Current Affairs February 2013

28th February:

National Science Day was observed.

27th February:

Chuck Hagel appointed as the new Secretary of Defense of the United States.

26th February:

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presented the Railway Budget for 2013-14 in Parliament.

Delhi becomes the first state in the country to impose complete ban on manual scavenging.

Microsoft introduces Internet Explorer 10.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni equaled record of Sourav Ganguly with 21st test cricket win after defeating Australia by 8 wickets.

25th February:

Park Geun-hye sworn in as the first woman President of South Korea.

Maghi Purnima Snan in of Mahakumbh 2013 at Allahabad.

24th February:

Jelena Jankovic, the former world no. 1 won the WTA Copa Claro Colsanitas Cup 2013.

85th Academy Awards for Oscar,2013 ceremony took place.

Assam became the first state in India to produce over 500 million kilogram tea for two years in a row.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian wicket-keeper to score double-century in a test match while scoring unbeaten 206 runs against Australia.

22th February:

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 22 February 2013 issued final guidelines for issuing licenses for opening new banks.

Harbhajan Singh played his 100th test while playing against Australia in M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

21st February:

The Union Cabinet approved merger of Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Ltd. (BHPV) with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).

Ratan Tata is awarded the life time achievement award 2012 by Ernst & Young.

Two bombs exploded in Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad kill 14 people.

20th February:

Virat Kohli appointed as the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL, 2013.

Boiko Borisov announced resignation as Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

19th February:

Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari appointed as Chairman of the Sahitya Academy.

18th February:

Vishwanathan Anand wins the Grenke Classic Chess tournament.

Social Worker Ela Bhatt awarded with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for 2011. She is the founder of SEWA.

17th February:

Rafael Nadal defeated David Nalbandian in to win the Brazil Open.

Australia wins ICC Women’s World Cup Trophy. In the final, they defeat defeated West Indies by 114 runs.

The Romanian film “Child's Pose(Pozitia Copilului)” bagged the Golden Bear prize for best film at the 63rd Berlin film festival.

16th February:

Serena Williams became the new World number one women’s tennis player after reaching Semifinals of Qatar Open Tennis Championship in Doha.

15th February:

In Chelyabinsk, Russia hit by a huge meteor shower, this injured at least 750 people.

14th February:

Y Bhaskar Rao, the former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, sworn in as the Lokayukta.

US Airways and American Airlines merge to become the World’s biggest airline service.

13th February:

Asoke Kumar Mukerji is appointed as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.

Mohan Parasaran is appointed as the new Solicitor General of India.

12th February:

North Korea conducted its third Nuclear Test at North Hamgyeong Province.

Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi.

International Olympics Committee (IOC) announced its decision to drop wrestling from the list of core sports in Olympics.

11th February:

Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would resign at the end of the month.

10th February:

36 people died as stampede took place at the Allahabad railway.

Ranchi Rhinos beat Delhi Waveriders 2-1 to win theHockey India League (HIL).

Chinese new year celebrated.

Rest of India team win Irani Trophy.

9th February:

Parliament Attack Convict, Afzal Guru hanged at Tihar Jail.

Pandit Ravi Shankar honoured with the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award.

MCX-SX, new stock exchange of India inaugurated by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.

8th February:

Sachin Tendulkar scored his 81st century in first class cricket and equaled the record of Sunil Gavaskar.

7th February:

The Supreme Court of India ordered Karnataka to release 2.44 thousand million cubic feet of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.

6th February:

Sally Jewell is appointed as new Interior Secretary of USA.

5th February:

ICICI Bank partnered with Aircel, launch of their mobile banking service called Mobile Money.

Malda, West Bengal becomes India’s first all-women judicial magistrate’s court (JMC).

4th February:

Michael Clarke wins Allan Border Medal.

World cancer day was observed raise awareness about cancer.

3rd February:

India lost the Davis Cup Asia Oceania (Group-1) tie to South Korea.

2nd February:

John Kerry replaced Hillary Clinton as United States’ new Secretary of State.

1st February:

Graeme Smith, South Africa becomes the first player in test cricket history to lead in 100 test matches.