Latest Current Affairs September 2013, 2013-2014
Latest current Affairs, September 2013 Current Affairs, Current Affairs 2013, Current Affairs 2013-2014
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on 31st Aug 2013 – 4.4%
Dr. Raghuram Rajan has been appointed as the New Governor of RBI on
5th Sep 2013.
Nina Davuluri an Indian American is New Miss America along with her title she won $50,000 Scholarship to pursue her
education. She beats contestants from 49 other States.
Two new justices appointed to
Supreme Court. Shiva Kirti Singh
Chief Justice of Allahabad high court and C.
Nagappan Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. With their appointment, the
Strength of Supreme Court went up to 30 against the sanction Strength of 31.
Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
(ICBM) Agni –V was successfully test
fired with its full range 5000 km on
15th September 2013.
Brazil, Argentina team up for
joint Cyber-defense Mechanism. Defense ministers of both the countries signed a
military cooperation agreement under which Brazil would provide Cyber Defense
training to Argentina Officers starting in 2014.
Malaysia’s best known former
communist Guerrilla, Chin Peng died
in Bangkok. He was 88.
TVS unveils new Scooter
‘Jupiter’. Its aims at male buyers.
Sports & Awards:
The Buchi Babu Trophy given to Uttar Pradesh Captain Mohammed Kaif (103 runs) in All India
Kalapati – Buchi Babu Tournament which is held at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium,
chennai.
President Pranab Mukharjee presented National Sports and
Adventure Awards 2013. It was held 2 days after National Sports Day 2013.
Sno
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Award Name
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Awardees
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1.
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Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
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Ronjan Sodhi
(Ace Shooter)
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2.
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Arjuna
Award
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Chekrovolu
Swuro (Archery)
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Renjith
Maheswary (Athletics)
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P. V. Sindhu
(Badminton)
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Kavita
Chahal (Boxing)
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Rupesh Shah
(Billiards and Snooker)
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Virat Kohli
(Cricket)
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Abhijeet
Gupta (Chess)
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Gaganjeet
Bhullar (Golf)
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Saba Anjum
(Hockey)
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Rajkumari
Rathore (Shooting)
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Joshna
Chinnappa (Squash)
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Mouma Das
(Table tennis)
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Neha Rathi
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Dharmender
Dalal (Wrestling)
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Amit Kumar
Saroha (Para-Athletics)
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3.
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Dronacharya
Awards
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Poornima
Mahato (Archery)
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Mahavir
Singh (Boxing)
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Narinder
Singh Saini (Hockey)
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4.
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Life
Time Achievement
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K. P. Thomas
(Athletics)
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Raj Singh
(Wrestling)
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5.
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Dhyan
Chand Award
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Mary D’Souza
Sequeira (Athletics)
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Syed Ali
(Hockey)
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Anil Mann
(Wrestling)
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Girraj Singh
(Para-Athletics)
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6.
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Rashtriya
Khel Protsahan Puraskar
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Dr. U. K.
Mishra (Founder President of National Sports Academy, Allahabad)
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Services
Sports Control Board
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P. Gopi
Chand Academy of Badminton (Hyderabad)
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Petroleum
Sports Promotion Board (PSPB)
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7.
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Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy
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Guru Nanak
Dev University, Amritsar, 2010-2011
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Panjabi
University, Patiala, 2011-12 & 2012-13
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8.
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Tenzing
Norgay National Adventure Awards 2012
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Basanta
Singh Roy
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Major
Ranveer Singh Jam (Land Adventure)
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Lt. Cdr.
Abhilash Tomy (Water Adventure)
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Naib Subedar
Parmjit Singh Sidhu (Air Adventure)
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Hira Ram
(Life Time Achievement)
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South Korea defeated
India in the finals of Asia Cup 2013.
Hyderabad HotShots poses Trophy in the final of IBL(Indian
Badminton League) at National Sports Club of India, Mumbai and defeated Awadhe
Warriors.
B. Adhiban won the Barcelona Sants open Chess Tournment on 2nd
Sep 2013.
Tokyo has been choosen as the host for 2020 Olympics.
Wrestling regains its place on the Olympic Games.
Sebastian Vettal won the Italian Grand Prix.
