July 2013 Month Wise Current Affairs - National and International

July 2013 Month Wise National and International Current Affairs. Here are all the important issues and current affairs for the month July 2013 including sports,national,international,important persons etc.

Books and Authors

• The pity of Partition written by Ayesha Jalal.
• An Uncertain Glory has been written by Amartya Sen
• The Lost Fragrance written by Amit Das Gupta
• The heart is Nobel written by Ogyen Trinley Dorje.
• The future of Indian Agriculture written by Y K Alagh.
• The Secret of leadership written by Prakash Ayyar.
• The Secret Gardener written by Kalpana Swaminathan.
• The king of Style: Michael Jackson is biography of Michael Jackson written by Michael Bush.
• Healing Memories written by Zeenat Shaukat Ali.
• Dard – E – Dil Likhoon Kab Tak is a book written by Rukhsar Amrohi and unveiled by vice president Hamid Ansari.
 

Awards and Honors

• IIFA Awards
• Best Film - Barfi
• Best Actress – Vidya Balan for Kahaani
• Best Actor – Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi
• Best special Effects – Ek Tha Tiger
• Best Choreography – Ganesh Acharya for Agneepath
• Best Director - Anuyrag Basu for Barfi
• Zubin Mehta, western classical music conductor of india-parsi prigin, will be honoured with the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013
• RealVNC was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for outstading innovation, commercial success and contribution to society.
• Kolkata born chemist and physicist Sunetra Gupta has joined leading female scientists like Marie Curie at the art exhibition at the prestigious Royal Society.
• Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who uncovered the most extensive US global electronic surveillance programmes, has been awarded German “Whistleblower Prize” for year 2013 worth $3,900 in absentia.
• Ajay Singh, A Catholic priest in Odisha has been awarded the Minority Rights Day Award by the National Minority Commission.
• Fortune Magazine rated TCS as the most reputed company of India, TCS has left behind TATA Steel for this title.
• Amjad Ali Khan was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award.
• Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri featured for Man Booker Prize 2013.
• Four Indian American Professors namely Kannan Soundarajan, Rajeev Alur, Salil P Vadhan and Senthil Todadri won Simons Investigators Award.
• Indian Sand Artist Sudarshan Patnaik won gold medal at 12th International Sand Art Competition in Saint Petersburg Russia.
• Indian film director Maghur Bhandarkar honoured by New York Citizen Achievement Award.
• Shalini singh, a Deputy Editor with The Hindu, has been given the Prem Bhatia Award for political Reporting.

 

Sports

• Spain won under – 21 European Football Championship by beating Italy.
• ICC launches official website for world cup 2015.
• India’s K. Jennitha Anto wins IPCA World Women’s Chess Championship.
• K.D.Singh is the new president for the IHF (Indian Hockey Federation )
• Krishna Kaushik was appointed as Coach of India Men’s Hockey Senior Team.
• Indian boxer Shiva Thapa won gold in Asian Boxing Championship organized in Jordan.
• 21st Asian Table tennis championship was held in Bussan, South Korea. China won most medals.
• Andy Murray is the first Briton to win Wimbeldon Men’s Singles Trophy in 77 years.
• Aussie Spinner Shane Warne included in ICC Hall of Fame.

 

Important Days

• 1 July is celebrated as National Doctors Day.
• 4 July – Independence day of United States of America. USA got independence from kingdom of Great Britain on 4 July 1776.
• 11 July – World Population Day. It is celebrated from 11 July 1987 when world’s population became 5 Billion.
• 12 July is declared by United Nations as Malala Day.
• 18th July is International Nelson Mandela Day.
• 26th July is celebrated as Kargil Vijay Divas
• 27th July is India’s National Dance Day.
• 28th July is the world’s Nature Conservation Day.

 

Persons in News

• Prince Philippe was sworn in as the new king of Belgium on 21 July 2013.
• Raghuram Rajan appointed as the next RBI Governor.
• Arundhari Bharracharya is the new managing director of SBI
• Rajeev Rishi appointed as Chairman and MD of Central Bank of India.
• India born Mamnoon Hussain elected as 12th Pakistani president.
• Sujata Singh designated to be the next Foreign Secretary of India.
• Douglas Engelbart, the father of computer mouse died at age of 88.
• Sardar Ramesh singh Arora became the first sikh ever to be a member in Assembly of Pakistan’s Punjab province.
• Hemant Soren sworn in as Ninth Chief minister of Jharkhand.
• Sureah Chandra Mohanty – The new president of Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI).
• Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil appointed new Governor of Sikkim.
• Olympic gold medallist Maharaj Kishan Kaushik appointed coach of Indian Hockey Team
• P Sathasivam is the new chief justice of India.

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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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Current Affairs 30th July 2013 UGC, SSC, UPSC Exams Preprations

Current Affairs 30th July 2013 UGC, SSC, UPSC Exams Preprations

1. Reserve Bank keeps key interest rates unchanged in its Monetary Policy review and revises growth projection to 5.5 per cent for 2013-14 from 5.7 per cent.

2. Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan will be honoured with the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award for promotion of communal harmony peace and goodwill. The award carries a citation and cash prize of 5 lakh rupees.

3. India-born Mamnoon Hussain, a close aide of Prime Minister Nawqaz Sharif, was today elected as the 12 th President of Pakistan and will replace the incumbent, Asif Ali Zardari, in September.

4. "Metro Man" E. Sreedharan has been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak award for 2013 for his outstanding contribution to society. He is considered as the architect of the ambitious Delhi metro project

5. Public sector banks have been asked to set up ATMs in all branches by March, 2014 by Finance minister P Chidambaram.

6. Indian multinational oil and gas company, Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has signed an agreement to explore hiring Reliance Industries' unutilised production facilities on the east to quickly bring to production its gas finds in the Krishna Godavari basin.

