CZECH REPUBLIC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS DECLARED ON 25 JANUARY 2013, MILOS ZEMAN WON AND THUS BECAME THE COUNTRY’S FIRST ELECTED PRESIDENT THROUGH DIRECT ELECTIONS.
INDIA CELEBRATED ITS 64TH REPUBLIC DAY WITH CHIEF GUEST AS BHUTAN'S KING JIGME KHESAR NAMGYEL WANGCHUCK.
PRANAB MUKHERJEE, THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA ON 18 JANUARY 2013 IMPOSED PRESIDENT’S RULE IN JHARKHAND.
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA, THE PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA, ON 13 JANUARY 2013 REMOVED THE FIRST WOMAN CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COUNTRY, SHIRANI BANDARNAYAKE AFTER ENDORSING HER IMPEACHMENT BY THE PARLIAMENT THAT CAUGHT HER GUILTY ON THE CORRUPTION CHARGES.
INDIA AND VIETNAM ON 15 JANUARY 2013 SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WHICH IS DIRECTLY MEANT FOR BUILDING CAPACITY AND DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND IDENTIFYING THRUST AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN VIETNAM.
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) ON 23 JANUARY 2013 PROJECTED THAT THE ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE OF INDIA IN 2013 WOULD BE 5.9 PERCENT.
NATIONAL ALUMINIUM CO LTD (NALCO) IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013 COMMISSIONED ITS FIRST WIND POWER PROJECT AT GANDIKOTA IN KADAPA DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH.
SWITZERLAND, WHICH IS SAID TO BE THE TOURIST PARADISE, EMERGED AS BEST PLACE TO BE BORN IN 2013,AS PER THE SURVEY HELD BY THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE, THE SISTER COMPANY OF THE ECONOMIST.INDIA WAS RANKED 66TH, AMONG THE LAST 15 COUNTRIES WHERE A BABY SHOULD BEGIN LIFE.
PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE ON 15 JANUARY 2013 PRESENTED KRISHI KARMAN AWARDS FOR 2011-12 TO EIGHT STATES, WHICH INCLUDES THE STATE OF UP AND BIHAR FOR IMPROVING THE FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTION AND COMMENDATION AWARDS TO 10 OTHER STATES.
RAJNATH SINGH ELECTED AS NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF BJP.
FAUJA SINGH, 101, THE OLDEST MARATHON RUNNER OF THE WORLD DECIDED TO STOP RUNNING IN THE COMPETITIONS AFTER HONG KONG MARATHON WHICH WILL BE HELD IN FEBRUARY 2013.
KOHLI BECAME THE QUICKEST INDIAN TO COMPLETE 4000 ODI RUNS.
THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS COMMITTEE (IOC) ON 17 JANUARY 2013 ASKED THE ALL TIME POPULAR CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG FACING THE CHARGES OF DOPING TO RETURN THE OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE OF 2000 SYDNEY GAMES.
USAIN BOLT OF JAMAICA WON ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD.
LIONEL MESSI, THE ARGENTINE FOOTBALLER WON FIFA BALLOND’OR AWARD FOR 4TH TIME.
ANDY MURRAY RETAINED HIS BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS TITLE.
THE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS ON 23 JANUARY 2013 ORDERED THAT STAGING PLAYS IN TAMIL NADU DOESN’T REQUIRE ANY SORT OF POLICE PERMISSION AND IT ALSO EXPLAINED THAT SOME PROVISIONS OF THE TAMIL NADU DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES ACT, 1954 WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
DELHI WITNESSED HIGHEST NUMBER OF RAPE CASES IN DECADE’S TIMEPATIALA HOUSE COURT COMPLEX IN NEW DELHI ON 16 JANUARY 2013 COMPLETELY SWITCHED OVER TO THE E-STAMPING FACILITY.
A SPECIAL COURT CONSTITUTED FOR TRIAL OF THE CORRUPTION CASES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MGNREGS (MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME) ON 16 JANUARY 2013 AWARDED ONE YEAR SENTENCE ALONG WITH 40000 RUPEES AS PENALTY TO THE ASSISTANTS OF THE FIELD.
OM PRAKASH CHAUTALA,FORMER HARYANA CHIEF MINISTER HELD GUILTY IN TEACHERS RECRUITMENT SCAM.
