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2013

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• The first Britisher to perform a space walk, who retired from NASA in the second week of August 2013- Colin Michael Foale

• Name of the largest blast furnace of India which was operationalised by SAIL on 10 August 2013- Durga

• Female tennis player to win The Rogers Cup 2013 and capture her 54th WTA singles title- Serena Williams

• Technology used by the researchers to find that autism affected the brains of males and females in a different way- Magnetic

Resonance Imaging (MRI)

• Name the captain of the 18-member hockey squad of India in the Asia Cup hockey tournament 2013- Sardar Singh

• Date on which International Lefthanders Day is celebrated across the world - 13 August

• Name of the First Twitter Hotel opened in Spain by the Melia brand of hotels - Social Wave House

• Name of the oldest Penguin who on 12 August 2013 turned 36 years old - King Penguin Missy

• Body which proposed first season of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) - Badminton Association of India (BAI)

• Name of the host country of 7th Asian Junior Wushu Championships - Philippines

• Name the fossil of the oldest known ancestor of modern rats recently unearthed in China- Rugosodon eurasiaticus

• Name of one of the most endangered bird species of the world that made a comeback in the US- Puerto Rican parrot

• Place at which The Travel & Tourism Fair (TTF) 2013, the biggest travel trade show of I ndia started- Ahmadabad, Gujarat

• The former Prime Minister of Nepal who died on 15 August 2013 after battling with lung cancer- Marich Man Singh Shrestha

• Name the person who was termed as the Beast of Ukraine. He was the serial killer who recently d ied in prison- Anatoly

Onoprienko

• Name of the US actress who passed away on 25 August 2013 at the age of 87 years and holds the record of most Tony awards wi n-

Julie Harris

• India’s under-23 cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on 25 August 2013, after defeating-

Pakistan

• Indian tennis player who lifted the women’s doubles trophy at the WTA New Haven Open along with her partner Jie Zheng of

China- Sania Mirza

• Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science and Technology 2013 awarded to- Vinod Prakash Sharma

• Name the tribal community of Sri Lanka that was felicitated on 9 August 2013 by Mahinda Rajapaksa on the occasion of the World

Indigenous Peoples Day- Veddas

• The eminent Indian classical singer and music director known as the vocalist of Jayadeva’s Gita Govind, who passed away in

Bhubaneswar- Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi

• Nelson Mandela on 27 August 2013 was honoured with the first Lifetime Campaigner for Peace and Freedom of- the Mahathir

award for Global Peace

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The first Britisher to perform a space walk, who retired from NASA in the second week of August 2013- Colin Michael Foale
Name of the largest blast furnace of India which was operationalised by SAIL on 10 August 2013- Durga
Female tennis player to win The Rogers Cup 2013 and capture her 54th WTA singles title- Serena Williams
Technology used by the researchers to find that autism affected the brains of males and females in a different way- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Name the captain of the 18-member hockey squad of India in the Asia Cup hockey tournament 2013- Sardar Singh
Date on which International Lefthanders Day is celebrated across the world- 13 August
Name of the First Twitter Hotel opened in Spain by the Melia brand of hotels- Social Wave House
Name of the oldest Penguin who on 12 August 2013 turned 36 years old- King Penguin Missy
Body which proposed first season of the Indian Badminton League (IBL)- Badminton Association of India (BAI)
Name of the host country of 7th Asian Junior Wushu Championships- Philippines
Name the fossil of the oldest known ancestor of modern rats recently unearthed in China- Rugosodon eurasiaticus
Name of one of the most endangered bird species of the world that made a comeback in the US- Puerto Rican parrot
Place at which The Travel & Tourism Fair (TTF) 2013, the biggest travel trade show of India started- Ahmadabad, Gujarat
The former Prime Minister of Nepal who died on 15 August 2013 after battling with lung cancer- Marich Man Singh Shrestha
Name the person who was termed as the Beast of Ukraine. He was the serial killer who recently died in prison- Anatoly Onoprienko
Name of the US actress who passed away on 25 August 2013 at the age of 87 years and holds the record of most Tony awards win- Julie Harris
India’s under-23 cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on 25 August 2013, after defeating- Pakistan
Indian tennis player who lifted the women’s doubles trophy at the WTA New Haven Open along with her partner Jie Zheng of China- Sania Mirza
Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science and Technology 2013 awarded to- Vinod Prakash Sharma
Name the tribal community of Sri Lanka that was felicitated on 9 August 2013 by Mahinda Rajapaksa on the occasion of the World Indigenous Peoples Day- Veddas
The eminent Indian classical singer and music director known as the vocalist of Jayadeva’s Gita Govind, who passed away in Bhubaneswar- Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi
Nelson Mandela on 27 August 2013 was honoured with the first Lifetime Campaigner for Peace and Freedom of- the Mahathir award for Global Peace