7. The second triangular partnership programme involving India, the US and African nations, which aims to improve agricultural productivity and support market institutions in Kenya, Liberia and Malawi was launched in Jaipur on Tuesday.

8. Google India on Tuesday introduced its 'Start Searching India' campaign in Bhopal to help internet users get the most out of the web with its search tool.

9. Angelina Jolie returns to the top of the Forbes' highest paid actress list after a three year break since her last big-budget movie "The Tourist".

10. Lithuanian breast stroke specialist Ruta Meilutyte on Monday became the first swimmer to break a world recordat the 15th FINA World Championships as she won the 100 metres in one minute 04.35 seconds.

11. 15th World Cup Championship 2015 to open with India-Pak clash.

12. India wins South Asian Football Federation Championship defeating Nepal 1-0.

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Current Affairs 28th and 29th July 2013 - Daily GK Updates for UGC NET Exams

Current Affairs 28th and 29th July 2013 - Daily GK Updates for UGC NET Exams

1. World Hepatitis Day was observed across the world on 28 July 2013. The theme for the year 2013 is "This is Hepatitis, Know it, Confront it".

2. World Tiger Day observed today in the country as elsewhere in the world underlining the need for protecting the endangered tiger species against total extinction.

3. India's Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System , the PINAKA , has undergone successful firing trials at Chandhan area in Pokhran field firing ranges.

4. US President Barack Obama has nominated Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former president John F Kennedy, as his next envoy to Japan.

5. Four Indian-American Professors Kannan Soundararajan, Rajeev Alur, Salil P Vadhan and Senthil Todadri in fourth week of July 2013 won Simons Investigators Awards 2013.

6. India and Senegal have signed athree-year pact to further expand cultural exchanges.

7. Reliance Power on Monday said its 45-MW wind power project at Vashpet in Maharashtra has commenced operations.

8. India women finish 7th in World Junior Squash Championships.

9. Punjab has lifted Federation Cup Hockey title.In a final match played at the Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi today, Punjab defeated Uttar Pradeshin penalty shoot out by 5-4.

10. Trinamool MP K D Singh was on Monday named as president of the Indian Hockey Federation after incumbent Dinesh Reddy opted to resign from the position.

11. The decks were on Sunday cleared for President-in-exile N Srinivasan's possible return to the BCCI top post after a two-judge probe panel found no evidence against his team Chennai Super Kings in the T20 spot-fixing and betting scandal which rocked the sixth edition of the event.

12. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved the Jet-Etihad proposal today.

13. Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to clinch his first victory of a frustrating season.

14. National Sailing Championship: Jasvir Singh clinches crown in Standard section

15. Top-seeded John Isner won the Atlanta Open on Sunday, beating second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) in the tallest final in ATP history.

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Daily Current Affairs 25th July 2013

1. Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri’s "The Lowland" has been listed among 13 novels longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013.

2. Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who exposed the widest US global surveillance operations, was on 25 July 2013 awarded German Whistle blower Prize 2013 worth 3900 Dollars in absentia.

3. India and Belarus signed a protocol on 24 July 2013 to enhance trade ties during the sixth session of the Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation held in New Delhi.

4. Assam government said that would roll out Food Security scheme from November to cover about 2.25 crore people in the state.

5. President Pranab Mukherjee marked one year in office today with inaugurating a library and sports ground. He also unveiled a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi near the historic Durbar Hall of the President's house.

6. Chris Froome from Britain has won the 100th edition of the Tourde France. It was Britain's second successive victory in the race. Earlier in year 2012 Sir Bradley Wiggin, Froome's Team Sky colleague became the first Briton to win Tour de France.

7. India hold on to third spot in ICC T20 rankings.

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Daily Current Affairs 24th July 2013 on GK Updates

Important CURRENT AFFAIRS : 24th July 2013.

1. India has been ranked third in the Global Consumer Confidence Index according to latest survey by the Nielsen.

2. Afghanistan's first and only female governor and a humanitarian worker from the Kachin minority in Myanmar, Habiba Sarabi, is among this year's recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

3. Ford Motor Company joined the Voluntary India Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programme in India on23 July 2013. Voluntary reporting enables a complete transparency in terms of the carbon dioxide emissions.

4. Former Prime Minister and senior leader of CPN-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal is scheduled to arrive for a five-day official visit to India on Wednesday.

5. Russian pole vault queen and double Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva has announced that she would be retiring after her home World Athletics Championships, which would take place in Moscow in August.

6. A Mumbai court framed charges against actor Salman Khan on Wednesday, for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the 2002 hit-and-run case, for which he may face a jail term upto 10 years.

7. Government has approved Free Trade LPG Scheme for selling five Kilogram LPG cylinders through Company Owned Retail Outlets of Oil Marketing Companies. The scheme will be launched on pilot basis in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore.

8. A four-day National Fair on Aid and Assistive Devices for Persons With Disabilities to start tomorrow in New Delhi.

9. Low-cost carrier Spice-Jets CEO Neil Mills has resigned following reported differences with the airlines promoter and Sun TV chief Kalanithi Maran.

10. Suresh Chandra Mohanty has been appointed as the new 56th President of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India for the year 2013-14 today. He replaced Rakesh Singh. Also A.S. Durga Prasad has been elected as Vice-President of the Cost Accountants Institute for the year 2013-14.

11. Wipro Chairman Azim Premji has been awarded the Asian Business Leaders Award 2013 for his “impressive business credentials” and service to society by London-based Asia House. The award will be presented at a gala ceremony in London on October.

12. India's K Jennitha Anto has won the 13th IPCA World Women's Individual Chess Championship title for the disabled players.

