Current Affairs-2013

• The first Britisher to perfor a spae alk, ho retired fro NASA i the seod eek of August - Colin Michael Foale

• Nae of the largest last furae of Idia hih as operatioalised SAIL o August - Durga

• Female tennis player to win The Rogers Cup 2013 and capture her 54th WTA singles title- Serena Williams

• Teholog used the researhers to fid that autis affeted the rais of ales ad feales i a differet a- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

• Nae the aptai of the -member hockey squad of India in the Asia Cup hockey tournament 2013- Sardar Singh

• Date o hih Iteratioal Lefthaders Da is elerated aross the orld- 13 August

• Nae of the First Titter Hotel opeed i Spai the Melia brand of hotels- Social Wave House

• Nae of the oldest Pegui ho o August tured ears old- King Penguin Missy

• Bod hih proposed first seaso of the Idia Badito League IBL- Badminton Association of India (BAI)

• Nae of the host country of 7th Asian Junior Wushu Championships- Philippines

• Nae the fossil of the oldest ko aestor of oder rats reetl uearthed i Chia- Rugosodon eurasiaticus

• Nae of oe of the ost edagered ird speies of the orld that made a comeback in the US- Puerto Rican parrot

• Plae at hih The Trael & Touris Fair TTF , the iggest trael trade sho of Idia started- Ahmadabad, Gujarat

• The forer Prie Miister of Nepal ho died o August after attlig ith lung cancer- Marich Man Singh Shrestha

• Nae the perso ho as tered as the Beast of Ukraie. He as the serial killer ho reetl died i priso- Anatoly Onoprienko

• Nae of the US atress ho passed aa o August at the age of ears ad holds the record of most Tony awards win- Julie Harris

• Idia’s uder-23 cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on 25 August 2013, after defeating- Pakistan

• Idia teis plaer ho lifted the oe’s doules trophy at the WTA New Haven Open along with her partner Jie Zheng of China- Sania Mirza

• Gujar Mal Modi Aard for Siee ad Teholog aarded to- Vinod Prakash Sharma

• Nae the trial ouit of Sri Laka that as feliitated o August Mahinda Rajapaksa on the occasion of the World Indigenous Peoples Day- Veddas

• The eiet Idia lassial siger ad usi diretor ko as the oalist of Jaadea’s Gita Govind, who passed away in Bhubaneswar- Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi

• Nelso Mandela on 27 August 2013 was honoured with the first Lifetime Campaigner for Peace and Freedom of- the Mahathir award for Global Peace

• Pre Bhatia Aard for Best Politial Reportig of the Year as o - Shalini Singh, a Deputy Editor of The Hindu

• Idia oe's Recurve team defeated this team to win gold medal in the World Cup Archery Stage- 4 at Wroclaw, Poland- South Korean Team

• Perso ho oied the ter BRIC i . He is the Chief Economist of Goldman Sachs- Jim O’ Neil

• The soccer team to win UEFA Super Cup 2013 on 30 August 2013- Bayern Munich

• The perso to e reoeded as et ONGC hief the Pulic Enterprises Selection Board- Dinesh K Sarraf

• The Joit Air fore eerise to be held by China and Pakistan- Shaheen-2

• The st roud of Boudar talks etee Bhutan and China held in the city- Thimphu

• th Idia-China Strategic Dialogue held in the City- New Delhi

• The perso to e sor in as the new President of Iran- Hassan Rouhani

• World’s first talkig root Kirobo was successfully sent into space on 4 August 2013 by Japanese Scientists.

• Idia Juior Woe Hoke tea o its first eer Broze edal i ERGO Hoke Juior World Cup at Monchengladbac, Germany on 4 August 2013. India beat England by 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out.

• Jharkhad Chief Miister Heat Sore o August epaded his aiet iduting six new ministers. Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmed administered the oath to all the new ministers at Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.

• SBI haira Pratip Chaudhuri will be retiring in September 2012.

• )ANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front), the political party of the incumbent President Robert Mugabe. With this win, Mugabe has won his seventh term to the office of the President of Zimbabwe.

