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Basant Kumar Gupta is India's New Envoy to Italy. India signed a USD 150 Million Loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for developing hydro power projects in Uttarakhand. Indian archery players Rajat Chauhan and Manjuda Soy won Silver in Arhcery world cup archery 2013 in Turkey. Premlata Agarwal is the first Indian Lady to climb highest peaks of all seven continents In the world. Sanjay Krishan Kaul appointed as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. Sanjeev Goenka has been honored by '2013 Business leader of the year Award' at the Global India Business Meeting 2013 in UK. The 20th Asia Athletic Championships 2013 were hosted by India in Pune. China took the top spot (16 Golds, Total 27 Medals) with India at the sixth Place in medals tally (2 Golds, Total 17 Medals).

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Tshering Tobgay is the New Prime Minister of Bhutan. UNESCO has designated India's Nicobar Islands as a world biosphere reserve under its Man and the Biosphere Programme. UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

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'Operation Amla' of Indian Coast Guard meant to increase safety against terrorist activities through oceanaic routes has been completed successfully. 10 Commonwealth womens affairs Ministers Meetings (WAMMS) conference was organized in Dhaka, Capital of Bangladesh. 10 June is Underground water day. 12 June is World Day against child labour. 12th Law Conference of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Countries held in Thimphu, Capital of Bhutan. In this conference, Chief Justices of supreme courts of all 7 SAARC Countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) participated.

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13 yr Indian-American Arvind Mahankali won the USAs National Spelling Bee. 20 June is World Refugee Day. 21 June is World Music Day. 23 June is Olympics Day. 39th G - 8 Countries meet held in Ireland. G - 8 is a grouping of 8 countries that are considered developed. Members are - Canada, Russia, Italy, France, Japan, Germany and USA.

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5th June is World Environment Day. 66th World Health Assembly meet was organized in Geneva, Switzerland by WHO (World Health Organization). 8 June is World Oceans Day. Global Peace Index 2013 report issued by United Nations has ranked India on 141st place In total 162 countries in the list. Iceland is the most peaceful country in this report.

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The people of Sunaput written by Rishikesh Pandey. Travel and tourism competitiveness index 2013 Report released by World Economic Forum has ranked India at 65th place in welcoming foreign visitors into country. Switzerland is first in this list.

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National womens commissions new head office is named as Nirbhaya Bhavan. A new base of Naval Warships has been established in Tamilnadu. A new nuclear power plant is being built in Chutka Village in Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh. American Foreign Minister John Kerry Visited India. American National Space society has honored Indian Missile scientist and former President APJ Abdul Kalam with Warner Won Brown Memorial Award. American Novelist A M Homes won one of Britains highest literary honor Womens Prize for Fiction for her novel May We be Forgiven. Argentinas Foreign Minister Hector Marcos Timerman visited India.

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Argentinas Foreign Minister Hctor Marcos Timerman visited India for attending the 4th India-Argentina Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) along with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.

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Arvind Mayaram Committeee on analysis of maximum investment caps in various sectors submitted its report and suuggested increasing FDI Limits in various sectors. Suggestions include FDI in Defence to be 49 % from 26 % Currently and in Multi Brand Retail it should be increased to 74% from 51% Currently.

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Arvind Mayaram led committee on FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) submitted its report. Ayesha Farooq is the first female fighter plane Pilot of air force of Islamic Country Pakistan. BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) decided to stop historical Telegram service. Badar durrez ahmed is the new chief justice of Delhi High Court. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Led Janata Dal (United) decided to break alliance with NDA (National Democratic Alliance). CELAC (An association of Latin American and Caribbean Nations) expressed its desire of joining BRICS (Brazil Russia India China South Africa). Central government started a new Employment training program called Roshni In Naxalism affected areas for bringing Tribal people in frontline. Chhattisgarh Government started Navjeevan Yojana for Complying Naxalists to promote them to live a normal life through various rehabilitation measures.

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China beat South Korea to win Sudiraman Cup Badminton tournament for the fifth consecutive time. China created worlds largest Cable wire bridge of length 10 KM in Shaoxing Province of China. China has created worlds fastest supercomputer called Tianhe - 2. China launched its fifth space mission called Shenzhou 10 . China wants tpo establish its own space station by 2020. China signed an agreement with UK for swapping currencies if needed. It is done by china as a step towards establishing its Yuan currency ourside china.

