Current Affairs of August 2013 (Sports, National, International, Technology, Awards)

Current Affairs of August 2013 Month on Various Topics Like Sports, Science and Technology, National and International Events, Books and Authors, Awards, Appointments, Summits and Schemes.

Appointments

1. Rajeev Rishi is new CMD of Central Bank
2. Arundhati Bhattacharya Appointed managing director of SBI
3. Robert Mugabe re-elected as president of Zimbabwe
4. Hassan Rohani sworn in as Iran’s president.
5. Raghuram Rajan appointed as the New Governor of RBI.
6. Dilip Trivedi has been appointed as the new chief of the country’s largest paramilitary force CRPF.
7. Ashwani Kumar appointed as prime minister’s special Envoy to Japan.
8. Nishi Vasudeva selected as the First woman to head the Oil company, HPCL.
9. D. Bala venkatest varma appointed Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmanment.
10. Vinay Mittal appointed as Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) Member.

Summits and Schemes

1. Karnataka Launched “Ksheera Bhagya” Scheme.
2. Rajya Sabha passed ‘Companies Bill 2013’.
3. Uttar Pradesh launched ‘Bhumi Sena Scheme’.
4. Rajya sabha passed the ‘Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill’ 2012.
5. India & Bangladesh signed MoU on Textiles cooperation.
6. Sonia Gandhi launched ‘Food Security Scheme’ in Delhi.
7. The third meeting of the WMCC on India- China Border talks held in New Delhi.

Persons in News

1. SAARC Goodwill Ambassador Runa visited India.
2. Former union minister Devendra Prasad yadav Died.
3. Chad foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat visited India.
4. Former Nepal Prime Minister Man Singh Shrestha died.
5. Former cricketer Kalyan Mitter died.
6. Kapil Dev’s former coach Desh Prem Azad died.
7. Vice president of Afghanistan Mohammed Karim Khalili visited India.
8. Taukelina Finikaso, the foreign Minister of Tuvalu visited India.

National

1. Indian’s DRDO Launches explosive detection kit in US
2. Karnataka Becomes first state to Establish Calamities relief fund.
3. Union Cabinet approved the setting up of ‘Bharatiya Mahila Bank’.
4. India Signs DTAC protocol with Morocco.
5. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wins Mali presidential election.
6. India become the world’s third largest Internet user country.

International

1. Australia’s most powerful super computer, Raijin, was unveiled.
2. Japan sends world’s first talking robot into space.
3. Egypt vice presinder ELBaradei resigned.

Sports

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1. India won Bronze Medal at junior women Hockey world cup.
2. Parimarjan Negi won politiken cup.
3. Franklin wins record 6 Golds at world swimming championships.
4. Samantha Stosur won Carlsbad open Tennis Title.
5. Sharapova Tops ‘Forbes’ list of Best paid female athletes.
6. PV Sindhu won Bronze medal at world badminton championships.
7. Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon won women’s singles title after defeated Li Xuerui in the final at the world badminton championships at Guangzhou.
8. China’s Lin Dan reinforced his claim to being the greatest badminton player in history after he defeated arch rival Malanusian Lee Chong wei in the world championship final to become the first man to win five world singles titles.
9. China’s top seeds Xiaoli Wang and Yang Yu won the women’s doubles title after defeated south korea’s Hye Won Eom and Ye Na Jang in final.
10. Hendra Setiawan and Muhammad Ahsan ( Indonesia ) won the title ,after defeated Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen (Denmark) in the final.
11. Tontowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir (Indonesia) won the title ,after defeated Xu Chen and Ma Jin (China) in the final.
12. Arjun Award for virat Kohli, PV Sindhu and Ronjan Sodhi gets Khel Ratna Award.
13. Marion Bartoli retires from Tennis.

Science and Technology

1. Astronomers discovered lowest mass exoplanet around a Sun like star.
2. India launched first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier ‘INS Vikrant’.
3. India successfully test fired capable ‘Prithvi-II’ Missile.
4. Astronomers solved Mystery of Magellanic Stream’s origin.

Books and Authors

1. “My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions” by Abdul Kalam released.
2. Hamid Ansari released Book entitles Ghalib & His Times, a book by Ghalib Institute.
3. The Moonballer book by Nirupama Vaidyanathan launched.

Awards and Honours.

1. Nelson Mandela, former South African President won the insugiral Mahathir Award for global peace.
2. Vijay Singh was names a Recipient of 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Important Dates

1. The French government announced 19 August as the World Photography Day.
2. 12 August is observed as the International Youth Day.
3. International Day of the world’s Indigenous people observed on 9 August.

