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.