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CURRENT AFFAIRS September 2013 Appointments 1) New RBI Governor : Raghuram Rajan took over the charge of Reserve Bank of as a successor of outgoing Governor of RBI, Dr. Subbarao. 2) New CIC of India : Deepak Sandhu became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner. 3) N. Srinivasan Re-Elected As the BCCI President for the Third Term. 4) Ranjib Biswal Appointed as the Chairman of IPL ( Indian Premier League ). 5) Ruchira Kamboj was appointed as the Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ). 6) Sanjay Govind Dhande Appointed as UGC ( University Grants Commission) Member. 7) Ravindra Kumar Elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS). 8) Randall Oliphant Appointed as The Chairman of The World Gold Council. 9) Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes : Government of India appointed Justice Vangala Eswaraiah as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). 10) Virat Kohli Appointed As the Brand Ambassador of Border Security Force. 11) New PM of : Tony Abbott Sworn in as Australia Prime Minister 12) New PM of Cambodia : Hun Sen reelected as the Prime Minister of Cambodia. Awards: 1) Moortidevi Award : Haraprasad Das was conferred the Moortidevi Award for 2012. 2) John Abraham honoured with the Pride of the Nation Award. 3) Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan was awarded with the Fifth Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013. 4) 2013 : of was crowned . 5) Malala Yousafzai Presented with Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award by Harvard University. 6) Former South African President Nelson Mandela presented with a humanitarian achievement award 7) Malala Yousafzai, Edward Snowden Nominated for EU's Sakharov Prize. 8) Zubin Mehta was Conferred Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013. Important Days: September 5 Teachers' Day. September 8 World Literacy Day. September 14 Divas (Day) September 16 World Ozone Day. September 21 Alzheimer's Day. September 26 Day of the Deaf. September 27 World Tourism Day. Sports: 1) Cup 2013 : Defeated India to Win the Asia Cup Hockey Final in Malaysia. 2) India Defeated Malaysia to Lift U-21 Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey Tournament 2013. 3) Chinese paddler on won women’s table World Cup after defeating teammate . 4) Deepika Kumari won Silver Medal at the Archery World Cup. 5) The Indian wrestler Amit Kumar bagged Silver Medal in 55 Kg Free Style category in the 2013 Senior World Wrestling Championship being held at Budapest, . 6) SAFF Cup 2013 : Afghanistan won the South Asian Football Federations (SAFF) Championship 2013 by defeating India, the defending champions at Dashrath Rangashala stadium in , . 7) US Open 2013 : a) Women’s Single : Serena Williams won the Women’s Single Title against at US Open 2013.

1 b) Men’s single : Wins U.S. Open Final after Defeating Novak Djokovic. c) Men’s Double: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek secured the Men’s Doubles Title 2013. 8) won the Right to Host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. 9) India's Bhuvana Kalva won her maiden ITF women singles title after she registered an impressive victory over sixth-seeded Akari Inoue of at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association complex. Miscellaneous: 1) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the repo rate or the short term lending rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 percent from 7.25 per cent with immediate effect. 2) The Governor of RBI, Raghuram Rajan brought down the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by 0.75 per cent to 9.5 per cent. 3) The G20 Leaders' Summit took place in St.Petersburg presided by . The G20 nations discussed ways to ensure economic growth and financial stability, create jobs and combat unemployment, stimulate investment and promote multilateral trade, international development and anti-corruption. The members of the Group of Twenty (G-20) are: Australia, Argentina, , Great Britain, , European Union, India, , , , , , Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, USA, , , South , Republic of Korea, and Japan. 4) TCS to Launch First All Women BPO Centre in Saudi Arabia. 5) Seekho Aur Kamao (Learn and Earn) Progrmme Launched by Union Government of India. 6) The President of the Republic of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf paid an official visit to India at the invitation of the President of India. 7) Agni-5 Successfully Test Fired from Chandipur Test Range. 8) GSAT–7, India's First Defence Satellite, Successfully Placed in the Geosynchronous Orbit

CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2013

Appointments: 1) New Governor of RBI : Raghuram Govind Rajan, the Chief Economic Adviser was appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a time period of three years. He succeeds D. Subbarao. 2) New President of Iran : Hassan Rouhani sworn in as the new President of Iran. 3) Samantha Power sworn in as New US Ambassador to United Nations . 4) New ONGC ( Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Chief ) : Dinesh K Sarraf. 5) New Chief Justice of Delhi High Court : Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana. 6) New President of Zimbawe : Robert Mugabe sworn in for 7th term as President of . 7) New Director General of the CRPF : Dilip Trivedi. 8) New HPCL Head : Nishi Vasudeva became the first woman to be selected as the head of the Navratna public sector unit (PSU), Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL). 9) New Member of UPSC Appointed : Vinay Mittal appointed as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is the eighth members in the Commission. Obituaries: 1) Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi, the Eminent Indian Classical Singer Passed Away. Awards: 1) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award : Mr. Ronjan Sodhi. Arjuna Awards: Sl. Name Discipline No. 1. Ms. Chekrovolu Archery Maheshwari Swuro 3. Ms. P.V. Sindhu 2. Mr. Ranjith Athletics 4. Ms. Kavita Chahal Boxing

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5. Mr. Rupesh Shah Billiards & 11. Ms. Joshna Squash Snooker Chinnappa 6. Mr. Virat Kohli Cricket 12. Ms. Mouma Das 7. Mr. Abhijeet Gupta Chess 13. Ms. Neha Rathi Wrestling 8. Mr. Gagan Jeet Golf 14. Mr. Dharmender Wrestling Bhullar Dalal 9. Ms. Saba Anjum Hockey 15. Mr. Amit Kumar Athletics (Para) 10. Ms. Rajkumari Shooting Saroha Rathore 2) International Children Peace Prize : Malala Yousafzai won 2013 International Children's Peace Prize. 3) Nelson Mandela became the First Recipient of the Mahathir Award.

4) Ashok Chakra : Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds inspector KLVSSNV Prasad Babu was named for the highest peace time gallantry award, the Ashok Chakra. 5) Delhi State Lifetime Achievement Award : Delhi conferred Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 on Abdul Rashid Khan and Anjolie Ela Menon. Important Days: August 3 International Friendship Day. August 6 Hiroshima Day, August 9 Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day. August 15 India's Independence Day. August 29 National Sports Day. Sports: 1) World Games: India's number one snooker player, Aditya Mehta clinched the gold medal in the World Games, beating China's Liang Wenbo, in the final of the quadrennial event in Columbia. 2) Ashes Cricket Test Series : cricket team won Ashes Series-2013 by 3-0 against Australia at England. 3) Roger’s Cup ( Men ) : Rafael Nadal Won Men’s Singles Title in Rogers Cup 2013. 4) Roger’s Cup ( Women ) : Serena Williams defeated 's Sorana in the final match of women's Rogers Cup. 5) Indian women's Recurve team defeated the South Korean team to win gold medal in the World Cup Archery Stage- 4 in Poland. 6) Kush Kumar of India won gold in Men’s Singles Squash at Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China. 7) Usain Bolt won 200-Metre Sprint at the World Athletics Championship in . 8) Indian player Sowjanya Bavisetti has won the Internalional Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Tennis Tournament in . Books: 1) Graphic Biography on Dhyan Chand Launched named Dhyan Chand-The Wizard of Hockey. 2) Hamid Ansari released Book entitled Ghalib & His Times. Miscellaneous: 1) Kerala based Federal Bank launched the electronic version of conventional passbook, called FedBook. 2) Foreign Minister of ,Samuel Santos Lopez visited India. 3) GSAT–7, India's first Defence Satellite launched Successfully. 4) Kerala to have a World Class Life Sciences Park called Bio 360. 5) National Media Center was inaugurated at by the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh and Chairperson of UPA, Sonia Gandhi. 6) Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki visited India . 7) India became the World's Third Largest Internet User . 8) The 5th India-China Strategic Dialogue was held in New Delhi.

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9) The Government of India and the World Bank signed a 100 million US dollars credit agreement aimed at helping low-income households to secure loans to purchase, build or upgrade their dwellings. 10) Import Duty on Gold, Silver & Platinum hiked to 10 Percent by Central Government. 12) India successfully test-fired indigenously-developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile. The ballistic missile is having a range of 350 km.

CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 2013 Appointments: 1) New Chief Justice of India: The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) to Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam. Justice Sathasivam is the 40th CJI of India. 2) New Chief Minister of Jarkhand : Hemant Soren sworn in as Ninth Chief Minister of Jharkhand. 3) New President of Pakistan Appointed : Mamnoon Hussain. 4) New Prime Minister of Egypt Appointed : Hazem El-Beblawi. 5) The Institute of Cost Accountants of India announced Suresh Chandra Mohanty as the new president of the body. Suresh Chandra Mohanty replaced Rakesh Singh. 6) Prince Philippe sworn in as the Seventh king of . 7) Abdul Rahim Rather, the Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir appointed as the new Chairman of GST ( Goods and services Tax ) Panel by the Empowered Committee of States Finance Ministers on GST. 9) New Governor of Meghalaya : KK Paul took over as the New Governor of Meghalaya. 10) Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil appointed new Governor of Sikkim 11) New President of Nasscom (The National Association of Software and Services Companies) appointed: Former Telecom Secretary R. Chandrasekhar. 12) Adli Mansour Sworn in as the interim President of Egypt 13) Sunil Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). 14) India’s next Foreign Secretary Appointed : Sujata Singh. 15) Anil Goswami Took Over as the Union Home Secretary. Awards: 1) IIFA Awards: Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor (Barfi!) Best Female Actor: Vidya Balan (Kahaani) Best Film: Barfi! Best Director: Anurag Basu (Barfi!) Best Story : Tani and Anurag Basu (Barfi!) 2) Tagore Award 2013: Zubin Mehta named for Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013. 3) Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award 2013 : Amjad Ali Khan to get 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award. 4) Bastian Schweinsteiger Won Journalists' Player of the Year Award by Kicker Magazine. 5) Edward Snowden awarded with German Whistleblower Prize. 6) Vandana Gandhi became the first Indian woman to receive Government's Emirates Woman Award for business excellence in June 2013. Obituaries: 1) Former Union Minister Khurshed Alam Khan died at the age of 95. He was the father of Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. 2) Veteran actor Pran died due to Illness. 4

Important Days in July: Doctor's Day - July 1 World Population Day - 11 July 2013 Malala Day -12 July Disability Awareness Day - 14 July 2013 Kargil Vijay Divas - July 26 Sports: 1) Wimbledon 2013 Men’s Title: Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic at Center Court of to become the first Briton in 77 years to win the Men’s Singles Title at Wimbledon 2013. 2) Wimbledon 2013 Women’s Title : In the Women's Singles category of Wimbledon, of France won her maiden Grand Slam title. 3) FIFA CUP 2013 (Football) : Brazil won the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 against in the final match. 4) SAFF Football Title 2013: India defeated Nepal to lift Under-16 SAFF Football Title 2013. 5) Tour de France 2013( Bicycle Race): Chris Froome won 100th Edition of the Race. 6) IPCA ( Interntional Physically Disabled Chess Association )World Women's Individual Chess Championship : India's K Jennitha Anto won the 13th IPCA World Women's Individual Chess Championship title. 7) Serena Williams won title by defeating in the final of the Swedish Open. 8) Australian legend bowler Shane Warne joined the list of cricket legends to be inducted into the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Hall of Fame at Lord's. 9) India bagged a Gold medal in the Women's Recurve Team event at the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Medellin, Colombia. The Indian trio of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Biruly defeated the top seeded Chinese team of Cheng Ming, Xu Jing and Cui Yuanyuan, to reclaim the Women's Recurve Team Gold. 10) Commonwealth Chess Championship : Former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship. Miscellaneous: 1) New Member of European Union Elected : Croatia became the 28th Member of the European Union. 2) Nelson Mandela International Day observed on 18 July. 3) India signed agreement with Asian Development Bank for 60 million Dollars loan for NKUSIP North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program (NKUSIP). 4) India’s Weather Satellite INSAT-3D, carrying advanced weather monitoring payloads, was launched successfully by Ariane-5 (VA214) launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana. 5) Himachal Pradesh state government launched video chat facility in all six prisons of the state. 6) Incheon named as the World Book Capital for the year 2015. Incheon is in South Korea. 7) Bengaluru International Airport Renamed as Kempegowda International Airport. 8) The Union Government of India raised the FDI limit in Telecom Sector from 74 percent to 100 percent. 9) President Pranab Mukherjee launched Kisaan Portal for Sending SMS to Farmers. 5

10) RBI fined 22 banks for violating KYC and Anti-Money Laundering Norms. 11) Himachal Pradesh was declared as the first Smoke-free state of the country. The declaration was made in compliance to the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003. 12) India launched its first dedicated navigation satellite, IRNSS-1A using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C22.

