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Current Affairs news September 2013 On 26th August Mahathir Award for Global Peace gives to Nelson Mandela.

Apollo Hospitals Group signed Mou with Rochester Varsity US Former Indian Athlete Henry Rebello Died on 27th August 2013 On 29th August CCEA approved Continuation of Technology Up gradation Fund Scheme GSAT7, India's first Defence Satellite launched successfully on 29 thAugust 2013.

Current Affairs Current Affairs september,2013 World Rabies Day observed on 28 September across the world to spread the awareness about Rabies disease UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on 29 September 2013 inaugurated Kerala's two major health schemes Arogya Kiranam and Distribution of free generic medicines . Every year on 29 September celebrated as the World Heart Day The Congress president Sonia Gandhi on 29 September 2013 unveiled the statue of R Sankar, the First Congress Chief Minister of Kerala Amrita University to launch centre for spiritual studies World Tourism Day observed on 27 September across the world to bring awareness about the importance of tourism. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Launch First Women BPO Center in Saudi Arabia on 24 September 2013 The 68th session of General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September 2013 signed a Declaration Against sexual violence Mumbai is world's second most honest city The Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde inaugurated the 33rd Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators (APCCA) The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for implementation of the Multi-Sectoral programme to address the Maternal and child under-nutrition Prime Minister of India Approved Constitution of Seventh Central Pay Commission Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Methodology for Coal Block Auction on 24 September 2013 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) took some steps to promote the operationalisation of Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs) 7th India-Russia Meeting on Trade and Investment was held at St. Petersburg The Second Meeting of the India-Lesotho Joint Bilateral Commission of Cooperation (JBCC) was held in Maseru, Lesotho Indian Institution of Corporate Affairs (IICA) signed a MoU with Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. [BSE] for Development of Indias First CSR index

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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Delivered the First Hawk Mk-132 Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft to the Indian Navy Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Signed a MoU with the Solar Energy Corporation of India to construct solar power The Bank of Beijing Launched China's First Direct Bank in Beijing, Xi'an and Jinan Union Government of India Finalised Setting up Worlds Largest Solar Power Project in Rajasthan Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved setting up of Information Technology InvestmentRegion (ITIR) in Hyderabad Tata Group signed MoU With Singapore Airlines For Setting Up Full service Airline in India The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, the officially Inaugurated By Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju. International Day of Peace observed on 21 September Multi-Lingual website was Launched by The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Chairman Nandan Nilekani on 20 september 2013 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Celebrated its 83rd National Day on 23 September 2013 The French Senate Approved Ban on Beauty Pageants for Children below 16 Years 133.78 Km/h: Dutch Cyclist Sebastiaan Bowier Broke World Land Speed Record The Government of India signed an agreement with Latvia on Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) The Union Cabinet approved Three proposals of the National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy on 20 September 2013 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved continuation of Powerloom Cluster Development scheme on 20 September 2013 to promote the textiles sector. Jaipur Metro Train was flagged off by Rajasthans Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on 18 September 2013 Indias software company, Infosys launched Finacle 11E -An Advanced universal banking solution that simplifies banking operations Rajasthan Government Got Approval from National Board of Wildlife [NBWL] to Draw Water from Chambal Sanctuary Indian rollerskater Rohan Kokane entered into Guinness Book Thirteen Indian films were chosen to be showcased at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in South Korea Afghanistan First time directly sent Afghan dry fruits to India using the Chabahar port Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 14 September 2013 inaugurated the train service, built by the Indian Railways, to the Northern Province Siddiqa Parveen of India declared the World's Tallest Woman The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Launched First Ever Deep UltraViolet (DUV) solid-state laser device.

