Current Affairs January 2013

30th January:

World anti Leprosy Day is observed to create awareness about the air-borne disease.

Social Activist Anna Hazare declares his party name as Jantantra Morcha which will not participate in election.

29th January:

Tiger Woods win his 75th PGA Tour title in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced repo rate by 25 points.

World Winter games, 2013 started in PyeongChang, South Korea.

28th January:

Mumbai win Ranji trophy final at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai defeating Saurashtra.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray to win Australian Open, 2013 final.

27th January:

England defeat India in the fifth and final ODI in Dharamshala .

26th January:

India celebrated its 64th Republic Day.

King of Bhutan participates as Chief Guest for the Republic Day Parade.

4 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri awards has been declared on the occasion of Republic Day of India by Govt. of India.

Sreeramamurthy Janaki, the renowned playback singer refused to accept the Padma Bhushan.

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus wins Australian Open Women’s Singles by defiting Li Na of China.

Centre Constituted New High Court for Manipur, Meghalaya And Tripura.

25th January:

Milos Zeman elected as Czech Republic President, first person to be directly elected .

3rd National Voters’ Day observe in India.

23rd January:

Uddhav Thackeray elected as Shiv Sena President.

22th January:

Olympic medalists Saina Nehwal and Meri Kom will be the Election Commission's (EC) national icons.

Rajnath Singh was elected as BJP President.

19th January:

Rahul Gandhi elected as vice-president of Indian National Congress.

Prof. Ved Praksah appointed as Chairman of the University Grants Commission on (UGC).

18th January:

Jharkhand was brought under President's rule.

Congress party’s 3-day Chintan Shivir started at Jaipur.

16th January:

Om Prakash Chautala, Ajay Chautala and two IAS officers were arrested for Trained teachers hiring case of 1999.

15th January:

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in a corruption case.

14th January:

Mahakumbh Mela started on the occasion of Makar Sankranti at Allahabad on the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati.

11th January:

Microsoft announced its plans to shut down Messenger service from its operating system.

8th January:

Akbaruddin Owaisi, MIM Party MLA arrested for making hate speech.

Haryana Chief Minister inugrated National Data Centre of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) data center at Maneshar, Gurgaon. The data centre will be ready by June 2014.

7th January:

Lionel Messi wins fourth consecutive Fifa Ballon d'Or in Zurich.

11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) start in Kochi.

4th January:

Virat Kohli named as the International Cricketer of the Year at the CEAT Cricket Awards. Pakistan named as best International Cricket Team.

1st January:

Astronautical Society of India (ASI) selected Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam, for 2011 and Dr. V.K. Saraswat for Aryabhatta Award, for 2011.