CURRENT AFFAIRS JUNE 2013 Appointments: 1) 40th Chief Justice of India (CJI) appointed : P. Sathasivam appointed as the Next Chief Justice of India. 2) New PM of Palestine : Rami Hamdallah replaced Salam Fayyad who had left the office of Prime Minister in April 2013 and formally quit now. 3) New PM of Pakistan : Nawaz Sharif sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. 4) New Australian Prime Minister Appointed : Kevin Rudd. 5) John Ashe elected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th Session. 6) New FBI Director : James Comey appointed as next FBI director by Barack Obama. 7) New Chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) : . Avinash Chander, will succeed V.K. Saraswat. 8) Susan Elizabeth Rice Appointed as the National Security Adviser to Obama. 9) New Chairman of IBA : K R Kamath Re-Elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA). 10) New Chairman of LIC : The Government of India appointed SK Roy as the new Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). 11) New President of Iran : Hassan Rohani Won Presidential Elections of Iran. 12) Infosys appointed Narayan Murthy as Executive Chairman of the Board. 13) New Chairman of Air Asia India Appointed : Subramanian Ramadorai. Awards: 1) Euro International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award : Kevin Barry, the Irish author won 100000 Dublin Literary Award. 2) World Street Food Congress Award : Ashok Shah and Vijay Chaudhary won the Award. 3) Knighthood Award of Britain : Anish Kapoor, the Indian-origin sculptor was honoured with Knighthood, which is the highest honour of Britain. He was conferred the award by the Queen Elizabeth II. 4) Walter Scott Prize 2013 : Tan Twan Eng won this prize for his Novel The Garden of Evening Mists. 5) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy received the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award for his mass contact programme initiative. 6) 21st Century Achievement Award 2013 : The jury of International Data Group (IDG), Computerworld Honors Laureate selected UIDAI for 21st Century Achievement Award 2013 under the category Economic Development. Obituaries: 1) Former Union Minister and Leader of Congress VC Shukla passed away. Important Days: June 5 World Environment Day. June2 Fathers Day. June 26 International day against Drug abuse June 27 World Diabetes Day. July 6 World Zoo noses Day. July 11 World Population Day. 6

Sports: 1) ICC Champions Trophy 2013 : India Beat England to Win ICC Champions Trophy 2013 at Birmingham. 2) French Open 2013: A. Rafael Nadal won his 8th Men's Singles Tittle of the French Open Tennis Tournament. Nadal beat Spanish . B. Serena Williams won the Women's Singles title of French Open Tennis tournament. In the final, she defeated Maria Sharapova. C. Bob and won Doubles Title at French Open 2013. 3) Indian Girl's team won the Gold medal in the Slovak Junior ITTF Open Table Tennis tournament held in Senec, . In the title clash, the Indian Girls, beat . 4) Raghav Joneja, became the Youngest Indian to climb Everest at the age of 15 Years. 5) Open Grand Prix : India's Srikanth K clinched the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton trophy. In the Men's Singles title clash, 13th seed Srikanth defeated top seed Boonsak Ponsana. 6) Manjeet Singh bagged a Silver medal for India at the 3rd boxing tournament. 7) Sebastian Vettel on 10 June 2013 won the Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. 8) India topped in the medal tally in the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship by winning 17 medals in the tournament. Miscellaneous: 1) 39th G8 Summit held at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. 2) 29th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum to be held here in November 2013 in Kochi, Kerala. 3) The Import Duty on Gold and Platinum hiked from 6 to 8 Percent. 4) First All-Women Police Station became Functional in Itanagar. 5) China Developed the Fastest Computer of the World Called Tianhe-2. 6) Reserve Bank of India extended the restriction on advance against gold on co-operative banks set to curb the demand for gold. 7) M. Veerappa Moily launched the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Scheme in 18 districts on 1 June 2013 at Tumkur near Bangalore. 8) The United States of America exempted India and eight other countries from sanctions for importing oil from Iran. Countries are India, China, Malaysia, South Korea, , South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and . 9) The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, visited Japan in May 2013 for the Annual Summit of the Prime Ministers. 10) RBI penalised Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank for rule violations. 11) BSNL decided to put an end to the 160 years old Telegraph Services in India. 12) First-Ever Chinese Film Festival Inaugurated in New Delhi.