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Current affairs of 21st, 22nd and 23rd July 2013

Here bring to you Current affairs of 21st, 22nd and 23rd July 2013 on Daily GK Updates and Business Related News.

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Current Affairs of 21st and 22nd July 2013

1. 22 July : Pi Approximation Day is celebrated world wide on 22 July every year. The reason why this day is celebrated on 22 July is because of the value of Pi- 22/7. The fraction 22⁄7 is said to be the common approximation of Pi(π).

2. Film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag got tax exemption by Maharashtra Government for next six months.The film is a biopic on athlete Milkha Singh.

3. Former Kuttanad MLA and Chairman of the Kerala State Farming Corporation, Prof. Oommen Mathew died at a hospital in Kochi. He was 73.

4. India ranked at the top in the list of foreign tourists to visiting Sri Lanka data released by Tourism Development Authority of the country.

5. Securities Law Amendment Ordinance 2013 was promulgated by Pranab Mukherjee to provide powers to SEBI to tackle with fraudulent investment schemes.

6. Khurshed Alam Khan, former Union Minister died. He served at different portfolios like, education, tourism and others during his tenure as an Union Minister.

7. Oil Industry Safety Awards 2011-12 : Maximum number of Awards won by HPCL and BPCL.

8. World's first trip to Moon's South Pole for installation of a Permanent Telescope in 2016.

9. The Israel Antiquities Authorities on 18 July 2013 announced that during a joint excavation programme led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, two of the largest structures rom the Kingdom of Judea was uncovered.

10. The 10-member panel of legal experts, which was appointed by the interim President Adly Mansour started off the work on 21 July 2013 in order to amend the constitution of Egypt.

11. Huawei Technologies, the Chinese equipment maker declared in July 2013 that it was working on the fifth generation (5G) mobile technology, which would possibly be available by 2020.

12. Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), a Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, on 18 July 2013 promised financial assistance to provide free one year residential JEE/IIT coaching and mentoring 20 underprivileged meritorious students from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi under the Abhayanand Super 30 initiative.

13. Prince Philippe was sworn-in as the new king of Belgium on 21 July 2013 after the abdication of his father Albert II due to his age and health.
53 Years old Philippe took his oath in Belgium's three official languages - Dutch, French and German.

14. The British firm Real VNC was presented MacRobert Award by the Princess Royal for engineering innovation. The technology will enable IT workers to solve problems on other computers without leaving their desks and it will allow MRI scanners to be repaired remotely.

15. The military wing of Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Shiite group, was blacklisted by European Union ministers as a terrorist organization.

16. India finished at fourth Position in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 on 21 July 2013 with Deepika Kumari winning gold and bronze medal on the concluding day, of Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia.

17. L Brojeshori Devi, the Olympian judo player passed away at Coimbatore on 22 July 2013. She was 32 years of age.

18. Serena Williams on 21 July 2013 won Swedish Open title by defeating Johanna Larsson in the final of the Swedish Open at Bastad in Sweden.

19. Purav Raja and Divij Sharan of India on 20 July 2013 clinched their first ever ATP tour doubles title by defeating Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France and Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands in the final match of Claro Open in Bogota, Colombia.

20. 32 Year old Swiss tennis legend Martina Hingis was inducted in Tennis Hall of Fame on 13 July 2013. With the induction she became the 4th youngest members to be included in the tennis hall of fame.

21. Devendra Jhajharia wins gold medal at the ongoing IPC Athletics World Championships in France.

22. Australian Spin legend Shane Warne announces retirement from all forms of Cricket.

Current Affairs 23rd July 2013

1. Today is 106th birth anniversary of fearless revolutionary and freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad.

2. Poverty ratio in the country has declined to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12 from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05.

3. India and China are holding the third meeting on border affairs in New Delhi today.

4. Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has resigned from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board to avoid any conflict of interest as one of his group firm is in the race for a new banking licence, a company spokesperson said Tuesday.

5. India and Nigeria on 22 July 2013 signed an agreement in Abuja to locate sites for solar power plants in Niger state.

6. Arvind Sharma, the Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India subcontinent was re-electedas the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI).

7. C.P. Srivastava, who was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in 1972, died on 22 July 2013 in Genoa, Italy.

8. US Vice President, Joe Biden has arrived New Delhi.

9. The Delhi High Court on Monday introduced online payment of court fee, the first such facility in the country which will save litigants from standing in long queues at the counter.

10. Deeshit Salat, a 24-year-old youth succeeded in applying henna (mehndi) on 420 hands in 27 hours, breaking the existing Guinness world record.

11. The city of Incheon in South Korea has been named World Book Capital for the year 2015 by an international committee of experts representing the book industry and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

12. Jammu & Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather has been elected as the new Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on GST.

13. Satish Babu, Director, International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS),has been elected to the 2014 Nominating Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN).

14. 59 Years old Manjula Vijaya kumar the south India yesteryear actor, died in Chennai on 23 July 2013 followed a brief illness.

15. India are placed second in the latest ICC test cricket team ranking after South Africa.

16. Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams remained atop the latest tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP and the WTA

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Current Affairs 20th July 2013 - Be Updated for UGC NET or Bank Exams

Current Affairs 20th July 2013 - Be Updated for UGC NET or Bank Exams

Read Also: Current Affairs 19th July 2013 

1. Sports Ministry has recommended hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand's name for India's highest civillian honour -- the Bharat Ratna.

2. India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves increased by $21.1 million to $280.188 billion for the week ended July 12, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India.

3. China Saturday successfully launched three satellites for scientific experiments, authorities said. The Chuangxin-3, Shiyan-7 and Shijian-15 satellites were boosted by a Long March-4C carrier rocket,according to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi province.

