Current affairs- December, 2013

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22nd December:

• England spinner Graeme Swann announced retirement from international and first-class cricket.
• World's first artificial heart transplant done successfully by French doctors at Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris. The artificial heart is designed by French biomedical firm Carmat.
• Zaheer Khan became the fourth and only the second Indian bowler pacer to take 300 wickets in Test matches.

21st December:

• Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan resigned from her post.  Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily has been given additional charge of the environment ministry.
• Usha Sangwan appointed first woman Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation.

20th December:

• Two United Nations peacekeepers from India were killed and a third wounded in South Sudan.
• India's indigenously designed fighter aircraft Tejas get the second Initial Operational Clearance certificate.

19th December:

• Pakistan appointed Abdul Basit as its new high commissioner to India.
• Sahitya Akademi Award for 2013 announced. Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar, Bengali poet Subodh Sarkar and Bodo poet Anil Boro are among the winners.
• India team wins their first ever team titles in Asia-Pacific Junior Golf Championship.
• South India’s first high altitude cricket stadium inaugurated in Krishnagiri in Waynad district of Kerala.

18th December:

• Lokshabha  passed the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill that provides for formation of anti-graft ombudsman.
• Anna Hazare broke his nine-day fast shortly after Lok Sabha passed the Lokpal Bill.
• BCCI announced Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for the year 2013 to Kapil Dev for his contribution to cricket.

17th December:

• Rajya Sabha passed Lokpal Bill.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel was re-elected for a third term with a vote in the lower house of parliament.
• The Smt Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Industrial Research Award for Women Scientists for the year 2011 has been conferred on Dr M Lakshmi Kantam, Director, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.

16th December:

• Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has recommended the imposition of President's rule in Delhi as one of the options to break the deadlock over formation of a new government, with no party ready yet to assume power.
• The star of the 1962 film epic “Lawrence of Arabia” Peter O’Toole died in a London hospital at the age of 81.
• The International Cricket Council suspended West Indies' off-spinner Shane Shillingford from bowling in international cricket for his illegal bowling action.

15th December:

• South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela laid to rest with full state honours in his childhood village at Qunu in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.
• Union Labour Minister Sis Ram Ola died after a prolonged illness in Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon, Haryana.
• Irrfan Khan wins the best actor award at the 10th edition of Dubai International Film Festival for the film The Lunchbox .

14th December:

• Shivraj Chouhan sworn in as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister for third consecutive times.
• Lal Thanhawla sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Mizoram for second successive term.

13th December:

• Vasundhara Raje sworn in as Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
• The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
• Maharashtra assembly passed the anti-black magic Bill that seeks to curb black magic and other superstitious practices.
• Cheteshwar Pujara wins the 'Emerging Cricketer of the Year' trophy in the ICC annual awards.

12th December:

• Raman Singh sworn in as Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.
• South Africa wins the three match ODI series 2-0 against India.
• Former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist, and former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

11th December:

• Indian Air force ended the service of India’s first supersonic jet warplane Mig-21 FL.
• Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana.
• Retired Gujarat high court judge DP Buch sworn in as the Gujrat's fourth Lokayukta.
• Time magazine named Pope Francis as its person of the year.

10th December:

• The Supreme Court ruled that red beacon be allowed to only Constitutional authorities which include the President, Prime Minister, cabinet ministers, governors, the Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court judges and the heads of both houses of Parliament to prevent its misuse by local politicians flaunting it as a status symbol.
• President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Johannesburg to attend a memorial service in honour of South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela.
• Anna Hazare started indefinite hunger strike here to press the government for immediate passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill in winter session of Parliament.
• The former Foreign Secretary of India Ranjan Mathai took over as the India's High Commissioner to the UK.
• Lionel Messi, Franck Ribery and Cristiano Ronaldo were shortlisted for this year's Ballon d'Or Prize.

9th December:

• Congress wins the Mizoram State Assembly election with 31 seats.
• Lok Sabha adopted the 2G JPC report which blaming former telecom minister A. Raja for the faulty allocation of spectrum and exonerating Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram of any wrongdoing.

