1. New Cabinet Ministers:- Mr. Oscar Fernandes - Road and Highways Minister, Ms. Girija Vyas - New Housing, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation Minister. Mr. K.S. Rao - New Textiles Minister, Mr. SiS Ram Ola – New Labour and Employment Minister. Ministers of state:- EMS Natchiyappan takes oath as MoS commerce and industry, J D Seelam becomes MoS finance, Manikrao Gavit gets social justice and empowerment, Santosh Chowdhury gets health & family welfare.
2. VK Duggal, the former Union Home Secretary on 21 June 2013 was appointed as the nodal officer for relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttrakhand by the Union Government of India.
3. The Indian Banks' Association (IBA) announced that K R Kamath, the chairman and managing director of Punjab National Bank (PNB) was re-elected as the Chairman of IBA for 2013-14 tenure. IBA also elected Aditya Puri, managing director and CEO of HDFC Bank, as its Deputy Chairman. Along with this, the Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), Pratip Chaudhuri was elected as the Honorary Secretary.
4. Susan Elizabeth Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama.
5. Nawaz Sharif on 5 June 2013 took oath to the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for his third term. Nawaz Sharif party PML-N made a landslide victory in the General Elections conducted in May 2013 by receiving 244 votes in favour of the 342 seat Parliament.
6. The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas named Rami Hamdallah as his new Prime Minister.
7. Infosys appointed N R Narayana Murthy as executive chairman of the Board. Narayan Murthy was appointed as the chairman for the second time.
8. Anish Kapoor, the Indian-origin sculptor was honoured with Knighthood, which is the highest honour of Britain. He was honoured for Visual Arts services.
9. Indian street food vendors Ashok Sah and Vijay Chaudhary won the critics award at the World Street Food Congress in Singapore.
10. Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA), an NGO in Uttarakhand on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights.
11. Oprah Winfrey was named the most powerful celebrity on 26 June 2013 by Forbes.
12. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to seven years in prisons and a lifetime ban on holding public office by a lower court of Milan as he was found guilty of soliciting sex from a minor and abusing his powers to cover up his actions.
13. Barack Obama, the US President on 21 June 2013 nominated James Comey as the next FBI (Federal
Bureau of Investigation) Director.
14. Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India on 17 June 2013 took oath as the member of Rajya
Sabha. He was elected to Rajya Sabha for the fifth consecutive term from Assam.
15. Hassan Rohani, the moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the presidential election
in Iran. He would succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He defeated Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf of Islamic Society of Engineers party.
16. John William Ashe, the ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda in the month of
June 2013 selected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th session.
17. Raghav Joneja became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013 . Climbing at the age of 15 years and seven months Raghav Joneja broke the record set by Nameirakpam Chingkheinganba of Manipur's, who climed the everest at the age 16 years seven months and 11 days.
18. The Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry completed his India visit on 25 June 2013.
19. Salman Khurshid, the Union External Affairs Minister was on a two-day visit to Iraq from 19 to 20 June
2013.
20. The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, visited Japan on 27-30 May 2013 for the Annual Summit of the Prime Ministers.
21. 92 years old Veteran CPI leader Satya Pal Dang passed away in Amritsar on 15 June 2013.
22. Vidya Charan Shukla, a former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple organ failure.
23. Scottish author Iain Banks, who is best known for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, died of Cancer on 9 June 2013 at the age of 59.
24. Jiah Khan, the 25-year old Bollywood actress died on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai. She allegedly committed suicide. Jiah Khan’s real name was Nafisa Khan.
25. CP Joshi and Ajay Maken on 15 June 2013 resigned from Union Cabinet of India. Before resignation, CP Joshi was handling the portfolio of Union Ministry of Railways as well as Transport and Highways Ministry and Ajay Maken was handling the portfolio of Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry.