• Rua Laila, the SAARC Goodill Aassador for HIV/AIDS isited Idia fro Jul to August 2013. Apart from her, Ajay Devgan from India as well as Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy from Pakistan have also been conferred with this title.

• Russia on 1 August 2013 granted one year Asylum to Edward J. Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker.

• World Idigeous Peoples Da is osered o th August. It as first osered i the .

• Mars oe i the first eek of August aoued that more than one lakh people have applied for a one-way trip the Mars (the red planet). The Mars One Project is scheduled to be started in 2022. Bas Lansdorp is the CEO and co-founder of Mars One.

• The World Gaes took plae i Cali, Coloia fro July 2013 to 4 August 2013. The next World Games 2017 will be hosted Wroła, Polad. Adita Mehta, the Professioal Sooker Plaer of Idia o the maiden Gold Medal in 2013 World Games in Snooker discipline.

• Maharashtra State Goeret o August 2013 became the first state in the country to disburse salary of its staff through their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts

• Sugathakuari, the Malaala poetess o August o the prestigious Sarasati Saa for Maalezhuthu

• The Perso ho succeeded Ranjan Mathai to be the next Foreign Secretary of India by Manmohan Singh- Sujata Singh

• The ie haellor of Jaia Millia Islaia Uiersit ho o Jul appoited as the th Lt Goeror of Delhi- Najeeb Jung

• Turke opleted a Trial Run of World's Deepest Rail Tunnel

• The Perso ho o Jul has ee appoited as Diretor Geeral of Bureau of Idia Stadards BIS- Sunil Soni

• The first eer Idia oa to reeie Duai Goeret's oeted Eirates Woa Aard for usiness excellence in June 2013- Vandana Gandhi

• The U.S. ietor ho as ko as the father of the oputer ouse ho died o Jul at age of - Douglas Engelbart

• The Egptia Leader ho sor i as iteri presidet of Egpt till the et eletios takes place succeeding Mohamed Morsi, who was removed after a military coup- Adli Mansour

• Reoed Madhuai paitig artist ho died at a priate hospital i Rati, near Madhubani on 4 July 2013- Mahasundari Devi

• The forer Seretar, Departet of Teleouiatios DoT, ho as appoited as the President of NASSCOM on 5 July 2013- R. Chandrasekhar

• The Bollood atress ho o Jul got the Best Atress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards 2013 held in Macau- Vidya Balan

• Seior parliaetaria ho o Jul as appoited as the e goeror of Sikki- Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

• Forer Delhi polie Chief, ho o Jul 2013 took over as the new Governor of Meghalaya- KK Paul

• A akoledged food sietist ad the forer Diretor of the Cetral Food Tehologial Researh Institute (CFTRI) who died on 9 July 2013- Dr. H.A.B. Parpia

• The Perso ho o Jul took over as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands- Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh

• The Thee of orld Populatio da osered aross the World o Jul - Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy

• Idia Parsi odutor of ester lassial usic who was selected to be honoured with Tagore Award 2013- Zubin Mehta

• The legedar ator ad the proud reipiet of Dada Sahe Phalke Aard ad Pada Bhusha Award who died on 12 July 2013 Pran

• The Perso ho o Jul as appoited as the et Commissioner of Delhi Police and will be succeeding Neeraj Kumar- Bhim Sain Bassi

• The Perso ho as adiistered the oath of the offie of Chief Justie of Idia CJI he Presidet of Idia o Jul 2013 Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam

• The Chief Justice of India who on 18 July 2013 retired from the office after a short term of just nine months- Justice Altamas Kabir

• The da hih as osered as Nelso Madela Iteratioal Da to ispire people to e a aget of hage- 18 July 2013

• 2 Years old Veteran Tamil film lyricist who died at a private hospital in Chennai on 18 July 2013- Vaali

• A Idia-American woman was nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of USA- Nisha Desai Biswal

• South Korea it hih as aed as the World Book Capital for the year 2015 as per UNESCO announcement- Incheon

