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.

2013 JULY - NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

JULY - 02

 In a major push to e-governance at grass root level for transparency, government has decided to cover 339 of around 620 districts by next year March by a system under which government services can be accessed through instruments like mobile phones.

 With aim to protect information and build capabilities to prevent attacks, the government released the National Cyber Security Policy 2013 to safeguard both physical and business assets of the country.

JULY - 03

 Inter - Ministerial body Telecom commission on 2nd July gave to nod for raising for­eign direct investment limit in the sector from 74 percent to 100 percent subject to cabinet approval.

JULY - 04

MGPSY: Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana a pension scheme for blue - collar Indian workers, would be launched in the Gulf next month.

 The 3rd edition of India International Leather Fair began on July 4th in New Delhi.
→ India Trade Promotion Organization Chairman Ritamenon and charge d’affaires of Italian embassy Giantuluca Grandi Jointly inaugurated the three day event.

ICCSR launches course for generating CSR personnel

The Indian Centre for CSR (ICCSR) has collaborated with the University of Applied Sciences, Vienna, Austria, to offer India's first Master of Science program in CSR & ethical management. The program will bridge the gap that exists in the country for trained CSR Managers in the corporate world. The new Companies Act makes it mandatory for Indian companies to spend 2 per cent of their profits on CSR related activities, which is likely to create need for trained managers in CSR and sustainability. The Centre is currently accepting applications for its first batch scheduled to start on 30 September 2013.(Source: The Times of India)

JEE-Advanced may become a computer-based exam next year

Next year, the JEE-Advanced may change from being a paper-pencil entrance exam to a computer-based one. The decision on the switch will be taken when the Joint Admission Board meets in early September.On 25th August, members of the board, the highest body that takes decisions on admissions to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), said the JEE-Advanced in 2014 could be offered as a computer-based exam since "it is the way forward".
"We discussed a proposal to offer the test on computer or, at least, to keep it as an option in the first year," said IIT-Bombay director Devang Khakhar. He said the rollout looked possible since candidate numbers had dropped to 1.5 lakh. Some logistical deviations will have to be considered. "We'll have to run the computer-based tests and the paper-pen tests at the same time at all the centres across India," he said. "We'll have to be extremely cautious." (Source: The Times of India)

India beats Japan to become the world's third largest internet user

A recent report reveals that India has surpassed Japan to become the third largest internet user in the world, leading the charts is China followed by the United States.

Most of the Indian internet users are significantly younger than those of other emerging economies. The report by comScore suggests that Indian has beaten Japan to be the world number 3 in terms of largest internet users in a country.

NEET - 2013 Question Paper with Key Held on 5-5-2013

NEET - 2013 Question Paper with Key Held on 5-5-2013

iOS7 is the world's most advanced mobile OS

With an all-new design and all-new features, iOS7 is the world's most advanced mobile OS. In its most advanced form.

When somthing is designed to work beatifully, it tends to look that way too.

Nothing we’ve ever created has been designed just to look beautiful. That’s approaching the opportunity from the wrong end. Instead, as we reconsidered iOS, our purpose was to create an experience that was simpler, more useful and more enjoyable — while building on the things people love about iOS. Ultimately, redesigning the way it works led us to redesign the way it looks. Because good design is design that’s in service of the experience.


Simplicity is often equated with minimalism. Yet true simplicity is so much more than just the absence of clutter or the removal of decoration. It’s about offering up the right things, in the right place, right when you need them. It’s about bringing order to complexity. And it’s about making something that always seems to “just work”. When you pick something up for the first time and already know how to do the things you want to do, that’s simplicity.

History of the World

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August 19, 2013 GK & Current Affairs

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GK & Current Affairs: August 19, 2013

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1. Who among the followings has been selected for Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal 2013?

[A]Harshwanti Bisht [B]Rekha Sharma

[C]Chandra Prabha Aitwal [D]Sumana Nagarkar

2. “Biotic Index” gives us an idea about pollution of ?

[A]Water [B]Air [C]Soil [D]All the above

3. Recently (August, 2013), which of the following states has got approval from the

RBI to launch Islamic Banking?

