List of Newly Appointed Governors

2013: Newly Appointed Governors are:
 
* K. K. Paul – Appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya on 1 July 2013. (Replaced – Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary)
 
* Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil – Appointed as the Governor of Sikkim on 1 July 2013. (Replaced – Balmiki Prasad Singh)

* Nirbhay Sharma – Appointed as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh on 29 May 2013. (Replaced – General Joginder Jaswant Singh)

* Devanand Konwar – Appointed as the Governor of Tripura on March 9, 2013 (Replaced DY Patil).

* D. Y. Patil- Appointed as the Governor of Bihar on March 9, 2013 (Replaced Devanand Konwar).

* S. C. Jamir - Appointed as the Governor of Odisha on March 9, 2013 (Replaced MC Bhandare).

*  Nikhil Kumar – Appointed as the Governor of Kerala on Appointed as the Governor of (Replaced Karnataka Governor H R Bhardawaj who had the additional charge of Kerala).

*  Ashwani Kumar – Appointed as the Governor of Nagaland on March 9, 2013 (Replaced Nikhil Kumar).

In the year 2012, the list of Newly Appointed Governors are:

* Aziz Qureshi - Appointed as the Governor of Uttarakhand on 15 May 2012 replaced Margaret Alva.

* Margaret Alva – Appointed as the Governor of Rajasthan on 12 May 2012 replaced Shivraj Patil.

* Bharat Vir Wanchoo – Appointed as Governor of Goa. Took office on 4 May 2012.

Some Facts about Famous People

1. The only person to win both an Oscar and a Nobel prize was  George Bernard Shaw

2. Homi Jehangir Bhabha is also known as the Father of Indian Nuclear Science

3. Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole Captain

4. W.C. Banerjee was the first President of the Indian National Congress 

5. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in both Physics and Chemistry 

6. Morarji Desai is the only person to be honoured with both 'Bharat Ratna' and
 'Nishan-e-Pakistan',the highest civilian awards of India and Pakistan respectively

7. Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to go into space

8. Sir Michael Faraday, an English Chemist and Physicist, after whom the SI unit of capacitance is named.

9. Charlie Chaplain actor has been portrayed most on screen by other actors. 

10. Edvige Antonia Albina Maino is the real name of which Politician Sonia Gandhi

Test your Prepation With These Few Questions

Q1. World Refugee Day observed on___?
 

Ans. 20 June
 

Q2. 46th annual meeting of the Manila –based multilateral lending agency held in _____?
 

Ans. Greater Noida


Q3. Which among the following cities to host World Economic Forum (India chapter) on November 8 and 9?
 

Ans. Kochi

Q4. A book “The Future is Now” written by:
 

Ans. ShashiTharoor

Q5. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairman of Air Asia?
 

Ans. Subramanian Ramadorai

Q6. World highest wind tunnel to open in ____?
 

Ans. Dubai

Q7. Professor Ramdarash Mishra conferred with the Vyas Samman for the year___?
 

Ans. 2011

Q8. Gershwin Prize given in which among the following field?
 

Ans. Music

Q9. Recently Which among the following company become first company to suspend gold sales?
 

Ans. Reliance Capital

 

Q10. Which among the following organization to provide $225 million loan to India for AIDS Control Project'National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV)'to promote safe behaviour among high risk groups?

 

Ans. World Bank

 

Current Affairs in Sports & Miscellaneous --June 2013

Sports:

1) ICC Champions Trophy 2013 : India Beat England to Win ICC Champions Trophy 2013 at Birmingham.

2) French Open 2013:

A. Rafael Nadal won his 8th Men's Singles Tittle of the French Open Tennis Tournament. Nadal beat Spanish David Ferrer.

B. Serena Williams won the Women's Singles title of French Open Tennis tournament. In the final, she defeated Maria Sharapova.

C. Bob and Mike Bryan won Doubles Title at French Open 2013.

3) Indian Girl's team won the Gold medal in the Slovak Junior ITTF Open Table Tennis tournament held in Senec, Slovakia. In the title clash, the Indian Girls, beat Serbia.

4) Raghav Joneja, became the Youngest Indian to climb Everest at the age of 15 Years.

5) Thailand Open Grand Prix : India's Srikanth K clinched the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton trophy. In the Men's Singles title clash, 13th seed Srikanth defeated top seed Boonsak Ponsana.

6) Manjeet Singh bagged a Silver medal for India at the 3rd China Open boxing tournament.

7) Sebastian Vettel on 10 June 2013 won the Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

8) India topped in the medal tally in the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship by winning 17 medals in the tournament.

Miscellaneous:

1) 39th G8 Summit held at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland.

2) 29th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum to be held here in November 2013 in Kochi, Kerala.

3) The Import Duty on Gold and Platinum hiked from 6 to 8 Percent.

4) First All-Women Police Station became Functional in Itanagar.

5) China Developed the Fastest Computer of the World Called Tianhe-2.

6) Reserve Bank of India extended the restriction on advance against gold on co-operative banks set to curb the demand for gold.

7) M. Veerappa Moily launched the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Scheme in 18 districts on 1 June 2013 at Tumkur near Bangalore.

8) The United States of America exempted India and eight other countries from sanctions for importing oil from Iran. Countries are India, China, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Taiwan

9) The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, visited Japan in May 2013 for the Annual Summit of the Prime Ministers.