• Forer Kuttaad MLA ad Chaira of the Kerala State Farig Corporatio, ho died at a hospital in Kochi- Prof. Oommen Mathew

• The Fiae Miister of Jau ad Kashir who on 21 July 2013 appointed as the new Chairman of GST Panel- Abdul Rahim Rather

• The Chaira ad CEO of Leo Burett, Idia ho as re-elected as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India- Arvind Sharma

• Reoed south Idia esterear actor, who died in Chennai at the age of 59 on 23 July 2013 followed a brief illness- Manjula Vijayakumar

• The Duhess of Caridge, ho gae irth to a a o o Jul at the Lodo hospital- Kate Middleton

• Idia Aeria author ho oel The Lowland has been listed among 13 novels longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013- Jhumpa Lahiri

• The ousi of Raji Gadhi as ell as the Miister for Iteral Seurit durig his goeret, ho died i Gurgaon on 25 July 2013- Arun Nehru

• The famous Indian Port which was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its excellent performance in the year 2012 13- Paradip Port

• The Bollood ator ho held the Guiess World Reord for eig the ost tpe-cast actor, died on 28 July 2013 at the age of 85 years- Jagdish Raj

• Sarod aestro ho as hose for the st Raji Gadhi Natioal Sadhhaa Aard- Amjad Ali Khan

• The forer Idia Test upire ho passed aa o Jul at a priate hospital i Karataka. He was 83 years of age- SN Hanumantha Rao

• The priipal arhitet of Idia’s issile prograes ho o Ma as appoited DRDO chief and scientific advisor to defence minister- Avinash Chander

• The perso ho resiged as Chaira of IPL o Jue i the ake of the raging spot-fixing scandal- Rajiv Shukla

• The ae of os hih is eig deeloped Idia for its fighter jets, hih are epeted to be geared up for deployment by the end of year 2014- Glide Bombs

• The Perso ho as appoited e Prie Minister of Palestine, by Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 - Rami Hamdallah

• The -year old Bollywood actress who allegedly committed suicide on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai – Jiah Khan

• The Perso ho eae the ougest Idia to sale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013 with his five schoolmates- Raghav Joneja

• The Leader of Pakista Musli League- Nawaz (PML-N), who on 3 June 2013 elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan- Ayaz Sadiq

• The Perso ho eae the first oman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years- Lydia Nsekera

• The thee of World Eiroet Da hih as osered o Jue -Think, Eat, Save Reduce Your Foodprint

• The Perso ho as appoited as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013- Susan Elizabeth Rice

• The Australia radio preseters ho resposile for Roal prak ad as aarded ith Jok the eploer- Michael Christian

• The Perso ho o Jue as reelected as the chairman of India Bank Association (IBA) for 2013-14 tenure- KR Kamath

• The Irish riter ho o the IMPAC Duli Literar Aard for his deut oel Cit of Bohae hih is the portrayal of Ireland of 2053- Kevin Barry

• The Uttarakhand NGO which on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights- Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA)

• Nae the Sottish author, ho is est ko for his oels The Wasp Fator ad The Cro Road, died of Cancer on 9 June 2013- Iain Banks

• The BJP leader ho resigned from all top positions of BJP on 10 June 2013 a day after Narendra Modi was selected as the chairman part’s eletio apaig- LK Advani

• A forer Uio Miister ad Cogress etera from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple organ failure- Vidya Charan Shukla

• The thee of World Da agaist Child Laour hih as elerated o Jue - No to Child Labour in Domestic Work

• The first Idia-American girl from Avon School to get admission in United States Military Academy at West Point- Sneha Singh

• The First NATO and European Country to Draft Women in Military Service- Norway

• The Idia-origin sculptor who was honoured with Knighthood, the highest honour of Britain by Queen Elizabeth II- Anish Kapoor

• The Perso ho eae ol the seod Hidu to e part of the Pakista’s Puja assel after Seth Bharta Ra- Kanji Ram

• The aassador to the Uited Natios for Atigua ad Baruda ho as seleted as the Presidet of UN General Assembly for its 68th session- John William Ashe