Current Affairs May 2013 Appointments: 1) New President of Bangladesh : Abdul Hamid was sworn in as Bangladesh President replaced Zillur Rahman. 2) New Prime Minister of Malaysia : Najib Razak . 3) New Chief Minister of Karnataka : Y. Siddaramaiah . 4) New Governor of Arunachal Pradesh : Nirbhay Sharma. 5) New Comptroller & Auditor General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma Appointed as the new CAG after replacing Vinod Rai. 7

6) New Chairman of the Board of Governors of Medical Council of India : Dr R K Srivastava. 7) New Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Kushal Singh. Awards: 1) Vyas Samman 2011 & 2012 : Ramdarash Mishra and Dr Narendra Kohli were conferred with the Vyas Samman Award for the year 2011 and 2012 respectively. 2) ISRO Young Scientists Award for 2013 : Jenita Mary Nongkynrih. 3) Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Lifetime Achievement : Pran, the Veteran actor got DPA. 4) Asom Ratna Award 2012 : Indira Goswami. 5) Man Booker International Prize 2013 : Lydia Davis. 6) Gershwin Prize : Carole King Became the First Woman to Receive Gershwin Prize. 7) Jnanpith Award 2011 : Pratibha Ray Conferred With the 47th Jnanpith Award for the Year 2011. 8) NTR National Literary Award : Manoj Das, the Noted Oriya writer was presented the NTR National Literary Award. Obituaries : 1) Rituparno Ghosh, National Award Winning Filmmaker died at the age of 49. Important Days: May 1 Workers Day (International Labour Day). May 3 Press Freedom Day. May 8 World Red Cross Day. May 11 National Technology Day. May 15 International Day of the Family. May 17 World Telecommunication Day. May 24 Commonwealth Day. May 31 Anti-Tobacco Day. Sports: 1) India's shuttler PV Sindhu won her maiden Grand Prix Gold title winning Malaysia Open women's final defeated, Gu Juan of Singapore. 2) Madrid Open :  In the Men's Singles title clash of the Madrid Open, World Number Five Nadal defeated Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka to win the title.  In the Women's Singles, World Number One Serena Williams of the United States defeated Russian Maria Sharapova, to win the title. 3) Italian Open :  Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka to win Italian Open 2013.  Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federar to win Italian Open 2013 4) Preeti Beniwal won gold in 2013 Senior National Women's Boxing Championship. 5) Indians Defeated Super Kings in Final to win its First IPL Trophy. Miscellaneous: 1) Vice President of India Released a Book Titled an Ardent Patriot written by Dinesh Goswami. 2) The 17th Session of the India-Iran Joint Commission was held in Tehran. 3) The Year 2013 declared as Water Conservation Year 2013. 4) The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) decided to launch Inflation Indexed Bonds (IIBs). 5) Indian National Defence University, a first-of-its-kind for training and research in 8 military studies will be set up in Gurgaon. 6) China's new premier Li Keqiang’s visited India on his first foreign trip to India. India and China signed Eight Agreement during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India. 7) President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai Visited India in May 2013. 8) The Indian telecom sector became the second largest telephone network in the world, after China. 9) World's Happiest Developed Nation : Australia. 10) Foreign Minister of Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla visited India. 11) The seventh edition of the annual Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held in in November 2013.

CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL 2013 Appointments: 1) New President of Kenya : Uhuru Kenyatta Sworn-In as the President of Kenya. 2) New Secretary of Department of Telecom : M F Farooqui. 3) New President of Venezuela : Nicolas Maduro. 4) New President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : S Gopalakrishnan. 5) New Chief of NASSCOM : Krishna Kumar Natrajan appointed as the New Chief of NASSCOM. 6) New Chief Justice for High Court of Himachal Pradesh : Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar. 7) Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians : Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, PJ Kurien elected as the Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians. 8) New Managing Director of Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) : Sunil Kumar. 9) New Vice Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce : Sunil Bharti Mittal. 10) New President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) : Takehiko Nakao appointed as the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by the Board of Governors. He succeeded Haruhiko Kuroda. Awards: 1) Jnanpith Award 2012 : Ravuri Bharadwaja, the Telgu writer was selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012. 2) FE India’s Best Bank Award 2012-13 : J&K Bank won FE India’s Best Bank Award 2012-13. 3) Dada Saheb Phalke Award : Legendary Actor Pran awarded Bollywood’s Highest Honour Dada Saheb Phalke Award. 4) Sher-i-Kashmir Award : Navjot Singh. 5) Abel prize 2013 : Belgian Mathematician Pierre Deligne won the Abel prize 2013. 6) Yash Chopra for his contributions to Film Industry will be awarded with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award. Important Days: April 5 National Maritime Day. April 7 World Health Day. April 18 World Heritage Day. April 22 Earth Day. Sports: 1) ATP Miami Masters Final Result : Andy Murray on won the ATP Miami Masters 9 by defeating David Ferrer in Miami, Florida. 2) 12th Asian Billiards championship : Rupesh Shah, the world champion won the 12th Asian Billiards championship after defeating Alok Kumar. 3) Adam Scott won the Augusta Masters Golf championship. He beat Angel Cabrera in the play-off for the title. 4) Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2013. 5) Prayag Chauhan Won Gold Medal at ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships 2013. Obituaries: 1) V.S.Ramadevi India’s only Women Chief Election Commissioner Died. 2) Former Chief Justice of India, JS Verma Died. 3) Legendary singer Shamshad Begum died. Miscellaneous: 1) The fifth BRICS Summit was held at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC), South Africa. The theme of the 5th BRICS Summit was: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation. The participant nations in the summit were Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 2) The third SAARC Ministerial Level Meet on Poverty concluded in Nepal. 3) The Govt. cleared the proposal to increase Dearness Allowance (DA) for the Central government employees from 72 percent to 80 percent. 4) India and China held their first dialogue on Afghanistan in Beijing in a bid to evolve a joint strategy to deal with much feared possible return of Taliban and al- Qaeda. 5) The 20th Meeting of Eastern Zonal Council was held at . 6) Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, Russia launched the world’s only returnable satellite called Bion-M1. CURRENT AFFAIRS MARCH 2013 APPOINTMENTS: 1) 68th Secretary of State of the United States : John Kerry. 2) New High Commissioner of India to Maldives : Rajeev Shahare. 3) New Chief Minister of Nagaland : Neiphiu Rio. 4) New Chief Minister of Meghalaya : Mukul Manda Sangma. 5) New Pope (head of the Roman Catholic Church) : Jorge Bergoglio. 6) Nagaland Governor : Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar appointed Nagaland Governor. 7) Interim President of Venezuela : Nicolas Maduro sworn in as the Interim President of Venezuela. 8) New Prime Minister of Nepal : Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi. 9) New President of China : Xi Jinping. 10) New President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India : Rajan Bharti Mittal AWARDS: 1) Liberation War Honour Award : The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman. 2) Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 : Tan Twan Eng. 3) National Bioscience Award for 2012 : S. Venkata Mohan won the National Bioscience Award for 2012. 10