Prem Bhatia Award for Best Political Reporting of the Year (2013) was won by- Shalini Singh, a Deputy Editor of The Hindu
Indian women's Recurve team defeated this team to win gold medal in the World Cup Archery Stage- 4 at Wroclaw, Poland- South Korean Team
Person who coined the term BRIC in 2001. He is the Chief Economist of Goldman Sachs- Jim O’ Neil
The soccer team to win UEFA Super Cup 2013 on 30 August 2013- Bayern Munich
The person to be recommended as next ONGC chief by the Public Enterprises Selection Board- Dinesh K Sarraf
The Joint Air force exercise to be held by China and Pakistan- Shaheen-
The 21st round of Boundary talks between Bhutan and China held in the city- Thimphu
5th India-China Strategic Dialogue held in the City- New Delhi
The person to be sworn in as the new President of Iran- Hassan Rouhani
World’s first talking robot Kirobo was successfully sent into space on 4 August 2013 by Japanese Scientists.
Indian Junior Women Hockey team won its first ever Bronze medal in ERGO Hockey Junior World Cup at Monchengladbac, Germany on 4 August 2013. India beat England by 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on 4 August 2013 expanded his cabinet by inducting six new ministers. Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmed administered the oath to all the new ministers at Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.
SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhuri will be retiring in September 2012.
ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front), the political party of the incumbent President Robert Mugabe. With this win, Mugabe has won his seventh term to the office of the President of Zimbabwe.
Runa Laila, the SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS visited India from 31 July 2013 to 2 August 2013. Apart from her, Ajay Devgan from India as well as Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy from Pakistan have also been conferred with this title.
Russia on 1 August 2013 granted one year Asylum to Edward J. Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker.
World Indigenous Peoples Day is observed on 9th August. It was first observed in the 1995.
Mars one in the first week of August 2013 announced that more than one lakh people have applied for a one-way trip the Mars (the red planet). The Mars One Project is scheduled to be started in 2022. Bas Lansdorp is the CEO and co-founder of Mars One.
The World Games 2013 took place in Cali, Colombia from 25 July 2013 to 4 August 2013. The next World Games 2017 will be hosted by Wrocław, Poland. Aditya Mehta, the Professional Snooker Player of India won the maiden Gold Medal in 2013 World Games in Snooker discipline.
Maharashtra State Government on 7 August 2013 became the first state in the country to disburse salary of its staff through their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts
Sugathakumari, the Malayalam poetess on 2 August 2013 won the prestigious Saraswati Samman 2012 for Manalezhuthu