• Oe of the fouders of RAW, ho passed aa o Jue i Cheai after a log fight ith aer- Bahukutumbi Raman

• The e-chairman of the Tata Group who was appointed as the Chief Adisor of AirAsia’s Idia oard- Ratan Tata

• The oderate leri of Coatat Clerg Assoiatio part o the presidetial eletio i Ira o Jue - Hassan Rohani

• The Malasia author ho was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize for his English fiction novel The Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng

• The -year-year-old Indian origin journalist became the Editor of UK national paper, The Independent, on 17 June 2013- Amol Rajan

• The forer head of the Tata Cosulta Series TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia India on 18 June 2013- Subramanian Ramadorai

• The Chiese superoputer hih is delared is the fastest oputer of the orld- Tianhe-2

• The Book Released Haid Asari, the Vie Presidet of Idia ad compiled by Kumar Deepak Das- An Ardent Patriot– Dinesh Goswami

• The Parliaetar Speaker ho o Parliaetar Speaker ho sor i as Bagladesh Presidet to replae )illur Raha- Abdul Hamid

• A IAS offier of the ath ho o Ma as appointed as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh government- Prasanna Kumar Mohanty

• The Forer Presidet of Pakista ho as iposed ith a lifetie a fro otestig eletios- Pervez Musharraf

• The ouiatio Satellite suessfull lauhed Chia fro Xihag Satellite Lauh Ceter i Sihua proie- Zhongxing 11

• The last British eer of the Churh of North Idia’s Delhi Brotherhood ho passed aa o April - Father Ian Weathrall

• The da elerated as the World Press Freedo Da aross the orld ith a thee safe to Speak- 3 May 2013

• The Idia atioal ad a death ro prisoer i the Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail ho died o May 2013 at the Lahore's Jinnah hospital- Sarabjit Singh

• The young Indian biologist who was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, in London on 2 May 2013- Aparajita Datta

• The forer tour plaer ad presidet of ATP sie Jauar ho died o Ma - Brad Drewett

• The Perso ho o Ma took oer the offie of Chief Seretar of Uttarakhad for seod tie- Subhash Kumar

• The proseutor ho as hadlig the Muai terror attak ad Bhutto assassiatio ase as gued do i Islaaad- Zulfiqar Ali

• Italian Deputy Foreign Minister who was appointed as the special envoy to India to work out on fair trials for the Italian Marines- Staffan de Mistura

• The Prie Miister of Ital ho died o Ma at Roe after serig as the Italia Prie Miister seven times between 1972 and 1992- Giulio Andreotti

• The first eer atioal surfig ad stad up paddle SUP opetitio of Idia oluded at Koala eah o Ma - Spice Coast Open

• The Seegalese siger ad Fiish oposer ho ere aed as the recipients of Polar Music Prize 2013- Youssou Ndour and Kaija Saariaho

• A Idia ogloerate opa ho reated a e Guiess World Reord o Ma he its orkers sag Idia’s national anthem in Lucknow- Sahara India Pariwar

• The Pakistani Prisoner who was attacked by an inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu died at the hospital in Chandigarh on 9 May 2013- Sanaullah Ranjay

• The perso ho as appoited as the Head of the World Trade Organization and will take the charge of his office from outgoing Pascal Lamy in September 2013- Roberto Azevedo

• The Eglish fil diretor, ator, sreeriter ad oelist, ho died o Ma i Virgiia Water, Surrey following the long illness- Bryan Forbes

• The Legedar ator ho as preseted with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for life time achievement 10 May 2013- Pran

• The leader of the Idia Natioal Cogress ho o Ma as sor i as the d hief iister of the state of Karataka- K Siddaramaiah

• The Deput Speaker of Madhya Pradesh State Assembly and a senior leader of Congress Party who died due to cardiac arrest- Harvansh Singh

• The reoed Islai Sholar ad reipiet of Natioal Coual Haro Aard i , ho died o Ma - Asghar Ali Engineer

• The atig diretor of IRS who had resigned amid the criticism over the tax agency's handling of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status- Steven Miller