8th December:

• BJP wins the Rajasthan State Assembly election with 162 seats. Congress wins 21 seats.
• In Madhya Pradesh State Assembly election, BJP gets clear majority with 164 seats.
• In Delhi State Assembly election BJP wins 32 seats while Aam Aadmi Party wins 28 seats.
• In Chhattisgarh State Assembly election, BJP gets 49 and Congress gets 39 seats.
• Indian Olympic Association (IOA) amended its constitution to bar charge-framed persons from contesting elections in an act of compliance to get the country's Olympic ban overturned.

7th December:

• FIFA declares 2014 FIFA World Cup football draw to be held in Brazil.
• Late sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar received a posthumous nomination in the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for his album "The Living Room Sessions Part 2" in the World Music Album category.
• Miss Venezuela Alyz Henrich wins Miss Earth, 2013 at the Versailles Palace, Philippines.

6th December:

• India approved the draft of a multilateral trade reforms package at the World Trade Organization, clearing the way for the first global trade deal in almost two decades.
• MS Dhoni becomes India's highest scoring ODI captain leaving behind former captain Mohammad Azharuddin's tally of 5239 in 174 matches. Dhoni reached 5278 runs in his 152nd ODI.
• India will host the Under-17 FIFA World Cup in 2017.

5th December:

• South African anti-apartheid hero and former President Nelson Mandela died at the aged 95 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• The winter session of Parliament will begins.
• A parliamentary bill for the creation of a new Telangana state, with 10 districts, has been cleared by the Union Cabinet.
• European Union (EU) imposed ban on all airlines from Nepal from flying into the 28-nation bloc under EU air safety list for unsafe carriers.
• India has been ranked 98th in the Forbes list of world's best countries for doing business.
• India becomes the highest run scoring team in ODI history while Australia are currently second team with 1,82,881 runs.

4th December:

• Around 66 per cent polling recorded in the Delhi Assembly election.

3rd December:

• India successfully test fired its surface to surface ballistic missile Prithvi-ll from Chandipur in the Balesore district, Odisha.
• Seven policemen were killed in a landmine blast in Bihar.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni named captain of ICC's one-day international team and England captain Alastair Cook named skipper of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) test team of the year. Mahendra Singh Dhoni also wins the International Cricket Council (ICC) People’s Choice Award for the year 2013.

2nd December:

• The Supreme Court issued notice to the centre on a petition seeking to strike down the provisions of Juvenile Justice Act that bars criminal courts from trying juvenile offenders.
• India's current account deficit falls to $5.2 billion in July-September quarter.
• Gaganjeet Bhullar wins his fifth Asian Tour victory by winning Indonesia Open.

1st December:

• Indian shuttler PV Sindhu wins the women's singles title at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Tournament after defeating Li Michelle of Canada 21-15, 21-12.
• Actor Paul Walker, best known for his roles in the "Fast and the Furious" action movies, died in a car crash in Southern California.

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Current affairs- November, 2013

By: Unknown on 07:52

30th November:

• India's Mars orbiter craft leave the Earth's sphere of influence (SOI) and begin the 300-day voyage in deep space to the Mars.

29th November:

• India's economy grows 4.8 per cent in the three months through September.

28th November:

• Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party in Nepal's Constituent Assembly polls having topped in both the direct and proportionate voting systems.
• Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar became UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South Asia and will work in promoting hygiene and sanitation in the region.

27th November:

• Pakistan appoints Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif as new army chief.
• India beat the West Indies in the three-match cricket series 2-1.
• A book of psalms from 1640 has become the world's most expensive printed book as it was auctioned in New York for $14.2m.

26th November:

• Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were sentenced to life in prison by a CBI court for the twin murders of their daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj in 2008.
• Apple has topped the 'World's Most Valuable List' compiled by Forbes magazine with a brand value of $104.3 billion.

25th November:

• A  CBI court in Delhi convicted Parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the case of murder of their young daughter, Aarushi and their domestic help, Hemraj in 2008.
• Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram ended peacefully with polling percentage of 71 and 82 respectively.

24th November:

• Afghanistan's Loya Jirga assembly voted in favor of a deal with the United States that would pave the way for U.S. troops to remain in the country after 2014.
• Iran and P5+1 (United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia) group of Nations reached a breakthrough deal on 24 November 2013 to curb Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief.

23rd November:

• Supreme Court Chief Justice P Sathasivam inaugurated a day-long National Lok Adalat where for the first time 39 lakh pending cases are being taken up simultaneously all over the country for settlement. The Lok Adalats are taking place in the Supreme Court, 24 high courts and all the district courts of the country.

