1. Arvind Kejriwal, the convener of the newly launched Aam Aadmi Party sworn in as the seventh (as a person) Chief Minister of Delhi at a function in Ramlila Maidan. He has sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister of Delhi.
2. The BJP leader, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
3. Lal Thanhawla of Congress party has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Mizoram for the second successive term.
4. BJP leader Vasundhara Raje was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for the second time.
5. Ashraf Jehan a female judge sworn-in at Pakistan’s national sharia court which hears cases under the Islamic legislation.
6. J.N.Chaudhary was appointed as new head of NSG (National Security Guard). He will take his charge from incumbent Arvind Ranjan.
7. Arvind Ranjan was appointed the full time chief of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
8. The ministry of civil aviation appointed Ashok Lavasa as new Civil Aviation Secretary.
9. Marpadi Veerappa Moily, the petroleum and natural gas Minister took an additional charge of the Environment and Forests Ministry after the exit of Jayanthi Natarajan.
10. Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited took the charge as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Sidharth Birla succeeded the HSBC India Country Head Naina Lal Kidwai.
11. Vinod Kumar Duggal, the former Home Secretary has been appointed the new Governor of Manipur. He will replace the present Governor of the state, Ashwani Kumar, who was given an additional charge of Manipur, while being a Governor of Nagaland.
12. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar became the Ambassador of US. He is the successor of Nirupama Rao and his position in Beijing will be taken by Ashok k. kantha.
13. Usha Sangwan was appointed as the first woman managing director of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) by the Government.
14. S.B. Nayar was appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd (IIFCL).
15. The Union Government appointed Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as the Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for a
This GK Capsule has been prepared by Career Power Institute Delhi (Formerly Known as Bank Power). This has been prepared on the basis of news and events appeared in The Hindu Newspaper in the month of Dec 2013. period of five years. Prior to this appointment, Bhanwala was an Executive Director at India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL). Bhanwala succeeds Prakash Bakshi.
16. CVR Rajendran was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Bank.
17. Krishna Iyer was appointed President and CEO of Wal-Mart India.
18. D Shivakumar was appointed as the Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo India.
19. Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu was re-appointed as the OPCW Director General at the 18th Session of the Conference of State Parties.
20. Ms. Sushma Singh has been appointed as the next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India and will succeed Ms. Deepak Sandhu.
21. Sashi Tharoor, the Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development was named as the Person of the Year by the animal rights body PETA – India for taking steps to advance animal protection.
22. India’s deputy consul in New York, Devyani Khobragade was transferred to India’s Permanent Mission in United Nations in New York. This was done by India to boost her diplomatic immunity. Earlier, Devyani Khobragade was charged with criminal offences by US.
23. Angela Merkel was elected as the German Chancellor for third term by the German Parliament.
24. Pope Francis was named as the Person of the Year 2013 by Time Magazine.
25. Ranjan Mathai took over as the India's High Commissioner to the UK. He has succeeded Jaimini Bhagwati.
26. Miss Venezuela Alyz Henrich was crowned with the pageant of Miss Earth 2013 at the Versailles Palace, Philippines.
27. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad awarded the Sword of Honour for safety management in London in the second week of December 2013.
28. IRCON International Limited has been awarded the prestigious India Pride Awards for Excellence in Central PSUs in India Image Enhancement.
29. Eminent historian Bipan Chandra was awarded Itihas Ratna from Asiatic Society Bihar.
30. Irrfan Khan won the best actor award for his brilliant performance in his film The Lunchbox at the 10th edition of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). Ritesh Batra, the Writer-Director of the film The Lunchbox, got a special mention for screenplay for the film in the same category.
31. Wipro Chairman Azim Premji won the Economic Times Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 for his role in creating India's third-largest software exporter.
32. East Timor film ‘Beatriz’s War’ bagged Golden Peacock award for Best Film at the 44th International Film Festival of India at Panaji, Goa. The film, directed by Bety Reis and Luigi Acquisto. Indian Director Kaushik Ganguli bags the award for Best Director for his Bengali film ‘Apur Panchali’. Best Actor (Male) award went to Alon Moni Aboutboul for his performance in Israeli movie ‘A Place in Heaven’. Best Actor (Female) award was presented to Boczarska Magdalena for her excellent performance in Polish film ‘In Hiding’.
33. Sheila Dikshit, the Chief Minister of Delhi resigned from her post after Congress party faced a defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls. Sheila Dikshit was defeated in her constituency in New Delhi from Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party by over 25,000 votes. She has been the Chief Minister of Delhi three times.