• The Perso ho o Ma appoited as goeror of Aruahal Pradesh as the ter of present incumbent Gen (retd) J J Singh ended in January 2013- Nirbhay Sharma

• The Saudi woman who made history by reaching the Everest summit- the world's highest mountain- Raha Moharrak

• The plae here the th Sessio of the Idia Laour Coferee oncluded on 18 May 2013- New Delhi

• The Perso ho o Ma eae the first Pakistai oa to sale Mout Eerest. Saia Baig is ears of age - Samina Baig

• NASA’s Mars Roer hih roke the -year-old extraterrestrial distance record on 16 May 2013, after 9 long years of Mars exploration- Opportunity rover

• The Perso ho as eleted as the Meer of Eeutie Couil of WMO durig the th Executive Council of WMO meeting which is ongoing at Geneva- Laxman Singh Rathore

• The Perso ho on 1 April 2013 took over charge as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)- M F Farooqui

• The ak hih had o the prestigious FE Idia’s Best Baks Aard-2012-13 in recognition of its strong fundamentals and dynamic growth model- J&K Bank

• The Da delared Uited Natios Geeral Assel as the World Autis Aareess Da- 2 April

• The Plae here Olie Cro Aards took plae o April - Mumbai

• The Miister of Culture, ho o April iaugurated the Tagore Centre for Global Thought at India Istitute of Kig’s College, London- Chandresh Kumari Katoch

• Osar Wiig Sreepla Writer, ho died i Ne York o April - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

• The perso ho o April as appoited as the e diretor of the state-owned Oil ad Natural Gas Corp’s ONGC Exploration- Narendra Kumar Verma

• The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic for Chicago Sun-Times who died at the age of 70 years on 4 April 2013 at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago-Roger Ebert

• Pada Shree Awardee and a renowned epigraphist and numismatist who died at his residence in Kolkata on 4 April 2013- Bratindra Nath Mukherjee

• The o-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys, who on 5 April 2013 was elected as the President of the industry body (CII) for the year 2013-14- S Gopalakrishnan

• The Coutr here SAARC Miisterial Leel Meet o Poert oluded o April - Nepal

• The it here da Iteratioal Workshop o Gree Natioal Aoutig for Idia Coluded o April 2013- New Delhi

• The Hospitalit Group hih as oferred ith the Natioal Aard for Eellee i Hospitality Education 2011-12 on 5 April 2013- Lalit Suri Hospitality Group

• The perso ho eae the first Idia to Ciruaigate Gloe Solo ad Non-Stop on a sail boat- Lt Cdr. Abhilash Tomy

• The Forer British Prie Miister ad Iro Lad of Britai ho died at the age of folloig a stroke o April - Margaret Thatcher

• The Perso ho as appoited as the e haira of the NASSCOM for its the Executive Council for 2013-14- Krishnakumar Natarajan

• The plae here the Ties of Idia Fil Aards TOIFA ereo took plae o April - BC Place, Vancouver

• The Perso ho as sor-in as the Fourth President of Kenya on 9 April 2013- Uhuru Kenyatta

• The Eletri utilities opa hih as oferred ith the Busiess Leader i the Poer Setor at the NDTV Busiess Leadership Awards in New Delhi on 9 April 2013- NTPC Ltd

• The ulear-capable Missile which was successfully test-fired by Pakistan on 10 April 2013. - Hatf-IV ballistic missile

• The da hih as osered as Natioal Safe Motherhood da aross Idia -11 April 2013

• The Perso ho as appoited as the Chaira of the Asia Foru of Parliaetarias o population and Development on 11 April 2013 at Bangkok- PJ Kurien

• The Legendary Actor who was awarded ith Bollood’s Highest Hoour Dada Sahe Phalke Aard o April - Pran

• The ati-British revolutionary, considered to be the last remaining link to sub-continent decessive past died at Kolkata at the age of 104 years - Binod Bihari Chowdhary

• The Palestiia Prie Miister ho resiged o April 2013 after falling out with President Mahmud Abbas- Salam Fayyad