US Open 2013
Category
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Winners
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defeaters
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Women’s Singles
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Serena
Williams
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Victoria Azarenka
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Men’s Singles
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Rafel
Nadal
|
Novak Djokovic
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Women’s Doubles
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Andrea
Hlavackova
&
Lucie
Hradecka (Czech)
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Ashleigh Barty
&
Casey Dellacqua (Australia)
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Men’s Doubles
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Leander
Paes
&
Radek
Stepanek
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Alexander Peya
&
Bruno Soars
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Mixed Doubles
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Max
Mirnyi
&
Andrea
Hlavackova
|
Santiago Gonzalez
&
Abigail Spears
|
17th September
Malala Yousufzai (Pakistani Education rights Campaigner) and Harry Belafonte (American Singer and social justice activist) were named as Joint recipients of Amnesty International’s Ambassadors of Conscience Award for 2013 on September 17th. This Award is human rights group’s highest honour.
Secretary General of Amnesty International is Salil Shetty.
Korean Mobile maker Samsung launches Note 3 Smartphone on sep 17th 2013 in New Delhi.
Asian Champion Amit Kumar won silver in the final of the 55kg category on the opening day of the world wrestling Championship.
18th September
Bajrang won India’s Second medal at the ongoing Wrestling championships and he claims Bronze in 60kg category.
The Russian Athletics Federation handed down 2 year bans to long jumper Tatyana Kotova and Hammer thrower Kirill Ikonnikov.
GSAT-7 is country’s first full-fledged military communications Satellite and it will be used by the navy for its Ship-to-Ship and Ship-to-Shore communications.
GSAT-7 communication satellite have been switched on and they performed well during preliminary tests.
19th September
Boxing legend Ken Norton Passes away on 19th Sep 2013 of heart attack. He was 70.
Mohammedan Sporting won the Durand Cup for the first time in 73 years as it defeated ONGC in final at the Ambedkar Stadium on 19th Sep 2013.
Tata Steel appoints T.V Narendran as managing director, India and South East Asia.
Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola (21) from Nigeria won the Miss Muslimah World contest. She received $ 2,200 and trip to Makkah and India as prizes.
Booker price now open for all authors writing in English.
20th September
RBI hikes the Repo Rate by 25 points from 7.25% to 7.50%.
The Reverse Repo Rate is adjusted to 6.50% and also rolled back the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) by 75 points from 10.25% to 9.50%.
CRR remains the same at 4%.
Union Cabinet approved 10% hike in Dearness Allowance(DA) for Central Government Employees.
Amir Khan has been selected for a US Award for his television show ‘Satyamev Jayate’.
Former BCCI Secretary Jaywant Lele passes away at his Vadodara home. He was 75.
21st September
Anand Amritraj was appointed as Caption of the Indian Davis Cup team for the next season (Jan-Feb) at the executive Committee meeting of the AITA (All India Tennis Association) in Goa.
Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Darmar Murugesan has been appointed as member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for 5 year term.
‘The Good Road’ nominated as India’s Official entry to next year’s Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category. It is the Gyan Correa’s debut Gujarati Movie.
22nd September
India among top targets of spying by NSA’s (US National Security Agency) Secret Surveillance Programs.
Yun Ok Hee (Korea) won the world Cup in Paris and Deepika Kumari, who is the finalist in world cup in Paris, won silver.
Agnieszka Radwanska won the Korea Open at her first attempt. It was the World No-4’s third WTA title of the year.
23rd September
The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) has approved a 3 year extension for Shyam Srinivasan, MD & CEO of Kerala Headquartered Federal Bank.
PepsiCo had promoted India-born Mr. Sanjeev Chadha to the Position of Chief Executive Officer of its Asia, Middle East and Africa region Operations.
RBI sets up a committee to Study financial Services for Small Businesses. The committee will be headed by Nachiket Mor, member of Central Board of Directors, RBI.
The President of Croatia’s Football Federation Vlatko Markovic died. He was 76.
Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis won in beating Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the Saint Petersburg ATP final. It is the 4th title of his career.
Frenchman Gilles Simon won the ATP Metz Open. It is the 11th title of his career.
Grappler Sandeep Tulsi Yadav won India’s first ever medal in the Greco-Roman Category of senior world wrestling championships in the 66kg division.
24th September
Bollywood Actor Priyanka Chopra has topped the list of the most Dangerous Celebrities in the Indian cyberspace this year.
P.V Sindhu receives Arjuna Award from Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports jitendra singh.
United Spirits had appointed Anand Kripalu as CEO of the Company from 1st October 2013 and he will assume charge as MD and CEO on 1st May 2014.
25th September
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended implementation of Mobile Number Portability across the Country within 6 months.
The indirect tax collections grew at 4.1% in the April-August of this fiscal year.
Randall Oliphant was elected as the new chairman of the World Gold Council (WGC), Succeeding Ian Telfar, who steps down from the board.