4. West Indies Test and Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy has etched his name in the history books by becoming the first Caribbean sports personality to be named brand ambassador for German automobile giant BMW.

5. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Nagaland Governor Dr. Ashwani kumar as Governor of Manipur, (with additional charge) when the incumbent,Gurbachan Jagat, Governor of Manipur, completes his tenure.

6. Khurshed Alam Khan, a former Union Minister and father of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, died on Saturday at the age of 95.

7. The South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship began at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi today.

8. American swimmer Haley Anderson won the 5km open water race on Saturday to take the first gold medal of the swimming world championships.

9. Trinidad and Tobago`s Jehue Gordon won the men’s 400 metres hurdles at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League Herculis meeting here.

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Current affairs of 18th and 19th July 2013

Current Affairs 18th July 2013

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1. The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test(NEET) for admission in medical colleges. The NEET is a single entrance-cum-eligibility-test for admission in all medical colleges in India.

2. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India launched the nation-wide National Tobacco Control Campaign known as- Tears you apart. The aim of the campaign is to raise the public awareness regarding dangers of smokeless tobacco which is consumed by millions of Indians every day.

3. An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions authored by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen was released. The book includes achievements of India since independence and the successful maintenance of the world’s largest democracy.

4. Paul Hewson, popularly known as Bono, the frontman of the rockband U2 as well as the anti-poverty activist was awarded with the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, the highest cultural award of France on 17 July 2013 for the contribution to music.

5. Veteran Tamil lyricist Vaali passes away at the age of 82 in Chennai.

6. British Indian actor Paul Bhattacharjee, who played the role of a doctor in James Bond film 'Casino Royale', has been found dead in London. He was 53.

7. Communist leader Samar Mukherjee passes away in Kolkata.

8. Poland is keen to develop ties with Punjab and Haryana in food processing and renewable energy sectors.

9. The Indian Space Rese arch Organisation is gearing up to launch GSLV launch vehicle with home made cryogenic engine next month. The success of the mission will place India amongst three countries which have achieved this rare feat individually and generate national pride and excitement in the young minds.

10. The Union Cabinet of India gave approval to rename the Bengaluru International Airport as Kempegowda International Airport yesterday. The demand to rename the airport has been pending since a long time. Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) is the first and foremost Greenfield Airport in South India.

Current Affairs of 19th July 2013

1. Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 leading and emerging economies (G20) are starting a two-day meeting in Moscow from today. Talks are expected to focus on ways to stop big companies shifting profits into tax havens.

2. Justice P Sathasivam has been sworn in as the 40th Chief Justice of India (CJI) by President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, replacing Justice Altamas Kabir, who served as the CJI for over nine months.

3. Justice Altamas Kabir retired from the office of Chief Justice of India on 18 July 2013 after a short term of just nine months.He was the 39th Chief Justice of India.

4. US President Barack Obama has nominated an Indian-American Nisha Desai Biswal for the key post of Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia.

5. Santosh Lal, the member of Jharkhand Ranji Sqad and the inventor of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s (Captain Indian Cricket Team) signature shot, Helicopter Shot died on 17 July 2013 at a hospital in New Delhi.

6. Mizoram Minister for Information and Communication Zdintluanga today said that Software Technology Park would soon be established at the Mizoram University Campus near Aizawl.

7. Sports Ministry recommends hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand's name for Bharat Ratna.

8. Former South Africa player Dave Staniforth has been appointed as goalkeeping coach and strategic analyst of the Indian senior and junior men's teams, Hockey India announced on Thursday.

9. IM Ivana Maria Furtado of Goa defeated Delhi's 12th seed Madhurima Shekhar in the National Junior U-19 Chess Championship in Lucknow.

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Important CURRENT AFAIRS : 17th July 2013

Important CURRENT AFAIRS : 17th July 2013.

1. The Reserve Bank of India hiked short term rates in the first strong measure to support the Indian rupee.

2. The Reserve Bank opened a special borrowing window of Rs 25,000 crore to help the crisis-ridden mutual funds tide over liquidity problems.

3. The Supreme Court of India on 17 July 2013 refused to reduce the age of juvenile from 18 to 16 years and dismissed a plea that minors involved in heinous crimes should not be protected under the law.

4. A special meeting of the UN General Assembly will mark the Nelson Mandela International Day on 18th July.

5. The second International Crimes Tribunal today sentenced war crime indicted Ali Mohammed Mujaheed,General Secretary of Jamaat e Islami to death.

6. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, launched a state-wide campaign to improve family health across 75 districts of the state.HAUSLA (meaning “spirit” or “determination”),the campaign’stwin goals include galvanizing state health systems to deliver high-quality, accessible health programs and services.

7. Dr Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing at the London Business School, will join Tata Sons as Member – Group Executive Council reporting to the Chairman, Cyrus P. Mistry.

8. The government has approved a proposal to amend Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Act for providing more powers to the market regulator to crack down on ponzi schemes. The decision will also give Sebi powers to conduct search and seizure operations and access call data records.

9. In the biggest foreign investment pullout, world's largeststeel maker ArcelorMittal scrapped its USD 12 billion (Rs 50,000 crore) steel plant in Odisha over inordinate delays, problems in acquiring land and securing iron ore linkages.

10. Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) wona Rs 2,085 crore overseas order from Oman government for construction of Al Batinah Expressway.

11. Real Madrid has been named asthe most valuable club in the list of the world’s 50 most valuable sports teams released by Forbes yesterday.

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Daily Current Affairs of 16th July - Recommended for Bank Exams

Daily Current Affairs of 16th July - Recommended for Bank Exams

Read Also: Current Affairs 15th July 2013

1. Bhim Sain Bassi will take over as the new Police Commissioner of Delhi on August 1. Bassi will take over from the present incumbent Neeraj Kumar, who will retire on July 31.