An Indian-American woman was nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of USA- Nisha Desai Biswal
South Korean city which was named as the World Book Capital for the year 2015 as per UNESCO announcement- Incheon
Former Kuttanad MLA and Chairman of the Kerala State Farming Corporation, who died at a hospital in Kochi- Prof. Oommen Mathew
The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir who on 21 July 2013 appointed as the new Chairman of GST Panel- Abdul Rahim Rather
The Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India who was re-elected as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India- Arvind Sharma
Renowned south India yesteryear actor, who died in Chennai at the age of 59 on 23 July 2013 followed a brief illness- Manjula Vijayakumar
The Duchess of Cambridge, who gave birth to a baby boy on 22 July 2013 at the London hospital- Kate Middleton
Indian American author who novel The Lowland has been listed among 13 novels longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013- Jhumpa Lahiri
The cousin of Rajiv Gandhi as well as the Minister for Internal Security during his government, who died in Gurgaon on 25 July 2013- Arun Nehru
The famous Indian Port which was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its excellent performance in the year 2012 13- Paradip Port
The Bollywood actor who held the Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor, died on 28 July 2013 at the age of 85 years- Jagdish Raj
Sarod maestro who was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award- Amjad Ali Khan
The former Indian Test umpire who passed away on 29 July 2013 at a private hospital in Karnataka. He was 83 years of age- SN Hanumantha Rao
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 Pakistani Prisoner who was attacked by an inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu died at the hospital in Chandigarh on 9 May 2013- Sanaullah Ranjay
The person who was appointed as the Head of the World Trade Organization and will take the charge of his office from outgoing Pascal Lamy in September 2013- Roberto Azevedo
The English film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist, who died on 8 May 2013 in Virginia Water, Surrey following the long illness- Bryan Forbes
The Legendary actor who was presented with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for life time achievement 10 May 2013- Pran
The leader of the Indian National Congress who on 11 May 2013 was sworn in as the 22nd chief minister of the state of Karnataka- K Siddaramaiah
The Deputy Speaker of Madhya Pradesh State Assembly and a senior leader of Congress Party who died due to cardiac arrest- Harvansh Singh
The renowned Islamic Scholar and recipient of National Communal Harmony Award in 1997, who died on 14 May 2013- Asghar Ali Engineer
The acting director of IRS who had resigned amid the criticism over the tax agency's handling of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status- Steven Miller
The Person who on 16 May 2013 appointed as governor of Arunachal Pradesh as the term of present incumbent Gen (retd) J J Singh ended in January 2013- Nirbhay Sharma
The Saudi woman who made history by reaching the Everest summit- the world's highest mountain- Raha Moharrak
The place where the 45th Session of the Indian Labour Conference concluded on 18 May 2013- New Delhi
The Person who on 19 May 2013 became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest. Samina Baig is 22 years of age - Samina Baig
NASA’s Mars Rover which broke the 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record on 16 May 2013, after 9 long years of Mars exploration- Opportunity rover
The Person who was elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO during the 65th Executive Council of WMO meeting which is ongoing at Geneva- Laxman Singh Rathore
The Person who on 1 April 2013 took over charge as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)- M F Farooqui
The bank which had won the prestigious FE India’s Best Banks Award-2012-13 in recognition of its strong fundamentals and dynamic growth model- J&K Bank
The Day declared by United Nations General Assembly as the World Autism Awareness Day- 2 April
The Place where Olive Crown Awards 2013 took place on 1 April 2013- Mumbai
The Minister of Culture, who on 2 April 2013 inaugurated the Tagore Centre for Global Thought at India Institute of King’s College, London- Chandresh Kumari Katoch