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Day Wise Current Affairs Topics of 25th August 2013

Day Wise Current Affairs Topics of 25th August 2013

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1. RBI announced auction of two 48-days Government of India Cash Management Bills worth 22000 crore rupees.

2. Taukelina Finikaso visited India from 21 to 25 August 2013. During his visit he discussed important issues of mutual interest with Parneet kaur.

3. Initiative to provide free generic medicines in government hospitals approved by Government. The plan will be operational at an expense of 16000 crore.

4. National Media Center was inaugurated at 7-E, Raisina Road, New Delhi by Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi.

5. MoUs were signed between India and Iraq during the visit of Nasir al-Maliki of Iraq to India. Maliki is the Prime Minister of Iraq.

6. Petroleum Ministry has ordered a high-level inquiry in the HPCL Vikash Refinery blast. About six people were killed and 40 were injured in the accident.

7. Ramya and D.K. Suresh of Congress Party won the Rural Lok Sabha seats of both the Mandya and Bangalore.

8. National Photo Contest organised by the Photo Division, a Media Unit of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on the theme Sustainable Energy for All.

9. Ghalib & His Times, a book by Ghalib Institute was released by Vice President at New Delhi. The book tells the contemporary history.

10. The Reserve Bank of India imposed monetary penalty on six banks for violation of the Know Your Customer (KYC)/Anti Money Laundering guidelines.

11. The World Bank assisted National AIDS Control Support Project was launched by the Department of AIDS Control.

12. Bollywood actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan joined the campaign The World Needs More.

13. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 22 August 2013 announced the National Sports Awards-2013

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Current Affairs / GK News of 23rd and 24th August 2013

Current Affairs of 23rd August 2013

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1. The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a "crime against humanity", UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Friday, adding there was "no time to lose" in investigating an alleged attack which the opposition says killed hundreds.

2. India and ASEAN on Wednesday decided to set a target of $100 billion turnover for the bilateral trade by 2015

3. The government today announced that a a national e-mail policy to protect privacy of email users in the country will be released.

4. Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has been made the Chairman of the Common Minimum Programme implementation committee for Jharkhand.

5. A United Nations committee has found Australia guilty of nearly 150 violations of international law for indefinite detention of 46 refugees.

6. The 19th Delhi Book Fair started off on 23 August 2013 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The theme of the 19th Delhi Book Fair is "Libraries and Readership". The theme will focus on the role of libraries on the Indian society. The book fair will take place till 31 August 2013.

7. The share of Indian immigrants among all foreign born in the US has grown to almost 5 percent of the country's 40.4 million immigrants in 2011, noted an article published in the Migration Policy Institute's online journal, the Migration Information Source.

8. The Cabinet on Thursday approved the bill which entails replacing the collegium system with a Judicial Appointments Commission wherein it will have asay in appointment of judges of the Supreme Court and the 24 high courts.

9. The plane which departed for India on August 20 from Boeing's Long Beach, California, facility joins the first and second India C-17 airlifters, which arrived in June and July, respectively.

10. Kudankulam to start generating 1,000 MW of power by October end

11. Sushil Kumar, 30, said that he was approached through one of his team's foreign coaches to losethe 66kg-category final against Russia's Alan Gogayev.

12. India surpass Japan to become third largest Internet population.

13. According to ComScore, an American Internet analytics firm, Yahoo has grabbed the top slot among the 50 best US internet properties in the monthly report for July, released on Wednesday. Yahoo has recorded 196,564,000 unique visitors in last month. Google is lagging slightly behind with 192,251,000 visitors.

14. The head of World Footbal's governing body FIFA says he is increasingly confident that Brazil will host a successful 2014 World Cup.

Current Affairs of 24th August 2013

1. The Nation on Friday pays tribute to Rajguru, one of the greatest Indian revolutionary of modern India, on his 105th birth anniversary.

2. The Reserve Bank has imposed monetary penalty worth 6 crore 50 lakh rupees on six banks for violating Know Your Customer guidelines.

3. India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves increased by $205.8 million to $278.80 billion for the week ended Aug 16, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

4. A state-of-the art National Media Centre comparable to those in capitals across the world was inaugurated Saturday, with an impressive conference hall, workplace for the media, a library,cafeteria and high-speed internet.

5. China:Typhoon Trami hits central Hunan Province, affects 3.61 lakh people.

6. Justice RC Gandhi to head one-man Commission to probe Kishtwar Violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

7. Goodwill gesture: Pakistan releases 362 Indian nationals. As a good will gesture amidst tension at the border in Kashmir, Pakistan has repatriated 362 Indian nationals through Wagah-Attari joint check post, today.

8. The ninth Men's Asia Cup hockey tournament kicked off at Ipoh in Malaysia today. Young striker Mandeep Singh netted a hat-trick as India hammered Oman 8-0 to start their 9th Asia Cup Hockey Championship campaign on a perfect note at the Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium.

