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Economics Current Affairs january,2013 Venezuela is being ranked as the country with highest inflation rate in the World- 29.8% as on December 2010 The Chinese Ministry of Commerce decides to levy import duties on two chemicals from the US and European Union for 5 years Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI) projects Indian economy to grow by 6.7% in the 2013-‟14 fiscal year Singapore-based SpiceGlobal announces its plan to enter into Indian Healthcare Industry by initially setting up 1000 bed hospital International Monetary Fund(IMF) forecasts world‟s economic growth rate for 2013 to be 3.5% International Monetary Fund(IMF) forecasts India‟s economic growth rate for India in 2013 to be 5.9% and that for 2014 to be 6.4% Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem is appointed as President of the Eurozone's Group of Finance Ministers International Labour Organization (ILO) report projects 202 million jobless people around the world by 2013 end. The Central Government to infuse a capital of Rs.3004 crores to the largest public sector bank of India, the State Bank of India for the current fiscal year World Bank cuts its Global Growth Forecatst for the year 2013 to 2.4 percent from the earlier forecasted 3% Lakshmi Vilas Bank has appointed K S R Anjaneyulu as the Additional Director, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect Finance Minister P Chidambaram has deferred implementation of GAAR to April 2016 and has announced that FIIs will be exempted from its purview Japanese Government announces a $ 226.5 billion stimulus plan to rebuild disaster- hit areas of the country and to beef up the nation‟s military resources. Rajiv Kumar Goyal is appointed as the Executive Director of Central Bank of India, succeeding R K Dubey R K Dubey is being appointed as the Chairman and managing Director of Canara Bank Indian Index of Industrial Production (IIP) of November 2012 contracts to a four month low of .1% India‟s December 2012 Retail Inflation jumps to 10.56% in comparison with 9.90% in the month of November India‟s overall exports for the month of December registers a drop of 1.92% India‟s December 2012 headline inflation drops marginally to 7.18% in comparison with 7.24 in the month of November Jacob “Jack” Lew to replace Tim Geithner as the US Treasury Secretary Rating agency, Fitch maintains its negative rating of India‟s Sovereign Rating Senior IAS officer Rajiv Thakur is being appointed as Secretary in the Ministry of Finance Competition Commission of Indi(CCI) approves the 30% stake purchase by Punjab National Bank(PNB) in Metlife India Insurance Company Urjit Patel has been appointed as a Deputy Governer of the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) Y V Reddy being appointed as the Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission The first phase of Direct Cash Transfer scheme to be launched by the Union Government in 20 districts. India‟s Forex Reserves decrease by USD 92.8 million for the week ended 21st December, 2012 Personalities Current Affairs january,2013 Suchitra K Ella is being nominated as the Founding Chairwoman of the Women‟s wing of Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) A recent survey conducted by Trust Research Advisory Agency names Anna Hazare as the “Most trusted personality in India” Indian Cricket Team captian, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is named Vice President of India Cements Limited Pune-based Jasraj Joshi declared the winner of Zee TV's 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012' Social scientist, Ashis Nandy in limelight on his alleged remarks against Dalits at the Jaipur Literature Festival venue Notorious professional thief Devinder Singh alias Bunty Chor is arrested from a hotel in Pune Noted playback singer S. Janaki refuses the prestigious Padma Bhushan award given to her Saachi Soni, a 19 year old university student from Delhi is being selected for an expedition to Mount Everest by the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling US Court sentences David Headley, the master brain behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks, to 35 years imprisonment 21 year old Priya Sachan becomes the first woman train operator for the Gurgaon's Rapid Metro project. Pop singer Justin Bieber becomes the most followed person on Twitter, as per latest released statistics King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade for the year 2013 20-year-old Paras Zutshi from Delhi is the winner of the second season of reality show 'Superdude'. Noted Tamil writer and social activist M.S. Udayamurthy passed away at the age of 85, following cardiac arrest Rakesh Mishra takes charge as the new General Manager of Southern Railways The former ISRO Chairman, Mr.U R Rao to be inducted into the International Satellite Hall of Fame at the ceremony to be held in Washington DC Wei Wei is appointed as the new Chinese ambassador to India US Court sentences Headley‟s aide Tahawwur Rana for 14 years of imprisonment on charges of providing support to Pakistan based militant outfit, LeT Jack Ma, Founder CEO of world-famous online