Current Affairs June 2013

 Appointments:

1) 40th Chief Justice of India (CJI) appointed : P. Sathasivam appointed as the Next Chief Justice of India.

2) New PM of Palestine : Rami Hamdallah replaced Salam Fayyad who had left the office of Prime Minister in April 2013 and formally quit now.

3) New PM of Pakistan : Nawaz Sharif sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

4) New Australian Prime Minister Appointed : Kevin Rudd.

5) John Ashe elected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th Session.

6) New FBI Director : James Comey appointed as next FBI director by Barack Obama.

7) New Chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) : Avinash Chander. Avinash Chander, will succeed V.K. Saraswat.

8) Susan Elizabeth Rice Appointed as the National Security Adviser to Obama.

9) New Chairman of IBA : K R Kamath Re-Elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA).

10) New Chairman of LIC : The Government of India appointed SK Roy as the new Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

11) New President of Iran : Hassan Rohani Won Presidential Elections of Iran.

12) Infosys appointed Narayan Murthy as Executive Chairman of the Board.

13) New Chairman of Air Asia India Appointed : Subramanian Ramadorai.

Awards:

1) Euro International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award : Kevin Barry, the Irish author won 100000 Dublin Literary Award.

2) World Street Food Congress Award : Ashok Shah and Vijay Chaudhary won the Award.

3) Knighthood Award of Britain : Anish Kapoor, the Indian-origin sculptor was honoured with Knighthood, which is the highest honour of Britain. He was conferred the award by the Queen Elizabeth II.

4) Walter Scott Prize 2013 : Tan Twan Eng won this prize for his Novel The Garden of Evening Mists.

5) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy received the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award for his mass contact programme initiative.

6) 21st Century Achievement Award 2013 : The jury of International Data Group (IDG), Computerworld Honors Laureate selected UIDAI for 21st Century Achievement Award 2013 under the category Economic Development.

Obituaries:

1) Former Union Minister and Leader of Congress VC Shukla passed away.

Important Days:

June 5            World Environment Day.                            

June2             Fathers Day.                           

June 26         International day against Drug abuse 

June 27         World Diabetes Day.            

July 6            World Zoo noses Day.                     

July 11          World Population Day.