2. ADB projects India’s growth rate at 5.8% in 2013.

3. Supreme Court has summoned Chief Secretaries of four states UP, Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra for failing to take steps on police reforms.

4. Santosh B Nayarhas been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Industrial Financial Corporation of India. The IFCI was the1st specialised financial institution setup in India to provide term finance to large industries in India.

5. India has overtaken the USA as the top buyer of Nigerian crude oil.

6. Indian Air Force drops Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador. Sachin Tendulkar has been replaced with the basic trainer aircraft Pilatus after their association failed to yield the desired results.

7. Govt. will provide free pre-natal health care and ambulance facilities to pregnant women across the country Under the Janani Suraksha Yojna JSY scheme.

8. 7 years after they were banned, Dance Bars can again run in Maharashtra with the Supreme Court today upholding a Bombay High Court verdict quashing the state government's order.

9. The Central government has submitted its guidelines to regulate the sale and purchase of acid to the Supreme Court. According to the guidelines, no one will be able to purchase acid without submitting a photo ID. Also, shopkeepers who sell acid will have to obtain a licence to do the same.

10. President Pranab Mukherjee on 16 July 2013 launched a Kisaan Portal for sending SMS through mobile phones to the farmers across the country. The SMS initiative is an instant and non-intruding medium communication enabling the farmers to take informed decision relating to different aspects of farming and weather forecasts.

11. Russia launches its biggest military maneuvers to boost the military's mobility and combat readiness. It involves 160,000 troops and about 5,000 tanks across Siberia and the far eastern region.

12. The US space agency NASA has said a tiny new moon has been spotted circling Neptune. This will be the 14th known to be orbiting the far away planet.The moon is believed to circle Neptune once every 23 hours.

13. Afridi becomes first player in ODIs to claim 350 wickets and score 7000-plus runs.

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Current Affairs of 14th and 15th July 2013

Current Affairs of 14th and 15th July 2013

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1. Just 15 minutes to midnight yesterday, the iconic telegram became a history in Delhi with the last message sent to Rahul Gandhi. The telegram counter closed at 11:45 PM and the 163-year old telegram service in the country comes to an end.

2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 July 2013 imposed fines of around 49.5 crore on 22 private and public sector banks including SBI, PNB and Yes Bank for violating KYC/anti-money laundering norms.

3. Controversial Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, who was a key figure in the Bofors payoffs scandal, on 13 July 2013 died in Milan, Italy following a stroke. He was 74 years old.

4.Renowned surgical gastroenterologist Prof Dr N Rangabashyam today died at his residence in Chennai, family sources said. He was 79.

5. The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari on 13 July 2013 released a book entitled "Smritiyan" authored by Garima Sanjay. Garima Sanjay is a professional author & documentary film maker by profession.

6. Indian shooter, Kynan Chenai has won a trap gold medal in the Singapore Open Shooting Championships.

7. Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta has won the Commonwealth Chess Championship title.

8. The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday opted for a younger chiefselector when it appointed former captain Moin Khan after the sudden resignation of Iqbal Qasim last month.

9. England won a thrilling first test against Australia by just 14 runs on Sunday after James Anderson claimed 5-73 on a tense fifth day.

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1. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren sworn-in as ninth Chief Minister of Jharkhand in the premises of the Raj Bhavan.

2. The winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award and a veteran actor Pran died on 12 July 2013 in a Hospital at Mumbai. He died at the age of 93 due to multi-organ failure after prolonged illness.

3. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked the states ruled by the party to implement in “letter and spirit” the food security scheme, which itsees as a “game-changer” in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

4. Shalini Singh, a Deputy Editor with The Hindu, has bagged the prestigious Prem Bhatia Award for Political Reporting-2013. She has been selected for her ‘excellent coverage of several key issues,’ particularly her ‘reporting of the telecom and Colgate scandals.’

5. Jaideep Hardikar,a Special Correspondent with The Telegraph, bagged the Prem Bhatia award for excellence in environmental reporting, particularly related to rural and agrarian issues.

6. Amar G. Bose, the visionary Indian-American engineer and inventor, famous for making high-quality Bose audio systems bearing his name and speakers for home users, auditoriums and automobiles, is dead.

7. Razia Sultana was awarded the United Nation's Special Envoy for Global Education's Youth Courage Award on Malala Day.

8. Smritiyan a book authored by Garima Sanjay was released by Hamid Ansari. The book highlights how a man blames the luck or someone for his failures.

9. The Centre is implementing special industry initiative scheme- UDDAN for Jammu and Kashmir for providing skill training and enhancing employability among the unemployed graduates.

10. The Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu to become critical in a few hours from now.

11. Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews banned for two One-Day Internationals for slow over rate in the Tri-Nation final against India.

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Daily Current Affairs of 11th and 12th July 2013

 Daily Current Affairs of 11th and 12th July 2013

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1. World Population Day that seeks to raise awareness about global population issues, is an annual event observed on 11th July. The theme for 2013 is Adolescent pregnancy with an aspiration of safe child birth and that each pregnancy is wanted.

2. The auspicious month of Ramazan begins when Muslims across the country goes on fast and mark special prayers in Mosques, even as many Asian countries began celebrating the holy month from Wednesday.

3. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved disinvestment of government stake in State Trading Corporation (STC) and ITDC, which would fetch around 30 crore Rs to the exchequer.

4. The Union Cabinet today approved setting up of two National level universities in Uttar Pradesh. The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University and Indira Gandhi National University for Women, IGNUW, will be set up in Rae Bareli district.

