Current Affairs - January 2013 REGIONAL 1. National School Athletic champion - Kerala (33 g 28 s 18 b) 2. First Nishagandhi Award by Kerala Tourism Department to : Mrinalini Sarabhai 3. Winner of 58th State School Arts Festival this year : Kozhikode 4. Mascot of 67th Santhosh Trophy – Kichu (designed by KU Anoop Das, logo desined by Preejith) 5. The boy becomes the Intenational Master norm in chess recently - SL Narayanan NATIONAL 1. Who won the 40th Ranji Trophy – Mumbai (beat Saurashtra) 2. International Science Co-operation given by Chinese Academy of Science 2012 to : CNR Rao 3. Reserve Bank slashed repo rate to _ and CRR to _ percent. (7.75,4) Reverse Repo - 6.75% 4. The person sentenced to 35 years in prison by US court who was the mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack – David Coleman Headley (Pakistani – American) 5. IMF forecasted World Economic Growth rate to be _ in the year 2013. (3.5 %) 6. IMF forecasted Indian Economic Growth rate to be _ in the year 2013. (5.9 %) 7. Who was appointed as party president of Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thakerey 8. The new National President of BJP – Rajnath Singh 9. The chief guest of India’s Republic Day parade 2013 – Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk 10. Who appointed as the Vice President of Indian National Congress – Rahul Gandhi 11. 58th Filmfare Award 2013 : Best Film (Barfi), Best Actor (Ranbir Kapoor), Best Actress (Vidhya Balan), Best Director (Sujoy Ghosh) 12. Winner of Mumbai half Marathon - Jackson Kiprop 13. The first fast patrol vessel built for Indian Coast Guard (launched by Cochin Shipyard Ltd) – Aadesh 14. The new Commandant of NDA – Airmarshall Kulwant Singh Gill 15. The new Chairman of Law Commission – Justice D.K Jain 16. CEAT International Cricketer of the year – Virat Kohli 17. The new Deputy Governor of RBI – Urjit Patel 18. The person named the chairman of 14th Finance Commission – Y.V Reddy 19. The new Director of Intelligence Bureau – Syed Asif Ibrahim 20. New Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center – S. Ramakrishnan 21. The Aryabhatta Award by Astronomical Society of India awarded to : Dr.A.E Muthunayagam, Dr.V.K Saraswat 22. Miss South India 2013 - Anusha Venkittaraman (Chennai) INTERNATIONAL 1. The first President of Czech Republic through direct election : Milos Zeman 2. Australian Open 2013 men’s category won by : Novak Djokovic 3. Australian Open 2013 women’s category won by : Victoria Azarenko (Belarus) 4. Barack Obama sworn in as President of US for the second term in : 20th January 2013 5. First women speaker of Singapore parliament (Indian origin) – Halimah Yacob 6. Author of the novel based on Adolf Hitler named Er Ist Wieder Da (He’s back) – Timur Vermes 7. World Conference on International Telecommunication held at : Dubai 8. Golden Globe Awards 2013 : Best Film (Argo), Best Actor (Daniel Day Lewiz), Best Actress (Jessica Chastain) Best Director (Ben Affleck-Argo) 9. The recently discovered oldest super predator living on earth : Tyrant Swimmer 10. Athlete of the year by JAAN Golden Cleats Award : Usain Bolt & Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce 11. Fossil of the early bird lived 125 million years ago discovered in China. Name the bird : Sulcavis Geeorum 12. ICC Hall of fame award : Glen McGrath 13. FIFA Ballond’Or Award won by – Lionel Messi
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:30:00 +0000
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