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International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on 16 September Hindi Diwas was Celebrated Across India on 14 September Nina Davuluri on 15 September 2013 Became the First Indian-origin to win the Miss America pageant China opens world's highest civilian airport in Sichuan to boost Tourism A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 12 September 2013 among the ICSI, the ICAI and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for setting up a Centre of Excellence and Ethics at Ajmer CCEA approved an additional allocation of five million Tonnes of Foodgrains to families below the poverty line (BPL) The Union Cabinet of India on 12 September 2013 approved Second Vehicle Assembly Building at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota European Commission on 11 September 2013 adopted a plan for telecom market reform called Connected Continent India and Japan to consider development of Japanese Electronics Manufacturing Township The Sports Ministry decided to form a Steering Committee to manage sports events till the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 The 7th India-Lao Joint Commission Meeting (JMC) on Bilateral Cooperation was held in Vientiane on 9 September 2013 The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed by the Rajya Sabha Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge) declared Government would fast-track around 95 hydro power projects with Capacity of 40000 MW The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Launched All India Radio's Free News SMS service on 9 September 2013 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 8 September 2013 announced that wrestling to be the part of Olympics in the 2020 and 2024 Games Australian Liberal Party won the 44th Parliamentary elections on 8 September 2013 The Rajya Sabha passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011 The Minister for Information & Broadcasting Manish Tewari launched the online portal for the Bharat Nirman Campaign on 9 September 2013 China, world's third largest investor after US and Japan The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed by the Rajya Sabha India's First Marine Eco-Sensitive Zone declared in Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat Scientists discovered the World Largest Volcano beneath the Pacific Ocean Called Tamu Massif Ryan Campbell Became the Youngest Pilot to fly across the World on a Single Engine Aircraft Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Bill, 2013 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 6 September 2013

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The Lok Sabha on 6 September 2013 passed the Street Vendors Bill, 2012 for Protection of the Vendors. Lok Sabha passed the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012 on 6 September 2013 India Gave one million US dollars to UNRWA for providing Food and Medicines to Palestine refugees Tokyo on 7 September 2013 won the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games International Literacy Day was celebrated Across the World on 8 September 2013 Kerala state government on 5 September 2013 launched an E-payment facility Teachers Day Celebrated across India on the Birth Anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Indian Railways Decided to Install a New Fuel saving Device called Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) in Diesel Locomotives Novo Nordisk, Worlds Largest Insulin Player, Announced Launch of Insulin Injection Tresiba FCIL Signed MoU with Coal India, GAIL India and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF) for revival of Talcher Urea Plant in Odisha The Human Resource Development Minister Dr M M Pallam Raju inaugurated the sixth Global Skills Summit (GSS) at Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Indian Railways Developed a Fire and Smoke Detection system on all the coaches for the Safety of the Passengers Lok Sabha passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill (PFRDA), 2011 on 4 September 2013 The Union Cabinet of India approved the proposal for setting up of National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) for R&D India to host the 33rd Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators (APCCA) in New Delhi from 22 to 27 September 2013 A National Symposium on Development and Nurturing of Emerging Interface between Medical Science and Biotechnology held in Gauhati University on 2 September 2013 The Union Government of India approved the proposal for setting up of the Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF) on 3 September 2013 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal for restructuring of the centrally sponsored Scheme of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) Diana Nyad, 64 Became the First Women to Swim across Florida Straits from Cuba without any shark cage on 2 September 2013 On 2nd September 2013 Rajya Sabha Passed the National Food Security Bill 2013 through the Voice Vote Researchers: From University of Lausanne (IUMSP) revealed that the Heart Risks [Cardiovascular Risk] increase in the cold weather Federal Bank Limited Launched Electronic Version of Passbook Called FedBook Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala declared as Smoke-Free districts in Punjab on 31 August 2013

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The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari released the Delhi Human Development Report 2013 Minister of State V Narayanasamy of Puducherry inaugurated the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign at Karaikkal, Puducherry The Union Government of India gave its approval to three projects under the Electronic Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) scheme Indian Air Force inducts C-17 Globe Master, its biggest transport aircraft The Union Government of India planned to increase the fund outlay for different schemes related to technical textile sector Personalities Current Affairs september,2013

Ravindra Kumar Elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for the year 2013-14 Ruchira Kamboj was appointed as the Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO Megan Young of Philippines on 28 September 2013 was crowned Miss World 2013 The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced Rahul Dravid as Brand ambassador for National Tobacco Control Campaign Rajnath Singh, the BJP President Became the campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls on 29 September 2013 NCA Chairman Ranjib Biswal Appointed as chairman of the Indian Premier League on 29 september 2013 Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi Won the Bronze Medal in the World Junior Chess Championship The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) Appointed Sundeep Sikka, as its Chairman on 26 September 2013 University of British Columbias Faculty of Law presented Anna Hazare with the Inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity KC Ponnappa, Took over as the Chairman of Nilgiri Planters Association (NPA) for 2013-14 on 26 September 2013 Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan was awarded with the Fifth Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013 Navneet Kaur Dhillon won the Multimedia Award at the Miss World 2013 Sanjay Govind Dhande, Former Director of IIT Kanpur, Appointed as a Member of UGC for a term of three years BN Talukdar, Director for Exploration in Oil India Ltd. (OIL), was appointed as the New Director general of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) Pawan Goenka Appointed as Executive Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited for the period of five years. On 25 September 2013 Randall Oliphant Appointed as The Chairman of the World Gold Council (WGC)