CHANDRAKANTA RAWAT, THE 37-YEAR-OLD UTTRAKHAND WOMAN BECAME THE FIRST COMPLETE BODY DONOR IN JANUARY 2013 AT THE ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI.
MAHINDRA SATYAM TIED UP WITH JAPANESE FIRM TECHMATRIX.
IMF FORECASTED INDIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE TO BE 5.9 PERCENT.
GOVERNMENT INCREASED IMPORT DUTY ON GOLD & PLATINUM BY 2 %.THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS INCREASED THE IMPORT DUTY ON PLATINUM AND GOLD FROM 4 PERCENT TO 6 PERCENT.
WORLD BANK SLASHED GLOBAL GROWTH FORECAST TO 2.4 PERCENT.
THE UNION CABINET ON 10 JANUARY 2013 APPROVED A PROPOSAL OF INFUSING 12517 CRORES RUPEES IN PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS SO THAT BANK COULD ENHANCE THE LENDING ACTIVITY AND MEET THE CAPITAL ADEQUACY NORMS.
JUSTICE JS VERMA PANEL REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT: RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SEXUAL CRIMES ON 24TH JAN.
SUPREME COURT BANNED TOURISTS’ ENTRY IN JARAWA TRIBE HABITAT OF ANDAMANS.
RAHUL GANDHI APPOINTED AS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ON 21 JAN.
AIR INDIA GROUNDED ALL SIX BOEING 787 DREAMLINERS AFTER US FEDERAL AGENCY ASKED ITS AIRLINES TO GROUND THE BOEING 787 DUE TO SAFETY HAZARD.
THE OLDEST SURVIVING WOMAN OF THE WORLD, KOTO OKUBO DIED AT THE AGE OF 115 YEARS IN A TOWN NEAR TOKYO.
BRIJ BIHARI LAL BUTAIL WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED AS THE NEW SPEAKER OF HIMACHAL PRADESH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
RAJIV TAKRU , THE SENIOR IAS OFFICER ON PROMOTED AND APPOINTED AS SECRETARY OF FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THE FINANCE MINISTRY.
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED A HIGHLY MANOEUVRABLE VERSION OF THE 290-KM RANGESUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE BRAHMOS FROM A NAVAL WARSHIP OFF THE COAST OF VISHAKHAPATNAM IN BAY OF BENGAL ON 9TH JAN.
AIR MARSHAL KULWANT SINGH GILL TOOK OVER THE OATH AS THE NEW COMMANDANT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY.
JUSTICE D.K. JAIN HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 20TH LAW COMMISSION OF INDIA BY THE UNION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
THE THREE-DAY 11TH PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS (PBD) KICKED OFF IN KOCHI FROM 7-9 JAN 2013.ITS CHIEF GUEST WAS MAURITIUS PRESIDENT RAJKESHWAR PURRYAG.ITS THEME WAS"ENGAGING DIASPORA:INDIAN GROWTH STORY."
100TH INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS TOOK PLACE FROM 3-7 JAN 2013 IN KOLKATTA.ITS THEME WAS "SCIECE FOR SHAPING FUTURE FOR INDIA."
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS HAS DECIDED TO DEVELOP THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLAR TELESCOPE AT LADAKH AND WORK ON IT WOULD COMMENCE BY END OF THE YEAR 2013.
UNION GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTED THE 14TH FINANCE COMMISSION UNDER FORMER RBI GOVERNOR YV REDDY.THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE THREE FULLTIMEMEMBERS:
SUSHMA NATH, FORMER FINANCE SECRETARY•
M. GOVIND RAO, DIRECTOR, NIPFP•
SUDIPTO MUNDLE.
SCIENTIST VENKATESH MANNAR HONOURED WITH ORDER OF CANADA AWARD.THE UNION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN THE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY 2013 AMENDED THE AUGUST 2008 NOTIFICATION TO ALLOW MGNREGA BENEFICIARIES TO RECEIVE OTHER GOVERNMENT BENEFITS AND DEPOSITS IN THEIR POST OFFICE SAVING ACCOUNT.
