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India and the United States inaugurated the
first triangular India-US-Africa partnership in agricultural training at
Hyderabad
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World anti Leprosy Day was observed on 30
January 2013 to focus attention and create awareness about the air-borne
disease.
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Indian Minister of State for External Affairs
glad to announce at the conference that my government pledges USD 2.5 million
towards
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humanitarian assistance to the people of Syria
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Milos Zeman became Czech Republic’s First
Directly Elected President
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Scientists from the US in the last week of
January 2013 successfully drilled into Lake Whillans, which was buried 1
kilometre beneath
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the Antarctic Ice
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India and Australia agreed to concentrate on
priority areas like energy and food security for mutual benefit of the two
countries.
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In the Farmers Insurance Open Tiger Woods won
his 75th PGA Tour Title
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Expert committee under Sam Pitroda Constituted
to review Working of Prasar Bharti
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India won the ODI series against England 3-2;
England won the Fifth ODI
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Mumbai won its 40th Ranji Trophy after defeating
Saurashtra in Final
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Philips Electronics Sold Audio and Video
Business to Funai Electric
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SRK attempted to end controversy over his
article on Being a Khan to the Outlook Turning Points 2013
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UK government announced a ban on the sale of
five species of invasive non-native aquatic plants.
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India and Bangladesh signed Agreements on
Extradition and Visa Regime
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Deutsche Bank Appointed As the Depository Bank
for GDR of IIPL
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Union Ministry for Commerce launched eBiz Portal
to Provide one Stop Shop for all Investment
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Iran Announced Sending a Monkey Successfully
Into Space
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Rajasthan HC stayed State’s Decision for Giving
4% Additional Reservation to Gurjar
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Toyota Regained the Title of Top Selling
Automaker of the World
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Heat in the Cities Affect Faraway Places: New
Modeling Research
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Reserve Bank of India slashed Repo Rate to 7.75
Percent and CRR to 4 Percent
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Mohamed Morsi Announced Emergency in Three Major
Cities of Egypt
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Taiwanese Business Magnate Launches Asia’s
Nobel-Type Prizes
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Space Telescope of NASA Discovered Magnetic
Braids in Sun’s Atmosphere
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Novak Djokovic won Australian Open 2013,
defeated Andy Murray in Final
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Milos Zeman won the Czech Republic Presidential
Election 2013
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Special Consultative Status with UN Accorded to
Six Indian NGOs
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Shah Rukh Khan Ranked First in Inaugural Forbes
India Celebrity 100 List
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China Successfully Carried Out Interceptor
Missile Test
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Sreeramamurthy Janaki Refused to Accept Padma
Bhushan on R-Day
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India Successfully Test Fired a Ballistic
Missile in Bay of Bengal
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The Election Commission of India celebrated the
3rd National voters’ Day
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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus won Australian Open
2013 in the Women’s Category
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India celebrated its 64th Republic Day;
Showcased Military Prowess and Cultural Heritage
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India-Pakistan Secretary Level Talks on Water
Sharing Postponed
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154 Sonnets of Shakespeare encoded and stored in
strands of DNA
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Astronomers made the most precise measurement of
the process through which universe cooled down in 13.77 billion years of its
history.
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Union Commerce Ministry claimed that India has
crossed One Billion Mark in Tea Production
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President of India approved the conferment of
108 Padma Awards
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UR Ananthamurthy, the Kannada author was
shortlisted among other ten authors for prestigious International Man Booker
Prize for
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Fiction 2013.
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Leprosy Eliminated from Delhi as Per WHO
Guidelines: Delhi Health Minister
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Major Abup J Manjali Selected For Second-
Highest Peacetime Gallantry Award Kirti Chakra
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Vulture Population Estimation-2013 was conducted
in Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh by the State Government. 867 vultures
were
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found in the reserve.
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37 officials of the Customs & Central Excise
and ED were selected for Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for
2013.
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Two Pakistani Diplomats Denied Permission to
Attend Jaipur Literature Festival 2013
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ING Left Insurance Business in India; Sold 26
Percent Stake to Exide
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U.S. Federal Court sentenced 35 years in Prison
for David Coleman Headley
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ØFauja Singh,
the Oldest Marathon Runner of the World Announced Retirement
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Darul Uloom Deoband Demanded Ban of
Controversial Authors from Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF).