• The Idia Politiia ho as unanimously re-elected as the national President of Janata Dal (United) for third time in a row, on 14 April 2013-Sharad Yadav

• The Perso ho as delared the ier of Veezuela's presidetial eletio o April - Nicolas Maduro

• The Idia-Origin Economist who Won John Bates Clark Medal For 2013- Raj Chetty

• The Perso ho as per the th Aual Gloal CEO sure, as figured aog the top three ost adired leaders of the orld- Mahatma Gandhi

• The Iteratioal Nespaper hih had o four Pulitzer Prizes on 15 April 2013, including the award for investigative reporting for stories- New York Times

• The Perso ho took oer as the Maagig Diretor of Cetre for Raila Iforatio Sstes CRIS o April - Sunil Kumar

• The Surface Drive Based Interceptor of Indian Coast Guard Commissioned by the Chief Secretary to Government of Maharashtra Interceptor Boat C-154

• The CMD, of NLC Neeli Ligite Corporatio ho as oferred ith the CEO ith HR Orietatio Aard at the World HRD Congress 2013 in Mumbai- B Surender Mohan

• The ook released the Vie Presidet of Idia, M. Haid Asari hih is ritte K. Natar Singh, the former Union Minister for External Affairs- Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past

• The Cogress MP from Banaskantha who passed away on 1 March 2013 in Ahmadabad because of multiple organ failure- Mukesh Gadhvi

• The plae here the seod eetig of Idia-Afghanistan-US trilateral dialogue was held– New Delhi

• Faous Italia usiia ad composer who had written the scores for about 300 films died at the age of 95- Armando Trovajoli

• The forer es editor of The Idia Epress ho died o Marh i Ne Delhi folloig a ardia arrest- SK Varma

• The perso ho as appoited as the new High Commissioner to Maldives replacing D M Mulay- Rajeev Shahare

• The Busiess too ho retaied his title as the rihest perso of Idia for the sith oseutie year with the net worth of 21.5 billion US Dollars- Mukesh Ambani

• The author ho was selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012 for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer- Hariram Meena

• The Veezuela Presidet ho died due to cancer on 5 March 2013 at Caracas- Hugo Chavez

• The Perso ho oferred ith the Lieratio War Hoour Aard the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman- Pranab Mukherjee

• The Perso ho as sor-in as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second term by taking oath as 26th CM of the state Mukul Manda Sangma

• The Pollitial leader of Naga People’s Frot NPF as sworn in as Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third straight term on 5 March 2013- Neiphiu Rio

• The haira of loal orgaisig oittee of the World Cup ho died at the age of - James Strong

• The Perso ho took oer as the Chief Vigilae Officer (CVO) in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)- MRP Rao

• The people ho as seleted the Parliaetar Aard Coittee for Outstadig Parliaetarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively- Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav

• The city which won the award for most liveable Indian city by IPSOS Best City Survey and Awards 2013 event in New Delhi- Nagpur

• Veezuela Vie-President ho as sor i as Veezuela’s atig presidet- Nicolas Maduro

• ears old Forer West Bengal Governor and industrialist who died in Jordan after a heart attack- Viren J Shah

• Forer CBI Diretor, who was appointed as Governor of Nagaland- Ashwani Kumar

• The Maagig Diretor of Geojit BNP Parias Fiaial Series Ltd, ho as eleted as the chairman, CII Kerala State Council for 2013-14- C J George

• The Idia Touris Fil, hih laied First Prize at th Golde Cit Gate Aards- Find What You Seek

• ears old legedar paiter ho died after a heart attak at a it hospital i Kolkata- Ganesh Pyne

• The e leader of the Counist Party of China (CPC), who was appointed as the President of China- Xi Jinping

• The Chief Justie ho as sor-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal by taking over the office from Baburam Bhattarai- Khil Raj Regmi

• The ier of the Ma Asia Literar Prize for his oel The Garde of Eeig Mists- Tan Twan Eng

• The perso ho as eleted as the Chairman of CII Karnataka- Soumitra Bhattacharya

• The date o hih World Cosuer Rights Day was observed for creating awareness in terms of consumer protection measures as well as consumer rights – 15 March 2013