26. BJP veteran politician Lal Krishna Advani on 10 June 2013 resigned from all top positions of the party
namely Parliamentary Board, National Executive and Election Committee. The decision of the party veteran came a day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was selected to head party’s election campaign at Goa on 9 June 2013 in the BJP national executive meet.
27. Rajeev Shukla resigned as Chairman of IPL in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal.
28. The Union ministry of Information and Broadcasting constituted a committee headed by JS Mathur to
review the rate revision of the newspaper advertisements.
29. Union Ministry of Women and Child Development constituted a panel to examine aspects related
indecent portrayal of women in mass media. K Ratnaprabha was appointed as the head of the constituted panel.
30. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 29 May 2013 constituted a three-man inquiry
commission to probe the allegations against Gurunath Meiyappan and the three Rajasthan Royals players, who were arrested on charges of betting in the IPL-6 matches.
31. Six Forts of Rajasthan included in the list of World Heritage Site of UNESCO and won international
recognition on 21 June 2013 in the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The six majestic forts include Amber (Jaipur), Kumbhalgarh, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Ranthambhore (Sawai Madhopur) and Gagaron (Jhalawar).
32. Indo-Russian INDRA 2013 military exercise is scheduled to take place in October 2013 at Mahajan field firing range of Rajasthan in India.
33. Indian Air Force received its first of the ten Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Aircraftfrom United States. The first C-17 Globemaster landed at Hindan Airbase in India.
34. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna announced that the Kedarnath shrine situated in the Himalayan ranges will remain shut down for a minimum period of one year, following devastation because of early Monsoon rains.
35. The Chief Minister of Kerala announced that the 29th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (India chapter) scheduled for 8 November 2013 and 9 November 2013 will be hosted by Kochi, Kerala.
36. The highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of India will be set-up at Nyoma, Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir at an altitude of about 14000 feet.
37. India and United Kingdom in the third week of June 2013 decided to develop the Bangalore-Mumbai Economic Corridor project in close association with private companies from Britain.
38. The Union Health Ministry on 20 June 2013 launched the ambitious schemes called Free Drug Service and Free Diagnostics Service for providing free generic drugs at government health care centres. The schemes were launched under the National Health Mission.
39. The UN report titled World Population Prospects was released on 13 June 2013, forecasted that India will be the most populous country of the world by 2028 leaving behind China.
40. As per the latest figures from Eurostat, in the Month of May 2013, the Unemployment rate rose up to 12.2pc in April 2013 from 12.1pc in March. It was estimated as per the statistics office that 19.4m people in the eurozone were unemployed in April 2013. The highest increase in the Unemployment was registered in Greece, Cyprus, Spain and Portugal.
41. Thirty ninth G8 Summit was held at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland from 17 May - 18 June 2013. The two day summit was presided over by the David Cameron, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
42. India will be joining some nations in the quest for a better understanding of moonquakes as plans are afoot to send a seismometer on board the landing instrument of Chandrayaan-2 scheduled to be launched in 2014/15.
43. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed hope that the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime would be in place after the 2014 general election.
44. State Bank Group Chairman Pratip Choudhari has said that the procedures for the merger of one of the associate banks with the State Bank of India (SBI) will be set rolling in the second quarter of this financial year.
45. In the latest twist to the cyber-war between China and the U.S., a high-level defence groups accused Beijing of hacking into U.S. system and stealing designs of advanced weapons described as the “the backbone of the Pentagon’s regional missile defence for Asia, Europe and the Persian Gulf”.
46. Moody’s upgraded its outlook of the U.S. banking system for the first time since 2008, citing improving U.S. economic conditions that more than make up for the challenges of low interest rates. Moody’s raised its outlook on the U.S. banking system to ‘stable’ from ‘negative,’.
47. Kerala will host 35th National Games, which is now likely to be held between January 31 and February 13 next year.
48. Aruna Roy has decided not to continue in the National Advisory Council after her term expires.
49. India and Japan have decided to co-finance a joint feasibility study on a high-speed railway line on the Mumbai-Ahmadabad route.
