August 2013INDIA PROPOSED TO SET-UP Joint Border Working Group (JBWG) WITH MYANMAR

Nuclear Reactor of India’s indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, INS Arihant went successfully . Arihant means destroyer of enemies in Sanskrit .

GSAT–7, INDIA'S FIRST DEFENCE SATELLITE LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY

C-130J SUPER HERCULES PLANE LANDED IN DAULAT BEG OLDIE SECTOR

INDIA LAUNCHED AIRCRAFT CARRIER INS VIKRANT IN KOCHI

INDIA TEST-FIRED SURFACE-TO-SURFACE PRITHVI-II MISSILE

INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED PINAKA ROCKETS FROM CHANDIPUR

OPEC is a permanent intergovernmental organization of 12 oil-exporting developing nations that coordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its Member Countries. Located in Vienna.

Extradition is the official process whereby one country transfers a suspected or convicted criminal to another country. Between countries, extradition is normally regulated by treaties.

Phubbing: the act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention.

China and Pakistan to hold joint air exercise called Shaheen (Eagle)-2.

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MALALA WON 2013 INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE.

UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) Goodwill Ambassador, Amitabh BACHCHAN JOINED UN CAMPAIGN THE WORLD NEEDS MORE

HASSAN ROUHANI SWORN IN AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF IRAN

MUGABE (ZANU-PF PARTY) SWORN IN FOR 7th TERM AS PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE

RUSSIA GRANTED ASYLUM TO EDWARD J. SNOWDEN

DILIP TRIVEDI APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CRPF

RAGHURAM GOVIND RAJAN APPOINTED AS 23RD GOVERNOR OF RBI

ARUNDHATI BHATTACHARYA APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SBI

RAJEEV RISHI TOOK OVER AS THE CMD OF CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA

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RAKESH SETHI TOOK CHARGE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNION BANK

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The Supreme Court of India ruled that the right to receive pension cannot be taken away from a government employee pending departmental or criminal proceedings.

The new Bill seeks to decriminalise suicide, while at the same time, making affordable mental health care a right for everyone.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asked all the State Governments in India for establishing the fund as well as formulating the scheme for the purpose of providing compensation to the crime victims.

Under the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010, a provision has been made to restrict the grant of decree of divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage.

REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE (AMENDMENT & VALIDATION) BILL 2013 - The bill will turn over the order of Supreme Court to ban the people in custody or jail from contesting the elections. The amendment, after being approved by the Lok Sabha, will maintain rights of people in jail to contest polls.

RAPIST'S OFFER TO MARRY CAN'T SAVE HIM FROM PUNISHMENT

LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT BILL - The aim of the bill is providing fair compensation to people whose land has been taken away for setting up the buildings or factories.

The Rashtriya Uchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) proposed to put a ceiling of maximum number of colleges to be affiliated to any university at two hundred.

Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2012, under which marriages solemnized in India irrespective of the religion of the persons getting married will have to be compulsorily registered. The government does not favour compulsory registration in cases of live-in relations.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted the premature encashment of 8 percent savings (Taxable) Bonds for individual investors who are 60 years and above in age. The facility would be available after a minimum lock-in period of three years from the date of issue of the bond. In case of joint holders, any one of the holders should fulfill the conditions of eligibility.

IMPORT DUTY ON GOLD, SILVER & PLATINUM HIKED TO 10 PERCENT

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US have announced a rare discovery of a new species of mammal called the Olinguito

DOLPHINS HAVE THE LONGEST SOCIAL MEMORY

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PUERTO RICAN PARROT MADE A COMEBACK

NEW SUPER-HEAVY ELEMENT WITH ATOMIC NUMBER 115, will be referred as, Ununpentium.

NASA SPACECRAFT, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) TO BE REACTIVATED TO HUNT FOR ASTEROIDS.

NEW MALARIA VACCINE PFSPZ DEVELOPED

LOWEST-MASS EXOPLANET CALLED GJ 504B DISCOVERED

CURIOSITY ROVER CELEBRATED FIRST ANNIVERSARY ON PLANET MARS

ONE LAKH PEOPLE APPLIED TO GO TO MARS: MARS ONE PROJECT

WORLD'S FIRST TALKING ROBOT KIROBO SENT INTO SPACE

Technology used by the researchers to find that autism affected the brains of males and females in a different way: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

TYPHOON TRAMI AFFECTED 3.61 LAKH PEOPLE IN CHINA

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HLL BIOTECH SIGNED AGREEMENT WITH INST OF IMMUNOLOGY CROTIA

SNAPDEAL ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH HYPERCITY RETAIL

APOLLO HOSPITALS GROUP SIGNED MOU WITH ROCHESTER VARSITY US

APOLLO TYRES TIED UP WITH MANCHESTER UNITED

WELSPUN ENERGY LTD UNVEILED 55-MW SOLAR PLANT IN RAJASTHAN

TWO PROJECTS OF BHEL INAUGURATED IN TAMIL NADU

TATA STEEL WAS ADJUDGED THE BEST PERFORMING STEEL PLANT

Name of the largest blast furnace of India which was operationalised by SAIL - Durga

HANDWOVEN PASHMINA SHAWLS ACCREDITED WITH GI MARK

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BAYERN MUNICH WON SUPER CUP 2013 AFTER DEFEATING CHELSEA

BHUVANA KALVA WON ITF WOMEN’S TENNIS TOURNAMENT

ENGLAND WON ASHES 2013 TEST SERIES

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SANIA MIRZA - JIE ZHENG PAIR WON WTA NEW HAVEN OPEN TITLE of Tennis

RAFAEL NADAL of Spain defeated Canada's Milos Raonic and WON MEN’S SINGLES TITLE IN ROGERS CUP 2013. Serena Williams is Female tennis player to win The Rogers Cup 2013

MARIA SHARAPOVA TOPPED THE FORBES LIST OF of highest-paid female athletes

GRANDMASTER PARIMARJAN NEGI WON DENMARK'S POLITIKEN CUP

The International Olympic Committee sold the broadcasting rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics to STAR India.

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NELSON MANDELA BECAME FIRST RECIPIENT OF MAHATHIR AWARD for Global Peace

the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was given to Ronjon Sodhi for shooting.

Vijay Singh was named a recipient of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award by (ASCE-EWRI)

Professor of economics, conservationist and mountaineer Harshwanti Bisht to receive the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal. The award is presented for remarkable service in the conservation of culture and nature in mountainous regions.

PANDIT RAGHUNATH PANIGRAHI, THE INDIAN CLASSICAL SINGER DIED

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by Luis Fernandes - Dhyan Chand-The Wizard of Hockey

by Prakash Jha - Satyagraha: The Story Behind the Revolution

The Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru edited by historian Prof Madhavan Palat

My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions by former President of India, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

Gitanjali: Collection of poems (song offerings) by Rabindranath Tagore

The Moonballer: Nirupama Vaidyanathan

An Agenda for India’s Growth: Essays Essays in Honour of P. Chidambaram

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INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY- 12 AUGUST with theme Moving Development Forward.

1 to 7 August 2013: World Breastfeeding Week with theme Breastfeeding Support: Close to Mothers.