GOOD LUCK TO STUDENTS FOR 7th and 8th December sessions

GOOD LUCK
                                                     
                                             NEW ADDITIONS
                          

• FM releases commemorative(in memory of ) coin of Rs. 20 and circulation coin of Rs. 5 in memory of  Maulana Abdul kalam azad ‘s 125^th anniversary .
• Coins in circulation 50 paise to 10 Rs.
• Notes in circulation Rs. 1 to 1000
• Notes currently issued by RBI  Rs. 5 to 1000
• Sushma singh to replace Deepak sandhu as Chief information commissioner. Deepak sandhu being the first , sushama singh would be second women commissioner.
• Snehlata shrivastava , appointed Chairman of NABARD. Took over from Prakash Bakshi.
• BCSBI Banking Codes and standard board of India , prescribes code of conduct of banks to customers . Soon it will give ranks to different banks on the basis of compliance of BCSBI norms.
• Nelson Mandela , noble peach price winner,  south African president , died .
• Next world cup football in 2014 in Brazil
•                                                     SOME QUICKERS FROM JAN-JUNE 13
• On January 23, 2013, the three-member Commission, headed by former Chief Justice of India, Justice J.S. Verma and comprising a former High Court Chief Justice Leila Seth and jurist Gopal Subramanium assigned to review laws for sexual crimes, submitted its report to the government.
• On January 28, 2013, India and Bangladesh signed a liberalised visa agreement and a landmark extradition treaty
• On the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversary, on January 12, 2013, the Salt Lake Sports Stadium, Kolkata, was renamed Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Kriyangan.
• National Girl Child Day is observed on January 24.
  
  National Voters Day is observed on January 25.
• “Witness to Blunder” is a book written by Pakistani Army Colonel (retd) Ashfaq Hussain.
• Indian economy likely to grow at 6.1-6.7% in FY14. as per economic survey presented in parliament on 27^th Feb.
• India’s per capita income, a gauge for measuring living standard, is estimated to have gone up 11.7 per cent to be Rs. 68,747 (Rs 5728 per month), as compared to Rs. 61,564 during 2011-12, as per the Advance Estimate of National Income.
• Pandit Ravi Shankar received the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award,
• One Billion Rising’ was a campaign held on February 14, 2013, to protest violence against women.
• The Test of My Life”, co-authored by Nishant Arora and Sharda Ugra, is an account of cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s battle with cancer and his return to international cricket.
• The fifth Summit of the BRICS (Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa) countries was held in eThekwini, the South African name for Durban, on March 26, 2013.
• Chitra Ramkrishna has taken over as managing director and CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE), joining the select group of women leaders at the helm of affairs of leading stock exchanges of the world.
• World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1948. The theme for 2013 is “High Blood Pressure”.
• World Bank would lend between $3 billion to $5 billion annually to India under a new four-year plan that focuses development projects on the country’s poorest States.
• The Supreme Court has allowed translocation of some Asiatic lions from Gir National Park and Sanctuary and surrounding areas to Palpur Kuno Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, saying the species is under threat of extinction and needs a second home.
• Earth Day is celebrated on 22 April. The first Earth Day was celebrated on in 1970. The United Nations, in 2009, had officially designated 22 April as the international Earth Day. The day is celebrated annually to highlight green issues, with events organised across the world to extend support for environmental protection.
• On 23 April 2013, Chris Gayle shattered the record for the fastest 100 in the IPL and the fastest 100 in T20 history . in just 30 balls, having smashed 11 sixes.
• Raja Harishchandra, directed by Dadasaheb Phalke, was India’s first silent and full-length feature film. It was released on May 3, 1913.
• World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31.
• PRISM is an electronic surveillance program classified as top secret that has been run by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) since 2007.
• Tianhe-2, a China-based supercomputer, has leapfrogged rivals to be named the world's most powerful system.
• Tata Communications Payment Solutions has launched India’s first ever network of white label ATMs called “Indicash”. The company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Communications, set up the first ATM at Chandrapada in Thane district of Maharashtra. White label ATMs are those ATMs that are operated by non-banking entities.