5th to 12th September 2013 Current Affairs

Here we sharing the Current Affairs Topics of 5th to 12th September 2013.

5th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. Deepak Sandhu, who has been an information commissioner for the last four years at the Centre, Thursday became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the country.
2. The two-day summit of the Group of Twenty (G-20) has begun at St. Peters burg in Russiaon Thursday (September 5). The summit will focus on issues pertaining to the economic growth throughout the developed world.
3. Yahoo has adopted a new logo for the first time since its founding 18 years ago. The redesigned look was unveiled lateon Wednesday is part of a makeover that Yahoo Inc. has been undergoing since the it hired Google executive Marissa Mayer as its new CEO to turn around the former internet giant.
4. Jamaican track star Usain Bolt is considering retiring after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he said on Wednesday.
5. India Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Jie Zheng stormed into the semifinals of the women’s doubles with a straight sets victory over fourth seeds SuWei Hsieh and Shuai Peng.
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6th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. President of India Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on 6 September 2013 conferred Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony, 2013 on Maestro Zubin Mehta.
2. Ronald H. Coase, the winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in 1991, died on 2 September 2013 in Chicago. He was 102 years old. The University of Chicago announced about his death.
3. The International Olympic Committee has asked the Indian Olympic Association to drop charge-sheeted members by October 31 to enable its return to the Olympic family.
4. After a delay of nearly a decade, Parliament on Friday passed a key economic reforms legislation, the Pension Bill, that aims to create a regulator for the sector and allows at least 26 percent FDI.
5. Hari Dutt Pathak, a veteran journalist, died today after a fall from his 12th floor residence in Vaishali locality. 88-year-old Pathak was a senior journalist who had worked with some Hindi newspapers.
6. India and Japan have decided to more than triple their bilateral currency swap arrangement to USD 50 bill...
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7th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. Rochus Misch, the former bodyguard of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler died at the age of 96 on 6 September 2013 in Germany. He was the person, who witnessed the final hours of Hitler and was also the last survivor of the Hitler’s bunker in Berlin.
2. Lok Sabha on 6 September 2013 passed the Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013. Rajya Sabha already passed the bill on 27 August 2013. The Bill was passed in Lok Sabha without any discussion. The Representation of People Act, 1951 is the Act of Parliament of India, which explains about the conduct of the elections of both the Houses of the Parliament. The Act also explains about the qualifications and disqualifications for the membership of these houses and offences.
3. The Lok Sabha on 6 September 2013 passed the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2013 for keeping the chairpersons of National Commissions for the SC and ST out of purview of office of profit. The Bill has already been passed by the Rajya
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8th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. Tokyo would host the Summer Olympics for year 2020 as announced after a secret voting on 7 September, 2013 at International Olympic Committee’s (IOC’s)125th Session in Buenos Aires in Argentina.Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in Buenos Aires chose the Japanese capital Tokyo, over Istanbul, after Madrid was dramatically eliminated following a first-round tie with the Turkish city. Japan won the right to host Olympic Games for the second time.
2. Tony Abbott will be sworn in as the 28th prime minister of Australia after clinching an historic victory and ending six years of Labor rule.
3. International Literacy Day was held on 8 September 2013. International Literacy day is observed every year on 8 September to raise people's awareness and concern for literacy issues in the world. It aims to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities, societies and reminds the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally.
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9th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen on 8 September 2013 was reelected to power after winning the Parliamentary Elections held on 28 July 2013. The National Election Committee (NEC) announced the results and declared Cambodian People’s Party as the winners with 68 seats. The NEC also declared that the opposition party, Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) was successful in securing 55 seats.
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10th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. Rafael Nadal of Spain won the men’s singles title of US Open 2013.World No.2 Nadal defeated the No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia by 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final played on 9 September, 2013
2. A massive two-day international agriculture summit took-off at Gandhinagar from 9 September, 2013. The name of this summit was- Vibrant Gujarat Global Agriculture Summit.
3. India-born Mamnoon Hussain, was sworn in as the President of Pakistan on 9 September, 2013. He is the 12th President of the country.
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11th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. The Lowland, the book of Jhumpa Lahiri was shortlisted among the six books for the Man Booker Prize 2013. Lowland was published by Bloomsbury.
2. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed by the Rajya Sabha.The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes in the states of Kerala and Chhattisgarh.
3. Thomas Bach of Germany was elected as the ninth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He is the successor of Jacques Rogge of Belgium, who headed the IOC, since 2001 to 10 September 2013. He was the eighth President of IOC.
4. The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari presented the First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 to Dr. Shashi Tharoor.The Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award is named after Sree Narayana Guru.The Vice President of India explained that the purpose of award was to honour an eminent public personality who has made important contribution towards
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12th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. Afghanistan defeated India in the final of the SAFF Football Championship on 11 September, 2013 to win their maiden SAFF title.
2. Aa giant volcano named Tamu Massif has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean recently and which is almost equal to the size of the UK.
3. Puneet Talwar, an Indo American was nominated as the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs by the US President Barack Obama on 11 September 2013.
4. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian President on 12 September 2013 was conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at a function orgainsed in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development was instituted in the name of former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.
5. Ashok Vemuri was appointed as the President and CEO of the iGate Corporation. iGate Corporation is a software services company headquartered in Fremont, California.
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