SC ORDERED GOVT TO SET UP A SPECIAL COURT FOR ITALIAN MARINE. ON 18 JANUARY 2013 IT DECIDED THAT KERALA HAD NO JURISDICTION TO INVESTIGATE INTO THE MATTER OF ITALIAN MARINES SHOOTING INCIDENT IN WHICH TWO FISHERMEN WERE KILLED ON 15 FEBRUARY 2012.
THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA ON 11 JANUARY 2012 ANNOUNCED THE DATES FOR ELECTIONS AND BYELECTIONSIN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES OF 10 STATES. THE ELECTIONS/BY-ELECTIONS WOULD BE HELD IN MEGHALAYA, NAGALAND, TRIPURA, ASSAM, BIHAR, MAHARASHTRA, MIZORAM, UTTAR PRADESH, WESTBENGAL AND PUNJAB.
NATIONAL DATA CENTRE FOR UIDAI TO COME UP IN GURGAON.
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AND HEALTHY INTESTINAL TRANSPLANT SURGERY IN INDIA WAS GIVEN TO A SOFTWARE ENGINEER ON 24 NOVEMBER 2012 AT MEDANTA MEDICITY, GURGAON.
154 SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE ENCODED AND STORED IN STRANDS OF DNA.
BARACK OBAMA SWORN IN AS THE US PRESIDENT FOR SECOND TERM ON 20TH JAN.
BARRACK OBAMA’S HALF-BROTHER DECIDED LAUNCHING POLITICAL CAREER IN KENYA.
CHINA APPOINTED WEI WEI, A CAREER DIPLOMAT AS AMBASADOR TO INDIA.
THE SUPREME COURT (SC) OF PAKISTAN ON 15 JANUARY 2013 ORDERED THE AUTHORITIES TO ARREST RAJA PERVEZ ASHRAF, THE PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN, WITHIN 24 HOURS.
INDIA AFFECTED BY THE CYBER SPYING CAMPAIGN CALLED RED OCTOBER.
SANIA MIRZA AND BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS CLAIMED LADIES DOUBLES FINAL AT THE BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL.
SOUTH KOREA BECAME FIRST COUNTRY IN ASIA TO ORDER CHEMICAL CASTRATION OF CHILD RAPIST.
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADMIR PUTIN VISITED INDIA TO ATTEND 13TH INDIA-RUSSIA ANNUAL SUMMIT ON 31 DEC 2012.
CHINA IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY 2013 LAUNCHED A POSTAGE STAMP FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR OF SNAKE.DAVID COLEMAN HEADLEY, THE PAKISTANI-AMERICAN AND THE MASTERMIND OF THE 26/11 MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK 2008 WAS SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON ON 24 JANUARY 2013 BY A U.S. COURT.NOVAK DJOKOVIC OF SERBIA DEFEATED ANDY MURRAY OF UK IN FOUR SETS TO WIN AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2013 FINAL...VICTORIA AZARENKA OF BELARUS WON IN THE WOMEN’S CATEGORY AFTER DEFEATING LI NA OF CHINA.
VULTURE POPULATION ESTIMATION-2013 WAS CONDUCTED IN PANNA TIGER RESERVE IN MADHYA PRADESH BY THE STATEGOVERNMENT.
RBI SLASHED REPO RATE AND CRR TO 7.75 % & 4 %.
