Current Affairs 31st July 2013 - IPBS Exams 2013 Preparations

Current Affairs 31st July 2013 - IPBS Exams 2013 Preparations


1. Nation pays tribute to Shaheed Udham Singh on 73rd martyrdom day.

2. Suspected Indian Mujahideen(IM) terrorist Shahzad Ahmed, convicted in the 2008 Batla House encounter case, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for killing police officer M.C. Sharma and injuring two other cops.

3. Gujarat CM Narendra modi has become first Indian Leader to cross 20 lacs followers on twitter.

4. Yes Bank became the first lender to hike lending and deposit rates. Yes Bank said it would hike its deposit rates by 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent in select tenors effective from 1 August 2013.

5. Prasar Bharati and the Australian Network on 30 July 2013 signed an agreement to strengthen the partnership between the two public broadcasters.

6. The Union government of India on 30 July 2013 planned to launch "Bharat Mobile Scheme" under which one member of every rural household who has completed 100 days of work under MGNREGA can get free mobile device.

7. India and Afghanistan on 30 July 2013 signed memorandam of understanding (MoUs) in Kabul for implementing 60 projects in ten Afghan provinces under the Small Development Projects (SDP) scheme.

8. A free insurance scheme "The Indraprastha Gas Limited Suraksha Yojana" covering nearly 3 lakh drivers of public transport vehicles run on Compressed Natural Gas-CNG was launched by Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the national capital today.

9. The government is in search of a successor to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D. Subbarao as he does not want an extension in his term.

10. Telangana will be the 29th state of India. The new Telangana state would comprise the 10 districts of Hyderabad, Medak, Adilabad, Khammam,
Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda,
Nizamabad, Rangareddy and Warangal. Hyderabad will be joint capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana atleast fr 10 years.

11. Two new modern airports would be developed in the Haryana. One at Hisar and other at Karnal. Union Civil Aviation Ministry has given approval to it.

12. Steel Ministry Becomes the First Ministry of Government of India to Get ISO: 9001:2008 Certification

13. The SEBI today made a forceful plea to the Supreme Court to punish Sahara chief Subrata Royalong with his two firms and their directors for not complying with its order for refunding Rs 24,000 crore to investors.

14. Professor Mahendra P. Lama has been appointed the new pro-vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU).

15. Aam Aadmi Party to contest Delhi assembly election with "broom" as its symbol.

16. Missy Franklin followed the gold medal she won in the women's 100-metre backstroke in London a year ago with another triumph in the event at the World Championships.

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