Current Affairs: March 2013 (1st Week)
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Services
Clinched 67th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament
In the final of the 67th Santosh Trophy on 3
March 2013, Services won the soccer contest by defeating hosts Kerala 4-3 on
penalties at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi.
The Man of the Match title was clinched by
Services striker Lalian Mawia. The Services team bagged their third Santosh
Trophy title.
About the Santosh Trophy
Santosh Trophy is the yearly Indian football
tournament that is played among states and government institutions. This
tournament was initiated in 1941. The Santosh Trophy is named after late Maharaja
Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh.
Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez died at 58 due to Cancer
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on 5
March 2013 at a military hospital in Caracas at the age of 58 due to Cancer. He
died after battling from cancer for two years during which he underwent several
surgeries and chemotherapy in Cuba.
With his death his 14 year rule of Venezuela
came to an end and bringing a challenge of electing a new President for the
country within 30 days as per Constitution of Venezuela. Till then the
Presidency will be assumed by the Vice-President of the country, Nicolas
Maduro. The Foreign Minister of Venezuela Elias Jose Jaua Milano announced
seven days mourning for the country.
Hugo Chavez
• Hugo Chavez was the President of Venezuela
from 1999 till his death in 2013
• He was the leader of the United Socialist
Party of Venezuela
• He was responsible for the promotion of the
Bolivarian cause of social revolution and started the secretive Revolutionary
Bolivarian Movement-200 (MBR-200) in early 1980s
• He served the Venezuelan army as a officer
before entering into politics and initiation the secretive Revolutionary
Bolivarian Movement-200 (MBR-200)
• He was a former leader of the Fifth
Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007
• He led a coup attempt in 1992 and landed in
jail for his act and was further he launched his political career
• Served as the President of Venezuela for
three times
A coup attempt was made in Venezuela in April
2002 to overthrow Hugo Chavez from his office. During this coup attempt, Hugo
was ousted from his office for 47 hours and further the situation was restored
by the support of public that was seeking his government and the military
loyalists.
Nicolas
Maduro sworn in as the Interim President of Venezuela
Venezuelan Vice- President Nicolas Maduro on
8 March 2013 was sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president, despite the
Opposition resistance as it is being considered to the violation of the
country’s constitution.
Late President Hugo Chavez who died on 5
March 2013 after two year long fight against cancer named Maduro as his
successor before undergoing the latest surgery in December 2012. He picked
Nicolas Maduro as the presidential
candidate of Chavez’s socialist party.
As per the country's 1999 constitution, the
National Assembly speaker becomes interim president in the event of a
president-elect's death or inability to be sworn in. The constitution also says
new elections should be called within 30 days.
Leader of opposition Angel Medina boycotted
the swearing-in ceremony, with the vast majority of opposition legislators who
haven’t attended the ceremony.
The earlier interim president of Venezuela
was Ramón José Velásquez who served as acting president of Venezuela between
1993 and 1994 as a result of the crisis produced by the impeachment of
president Carlos Andrés Pérez.
Arun
Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav Selected For Outstanding Parliamentarian
Award
The Parliamentary Award Committee selected
BJP leader Arun Jaitley, Congress MP Karan Singh and JD(U) MP Sharad Yadav for
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Arun Jaitley and Karan Singh are the members
of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat and Delhi respectively. Sharad Yadav, on the other
hand is a member of Lok Sabha from Madhepura, Bihar.
The Award Committee which was headed by the
Speaker of Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar, recommended these names, which were accepted
by executive committee of the Indian Parliamentary Group on 6 March 2013.
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award
• Outstanding Parliamentarian Award was
instituted by the Indian Parliamentary Group in 1994.
• This award is conferred every year on the
outstanding parliamentarian, who is recommended by award committee as well as
approved by executive committee of the Indian Parliamentary Group.
President
of India Released the Commemorative Postage Stamp on Sahir Ludhianvi
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 8
March 2013 released the Commemorative Postage Stamp on Sahir Ludhianvi on
occasion of his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Sahir Ludhianvi died on 25 October 1980 and
was a renowned Urdu poet. He was known among the young for his poetry on beauty
and love. Sahir Ludhianvi had converged Urdu poetry into the film songs as
well. Also, he fought for recognition of lyric writers through the Film Writers
Association.
International
Women's Day 2013 Celebrated Across the World
International Women's Day is celebrated
across the world on 8 March 2013. The theme for 2013 International Women's Day
is- A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women.
On this day, the President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee laid emphasis on the monumental role of women in designing the
country.
Neiphiu
Rio sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland
Neiphiu Rio 63, of Naga People’s Front (NPF)
party was sworn in as Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third straight term on
5 March 2013 along with 11 ministers by the Governor Nikhil Kumar at the Raj
Bhavan in Kohima.
The other eleven ministers who had taken oath
for the office were from his own party, the Naga People’s Front (NPF), which
had won 38 seats in the 60-member house.
Mukul
Manda Sangma Sworn-In As the Chief Minister of Meghalaya
Mukul Manda Sangma of Congress was sworn-in
as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second term on 5 March 2013. He took
oath for the second term as 26th Chief Minister of the state.
The Governor, R.S. Mooshahary administered
him the oath of office and secrecy at the Raj Bhavan premises in Shillong.