22nd November:

• Cyclonic storm Helen hits in Andhra Pradesh.
• Norway's Magnus Carlsen becomes world chess champion after defeating Five-time title-holder Viswanathan Anand in World Chess Championship match in Chennai.

21st November:

• Election Commission announced that voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) is to be used on a large-scale for the first time in the country in Mizoram State Election.
• Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals when he scored 86 against the West Indies. Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings.
• The 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) began at Panaji in Goa.
• Former Olympic gold medalist V Baskaran as Coach of the Senior Men Hockey Team.

20th November:

• India's first women's bank, the Bharatiya Mahila Bank has been inaugurated in Mumbai at the Air India building in Nariman Point.
• 14-year-old Prithvi Pankaj Shaw from Rizvi Springfield, Mumbai scores 546 in 330 balls in prestigious Elite Division Harris Shield Under-16 cricket tournament.  He has broken the earlier Mumbai schools cricket record of Armaan Jaffer who had scored 498 in Giles Shield semi-final in 2010-11.

19th November:

• Chhattisgarh recorded 74.70 per cent voter turnout in 72 Assembly constituencies in the second phase of polling.
• A motion laid in the House of Commons, England congratulating Sachin Tendulkar on a magnificent career and for being an ambassador for the game.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel selected for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2013.

18th November:

• India successfully test-fired the advanced BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Pokhran, Rajasthan.
• The Czech Republic retained their Davis Cup title after Radek Stepanek defeats Dusan Lajovic in the decisive match to seal a 3-2 final victory over Serbia.
• 27-year-old Jamaican Usain Bolt has been named male World Athlete of the Year for a fifth time. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce selected for the Women's Athlete of the Year award.

17th November:

• Malta will host the next Commonwealth summit in 2015.
• Abdulla Yameen sworn in as new Maldives President.
• Actress Waheeda Rehman will receive the inaugural Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personality of the Year, a special honor to commemorate the 100 years of Indian cinema.

16th November:

• The Prime Minister's Office announced that Indian Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and highly regarded scientist CNR Rao will be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's biggest civilian award. Sachin Tendulkar become the first sportsperson to received Bharat Ratna.
• The super aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya formally joined the Indian Navy.
• The 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM began in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Indian wins the Test Series 2-0 against West Indies. Rohit Sharma elected as Man of the Series. This is the last Test Match of Sachin Tendulkar.

15th November:

• Maldives President Mohamed Waheed has stepped down from the post on the eve of the second round of the country's presidential polls.
• BCCI excludes Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh in new contract list for the 2013-14 seasons.

14th November:

• Children’s Day and World Diabetes Day observed across India.
• India's first fully privately funded Rapid Metro Gurgaon starts of its commercial operations.
• The last Test Match of Sachin Tendulkar's cricketing life starts in Mumbai.

13th November:

• Usha Anathasubramaniam appointed as the first Chairperson and Managing Director of Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the first all-women bank of India.
• The Supreme Court said that it is mandatory for the police to register FIR if a complainant approaches it for the registration of a cognizable offence.
• The first office tower at Ground Zero site opened after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

12th November:

• The annual consumer price inflation increases to 10.09 percent in October from 9.84 percent in September.
• UP Lokayukta has given a clean chit to BSP chief Mayawati in the alleged Noida farmhouse scam.
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Etihad's $325 million (Rs. 2,000 crore) deal to buy a 24 percent stake in Jet Airways.

11th November:

• 1st phase of voting in Chhattisgarh begins with high security.
• Woman shooter Heena Sidhu created history by becoming the third pistol exponent from India after Anjali Bhagwat (2003) and Gagan Narang (2008) to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup finals in Munich, Germany.
• Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) formally renamed the Kandivili ground as the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana Club.

10th November:

• Death toll increases to 10,000 in the typhoon hit Philippines.
• Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler becomes Miss Universe 2013 in a ceremony in Crocus City Hall in Moscow.

9th November:

• At least 1,200 died in super typhoon Haiyan in Philippines.
• The Supreme Court put a stay order till 6th December, 2013 on Gauhati High court verdict which had declared the setting up of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as unconstitutional.
• Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decides not to attend CHOGM Summit to be held in Sri Lanka next week. India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will head the Indian delegation at the Summit.
• World chess championship game starts in Chennai between World champion Viswanathan Anand and world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
• UN has conferred the 'UN Frontline Workers Global Leadership Award' to Martha Dodray from Darbhanga district of Bihar for her commitment and dedication in eradicating polio in India.

8th November:

• The Indian Mars spacecraft successfully completed the second of the six orbit raising maneuvers for the Mars Orbiter. 
• India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I missile from Odisha.
• 2018 men's hockey World Cup will be held on India.
• India wins by an innings and 51 runs against West Indies in the 1st test at Kolkata.

7th November:

• Allahabad High Court ordered Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw unauthorized security provided to 830 people and recover money spent on them within 15 days.
• According to the Wealth-X-UBS billionaire census report 2013, India has 103 billionaires. Mumbai among the top five 'billionaire cities' globally with 30 billionaires.

6th November:

• Celebrity chef Tarla Dalal passes away in Mumbai at the age of 76.
• A R Rahman has been conferred an honor by Canada as a Canadian street in Markham, Ontario has been named after him.
• Piramal Enterprises Ltd. has acquired over-the-counter (OTC) brand Caladryl in India from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

5th November:

• India's first Mars orbiter Mangalyaan took off successfully from the PSLV-C25 launch vehicle at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh.  It completed its first stage of its journey successfully when entered the Earth's orbit around 44 minutes after blastoff. Mangalyaan will enter Mars orbit in September 2014.
• A court in Bangladesh has sentenced 152 people to death for their actions in a 2009 border guard mutiny in which 74 people were killed.

4th November:

• China sets up station at the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) sector in Ladakh near the Line of Actual Control, to monitor Indian planes.
• Yuki Bhambri wins his first ATP Challenger level singles title of the season and second of his career after defeating American Bradely Klahn in the summit clash of the Traralgon event in Australia.

3rd November:

• India celebrates Diwali.
• The 56 and-a-half hour countdown for the launch of India's first space mission to Mars, PSLV C25 slated for November 5, commenced at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
• Famous Pakistani folk singer Reshma dies due to throat cancer in Lahore.

2nd November:

• India wins the seven matches ODI series against Australia 3-2.
• Rohit Sharma makes record of most sixes in an ODI match with 16 sixes in his 209 run innings against Australia.

1st November:

• The election process in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram initiated with the issue of gazette notification by the respective Governors of the two States.
• Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) clears launch of India's maiden mission to Mars on November 5.
• Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud killed in drone strike.

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Current affairs- October, 2013

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31st October:

• Jharkhand high court rejects Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail petition on fodder scam.
• Gujrat CM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Statue of Unity, a proposed 182 meters (597 ft) monument of Vallabhbhai Patel which will be the tallest statue of the world when completed.

30th October:

• Infosys has agreed to pay a penalty of $34 million to the United States government for making errors in 1-9 paperwork and other visa related matters.
• 45 passengers were burnt to death and five others injured when an air-conditioned private bus, proceeding to Hyderabad from Bangalore caught fire in Andhra Pradesh's Mehabubnagar district.
• Sensex closes at all-time high above 21,000.
• Srishti Rana of India crowned as Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 in Busan, South Korea.

29th October:

• RBI hikes repo rate by 25 Basis Points to 7.75 % from 7.50%.
• India has developed a new tactical surface-to-surface missile 'Pragati' with a range between 60-170 km.
• Mukesh Ambani becomes India's richest for 6th year in a row in Forbes' list with a net worth of $ 21 billion.
• Union Government appoints Air Marshal Arup Raha as the next Chief of the Air Staff who will replace Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne.
• Pioneer of Nayi Kahani movement and renowned Hindi writer Rajendra Yadav dies at 84 in New Delhi.

28th October:

• The Supreme Court directed the Sahara Group to hand over title deeds of property worth Rs. 20,000 crore to market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) within three weeks.

27th October:

• 5 killed and over 70 injured in seven crude bomb serial explosions ahead of Narendra Modi's rally in Patna.
• Floods triggered by incessant rains for nearly a week left at least 45 persons dead in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
• Sachin Tendulkar playing is last Ranji match as Mumbai take on Haryana at Lahli, Haryana.
• Amitabh Bachchan received the 3rd Hridayanath Mangeshkar Award for his contribution to the film industry.
• Germany's Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest four-times world champion on Sunday after winning the Indian Grand Prix for Red Bull.

26th October:

• BCCI terminated Sahara-owned franchise Pune Warriors from the IPL after defaulted on its payments and refused to furnish the bank guarantee for the next season.

25th October:

• The Prime Minister's Office has handed over all documents on the allocation of two coal blocks to a firm owned by Kumar Mangalam Birla to the CBI.
• South African cricketer Faf du Plessis accused for ball-tampering on the third day of the second Test against Pakistan in Dubai.

24th October:

• The legendary singer Manna Dey died of cardiac arrest at the age of 94 in Bangalore hospital where was treated for respiratory illness.
• India ending an eight year ban on military supplies to Nepal with the supplies of vehicles and arms.
• The extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India came into effect with the handing over of the instruments of ratification of the much-awaited pact.
• Astronomers have found the most distant galaxy yet, designated by scientists as z8_GND_5296, took about 13.1 billion years to reach the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, both of which detected the galaxy in infrared light.

23rd October:

• The Election Commission changed the Mizoram assembly election schedule by advancing the polling to November 25 instead of earlier slated on December 4.
• Former Delhi health minister Harsh Vardhan will be the BJP's Chief Minister candidate for Delhi election.
• India and China signed Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) to soothing tension on their contested border.

22nd October:

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Beijing today on a three-day visit.
• India started pumping electricity for the first time from Kudankulam nuclear power plant, Tamil Nadu with an initial output of 160 MW.
• CBI filed fresh status report in the Supreme Court on coal block allocation scam.
• Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and JD (U) MP Jagdish Sharma disqualified from the Lok Sabha as both are convicted in the Bihar fodder scam.

21st October:

• Congress MP Rashid Masood has been disqualified from the Rajya Sabha after the Congress MP was convicted in a corruption case.

20th October:

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Moscow to strengthen bilateral strategic partnership.
• Lata Mangeshkar presented with the first national Yash Chopra Memorial Award in Mumbai.
• Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal defeated former World number one Rachael Grinham of Australia to clinch the Macau Open title.

19th October:

• India’s tallest air traffic control (ATC) tower with 84-metre structure inaugurated in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.
• An Italian court ruled that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud.
• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pradeep Sangwan for 18 months after he was found violating the board's anti-doping regulations in IPL 2013.

18th October:

• The Archaeological Survey of India team began digging at Daundia Khera village of Unnao district, UP for the prophesied 1,000 tones of gold as claimed by a local priest Swami Shobhan Sarkar.
• Micromax has roped in Hollywood star Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador.

17th October:

• The U.S. Congress approved a deal to end a partial government shutdown.US federal workers back to work after 16-day shutdown.The workers have been furloughed since the partial government shutdown began October 1.
• The Supreme Court ordered a CBI probe into the tapes of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia.
• Terence Walsh appointed as Chief Coach of the Indian National Hockey Team.

16th October:

• World Bank cuts India growth forecast to 4.7 per cent from 6.1 percent for the current fiscal year.
• Indian Railways appointed acting chairman of Railway Board Arunendra Kumar as the head of the board.
• INS Sunayna inducted into Indian Navy’s service which is the largest offshore patrol vessel (OPV).
• New Zealand author Eleanor Catton wins Man Booker prize for her book "The Luminaries". She becomes the youngest novelist to win the man booker prize at the age of 28 years. Also the book has set a new record for the longest winning novel with 852 pages.
• Australian batsman set a new world record with their top five compiling individual half centuries while scoring 359 runs against India in Jaipur.
• Virat Kohli scores the fastest century by an Indian batsman in ODI with 52 balls against Australia.
• EPL club Liverpool launched a residential football academy in Pune.

15th October:

• Kumar Mangalam Birla, head of the Aditya Birla Group has been charged with conspiracy and cheating to land two coal blocks in Odisha in 2005 by CBI in new FIR.
• An Afghan provincial governor Arsala Jamal killed in a bomb blast at a mosque after Eid prayers in Logar, close to the capital Kabul.
• 93 died in a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in central Philippine island of Bohol.  

14th October:

• Vijayadashami and Dussehra celebrated across India.
• Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller of America wins the Nobel prize for economics for developing new methods to study trends in asset markets.

13th October:

• Over 70 people died and over 100 injured in a stampede at Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district.
• Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix.

12th October:

• Cyclone Phailin has made landfall in Odisha. Over five lakh people have been evacuated in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is likely to grant cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar his wish to play his 200th and farewell Test in his home town Mumbai.

11th October:

• Hague-based Organisation OPCW awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.
• Agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan selected for the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2012.
• India's industrial production growth slowed to 0.6 percent in August from an upwardly revised 2.75 percent pace in July.

10th October:

• High alert has been declared as the cyclonic storm "Phailin" is expected to hit coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday night.
• Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from Test cricket after playing 200th game which is most likely to be held in Mumbai from November 14.
• Canada's Canada's Alice, 82 Munro won the Nobel Literature Prize.
• Malala Yousafzai, 16-year-old education activist from Pakistan wins European Union's Sakharov human rights award.

9th October:

• The Nobel prize in chemistry awarded jointly to three US scientist named Martin Karplus ( Harvard University), Michael Levitt (Stanford School of Medicine) and Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California).
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Bharti Enterprises breaking up their Indian joint venture. Now Wal-Mart will independently own and operate separate businesses in the country.
• Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf granted bail and free to leave Pakistan after a decision by a court in Islamabad.

8th October:

• The Union Cabinet of India approved the National Identification Authority of India Bill  that will give statutory status to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
• Peter Higgs (United Kingdom) and Francois Englert (Belgium) jointly awarded Nobel Prize for Physics.
• Supreme Court lifted the restraints it put on N Srinivasan from assuming charge as the elected chief of the Indian cricket board (BCCI).

7th October:

• Government hike railway fares by two per cent for all classes because of a rise in the prices of diesel and power.
• India test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350 km from Balasore, Odisha.
• Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed as SBI's first woman chairperson.
• Randy Schekman(USA), James Rothman(USA) and Thomas Sudhof (Germany) wins Nobel Prize for Medicine for cell transport.
• The Supreme Court has proposed a three-member panel headed by former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Mukul Mudgal to probe into IPL spot-fixing scandal.

6th October:

• Sania Mirza and Cara Black wins the Women’s Doubles in China Open tennis championship trophy.
• Mumbai Indians wins the Champions League Twenty20 for the second time after beating Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the final at the Ferozeshah Kotla. It is the last Twenty20 match for both Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

5th October:

• The Union government launched the Inter Company LPG portability scheme in 24 cities across the country through which consumer can switch their LPG distributors through a portability system and also buy 5kg cylinders of liquefied petroleum gas at select petrol stations.
• The Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and India inaugurated a joint power transmission plant through which Bangladesh will receive up to 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

4th October:

• Indian Election Commission announced election dates for five states - Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Delhi. The Polls in the five states will be start from 11th Dec to 4th of December and the counting will be on 8th December.
• Afghanistan qualified for its maiden ICC World Cup after defeating Kenya by seven wickets to finish second in the World Cricket League Championship in Sharjah.

3rd October:

• The CBI court in Ranchi sent former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad to five years in jail with a fine of Rs.25 lakh in the case of illegal withdrawal of public money from Chaibasa treasury.
• The union cabinet formally decided to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out Telangana as India's 29th state.Hyderabad will be shared for 10 years as the capital of the old and new state.
• Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi resigned from his post in protest against the Union Cabinet's approval of the formation of separate Telangana.

2nd October:

• The Union Cabinet decided to drop the controversial ordinance and bill aimed at protecting convicted politician.
• Gandhi Jayanti observed in India.
• U.S. master writer and master of spy thriller novels Tom Clancy dies at 66.

1st October:

• Levy of 3% service-tax on all non-unit-linked products of LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India) added as per IRDA guideline.
• S. Varadarajan took over as the new Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
• SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India) approved Jet-Etihad deal.
• National Voluntary Blood Donation Day observed.

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Current affairs- September, 2013

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30th September:

• A special CBI court at Ranchi convicted former Bihar Chief Minster and RJD leader Lalu Prasad and 44 others including former Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra in the in the multi-crore fodder scam case.
• Ranjan Mathai appointed as India's High Commissioner to United Kingdom.

29th September:

• Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif in New York.
• Kenya's Wilson Kipsang break the marathon world record in Berlin with 2hrs 3 mins and 23 seconds.
• N. Srinivasan re-elected as BCCI president for the third term.
• Ranjib Biswal named as new IPL chairman.