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Current Affairs 21st and 22nd August 2013 Daily GK News

Current Affairs of 21st August 2013

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1. Citizens can now file RTI applications online in all central government ministries and departments through a portal. The facility will be launched by the Minister of State for Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions, V Narayanasamy in New Delhi this evening. At present, it is available only to 40 ministries, departments and commissions.

2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced its decision to buy long-term government bonds worth Rs 80 billion (nearly $1.3bn) to pump more liquidity into the country's banking system.

3. Government has decided to set up a 20 member committee to make in-depth analysis of the reasons for backlog in filling up of reserved vacancies. The committee headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will suggest measures to enhance the employability of reserved category candidates.

4. The Reserve Bank of India, RBI has further relaxed the Statutory Liquidity Ratio, SLR to provide more funds to banks for lending.

5. Market regulator SEBI has allowed mutual funds to trade directly on debt platforms of recognised stock exchanges.

6. The United States has imposed economic sanctions on a Pakistani Islamic school in Peshawar. The US Treasury describes the Ganj Madrassa in the city as a terrorist training centre which provides support to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

7. India welcomes BRICS Biz Council pact to partner for African development.

8. The state-owned iron National Mineral Development Corporation Power Ltd. today signed an Mou with the IL&FS Energy Development Ltd to set up a 500-MW power plant at Gonda in Uttar Pradesh.

9. Government says Sex Ratio in country has increased to 943 females per thousand males as per latest Census report.

10. Virat Kohli at sixth position in ICC T20 rankings. At eighth, Suresh Raina is the second Indian batsman in thetop-10 with Yuvraj Singh being a distant next best at 16th. but there is no Indian presence in the top-10 of the bowlers' list in the latest ICC Twenty20 Rankings issued on Wednesday.

11. Famed Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram on Wednesday announced that he had married his Australian girlfriend, Shaniera Thompson, saying he has started a new life on a happy note.

12. Rupee ends at all-time low of 64.11 against dollar.

Current Affairs of 22st August 2013

1. Veteran leader Robert Mugabe was sworn in as Zimbabwe's president for another five-year term on Thursday.

2. The 5th India-China Strategic Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 20 August 2013. Maintaining peace and tranquility along the Line of Actual Control in the border areas figured prominently during the talks.

3. The second South Asian Diaspora Convention (SADC) will be hosted by Singapore. The event will be organised by The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) on 21-23 November 2013 and it will be on the theme of Connecting Global South Asians.

4. Nearly three months after he had to resign as Union Law minister in a blaze of controversy, Ashwani Kumar has been appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his Special Envoy to visit Japan in the rank of a Cabinet Minister.

5. Tata Steel on 22 August 2013 was adjudged the Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant in the country for the year 2011-12 based on the recommendations made by a Panel of Judges that selected companies for the Prime Minister`s Trophy awards for the year 2011-12.

6. The comprehensive economic partnership agreement between India and ASEAN has inched closer with ministers of both sides endorsing the final text of the pact in Brunei.

7. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on Wednesday imposed a penalty of 3.10 crore rupees on Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance for violation of various norms, including those related to early-death claims and group insurance.

8. Russian world number three Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the US Open because of a right shoulder injury, tournament organizers have announced.

9. Sensex surges almost 300 points; Rupee hits all-time low of 65 rupees 12 paise against the dollar.

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Daily Current Affairs 20th August 2013 GK News

Daily Current Affairs 20th August 2013 GK News

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1. Delhi government is all set to launch food security programme from 20 August 2013. Delhi will be the first state in India to launch Union government’s food security programme.

2. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 19 August, 2013 aborted the launch of its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), the GSLV-D5 mission that was to place in orbit an advanced communication satellite from Sriharikota.

3. 37 people were crushed to death at Dhamara Ghat railway station in Bihar’s Khagaria district by a superfast express train on 19 August, 2013. Which train was involved in this accident?
Saharsa – Patna Rajya Rani Express

4. A software tool that can control and reduce the outbreak of Mosquito-borne diseases by data mining (Knowledge Discovering) has been developed by scientists of the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) Hyderabad.

5. Who recently took over as the new Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament at Geneva? – D. Bala Venkatesh Varma (Varma is a 1988-batch officer of the India Foreign Service (IFS))

6. Kush Kumar of India won gold in Men’s Singles Squash at the second Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China on 19 August 2013. This is the India’s first gold in and overall fourth medal at the second Asian Youth Games.

7. Usain Bolt of Jamaica equalled the world record of highest golds after winning the 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships on 18 August 2013 at Moscow, Russia.