• The e ouiatio satellite lauhed NASA o Jauar to sta i touh ith its spae statio astroauts- TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)

• The perso ho eerged as ier to the first diret Presidetial eletios held i Czeh Repuli o Jauar - Milos Zeman

• The reoed paiter of Begal Shool died o Feruar folloig a rief illess at Kolkata hospital- Shanu Lahiri

• The proiet Pakistai jouralist died o Feruar i Ne York folloig -year long fight with cancer- Ayesha Haroon

• World aer da as osered o - 4 February 2013

• Soliitor-General of India, who resigned from his office on 4 February 2013- Rohinton F Nariman

• The Australia riket aptai ho o the fourth Alla Border Medal i Meloure o Feruar - Michael Clarke

• Presidet of Repuli of Mauritius ho isited Idia fro Ja to 10 Jan 2013 and was honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award- Rajkeswur Purryag

• The Kig of Bhuta ho isited Idia fro to Jauar ad as the Chief Guest for the Repuli Da Celeratio- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

• The fourth largest private sector Bank of India which was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region- YES Bank

• The Parliaet Attak Coit, ho as haged o Fe at Tihar Jail after his er petition was cancelled by the President of India- Afzal Guru

• The Adoate-General of West Bengal who resigned from his office on 8 Feb 2013- Anindya Kumar Mitra

• The ears old tale teis leged ho died i Beijig o Feruar folloig legth fight with cancer- Zhuang Zedong

• The sitar leged as hooured ith the posthuous Lifetie Ahieeet Gra aard ON Feruar - Pandit Ravi Shankar

• US Marie Geeral ho took oer the oad of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan- Joseph Dunford

• Coferee for South Asia Autis Netork SAAN for Autis Spetru Disorders (ASD) was concluded on- 11 Feb 2013

• Code ae gie to seret pla for eeutig Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013 – Operation Three Star

• The short rage surfae-to-surface missile launched by Pakistan on 11 February 2013 - Hatf IX (NASR)

• The Perso appoited as the haira of Lalit Kala Akadei o Feruar - Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty

• Prie Miister of the Hialaa Kigdo Bhuta as o a offiial isit to Idia fro Fe. to Fe. - Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley

• World Radio Da as osered o hih da to raise aareess aout the iportae of radio- 12 February 2013

• The forer Chief Justie of Karataka High Court, ho sor i as the Lokaukta o Feruar - Y Bhaskar Rao

• The thee of d editio of Surajkud ela that as eded o Feruar as – Karnataka

• The perso ho as appoited as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations on 13 February 2013- Asoke Kumar Mukerji

• The Coutr hih aed the Japaese artoo Doraeo i the third eek of Feruar 3 because of the fears of Hindi invasion- Bangladesh

• The Ecuador's President who was re-elected for a third term with more than 50 percent of the vote- Rafael Correa

• The Perso ho as oferred ith Idira Gadhi Prize for Peae, Disaraet ad Deelopet Award 2011 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 18 Feb 2013 - Ela Ramesh Bhatt

• The forer Uio Miister ad three ties MP for Raja Saha, ho died at the age of o Feruar - Radhakishan Malviya

• The forer LIC hief ho took oer as the Chaira of the Isurae Regulator ad Development Authority (IRDA) on 21 February 2013- T. S. Vijayan

• The forer head of Tata Group ho as aarded the life tie ahieeet aard Erst & Youg o Feruar - Ratan Tata

• The Car Rall that as flagged off fro the Helipad Ground in Salt Lake Stadium, West Bengal on 22 February 2013- Silk Route Car Rally

• The plaook hih o four aards at the Idepedet Spirit Aards i Sata Moia o Feruar - Silver Linings Playbook

• The Perso ho had sor -in as the first woman President of South Korea on 25 February 2013- Park Geun-hye

• The perso ho o Jauar eae Czeh Repuli’s first diretl eleted Presidet as per the Czech Republic Presidential election results- Milos Zeman

