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1st December
December 1st is observed as World AIDs Day.
Ireland won the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier title for the 3rd
time in four appearances with a 68 run victory over Afghanistan in final on 1st December in Dubai.
Gaganjeet Bhullar
bagged his 5th career title on the
Asian Tour as he completed a start to finish win at the Indonesia Open
in final round in Jakarta.
Uganda’s Ismail
Ssenyange won his 2nd full marathon in as many years by clocking
a time of 2hrs 32mins and 21sec at the Wipro Chennai Marathon in
Chennai and Getinet Chala Dessie of UAE
finished second in the time of 2hrs 43mins and 21sec while Murugan of India
came third in 2hrs 51mins and 18sec in Chennai on 1st December 2013.
A record 72.49%
turnout was registered in the Rajasthan Assembly election on 1st
December 2013.
2nd December
Sonia
Gandhi Launches FM Rainbow Channel, roads and over a dozen bank branches.
The
Hyderabad Public School (HPS) emerged victor in The Hindu Young World Quiz 2013 in Mumbai by winning margin of 83
points.
Private
Insurer Apollo Munich rolled out an insurance product aimed at people with
diabetics.
Domestic
Car sales drop in November 2013.
3rd December
The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Army successfully
test-fired the surface-to-surface Prithvi-II
missile from the Integrated test Range Balasore, Odisha on 3rd
December 2013.
Canara Bank
lowered the fixed deposit rates by up to one percentage point on select
maturities. The bank has slashed the interest rates by 100 basis points from
8.75% to 7.75% on 3rd December 2013.
The Global transaction services organization SWIFT said Yuan is the second most used currency in trade finance.
China’s Yuan currency overtook the Euro in October
.
P. V. Sindhu won
the Macau Open Grand Prix title. She
is the new star in women’s badminton.
Andhra Pradesh’s Yedla
Kushal and Rithika Bazar won the under-14 boys and girls titles in the AITA Championship series at the
Nadal Tennis Academy in Anantapur.
M. S. Dhoni has
won the ICC’s LG People’s Choice Award
for 2013. He is the 2nd Indian to win this award after
Sachin Tendulkar.
4th December
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam’s (RINL) current Finance Director P. Madhusudan assumed to take charge as
the chairman and managing director of RINL from 1st January 2014,
the Public Enterprises Selection Board had recommended his name for the top
post in RINL in June.
Wipro has decided
to shut down its manufacturing of computers and servers due to the changing
market scenario and consumer preferences.
5th December
Union Cabinet approved a bill for the creation of Telagana state as 29th state
of India with 10 districts on December 5th 2013. The bill will go to
President Panab Mukherjee on 6th 0r 7th December 2013.
U. S economy grew 3.6% annual rate from July-September, the
fastest since early 2012.
Gross collection from direct taxes, that include personal
income tax, corporate taxes and wealth tax, rose by 13.18% to Rs. 3.69 Lakh
crore in the April-November period of this fiscal.
SAIL announced that it had achieved total sales of 9.7 Lakh
tones in November, a growth of 10% over same month last year.
FIFA World Cup
2014 will be held in Brazil.
Mahashri Baloda
won the girl’s U-14 Shot Put
event in 29th junior
National athletics championships at the sree kanteerava stadium,
Bangalore.
Aditya Joshi and Rituparna Das won the National Junior
Badminton championship Under-19 boy’s and girl’s titles.
6th December
Nelson Mandela, the famous personality of
Africa’s struggle for freedom and also a hero to millions of people around the
world, has died on 6th December 2013. He was 95.
Jai
Menon, Bharati Group’s director for innovation and IT, has quit from the
company. He said he had quit to pursue research and innovation in technology
from January.
7th December
Top
seeded Magda Linette beat 18 year
old Kamila Karimbayeva of Kazakhstan in the final of the NECC $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Deccan
Gymkhana on 7th December 2013.
Rally
driver Gaurav Gill, who recently became the first Indian to win Asia Pacific
Rally championship (APRC), was honoured at the Federation Internationale del
Automobile (FIA) gala awards in Paris on 7th December 2013.
8th December
India won the boy’s and girl’s team titles in the Asia-Pacific golf
Championship at the RCGC , Kolkata on 8th December . Aditi Ashok lifted the individual title
in girl’s category.
The
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) met the deadline of the international Olympic
Committee (IOC) as it amended its constitution to keep out the charge-framed
officials, in a special general body meeting, expressly convened for the
purpose in New Delhi on 8th December 2013.
BJP won the majority of seats
in all 4 states (Delhi, Rajastan, Madhya
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh). In Delhi it emerged as the single largest party,
five short of clear majority. Aam aadmi Party (AAP) made a stunning debut,
winning 28 seats in National capital.
9th December
The
Congress has retained its power in Mizoram with a landslide victory in
the Assembly elections held on 25th November, the results of
which were declared on 9th December 2013.
A
global report by the World Food Project (WFP) for 2013 on 169 countries has
said that India has largest school
feeding programme in the world, catering to over 114 million children, but
stands 12th among 35 lower-middle-income countries covering 79% of
its school going children.