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Commerce minister Anand Sharma attended East Asian world economic forum meet 2013 in Naypyadaw, Capital of Myammar. Commodity Transaction Tax (CTT) to be effective from July with a levy of 0.01 per cent of the transactional value being applicable on the seller in trading of items such as gold, silver, crude oil, base metals, sugar, soya and mentha oil etc. Note that severe agricultural commodities are exempted from this tax.

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Competition commission of India signed information exchange agreement with Australias ACCC (Australian Consumer and Competition commission). Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla Visited India. Egypts Supreme Court invalidated the laws through members of Shura Council (Upper house of Egypts Parliament) was elected. England beated Egypt to win WSF (World Squash Federation) men Team championship in France. England's Justin Rose won US Open Golf Tournament 2013. Famous Oria Writer Manoj Das is honored by NTR National Literary award. He was also given given Padamshree in 2013 Padam awards. First Indian women to climb mount Everest, Bachendri Pal has been honored by Veerangana Lakshmibai National Bravery award by Madhya Pradesh Government.

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Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has been honoured with USD 10,000 'Nomura Award' in Singapore for her humanitarian works. Gandhis Outstanding Leadership is written by Pascal Alan Nazareth Government decided to expand old age pension scheme by increasing pension for those above 70 yrs to 1500 and those between 60 - 69 yrs to get Rs. 1000 as monthly pension.

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Government decided to reconstitute Medical Council of India with central health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad as its new chief. Government decided to start TUFS (Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme) Scheme for promoting better output in textile Industry by providing subsidies for purchasing machinery for production purpose.

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Government decided to take off AFSPA (Armed forces special powers Act) from some areas of Tripura state after seeing decline in terrorist activities. AFSPA empowers armed forces personnel with rights to take immediate action in case of emergencies without prior permission.

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Harish Pathak has been given Baburao Vishnu Paradkar Journalism Award 2012. Haryana government started Priyadarshini Awaas Yojana under which provide free 100 Square Feet land is provided to BPL (Below Poverty Line) Families.

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Hasan Rouhani is elected as the new President of Iran. IBA (Indian Banks Association) appointed K R Kamath as its Chief for FY 2013 - 14. Important Tennis Grand Slam Tournaments 2013 - > French Open 2013 Men - Rafael Nadal (Spain) Beated David Ferrer(Spain). Women - Serena Williams (USA) beated Maria Sharapova (Russia). Wimbeldon 2013 Men - Andy Murray (UK) beated Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women - Marion Bartoli (France) beated Sabina Lisciki (Germany) Australian Open 2013 Men - Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beated Andy Murray (UK) Women - Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beated Li Na (China) 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. In the company of a poet Guljar written by Nasreen Muni Kabir. India agreed to donate USD 160 Million to Nepal to help fulfill its growing energy needs. India signed a USD 216 Million loan with World bank for improvising roads infrastructure in state of Kerala. India signed a USD 250 Million loan agreement with World Bank for Implementation of National Aids Control Program (NACP). India signed a USD 84 Million loan with World bank for strengthening panchayats in state of Bihar. India started using satellite imaging and tracking top save the endangered bird spceics 'Great Indian Bustard'. India started Inter Voice Response System (IVRS) to monitor Large Scale Mid - Day scheme under which meal is prepared for 10 - 11 Crore school children in the country 75. 76. 77. India wins Asian Team Snooker Championship by beating Iran in Doha, Capital of Qatar. India won ICC Champions trophy cricket tournament beating England in the final. India won three top awards in SAARC film festival 2013. Paan Singh Tomer was named best movie Paan Singh Tomer's director Tigmanshu Dhulia named as the best director Kaushal Oza received special jury award for his documentary 'Afterglow' 78. Indian inventor Ajay Bhatt at Intel has been honored by European Inventor Award 2013 for developing revolutionary USB (Universal Serial Bus) Technology. 79. 80. Indian - American Sneha Singh first India women to get admission in Prestigious United State Military Academy. Indian Government started CMS (Central Monitoring System), a new mass electronic surveillance program operated by Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cells. IT gives India's security agencies and income tax officials access to India's telecommunications network and the ability to listen in on and record mobile, landline calls and read private emails, SMS and MMS and track the geographical location of individuals in real time. It is considered analogous to USAs Prism project being used for same purpose in USA. 81. Indian Person Amol Rajan is the new chief of UK based newspaper The Independent. He is the first non-white perosn ever to head this famous and historical newspaper. 82. Indian President Pranab Mukherjee laid foundation stone for Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh which will focus on educating Chhildren about rich Hindi Literature. 83. 84. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Visited Thailand. Met Thai PM Yingluck shinawatra and visited Bangkok, capital of Thailand. Indian Scientist Harminder Dua discovered a new Layer in Human Eyes Cornea. It is expected to help in discovering better ways for operating the various diseases related to Cornea. 85. 86. 87. 88. Indian Sculpturist Anish Kapoor has been honored with Knighthood, one of britain's highest honors. Indian air force to soon include its first Boeing C - 17 Globemaster 3 Transportation Ai rcraft. Indian and Mangolian Army participated in joint Military Exercise Nomadic Elephant 2013 . Indian governemnt set up a goal of achieving 80% literacy rate in the country by 2017. Note that according to 2011 Census, Literacy rate is 73 % across country. Women literacy is 65 % and men are 81 % Literate. 89. Indian government decided to give Non-Human Person status to Dolphin.