4) Pritzker Architecture Prize 2013 : Toyo Ito, the Japanese Architect. 5) Saraswati Samman 2012 : Sugathakumari, the Malayalam Poetess. 6) 60th National Film Awards: a) Best actor: Irrfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Marathi film Anumati. b) Best film : Vicky Donor. c)Best actress: Usha Jadhav for Marathi film Dhaag. 7) Pond’s 2013 : Crowned Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013 OBITUARIES: 1) Hugo Chavez Died : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died at 58 due to Cancer. SPORTS: 1) ATP Mexican Open 2013 Tennis Tournament : Rafael Nadal Defeated David Ferrer to Win ATP Mexican Open 2013. 2) ATP Dubai Open Tennis title 2013 : World Number one Novak Djokovic defeated third seed Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych in the finals. 3) Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open 2013 (Men): Rafael Nadal of Spain won Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open after defeating Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in the final. 4) Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open 2013 (Women): Maria Sharapova won women’s final of the tournament by defeating Caroline Wozniacki. 5) Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament : Australia, the World Champions won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament title for the seventh time. Australia defeated Malaysia in the final match in Malaysia. MISCELLANEOUS: 1) Bihari Puraskar for 2012 : Rajasthani author Hariram Meena for the for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer. 2) Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 : The Parliamentary Award Committee selected BJP leader Arun Jaitley, Congress MP Karan Singh and MP Sharad Yadav for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. 3) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent from 7.75 percent. The reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 6.5 per cent from the earlier 6.75 per cent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 8.5 per cent with immediate effect. 4) The 5th BRICS Summit took place in Durban, South Africa from 25 March 2013 to 28 March 2013 5) Eighth India-Yemen Joint Committee Meeting Held in New Delhi. 6) The India-UK Summit talks took place on in New Delhi during the visit of British Prime Minister, David Cameron to India. 7) 12 March 2013, Mauritius celebrated its 45th Independence Day. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was the chief guest. 8) New High Courts in India : Three High Courts opened in Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya. 9) Arunachal Pradesh became the First State to Introduce e-GPF system. 10) United Nations announced 20 March as International Happiness Day

CURRENT AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 2013 Appointments: (source: www.bankcracker.com) 1) New Solicitor General of India : Mohan Parasaran. 2) New President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) : Subodh Kumar Agrawal. 11

3) Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) : P.R. Vasudeva Rao. 4) New U.S. Interior Secretary : Sally Jewell 5) Next Permanent Representative of India to the UN : Asoke Kumar Mukerji. 6) Ecuador's President : Rafael Correa. 7) New President of : Nicos Anastasiades. 8) Chairman of IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Authority of India) : T. S. Vijayan. 9) New President of South Korea : Park Geun-Hye, the First Woman President of South Korea. Awards: (source: www.bankcracker.com) 1) Allan Border Medal 2013: Michael Clarke, Australian Cricket Team Captain. 2) Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award : Pandit Ravi Shankar. 3) Life Time Achievement Award 2012 by Ernst & Young : Ratan Tata. 4) City Proclamation Award : Anupam Kher, Bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation Award. 5) Oscar Awards 2013:The Oscars 2013 ceremony was held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. a) Best Picture: Argo b) Best Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis. c) Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jennifer Lawrence. d) Best Director : Ang Lee for Life of Pi. 6) Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Award 2011 : Ela Ramesh Bhatt. Important Days in February: (source: www.bankcracker.com) February 02 : World Wetlands Day February 24 : Central Excise Day. February 28 : National Science Day. Sports: (source: www.bankcracker.com) 1) Brazil Open 2013 : Rafael Nadal wins Brazil open defeated . 2) Inaugural Hockey India League : Ranchi Rhinos Beat Delhi Waveriders to Win first Hockey India League. 3) Women's European golf Tour : Lydia Ko. 4) ICC Women’s World Cup Trophy : Australia won the ICC Women’s World Cup Trophy after defeating West-Indies. The final was held at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. 5) Grenke Chess Classic trophy 2013 : Viswanathan Anand, from India won the after defeating Arkadij Naiditsch from Germany. 6) Dubai Tennis Championship : Sania Mirza and Bethanie-Mattek Sands won after defeating Nadia Petrova and , Miscellaneous: (source: www.bankcracker.com) 1) Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme launched by Finance Minister P.Chidambaram in Mumbai. 2) The India-U.S.Joint Working Group Meeting 2013: India-U.S.Joint Working Group Meeting on UN Peacekeeping held its 10th meeting in Washington in February 2013. 3) World Press Freedom Index 2013: India dropped to 140th rank from 131st rank in the list of 179 countries. 4) India and inked a social security pact at Vienna. Indian Overseas Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and Austrian Minister for Labour and Social Security, Rudoulf Hundstorfer signed the pact. 5) ICICI Bank, launched their mobile banking service called Mobile Money. 6) World’s First bionic man called Rex was unveiled at London's Science Museum. 7) World’s Largest Prime Number Discovered which contains 17 Million Digits. The previous largest prime nu mber contains about 13 million digits. 8) The first India-Japan Maritime Affairs Dialogue was held in New Delhi. 10) India and Bangladesh second Joint Consultative Commission meeting held in Dhaka in February 2013.

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