8. The Supreme Court of India in the third week of August 2013 directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the State of Uttarakhand not to grant (any further) environmental/forest clearances to any of the hydroelectric power projects in Uttarakhand, till further orders.

9. Scientists from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) explained that seagrass can play a crucial role in fighting against the climate change because the plant is 35 times better in locking the carbon than the rainforests.

10. A CAG report tabled in the Parliament on 13 August 2013 concluded that the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) failed to spend a single rupee between 2009 and 2012 from the Relief to and Rehabilitation of Rape Victims.

11. Thirty-Seven pilgrims which included women as well as children were killed when the Saharsa-Patna Rajyarani Express ploughed on them at the speed of 80 kmph on 19 August 2013. The accident took place at Bihar's Khagaria district.

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18th and 19th August 2013 Current Affairs on Daily News

18th and 19th August 2013 Current Affairs on Daily News

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1. Today is World Humanitarian Day. This day is observed on the 19th of August every year to recognise those people who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes. The theme for this year is - The World Needs More.

2. World Photography Day Celebrated Across the Globe. The French government announced 19 August as the World Photography Day.

3. First BRICS Business Council meets will be held in South Africa on monday to identify specific measures to eliminate barriers to growing trade and investment.

4. The insurance arm of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group has announced its entry into India's agriculture insurance business, saying it would offer farmers insurance cover for their crops against adverse weather conditions.

5. Shri Ratan Thiyam has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National School of Drama Society. The President of India has appointed Shri Thiyam for a period off our years as per the relevant Rules and Regulations of the Society.

6. India and Bangladesh today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further enhance cooperation in the textiles sector.

7. Professor of economics, conservationist and mountaineer Harshwanti Bisht was selected on 12 August 2013 to receive the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal.

8. Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions by former President of India, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (APJ Abdul Kalam, for short) was launched in the month of August 2013 by the Rupa Publication.

9. In Nepal, the private sector power promoters, Independent Power Producers Association (IPPAN) is to host the Power Summit 2013 on the 26th and 27th of this month.

10. India's Satywart Kadian has won a bronze medal in the 96-kg freestyle category at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

11. Second seed Victoria Azarenka defeated World No. 1 Serena Williams to win her first Western and Southern Open tennis title.

12. At least 35 pilgrims were killed and over a dozen injured on Monday when they were run over by a speeding train in Bihar's Khagaria district.

13. The Indian space agency Monday called off the launch of its heavy rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D5) due to leak in the second-stage engine.

14. UP govt to provide educational assistance to the girls of minority communities under its scheme “Apni Beti-Uska Kal”.

15. World Athletics C'ships: Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt equals world record of eight Gold medals after he anchored his country's 4x100m relay team to victory. He has now joined Allyson Felix, Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson. In the event beside The Jamaican relay team winning Gold,The US claimed Silver, while Bronze medal went to Canada.

16. Well aware that it is its last chance to qualify for next year’s World Cup, the Indian men’s hockey team on Friday left for Ipoh, Malaysia to participate in the eight-nation Asia Cup to be held from August 24 to September 1.

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Current Affairs 17th August 2013 - Daily GK Updates and Business News

Current Affairs 17th August 2013 - Daily GK Updates and Business News

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1. Senior IPS officer Dilip Trivedi,a 1978-batch officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed as the new chief of the country's largest paramilitary force CRPF.

2. D. Bala Venkatesh Varma, a Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1988 batch, appointed as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva.

3. The Export-Import Bank of India has extended a $125 million Line of Credit (LOC) to the Government of Sudan for financing the Mashkour Sugar Project in Sudan.

4. For the first time, Election Commission to use paper trail method in Nagaland by-polls. The system, called the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail system (VVPAT),will accompany the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).

5. Delhi Police has arrested "Abdul Karim Tunda" alias Abdul Quddooss, an expert bomb maker of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and one of India’s top 20 wanted terrorists, and mastermind of over 40 bombings in the country, from the India-Nepal border.

6. An Indian-American professor of biological and agricultural engineering has been recognised for lifetime achievement by a top US environmental and water resources institute.

7. The world's top two tennis players, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, both suffered shock defeats Friday, while Rafael Nadal stormed back to beat longtime rival Roger Federer at the Cincinnati Masters.

8. Former Bengal Cricketer and Coach Kalyan Mitter passed away on 16 August 2013 in Kolkata. He was 79.

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Current Affairs of 15th and 16th August 2013 - Independence Day Happenings

Current Affairs of 15th and 16th August 2013 - Independence Day Happenings

1. India celebrated its 67th Independence Day on 15th August with enthusiasm.

2. Union Territory of Pudducherry celebrates its 52nd De-Jure or legal merger with Indian Union Day today. It is on this day in 1962 the French Parliament ratified a treaty signed by India and France in this regard.