shopping and e-commerce portal , Alibaba.com decides to step down Self-styled Godman Asaram Bapu accused of 700 crore land grab case Tom Albanese, the CEO of Mining giant Rio Tinto resigns; Sal Walsh to take over Albanese 58 year old Indian-origin Halimah Yacob elected as the first woman speaker of Singapore Balagangadharanatha Swami of Adichunchanagiri Mahasamsthana Math in Mandya passed away at the age of 68 following a brief illness Award-winning British journalist Yvonne Ridley has accused Indian Government of refusing her a visa to attend the Spring of Islam conference organised by the Jamaat-e- Islami Hind (JIH) President rejects the mercy petition filed by death-row convict Saibanna Ningappa Natikar.This is the second rejection, the plea by Ajmal Kassab being the first Shirani Bandarnayake, the first woman chief justice of Srilanka is being removed from office following charges of corruption Supreme Court quashes Chandrashekaraiah‟s appointment as Upalokayukta of the State of Karnataka Somalia‟s notorious pirate leader Mohamed Abdi Hassan, known as “Big Mouth” announces his decision to quit the gang activity Developer of the early version of RSS(Rich Site Summary) and the co-founder of Reditt 26 year old Aaron Swarth commits suicide World‟s oldest living lady, Koto Okubo dies at the age of 115 Senior Congress leader, Brij Bihari Lal Butail is elected as the 12th Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Chandrakanta Rawat, a 37 year old woman from Uttarakhand creates history by becoming the first complete body donor Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill appointed as the Commandant of the National Defence Academy(NDA) Prof K Vijayraghavan, director, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore is appointed as as Secretary, Department of Biotechnology Taliban suicide wing chief Wali Muhammad alias Toofan Mehsud killed in a drone strike in South Waziristan, Pakistan Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, a housewife from state of Punjab becomes the first woman to win 5 crore rupees on the popular Gamshow Kaun Banega Crorepathi Justice D K Jain is being appointed as the Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India The founder member of the National Organization for Women, Gerda Lerner passed away at the age of 92 years Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan is re-nominated by the US President as Federal Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Renowned freedom-fighter, Pandit Ram Sanehi Shukla passed away at the age of 98 following illness Justice Amitava Roy has sworn in as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announces his plan to leave the post by January 2013 end Renowned violinist M S Gopalakrishnan passed away at the age of 82 Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman and MD of Reliance Industries is the world‟s 18th richest man in the world according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index S Ramakrishnan takes charge as the new Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre(VSSC) Noted freedom-fighter Annapoorna Maharana passed away in Cuttack at the age of 96 Syed Asif Ibrahim appointed as the new Director of the Intelligence Bereau(IB) Alok Joshi appointed as the new Chief of the Research & Analysis Wing(R& AW) Renowned sound editor and winner of Oscar Award, Mike Hopkins dies in an accident in New Zealand M S Sahoo, the former member of SEBI has been appointed as the secretary of the Institute of Company Secretaries (ICSI) Patrick Suckling is appointed as Australia‟s next High Commissioner to India Sports Current Affairs january,2013 Tiger Woods wins the Farmers Insurance PGA Tour Title held at Torrey Pines The ICC Women‟s World Cup Tournament 2013 to begin in Mumbai, India Serbian Novak Djokovic wins the Australian Open Singles Title, defeating Andy Murray of UK in the finals Former Srilankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya is appointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team Selection Panel Mumbai wins the 40th Ranji Trophy Tournament by beating Saurashtra in the finals by an Innings and 125 runs The American pair of Mike and Bob Bryan defeats Dutch Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling in the finals to clinch the Australian Open Doubles Title 2013 Australians Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden wins the Austalian Open Mixed Doubles beating the Czech-pair Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak Belarus‟ Victora Azarenka wins the Women‟s Singles title at the Australian Open Tennis Tournament 2013 defeating Li Na of China World‟s oldest marathon runner Fauja Singh announces retirement at the age of 101 Virat Kohli becomes world‟s second quickest player to score 4000 ODI Runs after West Indian, Viv Richards Cricket IPL Team Mumbai Indians appoint Indian Spinner Anil Kumble as the Chief Mentor of the team, replacing South African Shaun Pollock Mercedez has announced launch of its 2013 Formula One car named F1W04 for Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton The Dutch Coach Roelant Oltmans is appointed as the High Performance Director for Indian Hockey Team.