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‘janatantra yatra’ (walk for democracy) was started by social activist anna hazare from amritsar on 31 march 2013.

Singapore started building "Indian Heritage center" which would be completed by 2015.

The first greenfield renewable solar photo-voltaic project of ntpc was commissioned on 30 march 2013 at  port blair in andaman & nicobar islands.

Analog television signals were closed from mid-night of 31 march 2013 in 33 cities of India under the second phase of tv digitalization drive in India.

Circulation of private newspapers resumed after about 50 years in myanmar on 1 april 2013.

Pak pong-ju was named as the new prime minister of north korea on 1 april 2013.

Odisha (orissa) celebrated its 77th foundation day on 1 april 2013, with numerous programmes organized all over the state.

India’s first fully private greenfield airport is to be set up at karaikal  (tamil nadu) according to announcements made recently in this regard.

President pranab mukherjee on 3 april 2013 signed the criminal law (amendment) bill, 2013, which was passed by both houses of the parliament during march 2013.

Desmond tutu of south africa won the 2013 templeton prize.

S. Gopalakrishnan is the new president of confederation of Indian industry (cii), who tenure would be effective for the year 2013-14.

International workshop on green national accounting was held on 5 april 2013 at  new delhi.

Lt. Commander abhilash tomy of the Indian navy on 6 april 2013 became the first Indian to successfully circumnavigate the globe, solo and non-stop in a journey of over 150-days.

Former british prime minister margaret thatcher, who passed away on 8 april 2013, was the only woman prime minister in britain’s history. 

Krishnakumar natarajan took over as the new chairman of nasscom on 8 april 2013.

Uhuru kenyatta was appointed as the fourth president of kenya on 9 april 2013.

Madduri lakshmi devi, a daily wage-earner from  kalikiri village of chittoor,andhra pradesh became the first Indian to get mgnrega wages from the postal department using the aadhaar number.

Dada saheb phalke award for 2012 is to be given to actor pran kishan sikand.

Katari srinivas rao was elected as the president of Andhra pradesh loksatta. 

France senate on 12 april 2013 passed a landmark gay marriage bill that will legalize same-sex marriage in the country by summer.

N.T Rama rao national film award conferred upon amitabh bachchan on 11 april 2013 by the Andhra pradesh govt.

Andhra pradesh on 11 april 2013 launched a new scheme titled “amma hastham” with an objective of supplying nine essential food items to the poor at subsidized rates.

11 april 2013 was observed as national safe motherhood day across India .

The international monetary fund (imf) on 12 april 2013 recognized the government of somalia after more than 22 years.

Fernando alonso (spain) of ferrari team won the chinese formula one grand prix.

Salam fayyad,the palestinian prime minister resigned on 13 april 2013 after falling out with president mahmud abbas.

Binod bihari chowdhary,the anti-british revolutionary, considered to be the last remaining link to sub-continent decessive past died at kolkata at the age of 104 years.

Nicolas maduro was declared the winner of venezuela's presidential election on 14 april 2013.

Sharad yadav was unanimously re-elected as the national president of janata dal (united) for third time in a row, on 14 april 2013.

Adam johnson was announced as the winner of the prestigious pulitzer prize for fiction for 2013 on 15 april 2013  forhis book “the orphan master’s son”.

New york times,the international newspaper  had won four pulitzer prizes on 15 april 2013, including the award for investigative reporting for stories.

Raj chetty Indian-american economist from the harvard university won the prestigious john bates clark medal, which is often described as the “baby nobel”.

Ravuri bharadhwaja, telugu novelist won the jnanpith award, which is India’s most prestigious literary award,  for year 2012.

29 years will be the median age of India by year 2020 as stated in a report titled ‘state of the urban youth, India 2012: employment, livelihoods, skills,’ a report published by iris knowledge foundation in collaboration with un-habitat. 

According to the latest report on extreme poverty released by the world bank on 18 april 2013,1.2 billion People are living in extreme poverty globally.this report is titled “the state of the poor: where are the poor and where are the poorest?” And it uses latest world development indicators. India accounts for one third of the world poor (people living on less than usd 1.25 (about rs 65) per day).

