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New CMs & States State Nagaland Meghalaya Tripura Himachal Pradesh Gujarat Punjab UP Goa CM Neiphiu Rio Mukul Sangma Manik Sarkar Virbhadra Singh Narendra Modi Parkash Singh Badal Akhilesh Yadav Manohar Parrikar Party Naga Peoples Front Congress CPI-M Congress BJP Shiromani Akali Dal Samajwadi Party BJP Note Mother Teresa Millennium Award-2007 Ampatigiri Dhanpur Shimla Rural 4th Term Maninagar 5th Term Lambi Youngest CM of UP 1st IITian to be CM- Panaji

People/Events in News in India 1. New High courts in Tripura(CJ - Deepak Gupta), Meghalaya(CJ - T. Meenakumari), Manipur (CJ - Abhay Manohar Sapre from Chhattisgarh High court) increasing the total number of high courts to 24. 2. Afzal Guru, main accused in 2001 Parliament attack case hanged to death in Tihar Jail, Delhi in 2013. Hanging codenamed operation Three Star. Ajmal Kasab, main accused in 26/11 Mumbai attacks hanged to death in Yerwada Jail in Pune in 2012. Hanging codenamed Operation X. 3. P. Chidambaram presents union budget in 2013 and his eighth. Morarji Desai presented the highest number of budgets(10) 4. Daniele Mancini, Italian Ambassador to Italy restrained from leaving India after Italian marines refuse to come back to India. They had shot two fishermen in February 2012 while aboard the ship Enrica Lexie. 5. Mohan Parasaran appointed new Solicitor-General in 2013 after Rohinton Nariman resigns. G. Vahanvati re-elected as Attorney General. 6. Y. V Reddy to head 14th Finance Commission of India. 7. D. K Jain to head the 20th Law Commission of India. 8. J. S Verma Committee set up for looking into safety of women after Delhi gang-rape case; Usha Mehra Committee set up to suggest measures to make Delhi safer. 9. Altamas Kabir takes over from S. H Kapadia as 39th Chief Justice of India. 10. D. K Joshi takes over from Nirmal Verma as Navy Chief; Bikram Singh takes over from V. K Singh as Army Chief. 11. V. S Sampath takes over from S. Y Quraishi as Chief Election Commissioner. 12. Cyrus Mistry takes over as Chairman of Tata Sons from Ratan Tata.

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13. Dalveer Bhandari takes over as the judge of International Court of Justice in 2012. 14. Agni V missile with a range of 5,000 km launched. Tessy Thomas becomes the first woman missile-project head. 15. Nancy Powell made US ambassador to India, first woman to hold the post. Deaths of important figures 1. Ranganath Misra , the 21st Chief Justice of India passes away in 2012. He was also the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India . 2. Madanjeet Singh, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and founder of South Asian Foundation passes away. 3. 12th Prime Minister I. K Gujral passes away. Had also served as Ambassador to Soviet Union, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in Indira Gandhi cabinet, Minister of External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs. 4. Brajesh Mishra, Indias first National Security Advisor passes away. 5. P. J Kurein, also called Milk Man of India and associated with Operation Flood to make India self sufficient in milk passes away. 6. Sitar exponent Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away. Awarded a posthumous Grammy for the best world music album trophy for The Living Room Sessions Part 1. 7. Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra passes away. 8. Satirist Jaspal Bhatti passes away; awarded posthumous Padma Bhushan. 9. Superstar Rajesh Khanna passes away; awarded posthumous Padma Bhushan. 10. Vilasrao Deshmukh, incumbent minister of Science and Technology passes away in 2012. 11. Wrestler Dara Singh, born Deedar Singh Randhawa passes away. 12. Lakshmi Sehgal, commander of the Rani of Jhansi regiment passes away in 2012. 13. R. H Patil, founder of National Stock Exchange passes away in 2012. 14. K. Anji Reddy, founder of Dr. Reddys Laboratories passes away in 2013. International News 1. Park Geun-hye appointed first female President of South Korea in 2013. 2. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is first woman to chair the African Union Commission. 3. Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela from 1999 dies of cancer in March 2013. VicePresident Nicholas Maduro sworn in as interim President. 4. Li Keqiang takes over as the Premier of China in March 2013, Xi Jinping elected President. 5. Mir Hazar Khan Khoso elected Prime Minster of Pakistan by the Election Commission in 2013. 6. Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope in March 2013, chooses the papal name Francis, and becomes the first pontiff from the Americas.