34. Shoma Chaudhury, managing editor of Tehelka, announced her resignation from the Tehelka, an investigative magazine.
35. Veteran Bollywood actor Farooq Sheikh died due to heart attack in Dubai.
36. Mikhail Kalashnikov, who invented the AK47 weapon died at the age of 94 due to ill-health on
23 December 2013 in Izhevsk, Udmurtia province of Russian Republic.
37. Pran Chopra, the veteran journalist and first editor of The Statesman died.
38. Dr. Michiaki Takahashi who developed a vaccine for the chicken pox virus died due to heart failure on
23 December 2013 in Osaka, Japan.
39. Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid revolutionary of South Africa died on 5 November 2013.
40. US actor Paul Walker died in a car accident in Southern California.
41. The business magazine Fortune’s Indian edition released its annual list of Fortune 500 Indian companies for 2012. Indian Oil Corporation was the biggest company followed by the Mukesh Ambani‘s Reliance Industries.
42. India was ranked 94th out of 177 countries on Global Corruption Perception Index 2013, which was released by Transparency International. Denmark and New Zealand tied for first place. Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia this year make up the worst performers.
43. The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference was concluded on 6 December 2013 at Bali, Indonesia. The Ministerial Conference has agreed on the revised draft of Bali Package.
44. International Petroleum Conference 2014 (PETROTECH-2014) will be held in New Delhi from 12th – 15th January 2014.
45. The 8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit (AGPS) was held at New Delhi, India. The 8th AGPS was organized by GAIL (India) Limited and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
46. The fourth generation Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas received its second operational clearance on 20 December 2013 in Bangalore. Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) II of Tejas is to replace the Mig21 fleet of IAF, which was decommissioned on 11 December 2013.
47. India successfully test-fired the indigenously developed Pinaka from a base at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. Pinaka is a multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL). Pinaka is an area weapon system with a range of 40 km.
48. The Union Government launched e-inclusion project to make people e-literate. The project is an initiative to make at least one individual in every household e-literate. IT training will be provided to the economically weaker sections of the society including rural SC, ST and women under this project.
49. Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2013 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2013. Earlier, the Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha. The Bill seeks to establish an anti-corruption watchdog that will have in its purview even the office of Prime Minister. The Lokpal consists of a Chairperson and a maximum of eight members of which 50% shall be judicial members.
50. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has planned to set up “birth waiting homes” close to healthcare centres to enable pregnant women in remote areas to gain access to prenatal care as their due date nears.
2. The BJP leader, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
3. Lal Thanhawla of Congress party has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Mizoram for the second successive term.
4. BJP leader Vasundhara Raje was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for the second time.
5. Ashraf Jehan a female judge sworn-in at Pakistan’s national sharia court which hears cases under the Islamic legislation.
6. J.N.Chaudhary was appointed as new head of NSG (National Security Guard). He will take his charge from incumbent Arvind Ranjan.
7. Arvind Ranjan was appointed the full time chief of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
8. The ministry of civil aviation appointed Ashok Lavasa as new Civil Aviation Secretary.
9. Marpadi Veerappa Moily, the petroleum and natural gas Minister took an additional charge of the Environment and Forests Ministry after the exit of Jayanthi Natarajan.
10. Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited took the charge as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Sidharth Birla succeeded the HSBC India Country Head Naina Lal Kidwai.
11. Vinod Kumar Duggal, the former Home Secretary has been appointed the new Governor of Manipur. He will replace the present Governor of the state, Ashwani Kumar, who was given an additional charge of Manipur, while being a Governor of Nagaland.
12. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar became the Ambassador of US. He is the successor of Nirupama Rao and his position in Beijing will be taken by Ashok k. kantha.
13. Usha Sangwan was appointed as the first woman managing director of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) by the Government.
14. S.B. Nayar was appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd (IIFCL).
15. The Union Government appointed Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as the Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for a
This GK Capsule has been prepared by Career Power Institute Delhi (Formerly Known as Bank Power). This has been prepared on the basis of news and events appeared in The Hindu Newspaper in the month of Dec 2013. period of five years. Prior to this appointment, Bhanwala was an Executive Director at India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL). Bhanwala succeeds Prakash Bakshi.
16. CVR Rajendran was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Bank.
17. Krishna Iyer was appointed President and CEO of Wal-Mart India.
18. D Shivakumar was appointed as the Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo India.
19. Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu was re-appointed as the OPCW Director General at the 18th Session of the Conference of State Parties.
20. Ms. Sushma Singh has been appointed as the next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India and will succeed Ms. Deepak Sandhu.
21. Sashi Tharoor, the Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development was named as the Person of the Year by the animal rights body PETA – India for taking steps to advance animal protection.
