2013 Current Affairs

1. NASA launched a New Communication Satellite called TDRS: NASA on 31 January 2013 launched a new communication satellite TDRS to stay in touch with its space station astronauts.
    
2. Oldest Fossil of the Earth from 3.5 Billion Years Ago Discovered in Australia: Australian scientists claimed that they discovered certain traces of bacteria in Western Australia, which lived a record-breaking 3.49 billion years ago.
3. Delhi Transport Corporation won the Lowest Accident Rate Award for 2012: Delhi Transport Corporation bagged Lowest Accident Rate Award for 2012. The award is given by the Association of State Road Transport Undertakings
4. India’s First Successful Intestinal Transplant Performed on a Software Engineer: The first successful and healthy intestinal transplant surgery in India was given to a software engineer on 24 November 2012 at Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon.
5. Rajasthan HC stayed State’s Decision for Giving 4% Additional Reservation to Gurjar: The Rajasthan High Court on 29 January 2013 stayed the state government's decision for giving 4 per cent additional reservation to Gurjar
6. SpiceJet to Launch Flights to Guangzhou in South China: SpiceJet decided to launch its flights to Guangzhou in the first week of February 2013. SpiceJet became the only Indian private airline to fly China.
7. Madras High Court Upheld Ban on Vishwaroopam in Tamil Nadu: Madras High Court on 30 January 2013, in the evening upheld the ban on Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam in Tamil Nadu till 6 February 2013.
8. Controversy over Kamal Haasan’s Tamil film Vishwaroopam: Vishwaroopam which was originally slated to be released on 25 January 2013 was once again banned by the Madras High Court on 30 January 2013.
9. Milos Zeman became Czech Republic’s First Directly Elected President: Milos Zeman became Czech Republic’s first directly elected President as per the Czech Republic Presidential election results declared on 25 January 2013.
10. RIM Changed to Blackberry; Launched New Blackberry 10 Operating System: Research In Motion on 30 January 2013 announced that it will formally be called Blackberry now. It launched its own new operating system called Blackberry 10.
11. India Pledged Humanitarian Assistance of 2.5 Million US Dollars to Syria: India announced an assistance of 2.5 million US dollars to Syria on 30 January 2013 at the High-level International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria
12. World Anti-Leprosy Day Observed to focus Attention on Disease: World anti Leprosy Day was observed on 30 January 2013 to focus attention and create awareness about the air-borne disease.

     
13. India and USA inaugurated the First Triangular India-US-Africa Partnership at Hyderabad: India and the United States inaugurated the first triangular India-US-Africa partnership in agricultural training at Hyderabad.