D. Shivakumar, former senior executive with
the Finnish handset maker Nokia, is the new chairman and chief executive
officer of PepsiCo for the Indian region.
Venus
Remedies said on 9th December it had has inked an exclusive
out-licensing pact with Austell Laboratories of South Africa for its antibiotic
product Elores.
Star India Private Limited won the Indian cricket side’s
“Team Sponsorship” rights for the period 1st January 2014 to 31st
March 2017 during Board marketing Panel meeting.
10th December
International
Press Institute-India Award to television anchor Karan
Thapar presented by Union Science and Technology Minister S. Jaipal Reddy.
Mary Barra to be the first female CEO
of General Motors, would succeed Dan Akerson.
11th December
Retired
Judge D. P. Buch took oath as the Lokayukta
of Gujarat after post remained vacant as much as a decade.
Lal Thanhawla will become the Chief
Minister of Mizoram for a record 5th term.
Exports
slipped to $24.61 billion in November from $27.27 billion in October.
Sony Music Entertainment
India and Warner Music Group have inked a
strategic license deal.
12th December
Retail inflation grew continuously for the
third straight month in November. On the back of rising food prices, the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew at the rate of 11.24% last month.
Malay Mukherjee is the new managing director
and CEO of IFCI.
The
11th edition of the Chennai International Film Festival got off to a
glittering start at a star studded event in Chennai on 12th December
2013.
13th December
Steve Mollenkopf will take over as the CEO of
chipmaker Qualcomm, replacing Paul
Jacobs.
U.
S retail gaint Walmart announced the
appointment of Krish Iyer as the
President and CEO of its India Unit.
C. V. R. Rajendran is the new Chairman and
Managing Director of Andhra Bank. Prior
to this he was Executive Director of Bank of Maharashtra.
Polaris
Financial Technology has appointed S. Swaminathan as its Chief Financial
Officer.
Prakash
Nanjappa won the 50m free pistol gold in the 57th National Shooting
Championship, at the Dr. Karni Singh range, Tughlakabad.
The
International Cricket Council
inducted Australia’s legendary Wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist into its Hall of Fame during the tea interval
of the ongoing third Ashes Test at the WACA.
Cheteshwar Pujara bagged the “Emerging
Cricketer” of the year Trophy as India had to be content with just two winners in
the ICC annual awards announced on 13th December.Australia Captain Michael Clarke was announced as the
winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC cricketer of the year and was
also named as the ICC Test Cricketer of the year.
14th December
Shivraj Chouhan, leader of BJP, was sworn in
as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
on 14th December 2013.
Olympic
Silver medalist Vijay Kumar showing
his fighting qualities to beat Junior champion akshay Suhas Ashtaputre in the
men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event in the 57th national Shooting
championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.
Sri Lanka retained its status as the
world’s top Twenty20 team by beating Pakistan by 24 runs in a thrilling finish
to the second game in Dubai.
15th December
Union Labour minister Sis
Ram Ola died on 15th December 2013. He was 86.
India beat
Pakistan to emerge champion in the 4th World Cup Kabaddi in
Ludhiana on 15th December 2013.
Army’s Raj Chaudhary clinched
the women’s rifle prone gold with a total of 620.7 points in 57th
National Shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.
Sourabh Varma won
the men’s single title in the Tata Open India International challenge
badminton tourment at the CCI indoor courts, Mumbai.
16th December
Stage and Screen star Peter
O’Toole has died in a London Hospital. He was 81.
The rate of growth of wholesale prices inflation rose to
7.5% in November from 7% in October.
Anand Selvakesari has been appointed as the head of consumer
banking, ASEAN, with Immediate effect.
Bhubaneswar will host
the 35th edition of the Champions Trophy men’s Hockey tournament to
be held from December 13-21 next year.
17th December
M. Lakshmi Kantam, Director, Indian
institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has been conferred with Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Industrial
Research Award for Women for 2011.
Edward C. Forst is the new President and CEO of Global real estate
consultant Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
18th
December
The Historic Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill 2013 passed in Lok Sabha on 18th
December 2013. This Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill 2013 paves the way for
establishment of an ombudsman to fight corruption in public offices and ensure
accountability on the part of public officials, including PM but with some
safeguards.
The RBI kept the Indiacative policy
rates (Repo) and Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) unchanged. The repo rate is 7.75% and CRR is
4%.
Biotechnology major Biocon inked a pact with Quark Pharmaceuticals Inc to develop a
range of small interfering RNA based novel therapeutics.
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala took charge as the new chairman of National
Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). He succeeds Prakash
Bakshi.
Kothari Sugar’s and Chemicals Ltd
plant won the National Energy Coservation Award for 2013 from the Union Power
Ministry.
Graham Mackay, chairman of
SABMiller and one of the best known figures in the global beer industry, died
on 18th December 2013 from cancer. He was 64.
Former India captain Kapil Dev selected for the Col. C. K.
