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2013 JULY - PERSONS IN NEWS

JULY - 04

 Chris Martin, the fast bowler of New Zealand has announced his retirement on 3rd July 2013 from all forms of Cricket.

JULY - 10

 Srilankan umpires Sagara Gallage and Maurice de la Zilwa, who were caught in a TV string operation willing to fix cricket matches for money, have been suspended for 10 and 3 years respectively.

JULY - 11

Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean - Claude Junker, Europe's longest - serving leader steps down over a scandal involving the secret services.

JULY - 13

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren sworn-in as ninth Chief Minis­ter of Jharkhand in the premises of the Rajbavan.

2013 JUNE - PLACES IN NEWS

JULY - 21

The city of Incheon in South Korea has been named World Book Capital for the year 2015 by an International Committee of Exports representing the book industry and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). → 2013 - Bangkok. → 2014 - Port Harcourt.

2013 JULY - AWARDS CURRENT AFFAIRS

JULY - 04

Vandana Gandhi became the first ever Indian Woman to receive Dubai Government’s coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellence in June 2013.

JULY - 07

14th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) award 2013 held in Macau. → Best Actress: Vidya Balan (Kahani) → Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor (Barfi) → Best debut actors: Yami Gautam, Ayushmann Khurrana → Best debut director: Gourishinde (English vinglish) → Best Jodi award: Ranbir and Deepika Padukone → Best Editing: Namratha Rao, (Kahani) → Best Special Effects: Ek Tha tiger (Pankaj Khandpur) → Best Choreography: Ganesh Acharya (Agneepath) → Best film: “Barfi”

2013 JULY - SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS

JULY - 03

 20th Asian Athletics Championship begins in Pune on 3rd July.
→ 577 athletics from 43 countries out of 45 members in Asian Athletics Association to participate.

 Top seeded Indian Grand Master Parimarjan Negi won the Continental Chess Association open title, his third of the season after pipping his nearest rival Bindi Cheng (Canada) by 1.5 points in Washington.

JULY - 04

 As a host, Brazil convincingly defeated world champion Spain 3 - 0 to win the Confederations Cup.
→ Golden boot: Fernando Torres (Spain)
→ Silver boot: Fred (Brazil)
→ Bronze boot: Neymar

 Kabaddi team of India won gold medal in 4th Asian Indore games at Incheon in South Korea.

JULY - 05

 World Soccer body FIFA on 3rd July 2013 again banned Iraq from holding any friendly football matches due to soaring violence.

JULY - 06

 Parvez Rasool the first from Jammu & Kashmir team in India Cricket Squad.

JULY - 07

 On July India clinched a gold medal in women’s 400 m relay in a sensational race.
→ India ended the championship with two golds, five silver and 10 bronze (2 + 5 + 10 = 17).
→ China finished at the top spot with 16 golds, 6 silvers and 5 bronze (16 + 6 + 5 = 27).

 On 7th July Red Bull’s Sebestian Vettel won the German Grand Prix title. 
→ 2nd – Rikkonen
→ 3rd – Grosjean

 Marion Bartoli of France on 6th July 2013 won her maiden Grand slam title by defeating Sabine Lisicki of Germany.

Science & Technology - 2013 JULY

JULY - 01

 03b Networks, whose name represents the other 3 billion in month of June 2013, launched a series of Satellite which is supposed to provide fast, cheap internet and phone service to remote areas in 180 countries.

JULY - 02

 India successfully launched its first dedicated navigation satellite using the PSLV from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

→ IRNSS - 1A, first of the seven satellites, constituting the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).

JULY - 10

 On 10th July Ecuador starts new aviation radar system. Ecuadorian Vice-President Jorge announced the Ecuadorian Air Space will be covered in 95% by eight radars that will be located nation wide.

2013 JULY - INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

JULY - 01

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Anti - gay measures into Law.

 Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union on 1st July.
→ EU Commission President - Jose Manuel Barroso.
→ Croatia is the first country to join the EU since 2007.

JULY - 03

 Ministry of Tourism of India on 2nd July 2013 agreed to a proposal from the visiting tourism and travel delegation from Nepal for joint publicity of India and Nepal as tourist destinations in other countries.

JULY - 04

 Egyptian Chief Justice Adil Mansour was sworn in Thursday the country’s interim President, hours after the Army ousted incumbent Mohammed Morsi and put him under house arrest.

JULY - 05

 London will host the 9th World Islamic Economic Forum in October.
→ The first time that the event will be held outside a Muslim country as the British capital looks to become a global hub for Sharia finance.
→ The ninth edition will be held at London Excel Centre between 29th and 31st October.
→ Organized by the Kualalampur based WIEF foundation a non - profit organization.