47-year old Mukul Sangma led the Congress with 29 seats, merely two seats short
of the majority in a house of 60. He was sworn-in without the Council of
Ministers.
Announcement of the list of Council of
Ministers will be made by Mukul Manda Sangma in the second week of March 2013.
BlackBerry’s
India Managing Director Sunil Dutt resigned
Blackberry India Managing Director Sunil
Dutt, who joined the company in December 2011, quit from the company in the
month of March 2013 within a month after leading the launch of BlackBerry 10 OS
and the Z10 in India.
BlackBerry India spokesperson confirmed the
news of his resignation from the position as Managing Director of BlackBerry
India with an immediate effect.In the interim, Rick Costanzo, Executive Vice
President for Global Sales, will take over the leadership of the talented
management team in India .
BlackBerry sees India as a major market for
its products and is already facing diminishing market shares to bear the shake
coming their way. BlackBerry is also dealing with the Indian Government’s
pressure on providing it the access to the unique PINs of all BlackBerry
devices across the world for security reasons. Additionally, the Government has
reportedly proposed to take over the monitoring of BlackBerry servers in Mumbai
and has threatened BlackBerry to ban its services if it fails to provide the
government the access to its data by 31 March 2013.
President
of India Conferred With the Liberation War Honour Award by Bangladesh
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was
on 4 March 2013 conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President
of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman. The award was conferred upon him for his
contribution to 1971 war.
The award was given away to Pranab Mukherjee
for contributions to the Liberation War. Earlier, the top most honour of
Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Freedom Honour was conferred upon former Indian
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi posthumously in 2011 for contributing towards
creation of Bangladesh.
Liberation War Honour Awards is the second
highest honour of Bangladesh.
Microsoft
Launched New Version of Office 365 for Businesses in India
Microsoft, the Software giant launched new
version of Office 365 for the businesses running in India, on 4 March 2013.
Office 365 will facilitate sharing the data seamlessly across the computers and
mobiles with the help of cloud computing technology.
Because the solutions offered are
cloud-based, therefore the users can also get accessibility to the files and
mails through various devices such as mobiles, laptops and desktops. Cloud
computing is the technology that helps in sharing the technological resources,
digital information as well as software. Because the cloud-computing is
Internet-based, therefore the solutions and data are accessible from anywhere
with the help of a browser.
With a group of solutions, the companies can
make use of the Office 365 for 330-1200 Rupees per month, per user. It is
possible to install Office 365 on up to 5 different devices for one user under
the licensing of Office 365. This group of solutions includes PowerPoint, Word,
Outlook, Excel, Access and OneNote.
Features
of Microsoft Office 365
• The service is social just like SharePoint.
It can integrate with Lunc and Yammer for providing a social platform which
brings together teams and people for collaborating and sharing the
organisational knowledge as well as information.
• Flawless capability of the group of
solutions across various devices such as PCs, mobiles and tablets makes the
value of Office 365 more compelling.
Launch of Office 365 is the part of
comprehensive cloud services strategy of Microsoft. Some of the enterprises
that are making use of Office 365 include Tata Elxsi, Adhunik Group, Dabur
India, FICCI, AEGON Religare, Tata Communications, Godrej and many more.
John
Kerry Sworn-In As the 68th Secretary of State of the United States
John Kerry was sworn-in as the 68th Secretary
of State of the United States on 1 February 2013. With the consent of the
Senate, John Kerry was appointed as the Chief Foreign Affairs Adviser of the
President. John Kerry succeeded Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The Secretary of State has the role of
carrying out the foreign policies of the President through the State Department
that encompasses Civil Service, Foreign Service and U.S. Agency for
International Development.
Under the Article II of US Constitution, the
President has an authority to nominate any candidate for the Cabinet posts. The
Senate thereafter, accepts or rejects the candidate. John Kerry was appointed
with the consent of the Senate.
Other important
current affairs in a nutshell…..
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India’s Deborah won a Bronze medal in the final of women's juniors of 500m
cycle event in Asian Cycling Championship on 7 March 2013 in New Delhi.
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Pranab Mukherjee and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on 5 March
2013 inaugurated the locomotives and tank wagons supplied to Bangladesh.
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Bharti Airtel in the month of March 2013 launched high quality voice service
for its subscribers in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria in the African
sub-continent.
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Mukesh Ambani retained his title as the richest person of India for the sixth
consecutive year with the net worth of 21.5 million US Dollars.
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US State Department Awarded Women of Courage Award to Delhi Gangrape Victim
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Charges of attempt to commit suicide was framed against Irom Sharmila by the
Patiala House Court on 4 March 2013 under IPC 309.
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Rafael Nadal defeated top seed and defending champion David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2 on
2 March 2013 in the final match of the ATP Mexican Open 2013 tennis tournament.
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Rajeev Shahare was appointed as the new High Commissioner to Maldives on 28
February 2013, replacing D M Mulay.
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The
60th National Film Awards have been announced for the Feature films and Non
feature films categories. Keeping the tradition alive of honouring the
deserving talent, the creative ones who enthralled, entertained and made
benchmarks in the film making and acting arena in 2012 have been duly rewarded
once again.
The
60th National Film Awards have been announced for the Feature films and Non
feature films categories. Keeping the tradition alive of honouring the
deserving talent, the creative ones who enthralled, entertained and made
benchmarks in the film making and acting arena in 2012 have been duly rewarded
once again.
