Current affairs- July, 2013

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13th July:

• Hemant Soren sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
• Bhutan's opposition party, People’s Democratic Party wins the election with 30 seats.

12th July:

• Veteran actor and Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient Pran dies at 93 in Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital.
• A 15-year-old girl from Meerut Razia Sultan has been conferred with the first United Nation Malala Award.
• Founder of Massachusetts-based Bose audio firm Amar Bose dies at 83.

11th July:

• In a landmark ruling The Supreme Court has barred those in jail from contesting elections even if they are not convicted of any crime yet.
• Allahabad high court bans caste-based rallies in Uttar Pradesh.
• India Cricket Team wins tri series in West Indies by defeating Sri Lanka. Bhuvneshwar Kumar declared as Man of the Series.
• World Population Day observed.
• Month long Ramzan fast begins today.

10th July:

• In a landmark judgment the Supreme Court struck down a provision in the electoral law that protects a convicted lawmaker from disqualification on the ground of pendency of appeal in higher courts.
• The annual Ratha Yatra of Lord Jagannath, his brother Bhalabhadra and sister Subhadra began in Puri, Odisha.
• Hazem El-Beblawi appointed as the new Prime Minister of Egypt.
• India reaches the final of Tri-Nation competition in West Indies. They will play against Sri Lanka in the final.
• First test match of the Ashes series starts between England and Australia in Trent Bridge.
• Former Olympian Maharaj Krishan Kaushik appointed as a coach of the Indian hockey team.

9th July:

• Chinese troops again enter Ladakh.
• Investigating agency detained three men, one woman in Bihar for being questioned for suspicious movement in Bodha Gaya temple Blasts.
• Supreme Court restrained a special CBI court in Jharkhand from pronouncing its verdict on July 15 in a fodder case involving RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.

8th July:

• Shiva Thapa becomes the youngest pugilist from the country to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Amman, Jordan.
• India move to second spot in ICC Test rankings.

7th July:

• Two people have been injured in a series of 8 blasts inside the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodhgaya.
• World Champion Sebastian Vettel wins German Grand Prix.
• Vidya Balan wins Best Actress Award, Ranbir Kapoor bags best actor and 'Barfi!' wins best film at IIFA, 2013 in Macau, China.
• Andy Murray of England wins the Wimbledon Championship, 2013 by defeating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. Fred Perry was the last British man to win the Wimbledon title in 1936.

6th July:

• Venezuela offers asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
• Former Secretary Department of Telecommunications (DoT) R. Chandrasekhar appointed President of Nasscom.
• French tennis player Marion Bartoli defeat Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 to win her first Wimbledon title.

5th July:

• President Pranab Mukherjee signed Ordinance on Food Security Bill.
• Former Vice Admiral DK Dewan appointed new UPSC member.

4th July:

• Egyptian Army ousts Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi from his post.
• Head of the Supreme Constitutional Court Adly Mansour appointed as Egypt's new interim President.
• Douglas C. Engelbart known as the father of the mouse dies at 88.
• Vikas Gowda wins first gold medal in the ongoing Asian Athletics Championships, Pune.
• Oxford University's Indian origin student Samridh Agarwal become first ever cricketer to score a triple century in a University match. He scores a triple-century against Cambridge in a first-class match at the FP Fenner's ground in Cambridge.

3rd July:

• Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts of Haryana and Bharatpur in Rajasthan will be a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) with the approval of NCR Planning Board.
• The Indian government launched a $22 billion welfare scheme to give cheap food to hundreds of millions of people in India.
• Sunil Soni has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
• Sujatha Singh will be India’s new Foreign Secretary.
• With the declaration made in compliance to Section 4 of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003, Himachal Pradesh declared as the first Smoke-free state of the country.
• Shriniwas Patil is appointed as new Governor of Sikkim.

2nd July:

• Seven policemen kill in attack by Maoist in Jharkhand.
• India reject Edward Snowden's request for asylum.
• Indian navy decommissions INS Taragiri after 33 years of service.
• India Govt releases National Cyber Security Policy 2013.

1st July:

• Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.
• Brazil wins the 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup after defeating Spain by 3-0 in the final held at Rio.
• Suresh Kalmadi loses bid for Chief of Asian Athletics Association to Brigadier Dalham al-Hamad, the senior vice-president of athletics association Qatar.
• India’s first navigation satellite IRNSS-1A launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
• Jamia Milia university Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung appointed as the new Lt Governor of Delhi.
• Former Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul appointed as Governor of Meghalaya.