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela Honoured with Humanitarian achievement award on 22 September 2013 Ramlubhya Retired IAS officer was appointed as Rajasthan State Election Commissioner on 24 September 2013 Veteran athletic coach A K Kutty passes away at the age of 75 Freedom Fighter Ranjit Singh Passed away at the age of 97 Justice Vangala Eswaraiah Appointed as the Chairperson of National Commission for Backward Classes [NCBC] on 23 September 2013 India Environmentalist Bunker Roy and Pakistan's Teenage Education Activist Malala Yousafzai Selected for Clinton Global Citizens Awards for the year 2013 Award Winning Colombian Writer Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo, Died at 90 Jawaid Akhtar Elected as the Chairperson of the International Coffee Council The Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Darmar Murugesan, appointed as Member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on 21 September 2013 Laid the Foundation stone for a New Airport at Kishangarh, Rajasthan. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi laid the Foundation stone of HPCL Refinery-Petro chemical Complex in Rajasthan on 22 September 2013 Former Indian tennis player Anand Amritraj appointed as Non-Playing Captain of the Indian Davis Cup Team Mohan Singh, the Veteran Samajwadi Party politician passed away at the age of 68 Hiroshi Yamauchi, the Third president of Nintendo Passes away at the age of 85 Former BCCI Secretary Jaywant Lele passed away at the age of 75 Veteran Time Magazine Writer Nancy Gibbs appointed as the Managing Editor of Time Magazine on 17 September 2013 Indian Freedom Fighter Jawaharlal Darda was posthumously Conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award at UK's House of Commons on 12 September 2013 Ken Norton, the Former Heavyweight champion Died at 70 Miss Nigeria, Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola won the Miss Muslimah World 2013 Title The National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) appointed Saji Cherian as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company on 16 September 2013 Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant appointed as the New Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court on 19 September 2013 Ratan Tata Nominated as Board member of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on 18 September 2013 P. Sudhakar took over as the Chairman & Managing Director of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) on 16 September 2013

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Tony Abbott was sworn in as Australia's New Prime Minister on 18 September 2013 The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the First Engineers Conclave-2013 on 17 September 2013 Former Toyota Motor Corp President and Chairman Eiji Toyoda, a key figure in Toyotas Rise Dies at the age of 100 World's Oldest Man Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez died at the Age of 112 The President of the Republic of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited India Bollywood actor John Abraham was Honoured with the Pride of the Nation award The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Filippo Grandi visited India South East Asian Regional Organisation (SEARO) Countries elected Indias Poonam Khetrapal Singh as the Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region on 12 September 2013. The First Democratically Elected Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Puneet Talwar, an Indo American was appointed as the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Ashok Vemuri was appointed as the President and CEO of the iGate Corporation on 11 September 2013 The Prime Minister of Bhutan Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay visited India Thomas Bach of Germany was elected as the Ninth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 10 September 2013 The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari presented the First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 to Dr. Shashi Tharoor Harish Lakshman elected as the new President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) on 10 September 2013 Manomohan Singh released a Postage Stamp in the memory of the Freedom fighter and Former Member of Parliament, Lala Jagat Narayan on 9 September 2013 Rochus Misch, the Former Bodyguard of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler died at the age of 96 Zubin Mehta to be Honoured with Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony, 2013 Ronald H. Coase, The winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science passed away at the age of 102 Tommy Morrison, the Former heavy weight champion died Raghuram Rajan takes charge as 23rd Governor of Reserve Bank of India Rakesh Sood appointed as Prime Ministers Special Envoy British broadcaster and writer David Frost died at 74 Gandhi Heritage Portal was launched by Prime Minister of India on 2 September 2013

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The Union Minister for Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch Inaugurated exhibition on Indian Embroideries- named Resurgence Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court was appointed as the New Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Nobel Literature Laureate Seamus Heaney passed away at the age of 74 Sports Current Affairs september,2013