5. The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has banned holding of caste-based political rallies. A division bench comprising Justices Umanath Singh and Mahendra Dayal said on Thursday that caste-based political meetings and rallies are against the Constitutional norms.

6. The Union Cabinet has accorded in-principle approval forformation of a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The CAA will replace the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), as new aviation regulator with full operational and financial autonomy.

7. To carry out construction of three Regional Rapid Transit System corridors connecting Delhi
with Panipat, Alwar and Meerut, the Union Cabinet has approved constitution of National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC).

8. Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Europe's longest-serving leader, said on Thursday, that he would step down over a scandal involving thesecret services, who allegedly indulged in a spate of misconducton his watch.

9. The eighth World Youth Athletic Championship began in Donetsk with the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, which is on course to become the biggest gathering of athletes in the history of independent Ukraine.

10. The International Cricket Council has announced that the ace Leg spinner Shane Warne will be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame next Friday on 19th July during the tea interval of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia at Lord’s.

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Current Affairs 10th July 2013 - Daily Business News

Current Affairs 10th July 2013 - Daily Business News

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1. In a landmark judgement that could cleanse Parliament and Assemblies of criminals,the Supreme Court has struck down a provision in the electoral law that protects a convicted
law maker from disqualification on the ground of pendency of appealing higher courts.

2. Noted Maestro Zubin Mehta has been named for the Tagore Award For Cultural Harmony for the year 2013 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cultural harmony.

3. The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on 8 July 2013 sanctioned central financial assistance of 4.4 crore rupees for distribution of 20000 solar lanterns in the flood affected areas of Uttarakhand.

4. IMF has revised Economic outlook for India. It said, growth rate in India will be around 5.6 percent in 2013 which is down 0.2 percent.

5. India’s External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid, visited Nepal on 9th July 2013 at the invitation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal, Madhav Prasad Ghimire.

6. The Imperial Household Agency of Japan on 9 July 2013 announced that the Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan will make their visit to India on 30 November to 6 December 2013.

7. Dr. H.A.B. Parpia, an acknowledged food scientist and the former Director of the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) died on 9 July 2013 after a brief illness.

8. The Union government on 10 July 2013 announced disbanding of the Rural Development Agency(DRDA),on the recommendation of a committee represented under the chairmanship of V Ramchandran,Chairmen- Emeritus, Centre for Management Development. DRDA is the body which looks after implementation of anti-poverty programmes of Rural Development Ministry.

9. The Bank International Indonesia (BII) launched its operations in India on Wednesday by opening a branch in Mumbai.

10. India and Albania signed an Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation.

11. India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives have entered into a tripartite agreement on maritime cooperation to secure sea routes in the Indian Ocean region.

12. India and Tanzania have signed agreements on bilateral cooperation in several sectors including agriculture, health and education, mines and minerals.

13. In Karnataka ‘Anna Bhagya’ programme was launched today. The programme entitles distribution of 30 kg rice at one rupee per Kg to over 98 lakh BPL and Antyodaya card holders in the state.

14. The European Union has officially approved Latvia as the 18th memberof the eurozone, which uses the bloc’s common currency.

15. Noted filmmaker Sudhakar Bokade died due to a heart attackat a Mumbai hospital, family sources said on Monday. He was 57.

16. Ireland qualified for their third successive ICC World Cup after their World Cricket League Championship match against the Netherlands ended in a sensational tie in Amstelveen.

17. The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has appointment Spain’s Francisco Garcia as head coachof the Indian senior women’s basketball team.

18. Olympian Maharaj Krishan Kaushik was on Wednesday appointed as a coach of the senior men’s hockey team, after chief coachMichael Nobbs was shown the door because of non-performance.

17. Sri Lankan umpires Sagara Gallage and Maurice de La Zilwa, who were caught in a TV sting willing to fix cricket matches for money, have been suspended for 10 and three years respectively while Gamini Dissanayake, the other accused umpire, was exonorated due to lack of evidence.

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1. The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a notice to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) over the reported uploading of objectionable video clips of couples recorded inside metro trains to pornographic websites.

2. Glowing tributes were paid to veteran Kashmiri writer and historian Professor Manzoor Fazli who passed away at Bandipore in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.

3. The President Pranab Mukherjee today visited the holy shrine of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishti at Ajmer. He offered a Chadar and flowers at the shrine and prayed for peace and harmony and elimination of terrorism.

4. Bhopal police arrested former Madhya Pradesh finance minister Raghav ji in sodomy case.

5. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 9 July 2013 announced the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

6. State Bank of India, in month of July 2013 partnered with a non-banking finance company, UAE Exchange and Financial Services, to launch a card which will enable the holder to receive the remittance directly on the card. The card is named State Bank Xpress Money Card and can be loaded with up to 50000 Rupees.

7. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 9 July 2013 announced the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

8. India and Iraq on 8 July 2013 signed a pact to enhance co-operation in energy security, bilateral trade & commerce, infrastructure and others. The agreement was signed between the Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily and his counterpart from Iraq, Abdul Karim Luaibi.

9. As per the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) survey released on 7 July 2013, approximately 40 percent of the Global population or 2.7 billion people are online in 2013.

10. JMM Legislative Party Leader Hemant Soren stakes claim to form new government in Jharkhand.

11. The Union Government in July 2013 hiked the import duty on sugar to 15 per cent from the present 10 per cent to restrain cheaper inflow of the sweetener into the country. The hike in import duty is meant to stabilise sugar prices which in turn help the millers to make cane payments, which at present is estimated at 9000 crore Rupees.

12. Lt. General A.K. Singh has assumedthe charge as 11th Lt. Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Chief Justice of Kolkata High Court Mr. Justice Arun Mishra administered the oath of office and oath of secrecy to Lt. Governor in a function held at Raj Nivas, Port Blair yesterday.