• The Bollood superstar who topped the inaugural Forbes India Celebrity 100 list-Shahrukh Khan

• The reoed plaak siger, ho o Jauar refused to aept the prestigious Pada Bhusha-Sreeramamurthy Janaki

• The allisti issile suessfull test fired Idia with a strike range of around 700 kilometres, from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal-K15

• The Kaada author ho as shortlisted aog other te authors for prestigious Iteratioal Ma Booker Prize for Fitio 013 UR Ananthamurthy

• The ajor of Rashtriya Rifles who was selected for Kirti Chakra for his extraordinary bravery efforts in counter- terrorist operations in J&K- Major Abup J Manjali

• The asterid of / terror attak ho as seteed to ears of iprisoet the U.S. Federal District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber- David Coleman Headley

• The Islai shool of Idia hih o Jauar deaded that the otroersial riters should be banned from 6th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)- Darul Uloom Deoband

• The two Scientists awarded with the prestigious Aryabhatta Award instituted by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI)- Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat

• The Cheai-born Scientist of Indian Origin and President of Micronutrient Initiative, Canada ho as aarded ith Caada’s Highest Civilian Award – the Order of Canada- Venkatesh Mannar

• The forer Resere Bak of Idia RBI goeror ho ostituted the th Fiae Coission under Union Government in January 2013- Yaga Venugopal Reddy

• The place at which the foundation stone of the state-of-the-art National Data Centre of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was laid- Manesar, Gurgaon in Haryana

• The first fast patrol essel FPV, lauhed Cohi Shipard Ltd CSL o January 2013 which was built for the Indian Coast Guard – Aadesh

• The Speial Beh of Justies of A.K. Pataik ad Ga Sudha Misra to hear cases of crime against women was constituted by Former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir

• Keepig uder osideration the sharp increase in the cost of materials, the Union Cabinet in January 2013 approved the Ministry of Rural Deelopet’s proposal to irease the uit ost uder- Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)

• The perso eleted Shi Sea as the Presidet of the Party on 23 January 2013 at Sena Headquarters at Dadar, Central Mumbai- Uddhav Thackeray

• The BJP Presidet ho o Jauar resiged fro his post as after his resigatio, Rajath Singh was elected as the party chief- Nitin Gadkari

• The Feale sports personalities and the Olympic Bronze Medalists who on 22 Jan. 2013 nominated by Election Commission of India as National Icons- Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal

• The largest shore patrol essel hih as oissioed i the easter oast for aritie sureillance around Andaman and Nicobar Islands- INS Saryu

• Forer Chief Miister of Uttar Pradesh ho erged his Ja Krati Part ith Bhartia Jata Party, during the Atal Shankhnaad Rally of BJP at Lucknow- Kalyan Singh

• The third oldest elephat of the world, which celebrated its 66th birthday at the Inokashira Park Zoo of Japan- Hanako

• The ogress MP ho o Jauar delared the e ie-president of Indian National Congress after the decision made by the Congress Working Committee- Rahul Gandhi

• The ator ad the atress ho agged the est ator ad atress aard i the th Idea Filfare Awards given away on 20 January 2013- Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan

• The Duth Coah ho i the oth of Jauar as appoited as the High Perforae Director for Indian Hockey Team- Roelant Oltmans

• The Idia researher ho as seleted to e feliitated ith the Youg Iestigator Sholarship Award for his work on Alzheimer's drug- Mahaveer Golechha

• The Uio Miister for Ura Deelopet ad Parliamentary Affairs, who was elected as a leader of Indian delegation for World Economic Forum 2013- Kamal Nath

• Idia-origin women who became the first woman and the 9th Speaker of the Singapore Parliament on 14 January 2013 by replacing Michael Palmer- Halimah Yacob

• The plae at here ITU suoed the World Coferee o Iteratioal Teleouiatios held fro -14 Dec 2012- Dubai

• The forer all-rounder of India from Surat who died on 13 January 2013 in Mumbai at the age of 76 years- Rusi Framroze Surti

• The plae at hih Idia ad Pakistai aries held Brigade Coader-level flag meeting- Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir