CURRENT AFFAIRS/GK

·         Justice Ajit Prakash Shah appointed as Chairman of Law Commission of India

·         Prof CNR Rao Elected to Chinese Academy of Sciences

·         Cyclone Helen Struck Andhra Pradesh Coast

·         9th North East Business Summit Began in Assam

·         Magnus Carlsen of Norway won FIDE World Chess Championship 2013

·         Nisha Desai Biswal sworn in as US Asst. Secretary of State for South and Central Asia

·         India successfully test fired Nuclear capable Dhanush Ballistic Missile

·         Kushal Das reappointed as AIFF General Secretary

·         China Set up Air Defence Zone over East China Sea

·         Iran and P5+1 Group of Nations clinched Nuclear Deal

·         COP-19, UN Climate Change Conference 2013 Concluded at Warsaw, Poland

·         International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women observed on 25 November

·         Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar sworn in as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court

·         World’s First Green Helicopter Tested in Germany

AUGUST-13

INTERNATIONAL

·         Bangladesh Court Disqualifies Jamaat-e-Islami Party

·         Bangladesh Court Disqualifies Jamaat-e-Islami Party

·         Robert Mugabe Re-elected As President Of  Zimbabwe

·         China Built Port Terminal Opens In Sri Lanka

·         Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Elected As New President of Mali

·         Britain Parliament Votes Against Possible Military Action In Syria

·         Bangladesh Court Disqualifies Jamaat-e-Islami Party

·         Robert Mugabe Re-elected As President Of  Zimbabwe

·         China Built Port Terminal Opens In Sri Lanka

·         Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Elected As New President of Mali

·         Britain Parliament Votes Against Possible Military Action In Syria

INDIA & WORLD

·         India Signs DTAC protocol with Morocco

·         5th India – China Strategic Dialogue Held In Delhi

·         India Third Largest Internet Using Nation

·         Indians Third Largest Immigrant Group In US

·         India and Iraq Signed Energy Cooperation Agreement
India Announced Rs 5,000 crore For Bhutan

NATIONAL

·         India Lost 220 Languages In Last 50 Years

·         Rajya Sabha Passed  The ‘Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2012 ‘

·         Lok Sabha Passed ‘National Food Security Bill, 2013′

·         Rajya Sabha Passed ‘The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010′

·         Lok Sabha Passed ‘Land Acquisition Bill ‘

·         Companies Bill 2013 Receives President’s Assent  

STATES

·         Karnataka Becomes First State To Establish Calamities Relief Fund

·         First Public Sector Breast Milk Bank Inaugurated In Kolkata

·         India’s First Cyber Forensic Laboratory (CFL) Established In Tripura

·         Agar-Malwa’ Becomes The 51st District Of Madhya Pradesh

·         Sonia Sonia Gandhi Launches ‘Food Security Scheme’ In Delhi

·         Maharashtra Cabinet Approved Anti-Black Magic and Superstition Ordinance

·         Rajasthan Government Laid Foundation Stone For World’s Largest Solar Park

CONFERENCES

·         BRICS Business Council Meeting Held In Johannesburg

·         Second ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting – Plus Held In Brunei

AWARDS & HONOURS

·         Malayalam Poetess Sugathakumari Awarded With ‘ Saraswati Samman 2013 ‘

·         US Presidential Medal To Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey

·         Indian American Professor Received Top US Environmental Award

·         Harshwanti Bisht Selected For “Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal 2013 “

·         Malala Yousafzai Wins International Children’s Peace Prize

·         Mandela Is The First Recipient Of  ‘Mahathir Award ‘ For Global Peace

SPORTS & GAMES

·         India Won Bronze Medal at Junior Women Hockey World Cup

·         Parimarjan Negi Won Politiken Cup

·         Jadeja First Indian After Kumble To Top ODI Bowlers’ List

·         Franklin Wins Record 6 Golds at World Swimming Championships

·         PV Sindhu Won Bronze Medal at World Badminton Championships

·         World Badminton Championship 2013 Winners

·         Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament 2013 Winners

·         Marion Bartoli Retires From Tennis

·         2013 World Championships in Athletics Winners

·         Winners Of The 2013 World Championships in Athletics :-
* Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both won three gold medals in the men’s and women’s 100 m, 200 m and 4 x 100 m relay respectively to become the most successful athletes at the event.Usain Bolt moved to the top of the all-time World Championships medal table by winning three gold medals.It was Bolt’s second three gold performance at the World Championships.With this victory Usain Bolt has joined the club of highest (8) gold medal winners list along with American women’s 200m specialist Allyson Felix, and retired US track stars Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson including relays.
* Christina Obergfoll of Germany won the women’s javelin title with a throw of 69.05 metres .
* French athlete Teddy Tamgho claimed gold in the men’s triple jump event ,, with a jump measuring 18.04m.
* In the Men’s 1, 500 metres race Kenyan Asbel Kiprop  ( 3min:36.2 sec) won the gold and Eunice Jepkoech Sum of Kenya won gold in Women’s 800 metres race (1min :57.38 sec)
* Women’s 10,000 meters Race :- Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia)
*Men’s  10,000 meters Race :- Double Olympic champion Mo Farah of Britain created history once again in Moscow as he became the first British man to win a 10,000m world title.The Somalia-born Mo Farah went down in the history books as just the second man to win the 5000 and 10,000m races at the Olympics and the world championships.
* Men’s 20 kilometres Walk :-  Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia)
* Women’s Marathon :- Kenya’s Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat becomes the first women in history to defend her world championship marathon title.
* Shot put :- New Zealand’s Valerie Adams has become the first woman to win four individual world athletics titles in the same event.
* Men’s 110 metres Hurdles :-  David Oliver (USA)
* Men’s 400metres Hurdles :- Jehu Gordon (Trinidad)
* Women’s 400 metres Hurdles :- Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic )
* Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva won gold..Yelena Isinbayeva is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 2008), a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 and 2013), the current world record holder in the event, who is widely considered the greatest female pole-vaulter of all time.

·         Cincinnati Tennis Tournament 2013 Winners

·         Sania Mirza – Jie Zheng pair Won New Haven Open Title

·         Australia’s Aaron Finch Hits T20 World Record

ECONOMY

·         Union Cabinet Approved the Setting up of  ‘Bharatiya Mahila Bank ‘

·         India Signed Agreement With World Bank For Low Income Housing Finance Project

·         Muslims Have Lowest Living Standard In India

·         Per Capita Income Up 6.7% in 2004-12

·         27 crore People Live Below Poverty Line In India

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

·         Australia’s Most Powerful Super Computer Unveiled

·         India’s DRDO Launches Explosive Detection Kit In US

·         Japan Sends World’s First Talking Robot Into Space

·         Japan Unveils Largest Warship

·         Pinaka Rockets Successfully Test Fired

·         ‘ INS Arihant ‘ Nuclear Reactor Activated

·         ‘ICGS Rajveer ‘ Commissioned

·         India Launched First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier ‘ INS Vikrant ‘

·         India Successfully Test Fired Nuclear Capable ‘ Prithvi-II ‘ Missile

·         Voyager Becomes First Man-Made Object To Leave The Solar System

·         India’s Super Hercules Lands At Highest Airfield On LAC

·         India’s First Defence Satellite GSAT-7 Launched Successfully

·         US Scientists Created the Most Precise Clock of the World

PERSONS IN NEWS

APPOINTMENTS

·         Rajeev Rishi is new CMD of Central Bank of India

·         Arundhati Bhattacharya Appointed Managing Director Of SBI

·         Hassan Rouhani Sworn In As Iran’s New President

·         Raghuram Rajan Appointed as the New Governor of  RBI

·         Dilip Trivedi is new CRPF chief

·         Michel Djotodia Sworn In As Central African Republic President

·         Robert Mugabe Sworn In As Zimbabwe President

·         Parthasarathi Shome Appointed As Chairman Of  TARC

·         Justice N V Ramana Appointed as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court

·         RESIGNS
Egypt Vice President ElBaradei Resigned

VISITORS

·         Afghanistan Vice-President Mohammad Karim Khalili Visited India

·         Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Visited India

MISCELLANEOUS

·         Amazon Founder & CEO Jeff Bezos Buys Washington Post

·         11-year-old UK girl has higher IQ than Einstein

·         Sharapova Tops ‘ Forbes ‘ List of Best Paid Female Athletes

·         Indian American Students Wins National Geographic World Championship

·         Canadian Street Named After Mahatma Gandhi

·         Dhoni Beats Rafael Nadal – Usain Bolt In ‘ Forbes ‘ List Of  Highest – Paid Athletes

·         Madonna Tops Forbes’ 2013 Highest-Paid Celebrities List

·         Most Wanted Indian Mujahideen Terrorist Yasin Bhatka Arrested

PLACES  IN  NEWS

·         Strong Earthquake HitsChina

·         Submarine ‘INS Sindhurakshak ‘ Sinks After Major Blast In Mumbai

·         1300 People Killed In Chemical Attack On Syria

BOOKS IN NEWS

·         ‘The Moon Baller’ Book Released

·         ” My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions ” by Abdul Kalam Released

·         ‘Dhyan Chand – The Wizard of Hockey’ Book Released

IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES

·         International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

·         National Sports Day Is Observed On 29 August