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Sports:
1) Asia Cup 2013
: South Korea Defeated India to Win the Asia Cup Hockey Final in Malaysia.
2) India Defeated Malaysia to Lift U-21 Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey Tournament 2013.
3) Chinese
paddler Liu Shiwen on won women’s table
tennis World Cup after defeating teammate Wu Yang.
4) Deepika Kumari
won Silver Medal at the Paris
Archery World Cup.
5) The Indian
wrestler Amit Kumar bagged Silver Medal in 55 Kg Free Style category in the
2013 Senior World Wrestling Championship
being held at Budapest, Hungary.
6) SAFF Cup 2013 :
Afghanistan won the South
Asian Football Federations (SAFF) Championship 2013 by defeating India, the defending champions at Dashrath
Rangashala stadium in Kathmandu,
Nepal.
7) US Open 2013 :
a) Women’s Single :
Serena Williams won the Women’s Single Title against Victoria Azarenka at US
Open 2013.
b) Men’s single :
Rafael Nadal Wins U.S. Open Final after Defeating Novak Djokovic.
c) Men’s Double: Leander
Paes and Radek Stepanek secured the Men’s Doubles Title 2013.
8) Tokyo
won the Right to Host the 2020 Summer
Olympic Games.
9) India's
Bhuvana Kalva won her maiden ITF women
singles title after she registered an impressive victory over sixth-seeded
Akari Inoue of Japan
at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association complex.
Miscellaneous:
1) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the repo rate
or the short term lending rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 percent from 7.25 per
cent with immediate effect.
2) The Governor of RBI, Raghuram Rajan brought down the
marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by 0.75 per cent to 9.5 per cent.
3) The G20 Leaders' Summit took place in St.Petersburg presided by Russia.
The G20 nations discussed ways to ensure economic growth and financial
stability, create jobs and combat unemployment, stimulate investment and
promote multilateral trade, international development and anti-corruption.
The members of the Group of Twenty (G-20) are: Australia,
Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, Germany, European Union, India, Indonesia,
Italy, Canada, China, Mexico, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, USA, Turkey,
France, South Africa, Republic of Korea, and Japan.
4) TCS to Launch First All Women BPO Centre in Saudi Arabia.
5) Seekho Aur Kamao
(Learn and Earn) Progrmme Launched by Union Government of India.
6) The President
of the Republic of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf paid an official visit
to India
at the invitation of the President of India.
7) Agni-5
Successfully Test Fired from Chandipur
Test Range.
8) GSAT–7, India's
First Defence Satellite, Successfully Placed in the Geosynchronous Orbit.
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