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Indian person and founder of Sulabh International, Bindeshwar Pathak is honored by Legend of Planet award by France. Indian player K Srikant won Thailand open Badminton Tournament as his first International title win. Indias CCI (Competition Commission of India) signed up a memorandum with ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) for promoting co-operation in researching better technologies for election process management.

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Indias United Bank of India became the first Indian Bank to set up a representative office in Myanmar. Irish Author Kevin Barry has been honored by Impac Dublin Literary Award for his first novel City of Bohane. Iron Irom written by Minnie Vaid. James Comey is appointed as the new chief of USA's FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). Jammu and Kashmirs Pashmina, Konji and Sonji Shawls have been given Geographical Indication (GI) mark for their notable quality status. Jharkhand social activist Dayamani Barla is honored by Alan L Lutz indigenous award. Joginder Sanger has been honored by Pride of India award for his contribution in promoting art and culture of India in UK. John W Ashe is appointed as chief of 68th session of United Nations General Assembly. June's Third Sunday is Father's day.

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Kathak expert Vijaya Shankar is honored by prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2012. Kerala launched country's first tourist seaplane service to enable holidayers enjoy the distant scenes of the Kerala through easy connectivity to distant backwater destinations.

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Kevin Rudd is appointed as new Prime Minister of Australia. Malaysian Lee Chong wei beaten Germanys Mark Jeweler in Indonesian Open Badminton Tournament 2013. Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng is Declared Winner of Walter Scott Prize 2013 for his book Garden of the evening Mists. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the longest railway tunnel in country (18 KM) between Banihal and Kanjikund in Jammu and Kashmir which is also called Pir Panjal Tunnel.

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Michael Froman is appointed as the new US Trade Representative. New Cabinet Ministers of India Mallikarjun Kharge - Railways Sis Ram Ola - Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes - Road transport and Highways Girija Vyas - Housing and Urban Poverty Kavuru Samba Siva Rao - Textiles

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New National Dinosaurs Museum to be established in Dhar District of Madhya Pradesh. Nik Wallenda became the first man to cross Grand Canyon on a Tightrope over Colorado river in USA. Nisar Ali Khan is appointed as the new home minister of Pakistan. OECD (Organization for Economic and Cultural Development) has rated India as worlds third largest economy in its report titled - Economic Outlook Report 2013.

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ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) started first unit of its water electricity project in Palantana, Tripura. Its a huge Project of ONGC to bring sufficiency of light electricity in North-Eastern region. The project is approved by UNFCCC (United Nations framework connection on Climate Change), an organization that awards Carbon Credits to companies worldwide that emit less carbon radiations than stipulated criteria by UNFCCC. Carbon Credits - Carbon Credits are a measure to control industrial radiations across globe by assigning points called Carbon Credits to companies worldwide that emit less carbon radiations than stipulated criteria by UNFCCC. Then the company gets paid amount equivalent to carbon credits it earned by emitting as loess radiations as possible without affecting its productivity. Carbon Credit is the difference between the allowed radiation amount and the amount actually radiated by the unit. The lesser amount radiated means the larger is the difference, the more the company gets paid.