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National Girl Child Day Celebrated In India on
24 January
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Uddhav Thackeray appointed as the Party
President of Shiv Sena
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Justice JS Verma Panel Report Submitted to the
Government: Recommendations on the Sexual Crimes
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NMEW held the Sixth National Conference on
Implementation of PWDVA
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World’s largest optical telescope would be
developed by the scientists of a five nation consortium namely, India, Japan,
China, Canada
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and the US
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West Bengal Government gave Heritage Status to
Neta Ji’s Ancestral House
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Nitin Gadkari Resigned from the Post of BJP
National President
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Women’s World Cup 2013: K V Singhdeo Resigned
from Organising Committee, protesting against Pakistani players.
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Spice Global Entered Healthcare Sector in India;
Announced Investing Over 1400 Crore Rupees
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Election Commission of India nominated Saina
Nehwal and Mary Kom as the National Icons
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Reliance Industries Shut 8th Well in KG-D6; Gas
Output Fell to All-Time Low
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Two agreements were signed between India and Sri
Lanka on Combating International Terrorism and Illegal Drug and Human
Trafficking
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Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is to
be the chief guest at the Republic Day
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War Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh pronounced its
First Verdict of Death Sentence
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Australian library named The Manly Library
displayed a sign declaring that all books on Lance Armstrong would be shifted
to the
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fiction section soon
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Kohli became the Quickest Indian and Second at
World Level to complete 4000 ODI Runs
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Thirty One Endangered Black Bucks killed at
Kanpur Zoo by Stray Dogs
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Tokyo Zoo Celebrated 66th Birthday of the Oldest
Elephant of Japan. Hanako is also the oldest elephant of Japan.
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Indian Navy Commissioned INS Saryu near Andaman
and Nicobar Island
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Supreme Court Banned Tourists’ Entry in Jarawa
Tribe Habitat of Andamans
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Union Government of India increased Import Duty
on Gold and Platinum by 2 Percent
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Government of India declared use of MGNREGA
linked Post Office Accounts for Direct Cash Transfer
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President of India inaugurated the Centenary
Year Celebration of the National Test House
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Ghat Ki Guni Tunnel, Jaipur inaugurated by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
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58th Idea Filmfare Awards: Barfi! Bags Seven
Awards, Kahaani Scripts Five
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SSPI to honour Prof. U R Rao by inducting him as
a Member to the Satellite Hall of Fame for his contributions to the satellite
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technology.
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Mercedes launch its 2013 Formula One car, called
F1W04 for Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton
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Hindalco finalized Arrangements to acquire
Bauxite Mines and Alumina Refirnery from Novelis Do Brasil
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Indians asked to avoid Violence Prone Areas in
Nigeria
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Snapdeal.com tied up with Mahindra for selling
of Two-Wheelers
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IOC asked Armstrong to return back the Sydney
Olympic Bronze Medal
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Pranab Mukherjee imposed President’s rule on
Jharkhand
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Dutch Coach Roelant Oltmans is appointed as the
High Performance Director for Indian Hockey Team.
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MV Amina, the detained Iranian Cargo Ship defied
the orders of Sri Lankan High Court and fled away from its water
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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved
the Continuation of JNNURM
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Jet Airways Partnered with CentrumDirect for
Forex Services
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Mahaveer Golechha, London-Based Indian
Researcher Selected For Award for Alzheimer's Drug
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Chinese Author Zhao Jiang to launch her First
Book in Tamil, China’s Travel Attractions in the ongoing Chennai Book fair
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Tahawwur Rana sentenced 14 years in Jail by the
Federal Court
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Supreme Court of India ended the Tax Exemption
of Cookie Man under SSI Notification
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Tahir-Ul Qadri, the Canada-Returned Cleric
Triggered Political Crisis in Pakistan
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China appointed Wei Wei, a Career Diplomat as
Ambasador to India
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India and Bangladesh Decided Increasing Rail
Link Projects
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Patiala House Became First District Court to Use
Complete E-Stamping Facility
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Air India directed by DGCA to Ground All Six
Boeing 787 Dreamliners on Safety Concerns
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Implementation of GAAR deferred by 2 Years, to
Come into Force from 1April 2016
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Kamal Nath Elected As the Leader of Indian
Delegation for World Economic Forum 2013
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Mahindra Satyam Tied up with Japanese Firm