Sudha Singh of Railways won Gold Medal in Womens 3000m steeplechase in 53rd National Open Athletics Championship. Venkat Rahul Ragala won weightlifting gold at Asian youth Games in Guangzhou. N. Srinivasan was on 29 September 2013 Re-elected as the President of BCCI for a third term BCCI imposed a Life Ban on Former IPL Comissioner Lalit Modi on 25 September 2013 Chinese Paddler Liu Shiwen Won Womens Table Tennis World Cup 2013 Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Border Security Force (BSF) India's Deepika Kumari Won Silver Medal at the Archery World Cup in Paris on 22 September 2013 Indian Wrestler Sandeep Tulsi Yadav won Bronze Medal in the 66kg Greco-Roman category at Senior World Wrestling Championships India retained its top position in the latest One Day International (ODI) rankings, released by ICC on 17 September 2013 Indian wrestler Bajrang Kumar Won bronze medal in the 60 kilogram freestyle category at the World Wrestling Championships 2013. The Indian wrestler Amit Kumar Won Silver Medal in 55 Kg Free Style category in the Senior World Wrestling Championship 2013 . Afghanistan defeated India by 2-0 to win the South Asian Football Federation Championship 2013 Trophy Parupalli Kashyap Climbed up a place to 13th in the Badminton World Ferderation (BWF) Ranking Serena Williams Defeated Victoria Azarenka to win 5th US Open Title 2013 Golfer Henrik Stenson won the Deutsche Bank Title 2013 Sonia Rai won the Gold Medal in Women's 25-Metre Sports India retained Its Top Position in the ICC ODI Team Rankings Table in the latest list issued on 1 September 2013 South Korea defeated India 4-3 in the Final of the Asia Cup Hockey at Malaysia Technology Current Affairs september,2013

Australia unveiled its Most Powerful Super Computer Called Raijin

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Indian IT Company Wipro Ltd signed agreement with the US-based Kana Software to provide customer service solutions to its global insurers Software Giant Microsoft Corporation Decided to acquire Nokias mobile devices and services on 3 September 2013. Acer Launched Worlds First 4k Recording Smartphone with a 6-inch screen called the Liquid S2 Education Current Affairs september,2013

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) launched the third All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)-2012-13 Oracle offered to Introduce Train the Trainer initiative courses in Uttar Pradesh schools. Astronomy Current Affairs september,2013

Astronomers have discovered densest galaxy ever Indias Most Deterrent Nuclear capable Ballistic Missile, Agni-5 was successfully test Fired from Chandipur Union government of India to launch ISROs ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission in November 2013 Indias advanced multi-band communication satellite GSAT-7 was successfully placed in the Geosynchronous Orbit on 3 September 2013 Astronomers found a Twin Star to Earth's own Sun Called HIP 102152 World Organisations Current Affairs september,2013

India and United States of America (USA) signed a Joint Declaration on 27 September 2013 in Defence cooperation. Russia and China held a Joint Anti-Terrorism Military Exercise called Peace Mission 2013 On 23 September 2013 India and China signed 15 MoUs for procurement of Indian products worth value of 338 million US Dollar The Union Ministry of Science and Technology, and RIKEN, Japans largest research organization have signed Ministry of Understanding (MOU) to Launch joint Research Initiatives The First meeting of India-Germany High Technology Partnership Group was held in Berlin on 10 September 2013 The Indo-Japan Monorail and Light Rail Transit (LRT) seminar held at New Delhi on 3 September 2013 The 3rd India-Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Policy and Security Dialogue (FPSD) was held in Seoul on 2 September 2013 The Union cabinet of India on 3 September 2013 approved the India-Abu Dhabi bilateral air services agreement Books And Authors Current Affairs september,2013

Historian and Author Ramchandra Guha Wrote a Book Titled Gandhi Before India Kanoon Lugat, The First Urdu law dictionary was released on 15 September 2013 in Mumbai

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The Lowland, the book of Jhumpa Lahiri was shortlisted among the six books for the Man Booker Prize 2013 The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled India and Malaysia: Intertwined Strands The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari released the Book Titled Ahmev Radha, Ahmev Krishnah Honours And Awards Current Affairs september,2013

Eight scientists on 26 September 2013 selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for the year 2013. Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan Selected for a US Award For His Television Show 'Satyamev Jayate' on 21 Septmber 2013 Union Labour and Employment Minister Sis Ram Ola presented the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar & National Safety Awards for the Performance Year 2011 Tigmanshu Dhulia Won the Best Director Award for Paan Singh Tomar movie at the 11th Norway Bollywood Film Festival Malala Yousafzai and Harry Belafonte received Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013 on 17 September 2013 OASS movie won best film Award at Ladakh International Film Festival The President of India presented the National Awards to 336 teachers for their meritorious performance on the occasion of the Teachers Day