An operation carried out  in chattisgarh in which for the first time an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) was used to record an anti-naxalite operation in the country on 16 april 2013. Nine maoists were killed in this operation.

President pranab mukherjee on 16 april 2013 dedicated siddheshwar dham temple in sikkim to the nation.

The only women Chief Election Commissioner of India and the Former Governor of Karnataka, V.S. Ramadevi died in Bangalore on 17 April following a massive Cardiac Arrest. She was 79.

Aruna m. Bahuguna became the first woman to be appointed as special director general of the crpf (central reserve police force) on 18 april 2013.

3 people were killed and several injured in bomb blasts of Boston marathon in U.S on april 15th.

Om prakash choudhary was announced as the winner of the prime minister’s award for excellence in public administration for 2011-12.

The national policy for children, 2012, was approved by the union cabinet on 18 april 2013.Important features of national policy for children, 2012 are:

      ·Every person below the age of eighteen years perceived as a child and childhood declared as an integral part of life with a value of its own

      · Gives emphasis to right of every child to life, survival, development, education, protection and participation, equal rights for all children without discrimination

      · Policy provides for a long term, sustainable, multi-sectoral, integrated and inclusive approach is necessary for the harmonious development and protection of children

      ·Lays down the guiding principles that must be respected by national, state and local governments in their actions and initiatives affecting children.

India backbone implementation network – ibin is the name of a new network launched by the planning commission deputy chairman montek singh ahluwalia on 19 april 2013, which aims to improve implementation of policies, programs, and projects, which the 12th five year plan has declared as the critical necessity for accelerating more inclusive and faster growth.

Shakuntala devi,an Indian woman mathematical genius, nicknamed “human computer” for her ability to make complex mental calculations, passed away on 21 april 2013 at the age of 80.

The battle of imphal / kohima of 1944 during the world war ii was chosen as britain’s greatest battle in a contest recently organized by britain’s national army museum.

Sebastian vettel (germany) of red bull team won the bahrain formula one grand prix.

Serbia’s novak djokovic ended spain’s rafael nadal’s continuous reign at the monte carlo masters  in the final on 21 april 2013. Nadal was the only player in the world to have won a major tennis tournament for 8 times in a row, which was broken with this loss.

Famous carnatic instrumentalist lalgudi jayaram passed away on 22 april 2013. He was associated with violin.

Former Chief Justice of India and Head of JS Verma Committee on anti rape law, JS Verma Died on 22 april.

Abdul hamid will become bangladesh’s 20th president as only his nomination was filed with country’s election authorities for presidential elections.he is a replacement for president zilliur rahman who died last month.

Shamshad begum,one of the first playback singers of the country,  passed away in mumbai on 23 april 2013.

Indian actress vidya balan got the privilege to have been nominated as a member of the 9-member jury for the upcoming 66th cannes film festival.

"Kalq" keyboard,a new keyboard layout especially for touchscreen devices like smartphones and tablets has recently been developed at st. Andrews university (us),  to give competition to the conventional "qwerty" keyboard. 

Plans to set up India’s first underground strategic naval base at rambilli near vishakhapatnam (Andhra pradesh) were recently opposed by ministry of environments and forest, which opposed the diversion of over 600 hectares of reserved land for this base.

A new medi-claim facility for kisan credit card holders(kccs) was launched on 24 april by union finance minister p. Chidambaram to kcc holders of  dena bank  in association with united India insurance company (uiic).

The existing swarna jayanti shahari rozgar yojana or sjsry would be replaced by national urban livelihoods mission  as proposed by the ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation recently.

The 'Agritech-2013' trade fair began at Hitex in Hyderabad on 25th april. The fair was concluded on April 28.

The 18th National Games for the deaf took place after a 17-year gap in bangalore from april 25-29. It was participated by 21 Indian states.

India’s total indirect tax collection (actual) during 2012-13, as announced on 25 april 2013 was rs. 4.74 lakh crore.