13. Lajja Goswami won the silver medal for india in women’s 50-metre Rifle 3 Position event at the International Shooting Sport Federation being held at Granada, Spain.

14. Indian women weightlifters bag the team title in Asian Junior Championships in Kyrgyzstan.

15. Australian Michael Nobbs has been unceremoniously sacked as Indian hockey team's chief coach due to non-performance, thus becoming the fourth foreign coach to be shown the door before completion of the full tenure.

16. Sensex gains 115 points, to close at 19,439; Rupee recovers 47 paise, at 60.14 against the dollar.

17. As per the survey conducted by Assocham in July 2013 the proposed investments by domestic and foreign entrepreneurs declined by 75 per cent in FY 2012-13.

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1. Andy Murray on 7 July 2013 defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 at Center Court of London to become the first Briton in 77 years to win the Men’s Singles Title at Wimbledon 2013.

2. Marion Bartoli lifted Women's Singles title Wimbledon 2013.

3. Leading liberal opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei on 6 July 2013 was named as Egypt's new Prime Minister to head a caretaker government.

4. The rupee on Monday fell by a massive 97 paise to 61.19, a new all-time low, against the dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, on heavy demand for the American currency amid capital outflows.

5. Vidya Balan on 6 July 2013 got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards 2013 held in Macau for Kahaani while Ranbir Kapoor was named Best Actor for Barfi.

6. NIA begins probe into yesterday's serial blasts at Bodhgaya; Temple Management Committee decides to completely handover the security to Bihar Police.

7. Centre to allocate Rs. 97 crore assistance to Kerala for implementation of Mid-day Meal Scheme.

8. China's former Railways Minister Liu Zhijun was given a suspended death sentence on Monday by a court here for corruption and abuse of power.

9. The government of India for the first time has given its nod for recruitment and commissioning of women officers in BSF, the border guarding force.

10. India clinched a gold medal in women's 400m relay in a sensational race to finish sixth overall as the curtains were drawn on the 20th Asian Athletics Championships with China confirming their supreme status in the continent in Pune on Sunday.

11. Asian Boxing Championships: Shiva Thapa becomes the youngest pugilist from india to clinch a gold medal.

12. ICC Test rankings: India climbed to second spot of the championship table topped by South Africa.

13. World Champion Sebastian Vettel wins German Grand Prix.

14. Rohan Bopanna on Monday became the highest-ranked Indian in the world, as he achieved career-best rank of five in the ATP doubles charts.

15. Roger Federer has fallen to No. 5 in the new ATP rankings, the first time in a decade he’s been that low.

16. Mysore University felicitated former Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble with an honourary doctorate on Friday. The cricketer was honoured during the annual convocation of the University of Mysore.

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Current Affairs of 5th and 6th July 2013

Important Current Affairs of 5th and 6th July 2013 (Weekend).

Current Affairs 5th July 2013

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1. London will host the ninth World Islamic Economic Forum in Octoberi. The first time that the event will be held outside of a Muslim country, as the British capital looks to become a global hub for Sharia finance.

2. President Pranab Mukherjee Friday promulgated the national food security ordinance, which aims to provide subsidised food grain to around 67 percent of India's 1.2 billion people.

3. At PMG Junction in the capital city, Kerala’s first all-women post office has opened its doors to the public. Its four employees, from the post master to the helper, are women. The post office will only be officially be inaugurated on Friday

4.Padma Shree Awardee Mahasundari Devi painting artist Mahasundari Devi died at a private hospital in Ranti, near Madhubani on 4 July 2013. She was renowned for her mastery over Sikki work, ‘sujani’ craft, clay work and paper macheapart from Mithila painting.

5. Douglas Engelbart, the U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse died at age of 88.

6. The Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to frame guidelines for regulating contents of manifestos. The Supreme Court also said freebies promised by political parties disturb the level playing field among players contesting the polls and vitiates the election process.

7. Marissa Mayer-led Yahoo has acquired email and address book management app Xobni,which is its third acquisition in recent days as it tries to revamp its online products and competes with internet giants Google and Facebook.

8. The US economy added a net195,000 new jobs in June which is much higher than market expectation.The unemployment rate held steady at7.6% in June, as per the data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The dollar jumped on the news and euro fell to $1.283.

9. Virat Kohli has been named as Indian Cricket team captain for the upcoming One-day series in Zimbabwe later this month as Dhoni has been rested due to his injury.

10. Young all-rounder Parveez Rasool has created history today by becoming the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to be named in the Indian team as the selectors announced the ODI team for Zimbabwe tour.

11. Pakistan’s spinner Danish Kaneria has been banned for life by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for indulging in spot-fixing during the 2009 English county season.

12. World soccer body FIFA on 3 July 2013 again banned Iraq from holding any friendly football matches due to soaring violence, just three months after the ban was lifted.

13. Lisicki, Bartoli in Wimbledon final.

Current Affairs 6th July 2013

1. Nasscom, the IT software services industry body appointed R. Chandrasekhar, the former Secretary Department of Telecommunications (DoT), as its president.

2. India to meet poverty reduction goal by 2015: UN || According to Report:In India, the poverty rate fell from 49 per cent in 1994 to 42 per cent in 2005 and to 33 per cent in 2010. If the current pace continues, India will meet the poverty reduction target by 2015.

3. In defiance of the United States, two Latin American countries - Venezuela and Nicaragua – on Saturday offered asylum to Edward Snowden, leaker of the US secretive surveillance programme.

4. Congress-(Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) JMM to form coalition govt in Jharkhand.

5. UAE Exchange, one of the largest foreign exchange firms in the United Arab Emirates, has applied to RBI for a banking license in India.