22. India’s deputy consul in New York, Devyani Khobragade was transferred to India’s Permanent Mission in United Nations in New York. This was done by India to boost her diplomatic immunity. Earlier, Devyani Khobragade was charged with criminal offences by US.
23. Angela Merkel was elected as the German Chancellor for third term by the German Parliament.
24. Pope Francis was named as the Person of the Year 2013 by Time Magazine.
25. Ranjan Mathai took over as the India's High Commissioner to the UK. He has succeeded Jaimini Bhagwati.
26. Miss Venezuela Alyz Henrich was crowned with the pageant of Miss Earth 2013 at the Versailles Palace, Philippines.
27. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad awarded the Sword of Honour for safety management in London in the second week of December 2013.
28. IRCON International Limited has been awarded the prestigious India Pride Awards for Excellence in Central PSUs in India Image Enhancement.
29. Eminent historian Bipan Chandra was awarded Itihas Ratna from Asiatic Society Bihar.
30. Irrfan Khan won the best actor award for his brilliant performance in his film The Lunchbox at the 10th edition of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). Ritesh Batra, the Writer-Director of the film The Lunchbox, got a special mention for screenplay for the film in the same category.
31. Wipro Chairman Azim Premji won the Economic Times Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 for his role in creating India's third-largest software exporter.
32. East Timor film ‘Beatriz’s War’ bagged Golden Peacock award for Best Film at the 44th International Film Festival of India at Panaji, Goa. The film, directed by Bety Reis and Luigi Acquisto. Indian Director Kaushik Ganguli bags the award for Best Director for his Bengali film ‘Apur Panchali’. Best Actor (Male) award went to Alon Moni Aboutboul for his performance in Israeli movie ‘A Place in Heaven’. Best Actor (Female) award was presented to Boczarska Magdalena for her excellent performance in Polish film ‘In Hiding’.
33. Sheila Dikshit, the Chief Minister of Delhi resigned from her post after Congress party faced a defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls. Sheila Dikshit was defeated in her constituency in New Delhi from Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party by over 25,000 votes. She has been the Chief Minister of Delhi three times.
34. Shoma Chaudhury, managing editor of Tehelka, announced her resignation from the Tehelka, an investigative magazine.
35. Veteran Bollywood actor Farooq Sheikh died due to heart attack in Dubai.
36. Mikhail Kalashnikov, who invented the AK47 weapon died at the age of 94 due to ill-health on
23 December 2013 in Izhevsk, Udmurtia province of Russian Republic.
37. Pran Chopra, the veteran journalist and first editor of The Statesman died.
38. Dr. Michiaki Takahashi who developed a vaccine for the chicken pox virus died due to heart failure on
23 December 2013 in Osaka, Japan.
39. Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid revolutionary of South Africa died on 5 November 2013.
40. US actor Paul Walker died in a car accident in Southern California.
41. The business magazine Fortune’s Indian edition released its annual list of Fortune 500 Indian companies for 2012. Indian Oil Corporation was the biggest company followed by the Mukesh Ambani‘s Reliance Industries.
42. India was ranked 94th out of 177 countries on Global Corruption Perception Index 2013, which was released by Transparency International. Denmark and New Zealand tied for first place. Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia this year make up the worst performers.
43. The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference was concluded on 6 December 2013 at Bali, Indonesia. The Ministerial Conference has agreed on the revised draft of Bali Package.
44. International Petroleum Conference 2014 (PETROTECH-2014) will be held in New Delhi from 12th – 15th January 2014.
45. The 8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit (AGPS) was held at New Delhi, India. The 8th AGPS was organized by GAIL (India) Limited and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
46. The fourth generation Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas received its second operational clearance on 20 December 2013 in Bangalore. Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) II of Tejas is to replace the Mig21 fleet of IAF, which was decommissioned on 11 December 2013.
47. India successfully test-fired the indigenously developed Pinaka from a base at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. Pinaka is a multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL). Pinaka is an area weapon system with a range of 40 km.
48. The Union Government launched e-inclusion project to make people e-literate. The project is an initiative to make at least one individual in every household e-literate. IT training will be provided to the economically weaker sections of the society including rural SC, ST and women under this project.
49. Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2013 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2013. Earlier, the Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha. The Bill seeks to establish an anti-corruption watchdog that will have in its purview even the office of Prime Minister. The Lokpal consists of a Chairperson and a maximum of eight members of which 50% shall be judicial members.
50. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has planned to set up “birth waiting homes” close to healthcare centres to enable pregnant women in remote areas to gain access to prenatal care as their due date nears.
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