108 PERSONALITIES SELECTED FOR PADMA AWARDS 2013...OUT OF WHICH 24 WERE WOMEN.
PADMA VIBHUSHAN (4)
RAGHUNATH MOHAPATRA, ART, ORISSA
S HAIDER RAZA, ART, DELHI
PROF YASH PAL, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING,
UTTAR PRADESH
PROF RODDAM NARASIMHA, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, KARNATAKA
PADMA BHUSHAN (24)
DR RAMANAIDU DAGGUBATI, ART, ANDHRA PRADESH
SREERAMAMURTHY JANAKI, ART, TAMIL NADU
DR (SMT) KANAK RELE, ART, MAHARASHTRA
SHARMILA TAGORE, ART, DELHI
DR (SMT) SAROJA VAIDYANATHAN, ART,
DELHI
ABDUL RASHID KHAN, ART, WEST BENGAL
LATE RAJESH KHANNA, ART, MAHARASHTRA
LATE JASPAL SINGH BHATTI, ART, PUNJAB
SHIVAJIRAO GIRDHAR PATIL, PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, MAHARASHTRA
DR APATHUKATHA SIVATHANU PILLAI,
SCIENCE, ENGINEERING DELHI
DR VIJAY KUMAR SARASWAT, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, DELHI
DR ASHOKE SEN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
UTTAR PRADESH
B N SURESH, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING,
KARNATAKA
PROF SATYA N ATLURI, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, USA
PROF JOGESH CHANDRA PATI, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, USA
RAMAMURTHY THYAGARAJAN, TRADE AND
INDUSTRY, TAMIL NADU
ADI BURJOR GODREJ, TRADE AND INDUSTRY,
MAHARASHTRA
DR NANDKISHORE SHAMRAO LAUD, MEDICINE,
MAHARASHTRA
MANGESH PADGAONKAR, LITERATURE AND
EDUCATION, MAHARASHTRA
PROF GAYATRI CHAKRAVORTY SPIVAK,
LITERATURE & EDUCATION USA
HEMENDRA SINGH PANWAR, CIVIL SERVICE,
MADHYA PRADESH
MAHARAJ KISHAN BHAN, CIVIL SERVICE,
DELHI
RAHUL DRAVID, SPORTS, KARNATAKA
H MANGTE CHUNGNEIJANG MARY KOM, SPORTS,
MANIPUR
PADMA SHRI (80)
GAJAM ANJAIAH, ART, ANDHRA PRADESH
SWAMI G C D BHARTI ALIAS BHARATI
BANDHU, ART, CHHATTISGARH
B JAYASHREE, ART, KARNATAKA
SRIDEVI KAPOOR, ART, MAHARASHTRA
KAILASH CHANDRA MEHER, ART, ORISSA
BRAHMDEO RAM PANDIT, ART, MAHARASHTRA
VISHWANATH D PATEKAR ALIAS NANA
PATEKAR, ART, MAHARASHTRA
R NAGESWARA RAO ALIAS SURABHI BABJI,
ART, ANDHRA PRADESH
LAKSHMI NARAYANA SATHIRAJU, ART, TAMIL
NADU
JAYMALA SHILEDAR, ART, MAHARASHTRA
SURESH DATTATRAY TALWALKAR, ART,
MAHARASHTRA
P MADHAVAN NAIR ALIAS MADHU, ART,
KERALA
APURBA KISHORE BIR, ART, MAHARASHTRA
GHANAKANTA BORA BORBAYAN, ART, ASSAM
HILDA MIT LEPCHA, ART, SIKKIM
SUDHA MALHOTRA, ART, MAHARASHTRA
GHULAM MOHAMMAD SAZNAWAZ, ART, JAMMU
AND KASHMIR
RAMESH GOPALDAS SIPPY, ART, MAHARASHTRA
MAHRUKH TARAPOR, ART, MAHARASHTRA
BALWANT THAKUR, ART, JAMMU AND KASHMIR
PURAN DAS BAUL, ART, WEST BENGAL
RAJENDRA TIKKU, ART, JAMMU AND KASHMIR
PABLO BARTHOLOMEW, ART, DELHI
SHRI S SHAKIR ALI, ART, RAJASTHAN
S K M MAEILANANDHAN, SOCIAL WORK, TAMIL
NADU
NILEEMA MISHRA, SOCIAL WORK,
MAHARASHTRA
REEMA NANAVATI, SOCIAL WORK, GUJARAT
JHARNA DHARA CHOWDHURY, SOCIAL WORK,
BANGLADESH
LATE DR RAM KRISHAN, SOCIAL WORK, UTTAR
PRADESH
LATE MANJU BHARAT RAM, SOCIAL WORK,
DELHI
