Showing posts with label current affairs 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label current affairs 2013. Show all posts

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Current Affairs June 2013

Maria Sharapova


  • The Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2012 by Forbes
       Maria Sharapova
       Rank: 22
       Total Earnings:  $29 million
       Salary/winnings: $6 million
       Endorsements:       $23 million




  • After the 2013 Pakistani general election, ...... become the 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan
        Nawaz Sharif


A.M. Homes


  • American novelist A.M. Homes has won Women’s Prize for Fiction 2013 with her sixth novel, “May We Be Forgiven.” 


  • What does WED stand for?
       World Environment Day




  • World Environment Day
       June 5




    Victoria Beckham
  • What is the theme for 2013 World Environment Day celebrations?
         Think.Eat.Save


  • Victoria Beckham wins Woman Of The Decade at Glamour Awards in London 




  • What does UNEP stand for?
        United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)




Tiger Woods
  •  The World's Highest-Paid Athletes. Who earned $78.1 million in 2012
        Tiger Woods
        Rank: 1
        Total Earnings:  $78.1 million
        Salary/winnings: $13.1 million
        Endorsements:    $65 million 






  • Burundi's Lydia Nsekera became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years




  • K R Kamath was re-elected as the Chairman of IBA for 2013-14 tenure




  • World's Highest-Paid Cricketer 2012 by Forbes
    Mahendra Singh Dhoni
       Mahendra Singh Dhoni
       Rank: 16
       Total Earnings:  $31.5 million
       Salary/winnings: $3.5 million
       Endorsements:       $28 million





  • Irish Author Kevin Barry "City of Bohane" won IMPAC Dublin Literary Award




  • Japan successfully tested the L0 Trains based on magnetic levitation technology the fastest in the world. It will come into commercial use in 2027.



David Beckham



  • The World's Best-Paid Soccer Player 2012 by  Forbes
        David Beckham
        Rank: 16
        Total Earnings:  $47.2 million
        Salary/winnings: $5.2 million
        Endorsements:       $42 million







  • Susan Elizabeth Rice was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013

May 2013 Current Affairs

  • Karnataka's new chief minister?
Lydia Davis
        Siddaramaiah

 

  • The Man Booker International Prize 2013 Winner?
        Lydia Davis



  • Malala Yousafzai's Autobiography  name?
        I am Malala

 

  • What is the name of the prime minister of China?   
        Li Keqiang

 
  • President of the People's Republic of China?
        Xi Jinping

 
        Master of Arts: A Life In Dance   

 
  • Who is the chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)?   
       Kushal Singh 



  • In the 66th Cannes Film Festival ......... film won the Palme d'Or
        Blue Is the Warmest Colour



  • What does TRAI stand for?
        The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 



  • Dan Brown’s latest novel 

       “Inferno” 


  • Who is the winner of ipl 2013
        Mumbai Indians

 

  • Who won the orange cap in ipl 2013
        Michael Hussey (CSK) (733 Runs)


  • who won the purple cap in ipl 2013
        Dwayne Bravo (CSK) (32 wickets) 



  • Southern India’s first fighter aircraft base inaugurated at 

       Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)