Anil goswami  was selected as India’s next home secretary, who will take charge from r k singh on 30 june 2013.

Sarabjit singh of India, currently on a death row in kot lakhpat jail in pakistan, suffered head injuries after being attacked by a fellow prisoner on 26 april 2013.

Takehiko nakao of japan was elected as the new president of manila-based asian development bank (adb) on 26 april 2013.

Indian railways recently reduced the advanced booking period (arp) of the tickets from the existing four months to two months which comes into effect from 1 may 2013.

Dave gold,founder of famous chain of stores  "99 cents only store"  passed away recently. 

5 years’ extension was given to jammu & kashmir governor n.n. Vohra on 27 april 2013 by the president.

Planet saturn was at its brightest on 28 april 2013 as it positioned itself directly opposite the sun on this day. 

Enrico letta was sworn in as the new prime minister of italy on 28 april 2013.

Sailendra nath roy, an Indian guinness world record holder who on 28 april 2013 attempted to cross a river called teesta(sikkim) suspended from a zip wire attached to his ponytail has died during the stunt. 

Goa state govt. On 29 april 2013 launched a digital krishi card, which would become a gateway for farmers to avail benefits like subsidies and loans given by the state government.

Banaras hindu university (bhu) recently sent a proposal to the ministry of human resource development (mhrd) to open two new campuses, in rae bareli (Uttar pradesh) and amravati (maharashtra).

saina nehwal was conferred the 22nd yudhvir memorial foundation award.

Two indian-american women aparna bhattacharya and pramila jayapal were honoured as the "champions of change" by U.S white house along with 13 other asian american and pacific islander women.they will receive the honour on may 6th.

NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovered Two Earth-Like Planets Kepler-62f And Kepler-62e.

New Plastic Voter Identity Cards to be issued First in Assam and Nagaland by The election commission.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest assessment of the global economy released on 16 April 2013 revised its world growth forecast for 2013 and slashed it to 3.3 percent from previous forecast of 3.5 percent predicted in January 2013.

IMF slashed Economic growth rate of India to 5.7 percent from 5.9 percent for 2013.

Prasanna kumar mohanty became the new chief secretary of Andhra pradesh on 30th april replacing minny mathews.

Nehal bhogaita of U.K was crowned "Miss India world wide" in the contest held in malaysia in april.she was a deaf womn and became first deaf to win the title.

Primary Census Abstract-Data Highlights of Census 2011 released by Shinde on 30th april.Some of the Highlights are:

->Total population of the country is 1.21 billion showing an increase of 181.96 million persons in absolute numbers of population in India during the decade 2001-2011. During this decade, population of India grew by 17.7% as against 21.5% in the previous decade.

->As per Census 2011, 833.5 million persons live in rural areas and 377.1 million persons lives in urban areas. Thus, more than 2/3rd of total population of India lives in rural areas.

->Density of population as per current Census is 382 persons per sq.km. against 325 persons per sq.km. in 2001.

->Child population in the age group 0-6 years in 2011 Census is 164.5 million as against 163.8 million showing an increase of 0.4% in the last decade.

Sex ratio in Census 2011 is 943 females per 1000 males as against 933 in 2001 Census.

->Primary Census Abstract pegs the population of Scheduled Castes at 16.6 per cent and Scheduled Tribes at 8.6 per cent, together forming a quarter of the total population.Population of Schedule Castes in this Census is 201.4 million as against 166.6 million in 2001 registering an increase of 20.8% whereas Scheduled Tribes population increased to 104.3 million in 2011 from 84.3 million in 2001.The highest SC population, 31.9 per cent of the state's total number, is in Punjab. Lakshadweep has the highest proportion of STs at 94.8 per cent.

->As per Census 2011, number of literates is 763.5 million as against 560.7 million in 2001. 

->The Census data pegs the work participation rate at 39.8 per cent. More than 60 per cent of the population does not participate in any economic activity.At 51.9 per cent, Himachal Pradesh has the highest work participation rate and Delhi, at 33.3 per cent, is among the states with lowest rates.