50. Wal-Mart has been hit with $110 million in U.S. federal and State fines after pleading guilty to criminal charges of mishandling hazardous waste and pesticides at its retail stores.
2. VK Duggal, the former Union Home Secretary on 21 June 2013 was appointed as the nodal officer for relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttrakhand by the Union Government of India.
3. The Indian Banks' Association (IBA) announced that K R Kamath, the chairman and managing director of Punjab National Bank (PNB) was re-elected as the Chairman of IBA for 2013-14 tenure. IBA also elected Aditya Puri, managing director and CEO of HDFC Bank, as its Deputy Chairman. Along with this, the Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), Pratip Chaudhuri was elected as the Honorary Secretary.
4. Susan Elizabeth Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama.
5. Nawaz Sharif on 5 June 2013 took oath to the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for his third term. Nawaz Sharif party PML-N made a landslide victory in the General Elections conducted in May 2013 by receiving 244 votes in favour of the 342 seat Parliament.
6. The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas named Rami Hamdallah as his new Prime Minister.
7. Infosys appointed N R Narayana Murthy as executive chairman of the Board. Narayan Murthy was appointed as the chairman for the second time.
8. Anish Kapoor, the Indian-origin sculptor was honoured with Knighthood, which is the highest honour of Britain. He was honoured for Visual Arts services.
9. Indian street food vendors Ashok Sah and Vijay Chaudhary won the critics award at the World Street Food Congress in Singapore.
10. Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA), an NGO in Uttarakhand on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights.
11. Oprah Winfrey was named the most powerful celebrity on 26 June 2013 by Forbes.
12. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to seven years in prisons and a lifetime ban on holding public office by a lower court of Milan as he was found guilty of soliciting sex from a minor and abusing his powers to cover up his actions.
13. Barack Obama, the US President on 21 June 2013 nominated James Comey as the next FBI (Federal
Bureau of Investigation) Director.
14. Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India on 17 June 2013 took oath as the member of Rajya
Sabha. He was elected to Rajya Sabha for the fifth consecutive term from Assam.
15. Hassan Rohani, the moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the presidential election
in Iran. He would succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He defeated Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf of Islamic Society of Engineers party.
16. John William Ashe, the ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda in the month of
June 2013 selected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th session.
17. Raghav Joneja became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013 . Climbing at the age of 15 years and seven months Raghav Joneja broke the record set by Nameirakpam Chingkheinganba of Manipur's, who climed the everest at the age 16 years seven months and 11 days.
18. The Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry completed his India visit on 25 June 2013.
19. Salman Khurshid, the Union External Affairs Minister was on a two-day visit to Iraq from 19 to 20 June
2013.
20. The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, visited Japan on 27-30 May 2013 for the Annual Summit of the Prime Ministers.
21. 92 years old Veteran CPI leader Satya Pal Dang passed away in Amritsar on 15 June 2013.
22. Vidya Charan Shukla, a former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple organ failure.
23. Scottish author Iain Banks, who is best known for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, died of Cancer on 9 June 2013 at the age of 59.
24. Jiah Khan, the 25-year old Bollywood actress died on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai. She allegedly committed suicide. Jiah Khan’s real name was Nafisa Khan.
25. CP Joshi and Ajay Maken on 15 June 2013 resigned from Union Cabinet of India. Before resignation, CP Joshi was handling the portfolio of Union Ministry of Railways as well as Transport and Highways Ministry and Ajay Maken was handling the portfolio of Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry.
26. BJP veteran politician Lal Krishna Advani on 10 June 2013 resigned from all top positions of the party
namely Parliamentary Board, National Executive and Election Committee. The decision of the party veteran came a day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was selected to head party’s election campaign at Goa on 9 June 2013 in the BJP national executive meet.