TechMatrix for Healthcare Services
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India, Vietnam signed MoU to Strengthen Micro,
Small & Medium Enterprises
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President Pranab Mukherjee on 15 January 2013
presented Krishi Karman awards for 2011-12 to eighteen states, which includes
the state
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of UP and Bihar
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Halimah Yacob Became First Woman Speaker of the
Singapore Parliament
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India Pakistan Flag Meeting was held at
Chakan-Da- Bagh in Jammu and Kashmir
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First Shariat panchayat of Punjab is scheduled
to be inaugurated on 3 March 2013. It will settle three kinds of disputes-
marriage,
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divorce and inheritance
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Adolf Hitler Based Novel Titled Er Ist Wieder Da
Became Germany’s Bestseller
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First Space Weather Reading Centre of India
Scheduled to be opened by mid 2013 in Kolkata
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President of Sri Lanka, removed the first woman
chief justice of the country, Shirani Bandarnayake on corruption charges
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World Conference on International
Telecommunications (WCIT-12) Held in Dubai
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Rusi Framroze Surti, Former Test Cricketer Died
At 76
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Health Ministers of BRICS decided to set up
Technical Working Group (TWG)
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Golden Globe Awards 2013, Argo won the Best
Picture and Best Director Awards thrashing Lincoln. Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
won the
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best actor award
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Koto Okubo, World’s Oldest Living Female died at
115
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Internet Activist and Co-founder of Reditt,
Aaron Swarth committed Suicide
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Kanha Tiger Reserve: 33 Spotted Deer found Dead
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Simon Taufel to be the First Umpire to deliver
the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture 2013
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Commemorative Postage Stamp on Silk Letter
Movement released by President
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Money Laundering and Banking Bills 2012 turned
into Law with Presidents Assent
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Malala Yousafzai Honoured with France's Simone
de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom
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Manpreet Kaur Won Maiden National Title in
National Weightlifting Championship 2013
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Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir set up a
Special Bench of Justices of A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra to hear cases of
crime
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against women
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Supreme Court of India gave its nod to conduct
Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu
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GAIL India Commissioned Dabhol Liquefied Natural
Gas Terminal
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Renault Duster Awarded Car of the Year Award
2013
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Harvard Medical School, US developed a drug
codenamed LY411575, which is a cure of permanent deafness.
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Union Cabinet approved 12517 crore Rupees of
Capital Infusion in 10 PSU Banks
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Chandrakanta Rawat, the 37-year-old Uttrakhand
woman became the first complete body donor at the All India Institute of
Medical
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Sciences.
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Union Government approved Ten Percent Stake Sale
in Engineers India Ltd (EIL)
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N.A.K. Browne inaugurated a Medium Lift
Helicopter Complex at Phalodi
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Malaysia’s Bar Council Suggested Chemical
Castration for Repeated Sex Offenders
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Mantra Airlines to start Civil Airlines Services
from Jammu to Kargil
Ø
Versace 19.69 Tied Up With Majgenta Fashions for
India Ventures
Ø
LinkedIn appointed Nishant Rao as Country
Manager for India Operations
Ø
Scientists discovered that oldest super predator
of the world was the marine crocodile
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Chief Minister of Jharkhand Arjun Munda Resigned
and Recommended dissolution of State Assembly
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Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi
inaugurated 6th Vibrant Gujarat summit
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India Successfully test-fired manoeuvrable
version of BrahMos Supersonic Missile
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Sodexo Announced Acquiring Chennai-Based
MacLellan India
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Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill took over as the
Commandant of NDA
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Rajiv Takru appointed Secretary of Financial
Services in the Finance Ministry
Ø
Life of Pi Nominated For BAFTA 2013 with Nine
Nominations, Lincoln Leads Way with 10 Nods
Ø
Usain Bolt and Fraser-Pryce Won Athlete of the
Year Award At JAAA Golden Cleats Awards Ceremony
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Arunachal Pradesh Collaborated with NSDL for
Adoption of National Pension Scheme
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Brij Bihari Lal Butail Elected As the Speaker of
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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PR Fonroche an Indian and French Partnership
firm inaugurated first Solar Plant under National Solar Mission Batch II
Ø
US President Barack Obama re nominated Indian
American Srikanth Srinivasan as Federal Judge
Ø
Scientists claimed that the 2-billion year old
Martian rock, called Black Beauty which fell in Sahara is a Martian meteorite
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containing 10 times more water.