6. Ratings agency Crisil Friday assigned 'AAA' ratings to India Infra debt Limited, the country's first infrastructure debt fund under the non-banking finance company structure.

7. In a relief to Union minister Shashi Tharoor, a court on Saturday discharged him in the 2008 national anthem case.

8. Wimbledon Women’s Singles: France's Marion Bartoli won her first Grand Slam title with a dominant 6-1 6-4 victory over Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the Wimbledon final.

9. In the Men’s Singles final tomorrow World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will clash with Andy Murray.

10. A brilliant century knock by skipper Virat Kohli helped India earn a bonus point with a comprehensive 102 run win over the West Indies in the Tri nation Cricket series at Port of Spain last night.

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Current Affairs 4th July 2013 Be Updated for Bank Exams

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1. July 4th-marks the death anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. He was not even 40 when he died, but in that short span he changed the way Hindu philosophy and Hinduism was perceived both in India and outside.

2. US celebrates its 237th Independence Day today.

3. Egyptian chief justice "Adli Mansour" was sworn in Thursday as the country's interim president, hours after the army ousted incumbent Mohammed Morsi and put him under house arrest.

4. "Vandana Gandhi" became the first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai Government's coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellence in June 2013.

5. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Surakhsa Yojna, MGPSY, a pension scheme for blue-collar Indian workers would be launched in the Gulf next month. The MGPSY is aimed at helping the workers to save money for their retirement, their return to India and resettlement and provides life insurance cover against natural death during the period of coverage.

6. Defence Minister A. K. Antony Thursday left for China on a four-day official visit during which he is slated to have talks on Sino-Indian border and discuss regional and global security.

7. Shriniwas Patil, former NCP MP and a close associate of party chief Sharad Pawar, has been appointed the new governor of Sikkim.

8. President Pranab Mukherjee on July 4 conferred the National Youth Award 2011-12 on 27 individuals andone organization at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The award carries
a silver medal, a certificate and a cash prize of 40,000 rupees in case of individual awardees and 2 lakh rupees for voluntary organizations.

9. Douglas Engelbart, the U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse died on 3 July 2013 at age of 88.

10. The 3rd edition of India International leather fair began today in New Delhi. Around 182 producers from 8 countries including India are participating in the event.

11. Pakistan on Thursday asked the International Monetary Fund for a $5.3 billion, three-year loan to boost growth in a bid to rebuild foreign exchange reserves, an energy crisis and a sliding currency.

12. Chris Martin, the fast Bowler of New Zealand has announced his retirement on 3 July 2013 from all forms of cricket.

13. Ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda clinched the first gold for India as the home team won three medals on the second day to make their presence felt in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships on Thursday.

14. Sabine Lisicki became the first German woman since 1999 to reach a Grand Slam final when she defeated Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 2-6, 9-7 on Thursday in a thrilling Wimbledon semifinal.

15. India reach the final of under-19 Tri-series cricket.

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Daily GK Current Affairs of 3rd June 2013

Daily GK Current Affairs of 3rd June 2013

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1. Himachal Pradesh on 2 July 2013 was declared as the first Smoke-free state of the country. The declaration was made in compliance to Section 4 of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003. Himachal Pradesh achieved 85.42 percent compliance with the relevant parameters to be declared as the smoke-free state.

2. Inter-ministerial body Telecom Commission on Tuesday gave its nod for raising foreign direct investment limit in the sector from 74 percent to 100 per cent subject to Cabinet approval.

3. Ministry of Tourism of India on 2 July 2013 agreed to a proposal from the visiting Tourism and Travel delegation from Nepal for joint publicity of India and Nepal as Tourist destinations in other countries.

4. Top seeded Indian Grand Master Parimarjan Negi won the Continental Chess Association Open title, his third of the season, after pipping his nearest rival Bindi Cheng by 1.5 points, in Washington.

5. India will seek to re-establish itself as a continental power in athletics when the 20th Asian Athletics Championships begins in Pune on from Wednesday.

6. Spain's Telefonica launched the world's first smartphone with the Firefox operating system to compete with devices running Google Android and Apple IOS. The ZTE Open smartphone goes on sale in Spain this week for 69 euros (90 US dollars)

7. Government has approved eight 1311 crore rupees proposals of FDI. The approval is based on the recommendations of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board(FIPB).

8. CBI today said that the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter was fake. Investigating agency filed a chargesheet in which it contended that encounter was a joint operation between Gujarat police and Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau, SIB.

9. Egypt: Pressure mounts on President Mursito quit as Army deadline for reconciliation expires today. Though, he has rejected military's ultimatum and asked the army to reverse its stand.

10. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Veteran parliamentarian Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil as new Governor of Sikkim.

11. Indian woman entrepreneur Vandana Gandhi, founder and CEO of British Orchard Nursery won the Emirates Women's Award 2013 (EWA) in the 'Overall Winner in Business Category'.

12. UTI Asset Management Co. Ltd, India's sixth largest asset manager by size, appointed financial executive "Leo Puri" as its managing director.

13. Tri series: Sri Lanka beat India by 161 runs.

14. Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna advance to semi-finals of Wimbledon Tennis.

15. Third edition of Dubai World Indoor Football Championship begins at Dubai World Trade Center on Tuesday.

16. The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee on 26 June 2013 made a declaration tosend Sochi 2014 Winter OlympicsTorch into the space in November 2013. The torch would be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) from where it will be sent for a space walk. This will be the first time in the history that Olympics Torch will be carried in the open space.

17. The Indian Kabbadi players won two Gold Medals in Kabbadi event at Asia-Indoor and Martial Art Games, being held in Incheon, Korea. Both men's and women's team of Kabbadi won gold.

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