Nayudu Life Time Achievement Award for 2013, Sanjay Patel, secretary of BCCI
said in a press release on 18th December 2013.
19th
December
Former IAS Officer Sushma Singh took oath of office as the
chief Information Commissioner at the Rashtrapathi Bhawan on 19th
December 2013.
The Cabinet approved a Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) in trade and Services with the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN).
The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs approved Higher gas Price for Reliance
Industries Ltd from April.
SBI and HDFC Reduced the Home loan rates announced on 19th
December 2013. This will effect from 20th December 2013.
Mahesh Kodumudi president and Managing Director of Volkswagen India
Pvt. Ltd has taken over additional responsibility as a Head of Volkswagen Group
sales India Pvt. Ltd.
20th
December
Adil Zainulbhai appointed as an independent director on the board
of Reliance Industries Ltd on 20th December 2013. He is former chairman
of McKinsey India.
Naomi Ishii is the new Managing Director of Toyota Kirloskar Motor
(TKM). The formal appointment of the new managing Director will be made at the
meeting of the board of directors of TKM.
V. Balakrishnan, director of Infosys
quit from the company on 20th December 2013.
Tennis Champions Rafael Nadal and Sarena Williams have been named as Sportsman and Sportswoman of the
year by French sports daily L’Equipe.
Rakesh Manpat won the men’s
free rifle prone gold in the 57th National Shooting
Championship and defeated Joydeep Karmakar and Gagan Narang on 20th
December 2013 at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, new Delhi.
21st
December
Net direct tax Collections from
April to 20th December of this fiscal were up 13.7% at Rs. 4.13 lakh
crore, according to an official release.
Sidharth Birlan took charge as the President of FICCI succeeding HSBC India country
head Naina Lal Kidwai.
Samaresh Jung won the standard pistol gold ahead of defending
champion Mahavir Singh in the 57th National shooting championship at
the Dr. Karni singh Range, Tughlakabad on 21st December 2013.
22nd
December
Graeme Swann, Cricketer of England has announced his retirement
from international and first class cricket with immediate effect from 22nd
December 2013.
Veteran Journalist and the former
editor of The Statesman, Pran Chopra died
on 22nd December 2013. He was 92.
23rd
December
Ronjan Sodhi won gold in men’s
double trap in the 57th National Shooting Championship on 23rd
December 2013.
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the assault rifle that has
killed more people than any other fire-arm in the world died on 23rd
December 2013. He was 94.
G. S. Shivarudrappa, Kannada Poet, writer and researcher popularly
known as Prof. GSS passed away on 23rd December 2013. He was 87.
Vinod Kumar Duggal is the new governor of Manipur and succeeded Ashwani Kumar.
24th
December
The director general of Military
Operations (DGMO) of India and Pakistan reiterated the resolve and commitment
of both sides to continue efforts for ensuring ceasefire, peace and tranquility
on the Line of Control (LOC) on 24th December 2013.
25th
December
Jacques Kallis, cricketer of South Africa announced about his
retirement from test Cricket at the end of the test against India in current
year. But he is available for South African team in ODIs.
Deepika Kumari won her sixth straight individual women’s recurve
title in the 34th senior national archery championship at JRD Tata
sports comlex.
26th
December
The 6th edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFF)
inaugurated by actor Kamal Hassan on 26th December 2013.
Arun Tiwari is the new Chairman and Managing Director of Union
Bank of India.
27th
December
HCL Technologies has announced that
Vineet Nayar has stepped down from
the board of the software services firm. He has been a director of the company
since 2008.
Parikshit Somani and Sumit
Pal Singh of India won Asian Junior Under-14 Tennis Championship
over Hong Kong in Doha.
28th
December
Aam Admi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal took charge as the Chief
Minister (CM) of Delhi on 28th December 2013. Six Cabinet
Colleagues were also administered the Oath of Office by Governor of Delhi
Najeeb Jung at the historic Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.
C. K. Birla has decided to step down as the chairman of Hindustan
Motors and also relinquish his directorship.
Calicut University’s R. Anu won the women’s 200m gold in 74th
National Inter-University athletics Championship at the Punjabi University
in Patiala.
29th
December
Tamil Nadu won the men’s title in the 62nd National
Volleyball Championship and defeated Uttarakhand.
Railways Women won the Women’s title in the 62nd
National Volleyball Championship and defeated Kerala.
30th
December
Canara Bank hikes its base rate by 0.25% to 10.20% and prime
lending rate to 14.45% from 14.20%.
Army Chief General Bikram Singh took over as the chairman of Chief of Staff Committee (COSC)
on 30th December 2013.
31st
December
Arup Raha took charge as the chief of Indian Air Force (IAF) on 31st
December 2013.
T. C. Narendran, internationally known insect taxonomist and recipient
of the E. K. Janaki Ammal National Award of the ministry of Environment and
Forests, died on 31st December 2013. He was 69.
P. Madhusudan is the new chairman and Managing Director of Rastriya
Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). He was appointed on 31st December 2013.
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