27. Rajeev Shukla resigned as Chairman of IPL in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal.
28. The Union ministry of Information and Broadcasting constituted a committee headed by JS Mathur to
review the rate revision of the newspaper advertisements.
29. Union Ministry of Women and Child Development constituted a panel to examine aspects related
indecent portrayal of women in mass media. K Ratnaprabha was appointed as the head of the constituted panel.
30. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 29 May 2013 constituted a three-man inquiry
commission to probe the allegations against Gurunath Meiyappan and the three Rajasthan Royals players, who were arrested on charges of betting in the IPL-6 matches.
31. Six Forts of Rajasthan included in the list of World Heritage Site of UNESCO and won international
recognition on 21 June 2013 in the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The six majestic forts include Amber (Jaipur), Kumbhalgarh, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Ranthambhore (Sawai Madhopur) and Gagaron (Jhalawar).
32. Indo-Russian INDRA 2013 military exercise is scheduled to take place in October 2013 at Mahajan field firing range of Rajasthan in India.
33. Indian Air Force received its first of the ten Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Aircraftfrom United States. The first C-17 Globemaster landed at Hindan Airbase in India.
34. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna announced that the Kedarnath shrine situated in the Himalayan ranges will remain shut down for a minimum period of one year, following devastation because of early Monsoon rains.
35. The Chief Minister of Kerala announced that the 29th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (India chapter) scheduled for 8 November 2013 and 9 November 2013 will be hosted by Kochi, Kerala.
36. The highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of India will be set-up at Nyoma, Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir at an altitude of about 14000 feet.
37. India and United Kingdom in the third week of June 2013 decided to develop the Bangalore-Mumbai Economic Corridor project in close association with private companies from Britain.
38. The Union Health Ministry on 20 June 2013 launched the ambitious schemes called Free Drug Service and Free Diagnostics Service for providing free generic drugs at government health care centres. The schemes were launched under the National Health Mission.
39. The UN report titled World Population Prospects was released on 13 June 2013, forecasted that India will be the most populous country of the world by 2028 leaving behind China.
40. As per the latest figures from Eurostat, in the Month of May 2013, the Unemployment rate rose up to 12.2pc in April 2013 from 12.1pc in March. It was estimated as per the statistics office that 19.4m people in the eurozone were unemployed in April 2013. The highest increase in the Unemployment was registered in Greece, Cyprus, Spain and Portugal.
41. Thirty ninth G8 Summit was held at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland from 17 May - 18 June 2013. The two day summit was presided over by the David Cameron, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
42. India will be joining some nations in the quest for a better understanding of moonquakes as plans are afoot to send a seismometer on board the landing instrument of Chandrayaan-2 scheduled to be launched in 2014/15.
43. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed hope that the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime would be in place after the 2014 general election.
44. State Bank Group Chairman Pratip Choudhari has said that the procedures for the merger of one of the associate banks with the State Bank of India (SBI) will be set rolling in the second quarter of this financial year.
45. In the latest twist to the cyber-war between China and the U.S., a high-level defence groups accused Beijing of hacking into U.S. system and stealing designs of advanced weapons described as the “the backbone of the Pentagon’s regional missile defence for Asia, Europe and the Persian Gulf”.
46. Moody’s upgraded its outlook of the U.S. banking system for the first time since 2008, citing improving U.S. economic conditions that more than make up for the challenges of low interest rates. Moody’s raised its outlook on the U.S. banking system to ‘stable’ from ‘negative,’.
47. Kerala will host 35th National Games, which is now likely to be held between January 31 and February 13 next year.
48. Aruna Roy has decided not to continue in the National Advisory Council after her term expires.
49. India and Japan have decided to co-finance a joint feasibility study on a high-speed railway line on the Mumbai-Ahmadabad route.
50. Wal-Mart has been hit with $110 million in U.S. federal and State fines after pleading guilty to criminal charges of mishandling hazardous waste and pesticides at its retail stores.
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