28th September:

• At Least 31 people killed in a Building Collapse in the dockyard area in the south of Mumbai.
• United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on a resolution to destroy Syria's chemicals weapons stockpile.
• Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association chief Rajeev Shukla, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Ravi Savant and Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) secretary Sneh Bansal will the three new vice-presidents of the BCCI.
• Miss Philippines Megan Young crowned as Miss World 2013 in Bali, Indonesia.

27th September:

• The Land Acquisition Bill, passed by Parliament during the Monsoon Session to replace a 119-year-old legislation, became a law with President Pranab Mukherjee giving assent to it today.
• Chandigarh-born legal luminary Sri Srinivasan became the first Indian American to be sworn in as judge of the US Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• World Tourism Day observed today.
• Anna Hazare presented with the inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity by University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law.
• The Supreme court said that the voters have right to reject all candidates contesting the election.
• Google completes 15 years of its existence.
• Tiger Woods was named on Friday as the PGA Tour's Player of the Year for a record 11th time.
• India beat China in the 8th Asia Cup Women hockey tournament at Kuala Lumpur to win the Bronze.

26th September:

• Six people including four policemen were killed in a suicide strike on the police station in Hiranagar while four army personnel including a Lieutenant Colonel died at Samba camp. All three terrorists killed after gunbattle.
• CBI summons Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal in Coal scam.

25th September:

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for the US for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and meeting with President Barack Obama.
• RBI banned zero per cent interest rate scheme for purchase of consumer goods through credit cards.The central bank has also said that no additional charges can be levied on payment through debit cards.
• Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) bans former IPL chief Lalit Modi for life after its disciplinary committee found him guilty of "various acts of indiscipline and misconduct".
• The Union Government announced constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission to revise salary and pension for about 80 lakh staff and pensioners.

24th September:

• An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan’s Balochistan area killing at least 30 people.
• An Ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from facing immediate disqualification was approved by the Union Cabinet.

23rd September:

• A court in Egypt has banned "all activities" of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood from carrying out any activities in the country.
• YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy has been granted bail after 14 months by a special CBI court in Hyderabad in the disproportionate assets case.

22nd September:

• 59 people have been killed in an attack by the al Shabaab group at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.
• At least 70 people died in suicide bombing attack outside a church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
• The Uttar Pradesh government revoked the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal.
• Tamil National Alliance (TNA) wins 30 of the 38 seats in the election held at Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Election held after 25 years in this former war zone.
• Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Border Security Force (BSF).

21st September:

• Gyan Correa's Gujarati film 'The Good Road' nominated to represent India in the Best Foreign Film category at next year's Oscars.
• Pakistan released former Afghan Taliban deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar for peace efforts in Afganistan.

20th September:

• UP BJP MLA Suresh Rana arrested for alleged role in Muzaffarnagar riots.
• RBI hiking the short-term policy rate by 0.25 per cent which may increase EMIs for home and auto loans in the medium term.
• The Central Bureau of Investigation today officially closed its investigation into a corruption case against Mulayam Singh Yadav citing lack of evidence.

19th September:

• Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines decided to set up a new world-class joint venture airline based in India.
• Mohammedan Sporting wins Durand Cup Football tournament after defeating ONGC 2-1 in the final in New Delhi.

18th September:

• Indian wrestler Bajrang wins the bronze medal in the 60kg freestyle category in the World Championship.
• Sunrisers Hyderabad enters the main round of CLT20 after two consecutive victory in the qualifying round match.

17th September:

• 13 dead include the gunman who was killed after an encounter with security in shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.
• China started flight operations at the world's highest civilian airport in Sichuan.
• Pakistani education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and American singer, human rights activist Harry Belafonte named as joint recipients of Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013.
• Amit Kumar Dahiya wins silver medal at World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
• Iran lifts ban on Facebook and Twitter after four years.
• Government raises import duty on gold jewellery to 15%.
• Australia wins the 5 match series by 2-1 against England.

16th September:

• Inflation in August rises to 6.1 per cent in food prices.
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi visit riot-hit Muzaffarnagar.
• Nina Davuluri wins the 2014 Miss America pageant and becoming the first Indian-American to wear the crown.

15th September:

• India successfully test-fired Agni-V missile with range of about 5,000 km for second time from an island of Odisha.

14th September:

• US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced a deal on a framework to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, after talks in Switzerland.
• Tripura ahead of Kerala to achieve top position in literacy chart in India with 94.65 percent.