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RBI set up Working Group to review Banking
Ombudsman Scheme
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Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands claimed
Ladies Doubles final at the Brisbane International
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18th National Level Meeting between Myanmar and
India held in New Delhi
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Virat Kohli named CEAT International Cricketer
of the Year
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National Aluminium Co Ltd (Nalco) Commissioned
its First Wind Power Project
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Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Renowned Bengali Actor
Passed Away at 86
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China launched a Stamp for Year of Snake
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Government of Madhya Pradesh identified and
declared 17 Eco-Sensitive Zones in the State
Ø
Sunmeet Kaur became the first woman to win 5
Crore Rupees on Kaun Banega Crorepati Game Show
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Former South African Bowler Neil Adcock died at
the age of 81
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11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas meet kicked off in
Kerala
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Indian Institute of Astrophysics to Develop
World’s Largest Solar Telescope
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Andy Murray defeated Grigor Dimitrov to retain
his Brisbane International Tennis Title
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Union government in month of January 2013
decided to divest 10 percent stake in Oil India in the second fortnight of
January and
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follow this up by disposing of 9.5 percent
holding in NTPC
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Justice D.K. Jain appointed as the Chairman of
Law Commission
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Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d’Or Award for
fourth time
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Rape Victims Free to Choose Lawyers at the
Expense of State: Maharashtra Government
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Researchers Discovered Fossil of First Bird
called Sulcavis which lived 125 million years ago with Teeth in China
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National Data Centre for UIDAI to come up in
Gurgaon
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Gerda Lerner, the leader in women’s history and
the founding member of National Organization for Woman died on 2 January 2013
at
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Wisconsin at the age of 92 yrs.
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Siachen Glacier Shrinking Due to Increasing
Temperatures
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Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde launched
Pilot Project of Crime and Criminal Tracking System
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Researchers Discovered Protein called Ctip2
behind Scaly and Dry Skin in Eczema
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Ireland’s prestigious Tipperary International
Peace Prize for 2012 awarded to Malala
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PM Manmohan Singh Became the 19th Most Followed
Leader on Twitter
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Violin Maestro M.S. Gopalakrishnan died at the
age of 82
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Prof. Ravindra Dholkia to Head five-member
committee of Air India
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Gerda Lerner, the leader in women’s history as
well as the founding member of National Organization for Woman died
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South Korea Became First Country in Asia to
Order Chemical Castration of Child Rapist
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First Earthquake-Proof Hindu Temple of the World
Opened Near Hollywood
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Pandit Ram Sanehi Shukla a follower of Mahatma
Gandhi and a freedom fighter died
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Bloomberg Billionaires Index revealed that
Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and MD of Reliance Industries is the 18th richest
man in the
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world.
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Haryana Government announced Kanyadan Scheme for
Bride participants of Mass Marriages
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Nestle won its Trademark Battle over KitKat Bar
from Cadbury
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved New
Tuberculosis Drug
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Masaki Asano appointed Deputy Managing Director
of India Yamaha Motor
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Justice Amitava Roy Sworn in as Chief Justice of
Rajasthan High Court
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Government of Odisha launched Public Service
Delivery System
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Switzerland Best Place to be Born in the World,
India Ranked 66th: Survey
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Foreign Tourists Not Allowed To Work as
Journalists on Tourist Visa: MHA
Ø
Urjit Patel Was Appointed As the Deputy Governor
of the Reserve Bank of India
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Union Government constituted the 14th Finance
Commission under Former RBI Governor YV Reddy
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Chief Justice of India Inaugurated First
Fast-Track Court in Delhi for Hearing Rape Cases
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Astronautical Society of India selected Dr. A.E.
Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat for Aryabhatta Award 2010 and 2011
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Suven Life Sciences – the Drug Firm won patents
on three products for CNS molecules on 31 December 2012 from Eurasia and Canad
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Scientist Venkatesh Mannar honoured with Order
of Canada Award
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S. Ramakrishnan took over as Director of Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre
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UN Human Rights Chief Termed Rape as National
Problem in India
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India and Pakistan Exchanged Nuclear Units List
as a Part of the Agreement
Ø
Syed Asif Ibrahim Took Over as the Director of
Intelligence Bureau
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Israel’s Jewish Population Passed Crucial 6
Million Mark: Central Bureau of Statistics
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Godrej UK-Based Subsidiary Acquired
Colgate-Palmolive Brand, Soft and Gentle in UK
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Oldest Fossil of the Earth from 3.5 Billion
Years Ago Discovered in Australia
