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Current Affairs of May 2013

Current Affairs of May 2013

Latest Current Affairs updated 31 May 2013 The group of islands in the Indian Ocean which has been declared as a world biosphere reserve by the UNESCO under its Man and the Biosphere Programme King Bhumbol Adulyadej, to whom Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh presented a sapling of Holy Bodhi tree from Bodhgaya as a gift is the king of The new venue of 20th Asian Athletics Championships to held from July 3, 2013. (The event was earlier scheduled to be held in Chennai.) The Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri Govt. of India, and Director General, Defence Research And Development Organisation, who has been awarded the prestigious Aryabhatta Award of the Astronautical Society of India The place at which ISRO Navigation Centre, has been unveiled by the Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office V Narayanaswamy The new Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Nicobar Islands Thailand Pune Dr. V.K. Saraswat Byalalu, Banglaore Mrs. Kushal Singh

The eminent Japanese Tamil language scholar who has been presented the Padma Shri by the Prime Noboru Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on 28 May 13. (Padma Awards are normally presented by the President Karashima but Mr. Karashima was not present during the ceremony) See Padma Awards 2013 Blue is the The film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche which has been awarded the Palm d'Or (Golden Palm) award Warmest at the 66th Cannes Films Festival 2013 Colour The place in Tamilnadu, where a new Air Force Station has been dedicated to the nation by the Defence Thanjavur Minister Shri A.K. Antony The team which has won the finals of the IPL VI defeating Chennai Super Kings in a match played at Mumbai Eden Gardens, Kolkata Indians The new Defence Secretary appointed in place of Mr. Shashi Kant Sharma who has taken over as the Mr. RK new CAG Mathur The country which is implementing its controversial naturalisation law or Nitaqat, forcing over 75,000 Indians to return to India in the next few months (Nitaqat seeks to replace foreigners in companies with its own people.) The military exercise carried out by the Army's Western Command in Punjab as a part of its 'Integrated Theatre Battle' concept from May 21 to 25 is named The noted Hindi writer who has been chosen for the Vyas Samman award for 2012 for his historical novel Na Bhooto Na Bhavishyati Saudi Arabia Panchjanya Dr. Narendra Kohli

Prof The noted Hindi writer who has been chosen for the Vyas Samman award for 2011 for his collection of Ramdarash poems Aam ke Patte Mishra The American writer who has been awarded the Man Booker International Prize 2013. (Man Booker International Prize is once every two years to a living author for a body of work published either originally in English or available in translation in English. It is different from Man Booker Prize for Fiction Lydia Davis
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which is awarded every year for a specific book.) The Chief Minister of Kerala who has been chosen for the United Nation's Public Service Award for his Shri Mass Contact Programme, which saw him directly engaging with people in the state to address their Oommen grievances Chandy Addis The venue of 50th African Union summit, India to be represented by the Vice-President Hamid Ansari Ababa, Ethiopia The microblogging platform and social networking website founded by David Carp which has been Tumblr acquired by Yahoo for $ 1.1 billion The present Defence Secretary who has been chosen to succeed Mr. Vinod Rai as the Comptroller and Mr. Shashi Auditor General of India Kant Sharma The US city which was hit a monster tornado causing extensive damage and loss of lives on 20 May 2013 The President of Afghanistan who has been conferred honorary doctorate by the President Pranab Mukherjee at the convocation of Lovely Professional University The veteran journalists who have been chosen for Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mumbai Press Club The military operation launched by Brazil against drug smuggling, trafficking in arms and ammunition, environmental crimes, illegal immigration etc. ahead of FIFA Confederations Cup is named The cyclone which hit the coast of Bangladesh on 16 May 2013 leaving at least 18 people dead was named The New Delhi based institute which has been designated as Collaborating Centre in Traditional Medicine for a period of four years by the World Health Organization The income criterion of Rs. 4.5 lakh per annum for applying the Creamy Layer restriction, for excluding Socially Advanced Persons/Sections (Creamy Layer) from the purview of reservation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) has been raised to Rotavac, India's first indigenously developed vaccine against rotavirus diarrhoea has been jointly developed by Department of Biotechnology and The Indian state which has become second in the country after Tamilnadu to ban the traditional nomenclature (shwet kusht or kod) for leucoderma to clear misconceptions about the cutaneous condition The first of eight Boeing P-8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance and Anti Submarine Warfare (LRMRASW) aircraft being inducted into the Indian Navy were received on 15 May at The first MiG 29K supersonic aircraft were commissioned into the Indian Navy by the Defence Minister in May 2013 at The veteran Hindi film actress who has been presented with Srimant Shankardeva Award (instituted by the Govt of Assam) for the year 2008 by the President Shri Pranab Mukherjee The country which has launched same-day visa service for Indians subject to certain conditions
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Oklahoma city Mr. Hamid Karzai Mr. N. Ram and Mr. Kuldip Nayar Operation Agata 7 Mahasen Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga Rs. 6 lakh p.a. Bharat Biotech Maharashtra INS Rajali (Arakkonam) INS Hansa, Goa Sharmila Tagore United Kingdom
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The new Chief Minister of Karnataka, who assumed charge following the victory of Congress in the elections The Union Road Transport and Highways Minister who took additional charge as Union Railway Minister following the resignation of Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal The Union Communications and Information Technology Minister who took additional charge of Union Law Minister replacing Shri Ashwani Kumar Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar who passed away on 08 May 2013 was a renowned Hindustani classical music in its The well-known singer who has been chosen to be honoured with the Lata Mangeshkar Award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh government As per State of World Mothers Report released by Save the Children organisation the number of children who die on the day of birth in India is (India is ranked at the top in the report) The founder of Telugu Desam Party and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh who statue was unveiled in the Parliament by the Lok Sabha Speaker Ms Meira Kumar on 07 May 2013 The Prime Minister of Malaysia who has been sworn in for the second term As per a survey by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India for Feb 2013, the state which has the highest number of mobile subscribers in country is The Indian badminton player who won the Grand Prix Gold at the Malaysian Open Badminton tournament defeating Juan Gu of Singapore in the finals The country which has been ranked at Number 1 position in the World Press Freedom Index 2013 released by a non-profit organisation Reporters without Borders The rank of India in the World Press Freedom Index 2013 released by a non-profit organisation Reporters without Borders The Indian hornbill conservator who has been awarded the Whitley Award also known as the Green Oscar The Asian nation which elected Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury as its first woman speaker, succeeding Mr. Abdul Hamid who became its President The country whose reigning Queen Beatrix abdicated her throne in favour of her son, Willem Alexander, making him the country's first King in 120 years The country which has overtaken the US as the world's biggest market for personal computers, according to a market data report by consultants IHS
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Everest Climbers May 2013

The Russian daredevil who has claimed the record of highest ever base jump by leaping off the north Valery Rozov face of Mount Everest The woman climber from Saudi Arabia who has become the first woman from her country to conqer Raha Moharrak Mt. Everest Nunshi and Indian students from Dehradun who have become the first twins to climb Mt. Everest Tashi Malik
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The school in Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh whose students became the youngest team to scale Mt. Everest The student of Lawrence School, Sanawar (H.P.) who became the youngest Indian at 15 years and 7 months to scale Mt. Everest Samina Baig, who became the first woman from her country to conquer Mt. Everest belongs to The person from Assam who has become the first from his state to scale Mt Everest The 80 year old Japanese climber who has become the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest

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