10) RBI penalised Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank for rule violations.

11) BSNL decided to put an end to the 160 years old Telegraph Services in India.

12) First-Ever Chinese Film Festival Inaugurated in New Delhi.

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.  

Insight of the Current events that took place round the world (June 2013)

• The principal architect of India’s missile programmes who on 31 May 2013was  appointed DRDO chief and scientific advisor to defence minister- Avinash Chander

• The  person who resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1 June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal- Rajiv Shukla

• The name of bombs which is being developed by India for its fighter jets, which are expected to be geared up for deployment by the end of year 2014- Glide Bombs

• The Person who was appointed new Prime Minister of Palestine, by Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 - Rami Hamdallah

• The 25-year old Bollywood actress who allegedly committed suicide on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai – Jiah Khan

• The Person who became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013 with his five schoolmates- Raghav Joneja

• The Leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), who on 3 June 2013 elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan- Ayaz Sadiq 

• The Person who became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years- Lydia Nsekera

• The theme of World Environment Day which was observed on 5 June 2013 -Think, Eat, Save Reduce Your Foodprint

• The Person who was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013- Susan Elizabeth Rice

• The Australian radio presenters who responsible for Royal prank and was awarded with Jock by the employer- Michael Christian

• The Person who on 6 June 2013 was reelected as the chairman of  India Bank Association (IBA) for 2013-14 tenure- KR Kamath

• The Irish writer who won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane which is the portrayal of  Ireland of 2053- Kevin Barry

• The Uttarakhand NGO which on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights- Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA)

• Name the Scottish author, who is best known for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, died of Cancer on 9 June 2013- Iain Banks

• The BJP leader who  resigned from all top positions of BJP on 10 June 2013 a day after Narendra Modi was selected as the chairman party’s election campaign- LK Advani

• A former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple organ failure- Vidya Charan Shukla

• The theme of World Day against Child Labour which was celebrated on 12 June 2013-No to Child Labour in Domestic Work

• The first Indian-American girl from Avon School to get admission in United States Military Academy at West Point- Sneha Singh

• The  First NATO and European Country to Draft Women in Military Service- Norway

• The Indian-origin sculptor who was honoured with Knighthood, the highest honour of Britain by Queen Elizabeth II- Anish Kapoor

• The Person who became only the second Hindu to be part of the Pakistan’s Punjab assembly after Seth Bharta Ram- Kanji Ram

• The ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda who was selected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th session- John William Ashe

• One of the founders of RAW, who passed away on 16 June 2013 in Chennai after a long fight with cancer- Bahukutumbi Raman

• The ex-chairman of the Tata Group who was appointed as the Chief Advisor of AirAsia’s India board- Ratan Tata

• The moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the presidential election in Iran on 15 June 2013- Hassan Rohani

• The Malaysian author who  was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize for his English fiction novel The Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng

• The 29-year-year-old Indian origin journalist became the Editor of UK national paper, The Independent, on 17 June 2013- Amol Rajan

• The former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia India on 18 June 2013- Subramanian Ramadorai

• The Chinese supercomputer which is declared is the fastest computer of the world- Tianhe-2

Current Affairs June2013

1. Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal launches "National Cyber Security Policy 2013" in New Delhi today. This policy will prevent cyberattacks and crimes and reduce national vulnerability to such attacks.

2. The Reserve Bank has directed lenders not to discriminate between their home & non-home branch customers and follow a uniform, fair and transparent pricing policy.

3. Sujata Singh, currently envoy to Germany, will be India's next Foreign Secretary following an approval of her appointment by PM Manmohan Singh, ending months of speculation on who will head the foreign services.

4. Former Delhi Police commissioner K K Paul was appointed Meghalaya governor replacing Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary.

5. Jamia Millia Islamia vice-chancellor Najeeb Jung was on Monday appointed Delhi lieutenant-governor replacing Tejendra Khanna.

6. Tata Sons, India's biggest business group, and firms controlled by billionaires Anil Ambani and Kumar Mangalam Birla are among the 26 companies that have applied for a licence to open banks.

7. In a landmark journey into a new era of space application, India successfully launched its first dedicated navigation satellite using the PSLV which blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

8. ISRO’s Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka has assumed control of IRNSS-1A navigation satellite after its successful launch from Sriharikota last night.

9. Sunil Soni, 1981 Maharashtra cadre IAS officer appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

10. Uttarakhand Government decides to set up Rehabilitation and Re-construction Authority to develop the areas destroyed by flash-floods.

11. Income Tax Department and NIA seize four trucks carrying over 150 bags of cash in Mumbai, to be taken to Gujarat ; More than 40 people detained.

12. India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna breezed into the quarters and pre-quarterfinals of the men's and mixed doubles events with their respective partners at the Wimbledon.

13. Serena Williams eliminated from Wimbledon.

14. India beat Australia by 47 runs in U-19 tri- nation series.

15. India ranked 66th in the Global Innovation Index 2013, published by Cornell University, INSEAD, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) as a knowledge partner.

16. Bangalore set to get first blast-proof building by 2014: In a first for Bangalore, a building resistant to blasts, floods and earthquakes will be ready by early 2014. It will house a vital data hub of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).