3. India assured Bhutan of assistance in financing, executing and monitoring its 11th Five Year Plan in a proficient and effective way.

4. UNICEF will conduct a nationwide survey on child trafficking in India.

5. The Central Government raised customs duty on gold, silver and platinum to 10 percent in a bid to curb the surging imports and burgeoning Current Account Deficit.

6. India has signed a loan agreement of 100 million US dollar with the World Bank for its Low Income Housing Finance Project. The objective of the project is to provide access to sustainable housing finance for low income households to purchase, build or upgrade their dwellings.

7. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on 14 August 2013 unveiled the second phase of comprehensive multi-media initiative Glimpses of the India Story.

8. Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram launched the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme in New Delhi today. This scheme is likely to benefit about one million young men and women in the next 12 months.

9. 50,000 girl students in Tripura living below the poverty line would get a bicycle each free as an incentive to reduce the school drop out rate, CM Manik Sarkar said.

10. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Minister for Foreign Affairs and African Integration of Republic of Chad, paid an official visit to India.

11. Cracking down on corruption inthe Bangladesh Premier League, the ICC on Tuesday provisionally suspended seven unnamed individuals for match-fixing-related offences while two others were charged for failing to report "corrupt approaches" that were made to them.

12. French Lawn Tennis Player and Wimbledon 2013 (Women’s Singles) winner Marion Bartoli announced her retirement on 14 August 2013, during the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Centre in Cincinnati, Ohio.

13. India 'A' on Wednesday clinched the cricket tri-series title with a comfortable 50-run victory over Australia 'A' in a low-scoring final,relying on a clinical display by their bowlers.

14. Paralympic swimmer Sharath Gayakwad has finished seventh inthe 100m breastroke finals at the IPC World Swimming Championships in Montreal, Canada.

15. The Supreme Court today refused to interfere in the case of IAS Officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, whose suspension by the Uttar Pradesh government last month led to widespread outrage across the country.

16. Gold prices breached the psychological Rs. 30,000 barrier in first hour of trade on the Multi Commodity Exchange on Friday.

17. World Bank to provide 100 million dollars loan to India for housing of low income families.

18. Rupee drops to an all-time low of 62 per dollar.

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Important Current Affairs of 14th August 2013

Important Current Affairs of 14th August 2013

1. Our patience has limits: President Pranab Mukherjee's firm message to Pakistan

2. Ahead of India's Independence Day celebrations this week, Google announced to launch "Google Impact Challenge in India,"inviting Indian nonprofits to tell how they would use technology to improve people's lives.

3. In one of the worst disasters to have struck the Indian Navy, a series of explosions rocked its submarine INS Sindhurakshak at the dockyard in Mumbai around midnight, sinking it partially in the shallow sea, in which 18 personnel including three officers are feared killed.

4. The government on Tuesday said that Reserve Bank will examine financials of 34,754 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to ascertain their eligibility.

5. Rising for the second consecutive month, inflation shot up to 5.79 percent in July, driven largely by double digit rise in prices of food articles, mainly vegetables, including onion.

6. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Centre signed an agreement for US $300 million additional loan to upgrade 254 kilometres of deteriorated highways in northern and southern Bihar.

7. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released sample questions of the newly introduced paper on Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for the Civil Services Examination.

8. In Punjab, fearing trouble from some anti-social elements, Stri Shakti, an NGO providing mid-day meal in six districts has decided to wind up their operations.

9. The Minority Development Department of Assam governmenthas achieved grand success in implementing the several development schemes among the poor, rural minority people in Morigaon district of central Assam.

10. Jwala Gutta-led Krrish Delhi Smashers will lock horns with Ashwini Ponnappa's Pune Pistonsin the tournament opener of the inaugural Indian Badminton League (IBL) which kicks off in New Delhi on Wednesday.

11. India's Vikas Gowda settled for a seventh-place finish with a moderate throw in the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow on Tuesday.

12. Ireland's Robert Heffernan today won the 50 kilometres walk title at the Athletics World Championships being held in Moscow.

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Important Happenings of 11th and 12th August 2013

Following are the various important news and happenings and current affairs for the 11th and 12th of August.

1. International Youth Day(12 Aug) is being observed today across the globe. The theme this year is -- Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward.

2. Janata Party was merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on11 August 2013 following a meeting of Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy and BJP President Rajnath Singh.

3. India on Monday launched its first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, joining the elite club of nations with the capability of designing and building a warship of this size and capability. Defence Minister A K Antony's wife Elizabeth launched the 37,500-tonne carrier at Kochi shipyard almost four-and-a-half years after its keel was laid by the minister.