PROF MUSTANSIR BARMA, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, MAHARASHTRA
AVINASH CHANDER, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, DELHI
SANJAY GOVIND DHANDE, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, UTTAR PRADESH
PROF (DR) SANKAR KUMAR PAL, SCIENCE,
ENGINEERING, WEST BENGAL
DEEPAK B PHATAK, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, MAHARASHTRA
DR MUDUNDI RAMAKRISHNA RAJU, SCIENCE
AND ENGG, ANDHRA PRADESH
PROF AJAY K SOOD, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, KARNATAKA
PROF KRISHNASWAMY VIJAYRAGHAVAN,
SCIENCE & ENGG, KARNATAKA
DR MANINDRA AGRAWAL, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, UTTAR PRADESH
DR JAYARAMAN GOWRISHANKAR, SCIENCE
& ENGINEERING, ANDHRA PRADESH
PROF SHARAD PANDURANG KALE, SCIENCE
& ENGINEERING, MAHARASHTRA
VANDANA LUTHRA, TRADE AND INDUSTRY,
DELHI
RAJSHREE PATHY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY,
TAMIL NADU
HEMENDRA PRASAD BAROOAH, TRADE AND
INDUSTRY, ASSAM
MILIND KAMBLE, TRADE AND INDUSTRY,
MAHARASHTRA
KALPANA SAROJ, TRADE AND INDUSTRY,
MAHARASHTRA
DR SUDARSHAN K AGGARWAL, MEDICINE,
DELHI
DR C VENKATA S RAM ALIAS CHITTA,
VENKATA SUNDARA RAM, MEDICINE, ANDHRA PRADESH
DR RAJENDRA ACHYUT BADWE, MEDICINE,
MAHARASHTRA
DR TARAPRASAD DAS, MEDICINE, ORISSA
PROF (DR) T V DEVARAJAN, MEDICINE,
TAMIL NADU
PROF (DR) SAROJ CHOORAMANI GOPAL,
MEDICINE, UTTAR PRADESH
DR PRAMOD KUMAR JULKA, MEDICINE, DELHI
DR GULSHAN RAI KHATRI, MEDICINE, DELHI
DR GANESH KUMAR MANI, MEDICINE, DELHI
DR AMIT PRABHAKAR MAYDEO, MEDICINE,
MAHARASHTRA
DR SUNDARAM NATARAJAN, MEDICINE,
MAHARASHTRA
PROF KRISHNA CHANDRA CHUNEKAR,
MEDICINE, UTTAR PRADESH
DR VISHWA KUMAR GUPTA, MEDICINE, DELHI
PROF (CAPT) DR M SHARAF-EALAM,
LITERATURE & EDUCATION, BIHAR
DR RADHIKA HERZBERGER, LITERATURE &
EDUCATION, ANDHRA PRADESH
J MALSAWMA, LITERATURE AND EDUCATION,
MIZORAM
DEVENDRA PATEL, LITERATURE &
EDUCATION, GUJARAT
DR RAMA KANT SHUKLA, LITERATURE &
EDUCATION, DELHI
PROF AKHTARUL WASEY, LITERATURE &
EDUCATION, DELHI
PROF ANVITA ABBI, LITERATURE &
EDUCATION, DELHI
NIDA FAZLI, LITERATURE & EDUCATION,
MADHYA PRADESH
SURENDER KUMAR SHARMA, LITERATURE &
EDUCATION, DELHI
DR JAGDISH PRASAD SINGH, LITERATURE
& EDUCATION, BIHAR
LATE SHAUKAT RIAZ KAPOOR ALIAS SALIK
LAKHNAWI, LITERATURE & EDUCATION, WB
PROF NOBORU KARASHIMA, LITERATURE &
EDUCATION, JAPAN
CHRISTOPHER PINNEY, LITERATURE &
EDUCATION, UK
PREMLATA AGRAWAL, SPORTS, JHARKHAND
YOGESHWAR DUTT, SPORTS, HARYANA
HOSANAGARA NAGARAJEGOWDA GIRISHA,
SPORTS, KARNATAKA
SUBEDAR MAJOR VIJAY KUMAR, SPORTS,
HIMACHAL PRADESH
NGANGOM DINGKO SINGH, SPORTS,
MAHARASHTRA
NAIB SUBEDAR BAJRANG LAL TAKHAR, SPORTS,
RAJASTHAN
RITU KUMAR, FASHION DESIGNING, DELHI
DR RAVINDRA SINGH BISHT, ARCHAEOLOGY,
UTTAR PRADESH.Dr Ravindra Singh Bisht, Archaeology, Uttar Pradesh.
MUTHUNAYAGAM AND SARASWAT TO BE AWARDED WITH ARYABHATTA AWARD BY THE Astronautical Society of India (ASI).
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