps Marginal Standing Facility rate at 10.25 percent.

• Bank rate stands at 10.25 percent.

Who is the new CEO of Air Asia India a new venture by Malaysia Airlines? Mittu Chandiliya

Which Indian software company launched Finacle 11E -an Advanced universal banking solution that simplifies banking operations? Infosys

Which pharma company recently signed a drug development and commercialisation agreement with Germany's Pieris AG? Zydus Cadilla

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) signed an agreement with which of the following to create a 360 degree online imagery of India's 100 most important heritage sites? Google

Who has been appointed as the President of NASSCOM? R. Chandrashekhar

Which among the following, as per recent reports, is the highest electricity consumer country in the world? China

According to the Ministry of Tourism report released recently, which state has the maximum arrival of foreign tourists in 2012? Maharashtra

Which stock exchange has recently passed a resolution to cease operations as it would not be able to comply with the requirements set by market regulator SEBI? Ludhiana Stock Exchange, Ludhiana

Who among the following was, in July 2013, selected for “Asia Business Leaders Award 2013” for his impressive business credentials and services to society by London-based Asia House? Azim Premji

Controversial businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, who died in July 2013 was linked to: Bofors Scam

Neil Mills, who resigned in July 2013, was the CEO of: SpiceJet Ltd.

According to the New York Stock Exchange announcement in July 2013, which bank has become the World's Largest Bank by market capitalization? Wells Fargo & Co

According to a data released by the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) in July 2013, India is the world's _____ largest exporter of iron ore, though the export is declining.Third

Which of the following companies has recently launched its state-of-the-art 6D theatre, named iRido6, at the domestic departure Terminal ID of the IGI Airport, New Delhi:-Paramount Technologies

Name the largest blast furnace of India that was operationalized by the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at the SAIL Rourkela Steel Plant on August 10, 2013:Durga

Who is Nishi Vasudeva:

She is the first woman ever selected as the head of a Navratna Public Sector Unit (PSU), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

What is the correct order of the Bloomberg Billionares 2013?

Bill Gates-Carlos Slim-Warren Buffet- Amancio Ortega Gaona

Company Taglines a) Business India i) Read a Bestseller Everyday b) Hindustan Times ii) The Power of Knowledge c) The Daily Telegraph iii) The Magazine of Corporate World d) The Economic Times iv) The Name India trusts for News

a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii

The World Bank in the month of March 2013 barred which company from doing any business with it or the projects funded by it for a period of six months? Larsen & Toubro

Which confectionary giant was slapped with a notice demanding 250 crore Rupees by the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence on the grounds of excise duty evasion? Cadbury India Ltd

Which telecom company 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? Bharti Airtel

Acquired Company Company a)Verizon i) Apple b)Nokia ii) Google Inc c)WiFiSlam iii) Vodafone d)Wavii iv) Microsoft

a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii

Japanese robotic Hiroshi Ishiguro invented a small robot that functions as a mobile phone. What is it called? Telnoid

Which country's tax agency ordered the fashion house duo Dolce & Gabbana to pay a fine of 500000 euros for tax evasion? Italy

Google has launched a project which use ballons to connect remote areas to the internet without laying fiber cables. What is the name of this project? Project Loon

Samsung electronics will be using the mobile chip of the company for its new version of galaxy tab 3.10.1, thus giving the multinational company an entry into the mobile sector? Intel Corporation

Reliance industries has announced an investment of 1.5 lakhs into the core business of petrochemicals and oil gas. What other sector are they investing in? Retail

In which African country has google launched the world's first tablet café? Senegal

Name USA's biggest pork producer, that was recently taken over China's biggest pork producer-Shanghui International? Smithfield Foods Inc

The Jet-Etihad deal has not been approved by the FIPB on account of issues pertaining to lack of clarity on ownership of the 24% stake sale by Jet to Etihad. What does FIPB stands for?

Foreign Investment Promotion Board

The Union Government, in July 2013, approved the proposal to amend Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Act for providing more power to the market regulator to control? Ponzi Schemes

Which of the following companies, in July 2013, adopted the Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage site, under the Clean India Campaign of Ministry of Tourism? ONGC

Which is India's and perhaps world's largest permission marketing firm which uses 'missed call' to get potential customers ? ZipDial

The “Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project" in Madhya Pradesh has been commissioning by which of the following companies? Reliance Power

In October 2013, Tata Communication has signed collaboration agreement with Batelco to enable its connectivity in West Asia. Batelco Communication Company is based in which country? Bahrain

Who among the following has been appointed as CEO of PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa region? Sanjeev Chadha

“London Whale” scandal, which is in news recently, is related to which foreign bank? JP Morgan Chase

With which of the following countries, India has signed civil nuclear cooperation agreement? 1.France 2.USA 3.Canada 4.Japan 5.Australia Choose the correct option from the codes given below: Only 1,2,3

mKRISHI, the platform which uses mobile techogy to cater to the needs of the rural sector, has been launched by? Tata Consultancy Services

Match the Following Percentage Of FDI in Various Sectors a)Telecom i)74% b)Insurance ii)26% c)Defence Production iii)49% d)Credit Info. Companies iv)100%

a-iv b-iii c-ii d-i

Consider the following personalities: 1. Ranjit Sinha 2. T S Vijayan 3. S K Roy 4. Pratip Chaudhary Which among the following is the correct set of organizations which they represents?

CBI, IRDA, LIC, SBI

Which of the following committee has been appointed to bring about clarity on taxation matters pertaining to IT sectors? Rangachary committee

Which one of the following IT firm has won a Rs 400-crore technology outsourcing contract from the public sector lender Corporation Bank? Hewlett-Packard

Which company recently unveiled the world's largest container ship? Maersk Line

Which one of the following motor vehicle company recently unveiled world's fastest electric racing car ZEOD RC? Nissan

India's northeastern state of Tripura recently achieved the first position in literacy (94.65 per cent), beating long-time topper Kerala (93.91 per cent)Manik Sarkar (born 22 January 1949) is an IndianCommunist politician. He became Chief Minister of Tripura in March 1998, and is a Politburo Member ofCommunist Party of India (Marxist).[1][2] In March 2008, he was sworn in as leader of Left Front, the Tripura coalition government.[3] In assembly elections held in 2013, he became the chief minister for the consecutive fourth time.

Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (born 13 December 1955) is anIndian politician who has been Chief Minister of Goasince 9 March 2012.[1][2][3]Previously he was Chief Minister from 2000 to 2005. He is a member of theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP)

He is the first IIT graduate to become the Chief Minister of any Indian state. He was awarded by IIT Bombay with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2001. Manohar Parrikar and Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have graduated together from IIT Bombay in the year 1978

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Usha Ananthasubramanian appointed as CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank

SARAL- 25 February 2013, The Satellite with ARGOS and ALTIKA (SARAL) is a joint Indo-French satellite mission for oceanographic studies.

IRNSS-1A- 1 July 2013, IRNSS-1A is the first satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). It is one of the seven satellites constituting the IRNSS space segment.

INSAT-3D- 26 July 2013, INSAT-3D is the meteorological Satellite with advanced weather monitoring payloads.

GSAT-7- 30 August 2013, GSAT-7 is the advanced multi-band communication satellite dedicated for military use.

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)- 5 November 2013, The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called Mangalyaan is India's first Mars orbiter.

1st Amendemnt = 1951 = added 9th schedule, [

to deal with a situation in which the Supreme Court struck down land reform laws.]

52nd A - 1985 = added 10th schedule, [Anti-defection Act]

73rd A - 1992 = added 11th schedule, [Panchayat]74th A - 1992 = added 12th schedule. [Municipality]