[A]Karnataka [B]Assam [C]Kerala [D]Goa

4. For the first time in India, Election Commission has planned to use Voter “Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT)”, system in the election of which state?    

[A]Goa [B]Nagaland [C]Assam [D]Tripura

5. Recently (August, 2013), which of the following telecom companies has launched one of its kinds “One Rupee Entertainment Store”?

[A]Airtel [B]Reliance [C]Idea [D]Vodafone

6. In which of the following nations, Polio is considered to be endemic?

1.Pakistan 2.Nigeria

3.India 4.Afghanistan,

Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:

[A]Only 1 & 2 [B]Only 2 & 3

[C]Only 3 & 4 [D]Only 1, 2 & 4

7. The Rashtriya Uchattar Shiksha Abhiyan has proposed to put ceiling of how many maximum number of colleges to be affiliated to any university?

[A]150 [B]200 [C]250 [D]300

8. What is the name of newest mammal and the first carnivore discovered in the America recently?

[A]Olinguito [B]Loxodonta [C]Ursus americanus [D]Mustelid

9. Who among the followings has been appointed next ambassador and permanent representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament?

[A]Vinay Prasad [B]Krishna Soodh

[C]Bala Venkatesh Verma [D]Ramachandra Iyer

10. “Desh Prem Azad”, who passed away, recently was the coach of which of the following cricket legends?

[A]Sachin Tendulkar [B]Saurav Ganguly

[C]Kapil Dev [D]Rahul Dravid

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Specialise in social media

There are several courses on social and digital media. Here’s how to choose the right one.

With social media bringing a breath of fresh air to the fields of marketing, customer service, recruiting, market research and so on, it has become imperative for businesses to take note of it.

And this focus on social media by businesses has resulted in educational institutions including it in their curriculum.

There are several colleges and institutes that have exclusive courses on social and digital media. But are they really the type of courses you want to undertake? Will they really add to your skill-set?

There are different factors one must evaluate before selecting the course and the institute. This will give you a fair idea on how you should go about selecting a social media education course that is most apt for you.

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There are various facets to social media where one can build his/her career, copywriting, strategy, analytics, designing, client servicing, and so on. Educational institutions have courses that cover all these aspects or at least try to.

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The Society for Rural Development Services, O/o CRD, Hyderabad seeks online applications from young, dynamic and pro-poor candidates for recruitment on contract basis to work as Watershed Computer Operators/Additional District Resource Persons/ Project Officers/ Technical Officers (I&CB)/ Technical Officers under ITDA projects in Adilabad, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, East Godavari, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam,Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and Warangal Districts under IWMP Scheme in Rural Development Department candidates of all districts of Andhra and Telangana of Multizones I and III of AP State are eligible to apply online.

Applications are invited from candidates to work as Computer Operators,Additional DRP,Project Officers,Technical Officers (I&CB),Technical Officers.

Applications are invited from candidates to work as Computer Operators,Additional DRP,Project Officers,Technical Officers (I&CB),Technical Officers.

The Society for Rural Development Services, O/o CRD, Hyderabad seeks online applications from young, dynamic and pro-poor candidates for recruitment on contract basis to work as Watershed Computer Operators/Additional District Resource Persons/ Project Officers/ Technical Officers (I&CB)/ Technical Officers under ITDA projects in Adilabad, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, East Godavari, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam,Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and Warangal Districts under IWMP Scheme in Rural Development Department candidates of all districts of Andhra and Telangana of Multizones I and III of AP State are eligible to apply online.

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How do you like the idea of learning fundamentals of computer science from an MIT professor and studying basics of philosophy from a Harvard professor? That too at free of cost. Out of the world experience, it should be. 
Advent of e-learning technologies and passion of educationists and premier institutions gave birth to a new age revolution called – open courseware movement, where the courses of the best professors from best of the global educational institutions are being offered online for free of cost and they are open for students from any part of the globe.

Khan Academy, an online teaching project mooted by Salman Kahn, a US-based investment banker turned educationist, created sensation with the kind of response garnered from the schoolchildren across the world. Similarly, edX, a joint open courseware project between Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has shown the world how massive the benefits could be if the information and communication technologies are rightly utilized for improvement of quality of education.