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April 2013

M.F. Farooqui took over as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications on April 1st. J&K Bank won the FE India’s Best Banks Award-2012-13 for its strong fundamentals and growth. April 2nd was declared World Autism Awareness Day by the United Nations. Chandresh Kumari Katoch inaugurated the Tagore Centre for Global Thought in London on April 2nd. Roger Ebert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, died on April 4th.

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April 2013

M.F. Farooqui took over as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications on April 1st. J&K Bank won the FE India’s Best Banks Award-2012-13 for its strong fundamentals and growth. April 2nd was declared World Autism Awareness Day by the United Nations. Chandresh Kumari Katoch inaugurated the Tagore Centre for Global Thought in London on April 2nd. Roger Ebert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, died on April 4th.

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APRIL 2013

The Person who on 1 April 2013 took over charge as the secretary of the
Department of Telecommunications (DoT)- M F Farooqui
The bank which had won the prestigious FE Indias Best Banks Award-2012-13 in
recognition of its strong fundamentals and dynamic growth model- J&K Bank
The Day declared by United Nations General Assembly as the World Autism
Awareness Day- 2 April
The Place where Olive Crown Awards 2013 took place on 1 April 2013-Mumbai
The Minister of Culture, who on 2 April 2013 inaugurated the Tagore Centre for
Global Thought at India Institute of Kings College, London-Chandresh Kumari
Katoch
Oscar Winning Screenplay Writer, who died in New York on 3 April 2013-Ruth
Prawer Jhabvala
The person who on 4 April 2013 was appointed as the new director of the state-
owned Oil and Natural Gas Corps (ONGC) Exploration- Narendra Kumar Verma
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic for Chicago Sun-Times who died at the age of
70 years on 4 April 2013 at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago-Roger Ebert
Padma Shree Awardee and a renowned epigraphist and numismatist who died
at his residence in Kolkata on 4 April 2013- Bratindra Nath Mukherjee
The co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys, who on 5 April 2013 was
elected as the President of the industry body (CII) for the year 2013-14- S
Gopalakrishnan
The Country where SAARC Ministerial Level Meet on Poverty concluded on 5
April 2013- Nepal
The city where 2 day International Workshop on Green National Accounting for
India Concluded on 6 April 2013- New Delhi
The Hospitality Group which was conferred with the National Award for
Excellence in Hospitality Education 2011-12 on 5 April 2013- Lalit Suri Hospitality
Group
The person who became the first Indian to Circumnavigate Globe Solo and Non-
Stop on a sail boat- Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy
The Former British Prime Minister and Iron Lady of Britain who died at the age
of 87 following a stroke on 8 April 2013- Margaret Thatcher
The Person who was appointed as the new chairman of the NASSCOM for its
the Executive Council for 2013-14- Krishnakumar Natarajan
The place where the 2013 Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) ceremony took
place on 6 April 2013- BC Place, Vancouver
The Person who was sworn-in as the Fourth President of Kenya on 9 April 2013-
Uhuru Kenyatta
The Electric utilities company which was conferred with the Business Leader in
the Power Sector at the NDTV Business Leadership Awards in New Delhi on
9 April 2013- NTPC Ltd
The nuclear-capable Missile which was successfully test-fired by Pakistan on 10
April 2013. - Hatf-IV ballistic missile
The day which was observed as National Safe Motherhood day across India -11
April 2013
The Person who was appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Forum of
Parliamentarians on population and Development on 11 April 2013 at Bangkok- PJ
Kurien
The Legendary Actor who was awarded with Bollywoods Highest Honour Dada
Saheb Phalke Award on 12 April 2013- Pran
The anti-British revolutionary, considered to be the last remaining link to sub-
continent decessive past died at Kolkata at the age of 104 years -Binod Bihari
Chowdhary
The Palestinian Prime Minister who resigned on 13 April 2013 after falling out
with president Mahmud Abbas- Salam Fayyad
The Indian Politician who was unanimously re-elected as the national President
of Janata Dal (United) for third time in a row, on 14 April 2013-Sharad Yadav
The Person who was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election on
14 April 2013- Nicolas Maduro
The Indian-Origin Economist who Won John Bates Clark Medal For 2013- Raj
Chetty
The Person who as per the 16th Annual Global CEO survey, was figured among
the top three most admired leaders of the world- Mahatma Gandhi
The International Newspaper which had won four Pulitzer Prizes on 15 April
2013, including the award for investigative reporting for stories- New York Times
The Person who took over as the Managing Director of Centre for Railway
Information Systems (CRIS) on 16 April 2013- Sunil Kumar

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