Mobile Handset Maker Micromax and Telecom Operator Aircel team up for aiming to grow Driving data and Sales of Mobile Phones.
HCL Technology Said it had won a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract in US states of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and North Dakota.
Vaccination against the HIV becomes available with an inhaler rather than as an injection.
Former Zimbabwe and England batsman Graeme Hick has been appointed as the High Performance Coach of Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence.
26th September
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for 2013 were announced on 26th Sep 2013 and awarded to eight Scientists from seven disciplines.
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards given by Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research.
Nokia launches Smartphone with 41MP Camera.
Gtalk bug routes chats to Unintended Recipients.
27th September
Ravindra Kumar, editor of the Statesman was elected as the president of Indian Newspaper Society for 2013-2014. He succeeds K. N. Tilak Kuamar.
Sri Srinivasan was sworn in judge of the second most powerful court of the U.S. He is the first Indian American to be on the bench of the US Courts.
Anupam Shah is the New Chairman of EEPC India.
Britta Steffen of Germany announced her retirement form Competitive Swimming.
Supreme Court orders to add ‘None of the Above (NOTA)’ button in the Electronic Voting Machines.
Vidit Gujarathi won Bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship.
India Clinches Bronze medal in the 8th Women’s Asia Cup Hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
28th September
Megan Young (23) of Philippine Crowned Miss World 2013 in the 63rd Miss World Pageant held in Bali, Indonesia.
Marine Lorphelin of France was the first Runner-up and Naa Okailey Shooter of Ghana was the Second runner-up of Miss World 2013.
Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe won the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis Championship women’s doubles title defeating Hao-Ching Chan of China and Liezel Huber of USA.
29th September
Dominant India won the Sultan of Johar Cup over Malaysia in the title clash of the under-21 hockey tournament in Malaysia.
V. Dinesh Reddy, Director General of Police (DGP) to retire on 30th Sep 2013.
B. Prasad Rao likely to be Successor to Mr. Dinesh Reddy.
29th Sep is World Heart Day.
Nikhat Zareen of India won Silver after going down to Yunzi Yuan of China in the final at the AIBA women’s Youth World Boxing Championships in Albena, Bulgania.
30th September
Infosys, IBM have Won a 300 million Euro contract from UK based lender The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBSG).
K. Humpi won FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Chess title for 67 Move draw with black Pieces against Russia’s Girya Olga in Tashkent.
Malala Yousufzai (Pakistani Education rights Campaigner) and Harry Belafonte (American Singer and social justice activist) were named as Joint recipients of Amnesty International’s Ambassadors of Conscience Award for 2013 on September 17th. This Award is human rights group’s highest honour.
Secretary General of Amnesty International is Salil Shetty.
Korean Mobile maker Samsung launches Note 3 Smartphone on sep 17th 2013 in New Delhi.
Asian Champion Amit Kumar won silver in the final of the 55kg category on the opening day of the world wrestling Championship.
18th September
Bajrang won India’s Second medal at the ongoing Wrestling championships and he claims Bronze in 60kg category.
The Russian Athletics Federation handed down 2 year bans to long jumper Tatyana Kotova and Hammer thrower Kirill Ikonnikov.
GSAT-7 is country’s first full-fledged military communications Satellite and it will be used by the navy for its Ship-to-Ship and Ship-to-Shore communications.
GSAT-7 communication satellite have been switched on and they performed well during preliminary tests.
19th September
Boxing legend Ken Norton Passes away on 19th Sep 2013 of heart attack. He was 70.
Mohammedan Sporting won the Durand Cup for the first time in 73 years as it defeated ONGC in final at the Ambedkar Stadium on 19th Sep 2013.
Tata Steel appoints T.V Narendran as managing director, India and South East Asia.
Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola (21) from Nigeria won the Miss Muslimah World contest. She received $ 2,200 and trip to Makkah and India as prizes.
Booker price now open for all authors writing in English.
20th September
RBI hikes the Repo Rate by 25 points from 7.25% to 7.50%.
The Reverse Repo Rate is adjusted to 6.50% and also rolled back the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) by 75 points from 10.25% to 9.50%.
CRR remains the same at 4%.
Union Cabinet approved 10% hike in Dearness Allowance(DA) for Central Government Employees.
Amir Khan has been selected for a US Award for his television show ‘Satyamev Jayate’.
Former BCCI Secretary Jaywant Lele passes away at his Vadodara home. He was 75.