Oscar Winning Screenplay Writer, who died in New York on 3 April 2013- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The person who on 4 April 2013 was appointed as the new director of the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) Exploration- Narendra Kumar Verma
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic for Chicago Sun-Times who died at the age of 70 years on 4 April 2013 at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago- Roger Ebert
Padma Shree Awardee and a renowned epigraphist and numismatist who died at his residence in Kolkata on 4 April 2013- Bratindra Nath Mukherjee
The co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys, who on 5 April 2013 was elected as the President of the industry body (CII) for the year 2013-14- S Gopalakrishnan
The Country where SAARC Ministerial Level Meet on Poverty concluded on 5 April 2013- Nepal
The city where 2 day International Workshop on Green National Accounting for India Concluded on 6 April 2013- New Delhi
The Hospitality Group which was conferred with the National Award for Excellence in Hospitality Education 2011-12 on 5 April 2013- Lalit Suri Hospitality Group
The person who became the first Indian to Circumnavigate Globe Solo and Non-Stop on a sail boat- Lt Cdr. Abhilash Tomy
The Former British Prime Minister and Iron Lady of Britain who died at the age of 87 following a stroke on 8 April 2013- Margaret Thatcher
The Person who was appointed as the new chairman of the NASSCOM for its the Executive Council for 2013-14- Krishnakumar Natarajan
The place where the 2013 Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) ceremony took place on 6 April 2013- BC Place, Vancouver
The Person who was sworn-in as the Fourth President of Kenya on 9 April 2013- Uhuru Kenyatta
The Electric utilities company which was conferred with the Business Leader in the Power Sector at the NDTV Business Leadership Awards in New Delhi on 9 April 2013- NTPC Ltd
The nuclear-capable Missile which was successfully test-fired by Pakistan on 10 April 2013. - Hatf-IV ballistic missile
The day which was observed as National Safe Motherhood day across India - 11 April 2013
The Person who was appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on population and Development on 11 April 2013 at Bangkok- PJ Kurien
The Legendary Actor who was awarded with Bollywood’s Highest Honour Dada Saheb Phalke Award on 12 April 2013- Pran
The anti-British revolutionary, considered to be the last remaining link to sub-continent decessive past died at Kolkata at the age of 104 years - Binod Bihari Chowdhary
The Palestinian Prime Minister who resigned on 13 April 2013 after falling out with President Mahmud Abbas- Salam Fayyad
The Indian Politician who was unanimously re-elected as the national President of Janata Dal (United) for third time in a row, on 14 April 2013- Sharad Yadav

The Person who took over as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)- MRP Rao
The people who was selected by the Parliamentary Award Committee for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively- Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav
The city which won the award for most liveable Indian city by IPSOS Best City Survey and Awards 2013 event in New Delhi- Nagpur
Venezuelan Vice-President who was sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president- Nicolas Maduro
86 years old Former West Bengal Governor and industrialist who died in Jordan after a heart attack- Viren J Shah
Former CBI Director, who was appointed as Governor of Nagaland- Ashwani Kumar
The Managing Director of Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd, who was elected as the chairman, CII Kerala State Council for 2013-14- C J George
The India Tourism Film, which claimed First Prize at 11th Golden City Gate Awards- Find What You Seek
76 years old legendary painter who died after a heart attack at a city hospital in Kolkata- Ganesh Pyne
The new leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), who was appointed as the President of China- Xi Jinping
The Chief Justice who was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal by taking over the office from Baburam Bhattarai- Khil Raj Regmi
The winner of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel The Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng
The person who was elected as the Chairman of CII Karnataka- Soumitra Bhattacharya
The date on which World Consumer Rights Day was observed for creating awareness in terms of consumer protection measures as well as consumer rights – 15 March 2013
The new communication satellite launched by NASA on 31 January 2013 to stay in touch with its space station astronauts- TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)
The person who emerged as winner to the first direct Presidential elections held in Czech Republic on 25 January 2013- Milos Zeman
The renowned painter of Bengal School died on 1 February 2013 following a brief illness at Kolkata hospital- Shanu Lahiri
The prominent Pakistani journalist died on 2 February 2013 in New York following 4-year long fight with cancer- Ayesha Haroon
World cancer day was observed on - 4 February 2013
Solicitor-General of India, who resigned from his office on 4 February 2013- Rohinton F Nariman
The Australian cricket captain who won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne on 4 February 2013- Michael Clarke
President of Republic of Mauritius who visited India from 3 Jan 2013 to 10 Jan 2013 and was honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award- Rajkeswur Purryag

