Showing posts with label Current affairs April 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Current affairs April 2013. Show all posts

Monday, 20 May 2013

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.