The 60th National Film Awards were announced on 18 March 2013.
• Best actor: Irrfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Marathi film Anumati
• Best film - wholesome entertainment: Vicky Donor
• Best film on social issues: Spirit (Malayalam)
• Best Animated Film: Delhi Safari
• Best Children's Film: Dekh Indian Circus
• Best actress: Usha Jadhav for Marathi film Dhaag
Toyo Ito, the Japanese architect was declared as the winner of 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize on 18 March 2013.
S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, on 19 March 2013 won the National Bioscience Award for 2012 in Hyderabad.
"The First Woman President of India, Reinventing leadership, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil " was the book written by Professor Sunaina Singh.The Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari on 19 March 2013 released this book.
The London based Indian origin writer, Anil Ananthaswamy won inaugural Physics Journalism Prize for the article Hip Hip Array on 28 February 2013 in central London.
The United Nations on 20 March 2013 declared 20 March as the International Day of Happiness.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on 5 March 2013 at a military hospital in Caracas at the age of 58 due to Cancer.
Tiger Woods won the third PGA Tour title 2013, Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge; Orlando, Florida on 25 March 2013. His score was 69-70-66-70 and he defeated Justin Rose to win 1080000 US Dollar cash prize.
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio on 13 March 2013 was chosen as the new Pope. The new pope chose Francis as his Papal Name and he replace Pope Benedict XVI. He is the first non-European pope in almost 1300 years and first pontiff from the Americas.A Pope sits in the Vatican City.
The new leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping on 14 March 2013 was appointed as the President of China. He overtook the office from Hu Jintao.
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2013 was passed in the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013.the bill is also known as "anti rape bill".
World Number one Novak Djokovic on 2 March 2013 won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis title 2013. He defeated Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych in the finals in Dubai.
CHANGES IN GOVERNORS:
NAGALAND- Ashwani Kumar(replaced nikhil kumar)
kerala- Nikhil kumar(previously karnataka governor h.r bharadwaj served as kerala governor)
Odisha- SC Jamir(replaced MC Bhandare)
Tripura-Devanand Konwar(replaced D.Y. Patil )
Bihar-D.Y. Patil(replaced Devanand Konwar)
DETALS:
Ashwani Kumar(CBI director from August 2008 to November 2010) was appointed as Governor of Nagaland on 9 March 2013.he replaced nikhil kumar.
Nikhil kumar,former governor of nagaland was appoined as the governor of kerala.he sworn in on mar 23 2013.
SC Jamir was appointed as the new Governor of Odisha on 9 March 2013.He is a four time Chief Minister of Nagaland and has also served as Governor in Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat. He replaced
MC Bhandare.
Governors of Tripura and Bihar states were swapped on 9 March 2013 by the President .Governor of Tripura D.Y. Patil was appointed as the Governor of Bihar while Bihar Governor Devanand Konwar was sent to Tripura.
Three High Courts were established on 23 March 2013 in Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura (Announcement about establishment of these three new high courts was made on 25 January 2013)with which the number of high courts in India increased from 21 to 24.the Chief Justices of the three newly constituted High Courts of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura, who were sworn in on 23 March 2013 were Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre (Manipur), Justice T. Meenakumari (Meghalaya) and Justice Deepak Gupta (Tripura).
Earth Hour 2013 was observed in more than 150 countries on 23 March 2013. the first Earth Day observed in the world On 31 March 2007 at Sydney .
The 2013 Summit Meet of the Arab League started on 26 March 2013 at Doha, Qatar (The main highlight of this summit was the participation of Syria’s opposition representatives in place of Syria, whose membership of the league was suspended in 2011 as a punishment for President Bashar Assad’s crackdown of the opposition).
Vishakhapatnam has the most number of households living in slums as per the recently released first ever slum survey conducted by the Registrar General of India under the Census of India.
ONGC – Oil & Natural Gas Corporation was ranked first in a list of most profitable public sector undertakings released recently (ONGC’s net profits stood at Rs. 25,122 crore during 2011-12).
Rajeev Shahare is India’s new High Commissioner to Maldives (He replaces DM Mulay).
The beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are going to earn more with the revision of wages coming into effect from 1 April 2013. Haryana gets the highest daily wage after this revision .Beneficiaries of Haryana will receive daily wage of Rs. 214 instead of the present Rs. 191. Beneficiaries of Sikkim, Tripura, Nagaland recieve the lowest wages with rs 135 per day. Jharkhand, Bihar gets rs 138.
Services team won the championship title of Santosh Trophy 2013 on 3 March 2013 by defeating Kerala in the finals (Santosh Trophy is India National football championship).
Manik Sarkar is going to become Chief Minister of Tripura for fifth consecutive term after his party CPM’s roaring fifth consecutive win in the recently held assembly elections, results of which were announced on 28
February 2013.(Left Front won 50 out of total 60 seats)
Neiphiu Rio is set to become nagaland’s Chief Minister for the third time. Naga People’s Front (NPF) regional party of Nagaland retained its hold in the recently held assembly elections. NPF led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio won 37 out of 59 seats and one seat each were won by its allies BJP and JD(U).
5.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the fiscal deficit for 2012-13 (FY 2013) as announced in the Union Budget 2013-14 presented on 28 February 2013, which is lower than the targeted fiscal deficit of 5.3% of GDP.4.8% of the GDP is the target fiscal deficit for 2013-14 (FY 2014) as announced in the Union Budget 2013-14.
Rs. 16,65,297 crore is the total outlay for planned expenditure, as announced in the Union Budget of 2013-14.
A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl Neha Ramu of UK came to limelight recently due to Her IQ (intelligent quotient) which stood at 162 in a recently conducted Mensa IQ Test, which is more than that of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Sharad Yadav, JD(U) is to be awarded the “Outstanding Parliamentarian Award” for 2012 as announced by the Executive Committee of the Indian Parliamentary Group on 6 March 2013 .
Uhuru Kenyatta won the recently held Presidential Elections of Kenya.
Karnataka Janatha Paksha (KJP) is the name of the party formed by former Karnataka Chief Minister yedurappa, which caused heavy damage to the ruling BJP in the recently held local body elections in the state.
2013 BRICS SUMMIT was held from 26-27 march 2013 at durban,south africa.
Australia won 2013 azlan shah cup(hockey) against malaysia in the finals.the tourney was conducted at malaysia.
Saraswati samman 2012-to malayalam poetess sugatha kumari for her "manalezhuthu"(writing on sand).
Government infused 14000 crores in public sector banks during fiscal year 2013-14 for capital requirements.
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