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National News

Raghuram G. Rajan has been appointed as the new Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)succeeding Dr. D. Subbarao. Mr. Rajan was formerly the Chief Economic Advisor of Indian

Finance Ministry.

The Rajya Sabha has rectified the Companies Bill, 2012 which was passed by the Lok Sabhafew months ago.

Report published that the NET Direct Tax collections went up by 10.37 percent during theApril-July period of the current fiscal year (2013-14).

Communal violence took place in Kishtwar region of Jammu & Kashmir. The Lok Sabha passed the Food Security Bill. Under this program, 67 percent population of

India will get subsidised food grains every month. After a week, the Rajya Sabha has also

passed the Bill by voice vote.

Prime Misniter Monmahan Singh and PM of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay made talks in NewDelhi. India announced a financial package worth Rs. 5000 crore for Bhutan.

The largest blast furnace of India, Durga became operational at its Rourkela Steel Plant,Odisha.

Indias first indigenous, INS Vikrant floats out at Coachin Shipyard. Indian submarine, INS Sindhurakshak rocked by serial explosions and sinked at the Naval

dockyard. INS Sindhurakshak was one of the Indias 10 Russian Kilo-class diesel-electric

submarines.

Deepak Sandhu became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of India. RBI gave clearence Kerala Government to launch a financial institution following the

principles of Islamic finance. Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation will float theCheraman Financial Services Limited (CFSL) to function as a non-banking finance company.

India and Iraq signed four important MoUs in New Delhi including crucial agreement in thefield of energy and water resources. These MoUs have been signed in the Presence of Prime

Minister Manmohan Singh and Irans PM Nouri al-Maliki.

Co-founder and master mind of banned Indian Mujahidden (IM) has been arrested fromIndia-Nepal border.

Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettle Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha. Indias first full-fledged military communications satellite, GSAT-7 has been launched from

the Kourou spaceport of French Guiana, South America.

According to latest report, Indias external debt has touched 390 billion dollar at the end ofMarch 2013.

The Union Government has referred an Amendment Bill on the Right to Information (RTI)Act.

Indias gross domestic product (GDP) growth has been slipped further to 4.4 percent in thefirst quarter (April-June) of 2013-14.

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International News

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been elected as the new President of Mali. Navi Pillai, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said that a decisive turn is being

taken toward authoritarianism by Sri Lanka after the war against LTTE.

Robert Mugabe has been sworn as the President of Zimbabwe. US President Barack Obama cancelled a talk about summit with Russian President Vladimir

Putin as Russia decided to grant asylum to Edward Snowden.

Ex-Prime Minister of Bhutan, Jigmi Thinley resigned from the Parliament. He is the firstperson in Bhutan to quit the legislative body.

Michel Djotodia has been elected as the President of Central African Republic. Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been charged with murder and criminal

conspiracy in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case.

Bradley Manning, the former US soldier and whistleblower has been sentenced to 35 yearsin prison for providing secret files to WikiLeaks.

President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hold talksin Islamabad covering the matters of Afghan peace process, bilateral relations and regional

situations.

The 22-nations from Arab League opposed the proposed Western military attack againstSyria.

Scientist of an international team discovered a massive canyon which is about 750-km longand 800-metre deep hidden under Greenlands ice sheets.

Paragua has rejoined to South American regional group. The country lost its membershiptemporarily after it impeached its President.

Microsoft bought the Finnish mobile maker Nokia at a price tag of 7.17 billion dollar. The G-20 summit 2013 held in St. Petersburg, Russia. The BRICS group has made a progress towards the creation of a 100 billion dollar Currency

Reserve Fund (CRF). The members of BRICS group are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South

Africa.

Diana Nyad of USA became the first person to swim across Florida Straits from Cuba withoutany shark cage or flippers.

Sports Updates

Hyderabad Hotshots won the first Indian Badminton League (IBL) 2013 beating AwadheWarriors in the final.

PV Sindhu has created history by becoming the first Indian woman singles player to win amedal at the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China.

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Rimil Buriuly, Deepika Kumari and Laishram Bombayla Devi won the Gold medal at theWorld Cup Archery 2013.

Briton Mo Farah won the Gold in the mens 10000m at the IAAF World Championship 2013in Moscow, Russia.

Ratchanok Intamon and Lin Dan are the womens singles and mens singles titles winners ofWorld Badminton Championship respectively.

Team Red Bull racer Sebastian Vettel won the Bengian Grand Prix Formula Onechampionship 2013.

England clinched the Ashes trophy 2013 beating Australia by a 3-0 margin. South Korea beat India 4-3 in the final of the Asia Cup hockey championship 2013 in Ipoh,

Malaysia.

Mary Ann Gomes of WB won the National womens premier chess title 2013 at Kolkata. Missy Franklin of USA became the first woman to win six Gold medals in a single World

Championship at the 15th

FINA World Swimming Championship 2013 in Bercelona.

Prize & Award Winners

Ace shooter Ranjan Sodhi has been conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2013. Classical music maestro Abdul Rashid Khan and famous painter Anjali Ela Menon have been

honoured with the Delhi Governments Lifetime Achievement Award 2013.

Famous litterateur Haraprasad Das has been conferred the Moortidevi Award 2012 for Vamsha. Famous environmentalist and mountaineer Harshwanti Bisht has been chosen for the

prestigious Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal 2013.

Pakistan teen activist Malala Yousafzai has been awarded with International Childrens PeacePrize, a top Dutch childrens honour for her activism regarding girls education.

Science & Technology

Dutch scientists claimed that they ha built the worlds smallest autopilot for tiny unmannedaircraft.

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new super-heavy element whose atomic number is115.

A team of South Korean scientists developed a hi-tech electrified road that can rechargemoving electric vehicles while driving over it.

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