4. Govt introduces Bill in Lok Sabha to amend SEBI laws. The Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2013, was introduced by Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena. The Bill is to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 and the Depositories Act, 1996.

5. A bill to amend the Right to Information Act 2005, RTI Amendment 2013 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of State for Personnel Mr. V Narayanasamy.

6. India on 12 August 2013 successfully test-fired indigenously-developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile from a military base in Odisha.

7. Sowjanya Bavisetti of India has emerged winner in the 10,000 dollar Internalional Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Tennis Tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

8. Serena Williams crushed Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-0 in the final of the women's Rogers Cup to capture her 54th WTA singles title.

9. India, on 11 August 2013 named Sardar Singh as the captain of the 18-member squad in the Asia Cup hockey tournament, which is scheduled to take place from 24 August 2013 to 1 September 2013 in Ipoh, Malaysia.

10. Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt lifted track and field out of the doping doldrums as he reclaimed his world 100m title in emphatic style on Sunday.

11. Sagarika Ghosh on 11 August 2013 won the Cadet Girls singles title

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Daily Current Affairs : 10th August 2013

Important Current Affairs of 10th August 2013.

1. The Parliament has passed the historic Companies Bill 2012, moved by Sachin Pilot, Minister of Corporate Affairs.

2. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) liquidity tightening measures may have an adverse impact on the country's already sluggish economic growth, which could fall below 5 per cent, experts warned.

3. Bhutan's new Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay will embark on his maiden visit to India next week during which he would discussed issues like rupee crunch and funds for the Himalayan nation's 11th five-year plan with Indian leadership.

4. India signed a Protocol amending the India – Morocco Double Taxation Avoidance Convention(DTAC). The Protocol was signed by Dr Sudha Sharma, Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes on behalf of Government of India and Mr. Larbi Reffouh, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to India on behalf of Government of the Kingdom of Morocco.
5. In a major step towards completing its nuclear triad, India activated the atomic reactor on-board the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant paving the way for its operational deployment by the Navy.

6. Vinod Prakash Sharma an eminent scientist on 9 August 2013 won the Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science and Technology 2013. He received the award for his contribution in the field of basic and applied research of Malaria and Vector Biology.

7. Sudhakar Jayant has won gold medal at the IWF World Masters weightlifting championships, held in Turin, Italy.

8. World Badminton Championships: PV Sindhu loses to fourth seed Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon in semifinals, finishes with bronze.

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Current Affairs of 9th August 2013 - Important GK Updates on EID

Wish you all Happy Eid from Edugrip Team.

These are Important Current Affairs of 9th August 2013

1. Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated across the country on Friday with religious fervour and gaiety which marks the culmination of the holy month of Ramzan.

2. August 9 is the 71st anniversary of the Quit India Movement, which Mahatma Gandhi called the biggest struggle of his life. In August 1942, Gandhiji launched the Quit India Movement(“Bharat Chhodo Andolan”).

3. Nagasaki’s mayor criticized Japan’s government for a lack of effort on international nuclear disarmament as the country marked the 68th anniversary on Friday of the atomic bombing on the city.

4. Paving the way for setting up of all-women bank, the government on Thursday approved Rs 1,000-crore seed capital for Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd.

5. Faced with a weakening rupee, the Reserve Bank on Thursday announced it will sell government bonds worth Rs 22,000 crore every Monday to check volatility in the forex market.

6. LIC Housing Finance Ltd has launched a public deposit scheme‘Sanchay’ whereby it will offer the highest interest rate of 9.5 per cent on five-year deposits.

7. Nirupama Sanjeev (Vaidyanathan), the former Tennis Player from India on 5 August 2013 released her book, The Moonballer. The book was launched by the tennis ace Vijay Amritraj in Chennai.

8. Noted Marathi singer-actor Jaimala Shiledar passed away in Pune on Thursday following a brief illness, her family said.She was 88.

9. In view of increasing instances of physical attacks on women, the DRDO has developed a chilli-spray for protection using the world's hottest chilli grown in Assam, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

10. Bhumi Sena Scheme was launched in Uttar Pradesh on 8 August 2013 by the Chief Minister of the State, Akhilesh Yadav.

11. India's shuttle queen Saina Nehwal and P. Kashyap were knocked out of the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China today.

12. P V Sindhu enters semifinals of World Badminton Championships, ensures a medal for India.

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Important GK Current Affairs of 6th and 7th August 2013

Important GK Current Affairs of 6th and 7th August 2013

Current Affairs 7th August 2013

1. Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram G Rajan has been appointed as the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Mr. Rajan will replace D. Subbarao, who completes his five-year term on September 4, 2013 and will be the 23rd Governor of the central bank.

