Current Affairs 2013/ May current affairs 2013
Set 1:
Appointments
1) New President
of Bangladesh : Abdul Hamid
was sworn in as Bangladesh
President replaced Zillur Rahman.
2) New Prime
Minister of Malaysia
: Najib Razak .
3) New Chief
Minister of Karnataka : Y. Siddaramaiah .
4) New Governor
of Arunachal Pradesh : Nirbhay Sharma.
5) New
Comptroller & Auditor General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma
Appointed as the new CAG after replacing Vinod Rai.
6) New Chairman
of the Board of Governors of Medical Council of India : Dr R K Srivastava.
7) New Chairperson
of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Kushal Singh.
Awards:
1) Vyas Samman 2011
& 2012 : Ramdarash Mishra and Dr
Narendra Kohli were conferred with the Vyas Samman Award for the year 2011 and
2012 respectively.
2) ISRO Young
Scientists Award for 2013 : Jenita Mary Nongkynrih.
3) Dadasaheb
Phalke Award for Lifetime Achievement : Pran, the Veteran actor got DPA.
4) Asom Ratna
Award 2012 : Indira Goswami.
5) Man Booker
International Prize 2013 : Lydia
Davis.
6) Gershwin Prize
: Carole King Became the First Woman to Receive Gershwin Prize.
7) Jnanpith Award
2011 : Pratibha Ray Conferred With the 47th Jnanpith Award for the Year 2011.
8) NTR National
Literary Award : Manoj Das, the Noted Oriya writer was presented the NTR
National Literary Award.
Obituaries :
1) Rituparno
Ghosh, National Award Winning Filmmaker died at the age of 49.
Important Days:
May 1 Workers Day (International Labour
Day).
May 3 Press Freedom Day.
May 8 World Red Cross Day.
May 11 National Technology Day.
May 15 International Day of the Family.
May 17 World Telecommunication Day.
May 24 Commonwealth Day.
May 31 Anti-Tobacco Day.
