Current affairs April 2013

Chris Gayle

• Chris Gayle hit the fastest ever century in the history of cricket by reaching 100 in merely 30 balls during RCB vs. Pune Warriors match on 23 April 2013.

• The largest biogas plant of the world was inaugurated on 12 March 2013 in Finland

• Prayag Chauhan Won Gold Medal at ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships 2013

• Takehiko Nakao elected as the President Asian Development Bank Board 

• Jai Chandiram, the former Deputy Director-General of Doordarshan and renowned media person on 26 April 2013 was awarded with the lifetime achievement award by the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT).

• Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce

• Giorgio Napolitano Re-elected as the President of Italy to serve a Second Term.

Margaret Thatcher

• Margaret Thatcher Former British Prime Minister and Iron Lady of Britain Died

• Belgian Mathematician Pieree Deligne won the Abel Prize 2013

• Ravuri Bharadwaja, 86, the Telgu writer on 17 April 2013 was selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012

• India’s only Women Chief Election Commissioner Ramadevi Died at 79.She also was the governor of Karnataka & HP.

• Adam Johnson’s novel The Orphan Master’s son won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013.

• Krishna Kumar Natrajan appointed as the New Chief of NASSCOM.

• Serena Williams Won the Family Circle Cup 2013; Defeated Jelena Jankovic

• Rahi Sarnobat Clinched Gold at ISSF World Cup in 25-M Pistol Event.

• S Gopalakrishnan elected as new President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 

 

Abhilash Tomy

 

• Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy became the first Indian to Circumnavigate Globe Solo and Non-Stop on a sail boat. On return he was welcomed by the President of India.