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Pankaj Subir has been honored with Indu Sharma Katha Samman 2013. R V Ravindran is appointed as new chief of NBSA (News Broadcasting Standards Authority) RBI increased the import duty on Gold from 6 % to 8 % to discourage import of gold. Rafael Correa is the new President of Ecuador. It is his second term as president. Rajasthan Government started Mukhyamantri Bijli Bachat Yojana under which 2 CFLs are provided to villagers and BPL families in urban areas. Rami Hamdallah is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Palestine. S K Rai is the new chief of LIC (Life Insurance Corporation). S Ramadorai is appointed as the chief of New Airline Air Asia India. Sardar Ayaaj Sadik is appointed as chairman of Pakistans new national Assembly. Search engine Google started a new project called "Loon" for providing internet services to the areas where landlines amnd mobile networks are hard to reach. In this, internet services devices are fitted in high altitude baloons that keep roaming in area to provide access to internet.

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Seeing like a Feminist written by Nivedita Menon. Seoul International Book Fair 2013 organized in Seoul, South Korea and India was given status of Guest Country in this exhibition. Sporting Times is Written by Boria Majumdar. Sudha Sharma is appointed as new chief of Central board of Direct Taxes. Sujatha Singh became new foreign secretary of India replacing Ranjan Mathai. Supreme Court of Egypt has quashed (Dismissed) Upper of house of Egypts National assembly for not implementing the new constitution formed by public referendum (Polls).

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Susan Rice is the new security advisor of USA president Barack Obama. Swedish Tomas Brunegard is appointed as chief of World association of newspapers and publishers. TCA Raghavan is the India's new Envoy to Pakistan.` Tamilnadu government started Amma Mineral water scheme for providing mineral water at low rates of Rs. 10/Litre to BPL People (Below Poverty Line).

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Tamilnadu state's women's commission has been reconstuituted with Tripurari Venkatratnam as its new chief. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) imposes a limit of 12 Minutes per hour on duration of advertisements on any TV Channel.

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The Orphan Master's Son is written by Adam Johnson. USAs National Intelligence agency has confirmed that America is collecting internet usage information of its citizens for analysis for security purpose under a new project called PRISM.

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United Nations Environment Programs annual Environment day (June 5th) conference was held in Mangolia. Uttar Pradesh Increased Retirement age for teachers from 60 to 62. World Bank issued its annual economy analysis report 2013 and expected a growth rate of 5.7 % for India in FY 2013 - 14, 6.5 % in 2014 - 15 and 6.7 % in 2015 - 16. It expected global growth rate of 2.2% in FY 2013 - 14.

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Worldwide developers conference was held in San Francisco, USA and Apple launched its new operating System called IOS -7. Worldwide developers conference was held in San Francisco, USA and Apple launched its new operating System called IOS -7. Rajasthan government started free Teerth Yatra Yojana for old age persons and did an agreement with IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) for the same.

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An Ashok pillar is being built in Yamunanagar, Haryana. It was bought to delhi by Firoj Shah Tuglaq of Tuglaq Dynasty in 15th century. Australian Citizen of Indian Origin Dewanand Sharma is appointed as Australias Envoy to Israel. Avinash Chander is the new chief of DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization). EPFO (Employee Provident Fund Organization) to keep interest rate on PF at 8.5% in 2013-14. Government decided to decrease number of various central development schemes from 140 to 66 by merging and dissolving many of them in order to keep a good check on their implementation and better implementation.

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Operation Rahat is name Indian Air Force's Operation for saving people trapped in huge natural disaster in Uttarakhand. While Indian Army named their operation as "Surya Hopes".

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Sathwik Karnik, an Indian-origin 12 year old boy from Massachusetts has won this year's USAs National Geographic Bee contest after thorough testing of his geographic knowledge about lions in Botswana, mountain ranges in Asia and port cities in England.

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World population prospectus 2012 report issued by World health organization stated that India is expected to become worlds most populous country in 2028 after surpassing china with 1.45 Billion total expected population.

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