2. Telecommunication major Vodafone India in association with ICICI bank has started a unique money transfer and payment service “M-Pesa” in Bihar and Jharkhand where banking network and financial penetrationis inadequate, particularly, in rural areas.

3. Japan marked the 68th anniversary today of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a somber ceremony to honour the dead and pledges to seek to eliminate nuclear weapons.

4. Five soldiers killed in an attack by Pak troops on Indian post along LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

5. Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi, the chess player from India won the Denmark's Politiken Cupat Copenhagen, Denmark by gaining 9 out of the total possible 10 points.

6. England retained the Ashes after rain meant the third Test against Australia at Old Trafford ended in a draw on Monday.

7. Mumbai's D Y Patil Stadium is likely to host the opening match of the inaugural IPL-style football league that commences from 18th January, 2014.

8. Devendra Jhajharia, the first differently-abled Indian to win a gold at the Para Athletics World Championships, will be rewarded Rs five lakh by the Railways for his feat in the recently-held sixth edition of the event in Lyon, France.

Current Affairs 7th August 2013

1. Today is the 72nd death anniversary of ‘Kabiguru’ Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, philosopher, artist, playwright, composer and novelist.

2. RBI imposes Rs 5.6 lakh fine on SBI for violation of norms

3. The Government introduced the National Food Security Bill 2013 inthe Lok Sabha today. It replaces an Ordinance promulgated earlier.

4. Government has not liberalized FDI regime in print and electronic media in view of concerns expressed by the home ministry Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

5. The Ministry of Rural Development on 6 August 2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pradan, a non-governmental organization.

6. In Gujarat, retired justice R A Mehta has refused to take charge of State Lokayukta of Gujarat despite the clearance from the Supreme Court.

7. Government has launched a National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP),a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme during 12th Plan to give further impetus to the food processing sector.

8. Japan unveiled “Izumo”, its biggest warship since World War IIamid tensions with China following maritime skirmishes between the two nations over disputed islands. The ship is nearly 250 meters (820 feet) long,is designed to carry up to 14 helicopters.

9. A modern and sophisticated breast milk bank, stated to be the first in India in the public sector, was inaugurated on Wednesday at the premier state-run SSKM hospital by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

10. Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova topped the Forbes list of highest-paid female athletes for the ninth straight year. According to Forbes, Sharapova earned 29 million US dollars between June 2012 and June 2013. The 26-year-old's earnings came from prize money and endorsement deals.

11. The Union Cabinet has given nod to the proposal to divest 10% government stake in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).

12. Congress constitutes four member committee chaired by A. K. Antony to hear concerns over Telengana statehood.

13. Rupee tumbles 53 paise, to a fresh closing low of 61.30 against the dollar.

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Important Current Affairs of 5th August 2013

Important Current Affairs of 5th August 2013

1. Arundhati Bhattacharya on 2 August 2013 was appointed the managing director and chief financial officer of the State Bank of India(SBI). She is the first female managing director at SBI which is India's largest bank. She succeeded Diwakar Gupta who retired a couple of days ago.

2. Samantha Power on 2 August 2013 took oath to the office of US ambassador to United Nations. Vice-President, Joe Biden administered her, the oath to the office in a ceremony at the White House.

3. Hassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric who was a surprise winner in the recent elections, took oath on Sunday as Iran's seventh President at a ceremony attended by a galaxy of world leaders, including Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India.

4. Poonam Dhull(24), a daughter of a driver employed with the Haryana government has bagged a scholarship of USD 50,000 for pursuing a PhD in Chemistry from University of South Carolina, USA.

5. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja on Sunday became the first Indian bowler to top the bowlers' chart in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings after former captain Anil Kumble claimed the pole position way back in 1996.

6. The BWF World Badminton Championships 2013 kicked off in Guangzhou, China today. World Number 3 Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, P. Kashyap and Ajay Jayaram are the Indian shuttlers who are participating in the 7-day tournament.

7. The Government has decided to set up two new major ports –one each at Sagar in West Bengal and the other at Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

8. Karnataka became the first state in the country to establish State Natural Calamities Relief fund of 125 crore rupees .

9. Indian girls created history by winning country's first ever bronze medal in the junior women hockey World Cup held in Monchengladbach, Germany on Sunday.

10. Indian chess player Parimarjan Negi has won "Politiken Cup" in Denmark. He had won the same tournament in 2009.

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Day Wise Important Current Affairs of 2nd and 3rd August 2013

Day Wise Important Current Affairs of 2nd and 3rd August 2013.

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Current Affairs 3rd August 2013

1. Dadra and Nagar Haveli celebrated its 60th Liberation Day on 2 August 2013. The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli were liberated from the Portuguese rule.

2. Providing immunity to political parties from Right to Information Act (RTI), the Cabinet gave its nod to amend the transparency law to keep them out of its ambit by declaring that they are not public authorities.