13th September:

• The four accused men for raping and murdering a girl in New Delhi on 16th December, 2012 were sentenced to death by a Delhi court under Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna.
• Narendra Modi appointed BJP's PM candidate for 2014 polls.
• Rajasthan Royals cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan have been banned for life, Amit Singh for five years and Siddharth Trivedi for one year by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for their involvement in the spot fixing scandal during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
• Ray Dolby, Founder and Director Emeritus of Dolby Laboratories died in San Francisco, age 80. He suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and acute leukemia.

12th September:

• Thomas Bach of Germany elected as the 9th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in place of Jacques Rogge.
• India Denies Visa to Pakistani team Faisalabad Wolves for the Champions League T20.

11th September:

• India lost to Afghanistan 0-2 in the final of the 2013 SAFF Championship at the Dasrath stadium in Kathmandu.
• Prayers resume at Kedarnath Temple after 86 days of calamity hit Uttarakhand in June this year.

10th September:

• Syria has accepted a Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for dismantling.
• India's launch preparations for the Rs 450 crore Mars orbiter mission passed the successful thermo-vacuum test of the spacecraft with its payloads.
• Rafael Nadal wins US Open title and 13th Grand Slam crown as he beat Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final.

9th September:

• Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated across India.
• Toll now 31 dead in Muzaffarnagar communal riots.
• Leander Paes-Radek Stepanek win US Open men's doubles title after defeating second seeded Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares pair 6-1, 6-3. Leander Paes becomes the oldest man to win a Grand Slam title. This is his 14th title.
• Serena Williams wins 17th grand slam title with US Open victory over Victoria Azarenka by 7-5, 6-7, 6-1.
• Ryan Campbell of Australia at the age of 19 became the youngest person to fly a single engine aircraft around the globe.

8th September:

• Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari steps down as Pak President after successfully completing his five-year term, paving the way for Mamnoon Hussain to take over.
• Liberal leader Tony Abbott will be the next prime minister of Australia after his party wins 88 seats to Labor's 57 in the 150-seat parliament.
• International Literacy Day celebrated.
• Wrestling included in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games after it defeated baseball/softball and squash for a spot in the competition.

7th September:

• Zubin Mehta performs his concert in Shalimar Bagh, Kashmir despite threats.
• Tokyo will host the 2020 summer Olympics after beating Istanbul in a head-to-head voting by the International Olympic Committee.

6th September:

• The Rajya Sabha today passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill.
• The International Olympic Committee has asked the Indian Olympic Association to sack "charge-framed" officials through constitutional amendments by October 31 and conduct fresh elections by December 15 to return to the Olympic fold.
• Leander Paes with Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic reached the men’s doubles finals of the US Open.
• Egypt government has dissolved the Muslim Brotherhood as a registered non-governmental organization.
• National pentathlon championship starts in Goa.

5th September:

• Teacher’s Day Celebrated across India on the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
• The monsoon session of Parliament has been extended by a day till September 7.
• Air India hikes fares by up to 25 per cent on all domestic routes.
• Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead outside her house in Afghanistan.
• President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Deepak Sandhu as the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission.
• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) informed that the number of telephone subscribers in India reach to 903.09 million at the end of June 2013.
• The United Nations first International Day of Charity held as a marked in honour of Mother Teresa.

4th September:

• The Pension fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2013 has been passed in the Lok Sabha. The Bill will open the doors for foreign investment in pension funds.
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in St Petersburg for 8th G20 summit.
• Raghuram Rajan took over as the 23rd RBI governor of RBI.

3rd September:

• Microsoft to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business in 5.44 billion euros deal.
• Gary Kirsten joins IPL giants Delhi Daredevils as head coach.

2nd September:

• Food Security Bill passed by Rajya Sabha.
• Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde inform that the cabinet resolution on Telangana will take place within 20 days.
• Gujarat-based Adani group fined Rs. 200 cr for environmental damage.
• Gareth Bale included in the Real Madrid team after completing his record-breaking move from Tottenham for record 132m dollar.

1st September:

• South Korea defeats India by 4-3 in the finals to win 9th Asia Cup Hockey Tournament.
• Bhuvana Kalva won 2013 ITF Women's Tennis Tournament defeating sixth-seeded Akari Inoue of Japan 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the tournament.

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