For Current Affairs July 2013 Set 1 (Appointments, Awards,
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Sports:
1) Wimbledon 2013 Men’s Title: Andy Murray defeated
Novak Djokovic at Center Court of London to become the first Briton in 77 years
to win the Men’s Singles Title at Wimbledon 2013.
2) Wimbledon 2013 Women’s Title : In the
Women's Singles category of Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli of France won her maiden Grand Slam
title.
3) FIFA CUP 2013 (Football) : Brazil won the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil
2013 against Spain
in the final match.
4) SAFF Football Title 2013: India defeated
Nepal to lift Under-16 SAFF
Football Title 2013.
5) Tour de France 2013( Bicycle Race):
Chris Froome won 100th Edition of the Race.
6) IPCA ( Interntional Physically Disabled
Chess Association )World Women's Individual Chess Championship : India's
K Jennitha Anto won the 13th IPCA World Women's Individual Chess Championship
title.
7) Serena
Williams won Swedish Open title by defeating Johanna Larsson in the final of
the Swedish Open.
8) Australian
legend bowler Shane Warne joined the
list of cricket legends to be inducted into the International Cricket Council's
(ICC) Hall of Fame at Lord's.
9) India bagged a Gold medal in the Women's Recurve
Team event at the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Medellin, Colombia.
The Indian trio of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Biruly
defeated the top seeded Chinese team of Cheng Ming, Xu Jing and Cui Yuanyuan, to
reclaim the Women's Recurve Team Gold.
10) Commonwealth Chess Championship : Former
world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship.
Miscellaneous:
1) New Member of
European Union Elected : Croatia
became the 28th Member of the European Union.
2) Nelson Mandela
International Day observed on 18 July.
3) India
signed agreement with Asian Development
Bank for 60 million Dollars loan for NKUSIP North Karnataka Urban Sector
Investment Program (NKUSIP).
4) India’s Weather Satellite INSAT-3D, carrying advanced weather monitoring payloads, was
launched successfully by Ariane-5 (VA214) launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana.
5) Himachal Pradesh state government
launched video chat facility in all six prisons of the state.
6) Incheon named as the World Book Capital
for the year 2015. Incheon is in South Korea.
7) Bengaluru International
Airport Renamed as Kempegowda International
Airport.
8) The Union
Government of India raised the FDI limit in Telecom Sector from 74 percent to
100 percent.
9) President
Pranab Mukherjee launched Kisaan Portal for Sending SMS to Farmers.
10) RBI fined 22
banks for violating KYC and Anti-Money Laundering Norms.
11) Himachal
Pradesh was declared as the first Smoke-free state of the country. The
declaration was made in compliance to the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products
Act (COTPA) 2003.
12) India launched
its first dedicated navigation satellite, IRNSS-1A
using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C22.