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7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Uhuru Kenyatta wins the Kenyan Presidential elections in March 2013. Rafael Correa elected for a third term as President of Ecuador. John Kerry replaces Hillary Clinton as US Secretary of State. Enrique Pena Nieto sworn in as President of Mexico in 2012. Shinzo Abe elected Prime Minister of Japan in 2012. Barack Obama elected President of the US for second term in 2012, Joe Biden elected VicePresident. Palestine become a non-member observer state in the United Nations. Russia joins the World Trade Organization in 2012 after 18 years of negotiation. Neil Armstrong, first man on moon dies in 2012. Antonis Samaras sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece in 2012. Mohammed Morsy is first elected President of Egypt. Francois Hollande elected President of France in 2012 succeeding Nicholas Sarkozy. Vladimir Putin elected President of Russia in 2012 replacing Dmitry Medvedev. Jim Yong Kim replaces Robert Zoellick as President of World Bank.

Important Summits 1. 2013 BRICS Summit held in South Africa(Durban) with theme BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation. 2. 2013 Arab League Summit held in Qatar. 3. World Economic Forum 2013 held in Davos, Switzerland. 4. 2012 ASEAN Summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with theme One Community, One Destiny. 5. 2012 D-8 Summit for developing countries held in Pakistan. 6. 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Qatar. 7. Non Aligned Movement of 2012 held in Iran. 8. Shanghai Cooperation Summit of 2012 held in Beijing, China. 9. 2012 G-20 Summit of heads of state held in Mexico. 10. 2012 NATO Summit held in Chicago. 11. 2012 Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul. 12. 38th G8 Summit of heads of state held in United States. Sports 1. Indian Winners at London Olympics silver medals by Vijay Kumar and Sushil Kumar; bronze medals by Yogeshwar Dutt, Saina Nehwal, Gagan Narang and Mary Kom. 2. Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2012. 3. Oscar Pistorius became the first amputee to compete in the Olympics.

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4. 5. Usain Bolt became the first man ever to win gold medals in both, the 100m and 200m race in back-to-back Olympic Games. Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time when he won 6 medals at London to finish with a total haul of 22 medals. Also awarded the Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award in 2013. India won the under-19 cricket 2012 World Cup, with Unmukt Chand as the captain. Spain won the Euro 2012 Football Cup, held in Ukraine and Poland. Fernando Torres won the Golden Boot at the Euro 2012. Lionel Messi was awarded the Golden Boot for scoring the most goals in Europe's domestic leagues. 2012 Wimbledon winners: Roger Federer / Serena Williams 2012 French Open winners: Rafael Nadal / Maria Sharapova 2012 U. S Open: Andy Murray / Serena Williams 2013 Australian Open winners: Novak Djokovic / Victoria Azarenka

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Awards and Honours 1. Shabana Azmi received the Proclamation by the City of New York 2012, making her the first Indian to receive the honour. 2. Sachin Tendulkar conferred with Order of Australia Award in 2012. 3. Nobel Prize Winners 2012 - John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka (medicine); Mo Yan (literature); Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka (chemistry); Serge Haroche and David Wineland (physics); European Union (peace). 4. The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize -Pentecostal Church, ADEPR (Rwanda) National Adult Literacy Programme & Directorate of Community Education Development , Ministry of Education (Indonesia) 5. The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy - Transformemos Foundation for Social Development (Colombia) & Department of Adult and Higher Education, Ministry of Education (Bhutan)

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