3. In yet another step to rescue the battered rupee, the Reserve Bank of India, on Thursday, tightened hedging rules by making it mandatory for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to obtain consent of holders of participatory note (P-Note) and derivative instruments before hedging.

4. Cabinet Approves interest subvention scheme to provide short-term crop loans to farmers at interest rate of 7 per cent per annum.

5. The Union Government of India on 1 August 2013 relaxed the norms for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the multi-brand retail.

6. The executive committee of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) on 2 August 2013 approved a proposal to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from 26 percent to 49 percent in print media.

7. Former Maharashtra Minister and leading figure in co-operative movement in Vidarbha region, Chatrapal Anand alias Babasaheb Kedar, passed away in wee hours today at a private hospital after a prolonged illness.

8. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated two projects of PSU BHEL in Thirumayam at Puthukottai district. Dr. Singh dedicated BHEL's Rs 1,000 crore High Pressure Boiler Plant Unit-II, a greenfield initiative,and the Rs 300 crore power plant piping unit to the Nation.

9. Punjab govt appoints elder daughter of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Swapandeep Kaur as Naib Tehsildar. CM Mr. Parkash Singh Badal personally handed over the appointment letter to her in Jalandhar.

10. N. Srinivasan has dropped his bid to reinstate himself as BCCI President after the under-fire Board called off its Working Committee meeting in New Delhi.

11. India won four medals, including a gold, at the Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship which concluded at Ulaanbaatar, (Mongolia) on Friday.

Current Affairs 3rd August 2013

1. In a bid to allay concerns over issuing new bank licences to companies, RBI Governor D Subbarao on Friday said corporates will bring in large amounts of capital and make the sector more competitive.

2. Veteran music director V Dakshinamoorthy passed away at his residence in Mylapore, Chennai last evening. He was 94.

3. Runa Laila, the SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS visited India from 31 July 2013 to 2 August 2013. The objective of the visit was to extend support to the cause of HIV/AIDS especially on the issues of Stigma and Discrimination related to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV).

4. The Director of Agni Missile Project, Defence Research and Development Organisation- Tessy Thomas announced on 2 August 2013 that the Agni V missile would become operational by 2015, with two or three successful test firings.

5. Rajeev Rishi took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India on 1 August 2013. His appointment is for a period of five years.

6. USA star Ryan Lochte swam through the pain barrier to win two golds on Friday at the world championships as he followed his 200m backstroke victory with 4x200m freestyle relay gold.

7. India’s DRDO develops Explosive Detection Kit, US to manufacture. In a reverse technology sharing between India and the US, the kit developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation - DRDO - will help in quick detection and identification of combinations of explosives.

8. Soumya Swaminathan has lifted the 40th National Women Challengers Chess championship title in Pune.

9. India have made a clean sweep of the five match ODI cricket series against Zimbabwe.

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1st August 2013 Current Affairs - GK Updates for SSC, IBPS Exams

Current Affairs 1st August 2013 on Daily GK Updates and Business News. These Current Affairs will very helpful for upcoming Compititive exams. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Exams Preparations.

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1. Bhim Sain Bassi, the 1977-batch IPS officer of AGMU (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories) cadre took over the charge as the next Delhi Police Commissioner on 31 July 2013. He succeeded Neeraj Kumar.

2. The Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar retired from his office on 31 July 2013. He served to the police force for 37 years. His tenure as the Delhi Police commissioner was 13 months. He will be succeeded by Bhim Sain Bassi.

3. Faced with a tight liquidity condition, two leading private sector banks --HDFC Bank and Axis Bank-- have raised fixed deposit rates by up to 4 per cent, a move which may be followed by others.

4. The 1976 batch Indian Foreign Service officer Sujatha Singh today assumed charge as India’s new foreign secretary. He will have a fixed tenure of two years.

5. The National Teeka Express was launched by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister of Health &Family Welfare at Alwar, Rajasthan today. It has been launched to protect children from life-threatening childhood diseases.

6. The British government Thursday appointed Kumar Iyer, an Indian origin official, as director general for UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) in India.

7. French cosmetics giant L'Oreal has appointed Jean-Christophe Letellier as its Managing Director in India.

8. Karnataka CM K Siddaramaiah launches "Ksheera Bhagya scheme". Over 65 lakh school children in 51,000 Government schools and 39 lakh children in anganwadi centres across the State will now receive 150 ml of milk three times a week under this scheme.

9. India's number one snooker player, Aditya Mehta on 31 July 2013 clinched the gold medal in the World Games, beating China's Liang Wenbo, 3-0, in the final of the quadrennial event at Cali, Columbia.

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