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quickest hundred by a
MARCH 2013
3. Eminent Indian Journalist
Current Affairs
Compendium
4. The 16th Gollapudi Srinivas
1. The Mumbai police
inaugurated the country’s
first Social Media Lab to
monitor the happenings
on Facebook, Twitter and
5. The Government has put
You Tube. This step has
been taken to keep an eye
on issues being discussed
among youth on the
internet and to bridge the
gap between the
expectations of the public
and delivery of police
service.
2. Shikar Dhawan surpassed
G. Vishwanath’s record
when he made the
November - December 2012
debutant with 185 runs off
85 balls.
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6. Srilanka proposes to build
Bobby Ghosh has been
a temple for goddess Sita
named the Editor of Time
International Magazine.
at Divurumpola, near
Nuwara – Eliya, a place
believed to be associated
with Ramayana. It is
National Award for a
believed that it is where
debut director for 2013
Sita underwent “Agni
will be awarded to K.M.
Pariksha (Test by Fire).
Kamal for his bilingual I.D.
7. K.A. Reddy, Founder and
Chairman of Hyderabad –
on hold changes proposed
based Pharma major Dr.
by the UPSC in the Civil
Reddy’s Laboratories
Services Main examination
passed away in mid
with respect to testing
March.
candidate’s ability to
communicate effectively in
8. The Roman Catholic
English. The committee
Church has elected the
headed by which
Argentinean Cardinal
recommended these
Jorge Mario Bergoglio as
changes was headed by
the 266th Pope. The new
Arun. S. Nigavekar.
pontiff, who has taken the
name Francis is the first
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pope from America, the
first from outside Europe
in 1300 years.
9. The Communist Party, of
China’s new leader Xi
Jinping has been formally
appointed as President.
10. Belgian mathematician
Pierre Deligne, regarded
as the most celebrated
Mathematicians of the
20th Century has been
chosen for the 2013 Abel
prize in Mathematics. The
Abel prize is considered
equivalent to the Nobel
Prize and carries a cash
award of 6 million
Norwegian Krone.
11. India test – fired the over
290 km – range submarine
– launched version of the
BrahMos supersonic cruise
missile off Visakhapatnam.
India is the first country to
have a vertical launch of a
supersonic cruise missile
from an underwater
platform.
12. The Petroleum and
Natural Gas Ministry has
constituted a new
committee headed by
economist Vijay Kelkar to
put in place a policy on
energy security and 15. The Lok Sabha on 19th
prepare a roadmap for
enhancing domestic oil
and gas production to
reduce dependence on
imports by 2030.
13. India has been ranked 136
among 187 countries
evaluated for Human
Development Index (HDI).
India’s HDI value stands at
0 .554 placing it in the
medium human
development category.
14. 60th National Film Awards
 Best Picture : PAAN
SINGH TOMAR
 Best Actor : Irfan 16. World social Forum, a
Khan and Vikram
Gokhale
 Best Actress : Usha
Jadhav (Dhag)
 Best Director :
Shivaji Lotan Patil
(Dhag – Marathi
Film)
 NARGIS DUTT 17. Prof. U.R. Rao, Space
award for Best
Feature film on
National
Integration
Category
(THANICHALIA
NJAN, a Malayalam
Film)
March 2013
March 2013 passed the
Criminal Law
(Amendment) Bill, 2013 to
provided for stringent
punishment for crimes
against women, including
natural life term or even
death penalty the repeat
offenders of rape. Also,
the new anti-rape law also
imposes various penalties
for stalking, voyeurism and
acid attacks. The proposed
law seeks to amend the
Indian Penal Code, the
code of Criminal
Procedure, the
Indian Evidence Act and
protection of children
from Sexual Offences Act.
platform which brings
together representatives
of non-governmental
organizations opposition
to the current economic
order took place on 28th
March 2013 in Tunisia.
scientist, and Chairman of
ISRO for 10 years who led
India’s space programme
between 1984 and 1994
has become the first
Indian to be inducted into
the prestigious satellite
Hall of Fame, Washington.
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18. A 130 – foot Buddha
statue was inaugurated by
spiritual leader Dalai Lama
at Buddha Park in Rabong
in South Sikkim. The park
is named Thathagatatsal
and covers 23 acres.
19. The 2013 edition of the
BRICS Summit (Brazil,
Russia, India, China and
South Africa) took place on
March 25th 2013 in
Durban. The heads of
these countries have
agreed on setting of an
exclusive bank for
themselves and the
developing world. They
eventually finalized the
Durban Declaration
(eThekwini Declaration,
the African name for
Durban).
20. The Supreme Court
collegiums of Judges
headed by Chief Justice of
India Altamas Kabir has
recommended the
elevation of CJ of the
Punjab and Haryana High
Court Justice Arjan Kumar
Sikri and CJ of the
Madhya Pradesh High
court Justice Sharad
Bobde as Supreme Court
Judges.
21. Mir Hazar Khan Khosa, a
retired judge will be
Pakistan’s caretaker Prime
Minister till a new
National Assembly is
elected by Mid-May.
22. Folio Prize is being
promoted as a rival to the
prestigious Man Booker.
The Folio Prize will be
open to writers from
around the world. The
prize which will have its
first outing next March, is
sponsored by the Folio
society, a London
publishing house. Andrew
Kidd is the founder of the
Folio Prize.
23. Russian Communists
observed the 60th
Anniversary of Joseph
Stalin’s death.
24. Following emission of
sulphur dioxide from
Sterlite Industries
Limited’s copper smelter
in Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, on
22nd March, the Tamil
Nadu Pollution Control
Board ordered the
shutdown of the unit.
March 2013
25. The U.N. General
Assembly has declared
2013 as “International
year for Water
cooperation”
26. The U.N. made history on
April 2nd 2013, when it
passed the Arms Trade
Treaty (ATT) to regulate
the international sale in
weapons. It was passed in
the General Assembly with
154 assents, 3 vetoes and
23 abstentions.
27. Supreme Court
pronounced a landmark
judgment by rejecting the
patent applied by Novartis
for a modification of
existing drug “Glivec” that
fights a form of Cancer.
28. The Jammu and Kashmir
Government demanded
that “Gojjri” be included in
the Eighth Schedule of the
Constitution giving it the
status of an official
language.