The King of Bhutan who visited India from 23 to 30 January 2013 and was the Chief Guest for the Republic Day Celebration- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
The fourth largest private sector Bank of India which was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region- YES Bank
The Parliament Attack Convict, who was hanged on 9 Feb 2013 at Tihar Jail after his mercy petition was cancelled by the President of India- Afzal Guru
The Advocate-General of West Bengal who resigned from his office on 8 Feb 2013- Anindya Kumar Mitra
The 72 years old table tennis legend who died in Beijing on 10 February 2013 following lengthy fight with cancer- Zhuang Zedong
The sitar legend was honoured with the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award ON 9 February 2013- Pandit Ravi Shankar
US Marine General who took over the command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan- Joseph Dunford
Conference for South Asian Autism Network (SAAN) for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was concluded on- 11 Feb 2013
Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013 – Operation Three Star
The short range surface-to-surface missile launched by Pakistan on 11 February 2013 - Hatf IX (NASR)
The Person appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi on 12 February 2013- Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom Bhutan was on an official visit to India from 7 Feb. to 9 Feb. 2013- Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley
World Radio Day was observed on which day to raise awareness about the importance of radio- 12 February 2013
The former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, who sworn in as the Lokayukta on 14 February 2013- Y Bhaskar Rao
The theme of 27nd edition of Surajkund mela that was ended on 15 February 2013 was – Karnataka
The person who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations on 13 February 2013- Asoke Kumar Mukerji
The Country which banned the Japanese cartoon Doraemon in the third week of February 2013 because of the fears of Hindi invasion- Bangladesh
The Ecuador's President who was re-elected for a third term with more than 50 percent of the vote- Rafael Correa
The Person who was conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Award 2011 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 18 Feb 2013 - Ela Ramesh Bhatt
The former Union Minister and three times MP for Rajya Sabha, who died at the age of 68 on 19 February 2013- Radhakishan Malviya

The Special Bench of Justices of A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra to hear cases of crime against women was constituted by Former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir
Keeping under consideration the sharp increase in the cost of materials, the Union Cabinet in January 2013 approved the Ministry of Rural Development’s proposal to increase the unit cost under- Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
The person elected by Shiv Sena as the President of the Party on 23 January 2013 at Sena Headquarters at Dadar, Central Mumbai- Uddhav Thackeray
The BJP President who on 22 January 2013 resigned from his post as after his resignation, Rajnath Singh was elected as the party chief- Nitin Gadkari
The Female sports personalities and the Olympic Bronze Medalists who on 22 Jan. 2013 nominated by Election Commission of India as National Icons- Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal
The largest shore patrol vessel which was commissioned in the eastern coast for maritime surveillance around Andaman and Nicobar Islands- INS Saryu
Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh who merged his Jan Kranti Party with Bhartiya Janta Party, during the Atal Shankhnaad Rally of BJP at Lucknow- Kalyan Singh
The third oldest elephant of the world, which celebrated its 66th birthday at the Inokashira Park Zoo of Japan- Hanako
The congress MP who on 19 January 2013 declared the new vice-president of Indian National Congress after the decision made by the Congress Working Committee- Rahul Gandhi
The actor and the actress who bagged the best actor and actress award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards given away on 20 January 2013- Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan
The Dutch Coach who in the month of January was appointed as the High Performance Director for Indian Hockey Team- Roelant Oltmans
The Indian researcher who was selected to be felicitated with the Young Investigator Scholarship Award for his work on Alzheimer's drug- Mahaveer Golechha
The Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs, who was elected as a leader of Indian delegation for World Economic Forum 2013- Kamal Nath
Indian-origin women who became the first woman and the 9th Speaker of the Singapore Parliament on 14 January 2013 by replacing Michael Palmer- Halimah Yacob
The place at where ITU summoned the World Conference on International Telecommunications held from 3-14 Dec 2012- Dubai
The former all-rounder of India from Surat who died on 13 January 2013 in Mumbai at the age of 76 years- Rusi Framroze Surti
The place at which Indian and Pakistani armies held Brigade Commander-level flag meeting- Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir

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