21st September
Anand Amritraj was appointed as Caption of the Indian Davis Cup team for the next season (Jan-Feb) at the executive Committee meeting of the AITA (All India Tennis Association) in Goa.
Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Darmar Murugesan has been appointed as member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for 5 year term.
‘The Good Road’ nominated as India’s Official entry to next year’s Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category. It is the Gyan Correa’s debut Gujarati Movie.
22nd September
India among top targets of spying by NSA’s (US National Security Agency) Secret Surveillance Programs.
Yun Ok Hee (Korea) won the world Cup in Paris and Deepika Kumari, who is the finalist in world cup in Paris, won silver.
Agnieszka Radwanska won the Korea Open at her first attempt. It was the World No-4’s third WTA title of the year.
23rd September
The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) has approved a 3 year extension for Shyam Srinivasan, MD & CEO of Kerala Headquartered Federal Bank.
PepsiCo had promoted India-born Mr. Sanjeev Chadha to the Position of Chief Executive Officer of its Asia, Middle East and Africa region Operations.
RBI sets up a committee to Study financial Services for Small Businesses. The committee will be headed by Nachiket Mor, member of Central Board of Directors, RBI.
The President of Croatia’s Football Federation Vlatko Markovic died. He was 76.
Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis won in beating Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the Saint Petersburg ATP final. It is the 4th title of his career.
Frenchman Gilles Simon won the ATP Metz Open. It is the 11th title of his career.
Grappler Sandeep Tulsi Yadav won India’s first ever medal in the Greco-Roman Category of senior world wrestling championships in the 66kg division.
24th September
Bollywood Actor Priyanka Chopra has topped the list of the most Dangerous Celebrities in the Indian cyberspace this year.
P.V Sindhu receives Arjuna Award from Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports jitendra singh.
United Spirits had appointed Anand Kripalu as CEO of the Company from 1st October 2013 and he will assume charge as MD and CEO on 1st May 2014.
25th September
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended implementation of Mobile Number Portability across the Country within 6 months.
The indirect tax collections grew at 4.1% in the April-August of this fiscal year.
Randall Oliphant was elected as the new chairman of the World Gold Council (WGC), Succeeding Ian Telfar, who steps down from the board.
Mobile Handset Maker Micromax and Telecom Operator Aircel team up for aiming to grow Driving data and Sales of Mobile Phones.
HCL Technology Said it had won a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract in US states of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and North Dakota.
Vaccination against the HIV becomes available with an inhaler rather than as an injection.
Former Zimbabwe and England batsman Graeme Hick has been appointed as the High Performance Coach of Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence.
26th September
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for 2013 were announced on 26th Sep 2013 and awarded to eight Scientists from seven disciplines.
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards given by Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research.
Nokia launches Smartphone with 41MP Camera.
Gtalk bug routes chats to Unintended Recipients.
27th September
Ravindra Kumar, editor of the Statesman was elected as the president of Indian Newspaper Society for 2013-2014. He succeeds K. N. Tilak Kuamar.
Sri Srinivasan was sworn in judge of the second most powerful court of the U.S. He is the first Indian American to be on the bench of the US Courts.
Anupam Shah is the New Chairman of EEPC India.
Britta Steffen of Germany announced her retirement form Competitive Swimming.
Supreme Court orders to add ‘None of the Above (NOTA)’ button in the Electronic Voting Machines.
Vidit Gujarathi won Bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship.
India Clinches Bronze medal in the 8th Women’s Asia Cup Hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
28th September
Megan Young (23) of Philippine Crowned Miss World 2013 in the 63rd Miss World Pageant held in Bali, Indonesia.
Marine Lorphelin of France was the first Runner-up and Naa Okailey Shooter of Ghana was the Second runner-up of Miss World 2013.
Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe won the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis Championship women’s doubles title defeating Hao-Ching Chan of China and Liezel Huber of USA.
29th September
Dominant India won the Sultan of Johar Cup over Malaysia in the title clash of the under-21 hockey tournament in Malaysia.
V. Dinesh Reddy, Director General of Police (DGP) to retire on 30th Sep 2013.
B. Prasad Rao likely to be Successor to Mr. Dinesh Reddy.
29th Sep is World Heart Day.
Nikhat Zareen of India won Silver after going down to Yunzi Yuan of China in the final at the AIBA women’s Youth World Boxing Championships in Albena, Bulgania.
30th September
Infosys, IBM have Won a 300 million Euro contract from UK based lender The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBSG).
K. Humpi won FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Chess title for 67 Move draw with black Pieces against Russia’s Girya Olga in Tashkent.
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