August 2013 Current Affairs: In this chapter, information has been given about the latest current affairs based on India and the world in the month of August 2013 from the point of view of upcoming competitive examinations. Here you can find various fields of India and the world like: Appointments, Resignations, Sports and Sportsmen, Politics, Awards and Honors, Important Days, Deaths, Reports, Business, Planning, Politics, Education, Books and Authors, Economy, Accidents, Science, Technology You can get general knowledge about important current affairs related to geography, records, settlement, convention and entertainment etc.

31 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
The 64th National Basketball Championship will take place at Cuttack from 1st to 8th September. It will take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium and the competition is between junior men and women. The tournament is organized by Basketball Federation of India (BFI) in alliance with Odisha Basketball Association (OBA).
30 August 2013 | person Current Affairs
National Investigation Agency (NIA) was given the custody of Yasin Bhatkal, the Indian Mujahideen co-founder who was nabbed at the India Nepal border, by a court for 12 days. I.S. Mehta the NIA special judge also sent Asadulla Akhtar aka Haddi who was arrested along with Bhatkal to a similar 12 days custody with NIA
29 August 2013 | person Current Affairs
Yasin Bhatkal, the co-founder of Indian Mujahideen (IM) who was in the wanted list for a series of bomb blasts in India was arrested at Indo-Nepal border in Bihar along with another suspected terrorist. This is the second breakthrough in arrests after that of Abdul Karim Tunda, the LeT operative. Incidentally, he was also arrested at the India-Nepal border on 16th August.
28 August 2013 | Technology Current Affairs
US-based web hosting services provider and domain name registrar GoDaddy.com said its customer base in India has increased 86 percent since launching operations in the country last year. 'GoDaddy selected India as a priority market last year and now we are using India as a blueprint for our expansion into other global markets,' GoDaddy International Senior Vice President James Carroll told reporters.
27 August 2013 | Social Current Affairs
Facebook has introduced shared albums wherein as many as 50 people can upload pictures and 10000 images can be uploaded. This does away the hassle of uploading pictures of the same event by different persons.
26 August 2013 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
A new vaccine for typhoid was launched by Bharat Biotech, which specializes in vaccines. This vaccine can be given to babies who are less than two years of age and even to adults. The vaccine Typbar-TCV is believed to be the first typhoid conjugate vaccine in the world which has been clinically proven.
25 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
Indian women's archery team grabbed a gold after defeating Koreans at the World Cup Archery held in Wroclaw?, Poland. This is the second win for the title in a row for Deepika Kumari, Rimil Buriuly and Laishram? Bombayla Devi when they defeated London Olympic gold winners 219-215. Last month the team had won against China in Medellin. 
24 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
Somdev Devvarman has fought his way into the US Open main draw when he defeated James Ward of UK in a closely fought three-set match at New York. Somdev who was sixth seeded won the match 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the third round qualifier, which went on for two hours and 15 minutes. Somdev will now meet Lukas Lacko of Slovakia who is at 85th position as his first round opponent.
23 August 2013 | Indian Current Affairs
India has grabbed the coveted position from Japan and is now the world's 3rd largest Internet population with 73.9 million users?, and has shown a 31% increase over previous year. India is now behind China leading with 348.2 million users, and the US with 191.4 million users, as specified by the ComScore study India Digital Future in Focus 2013. Brazil is only ahead of India in the Internet population growth rate with a 37% increase though it has 62.1 million internet users.
22 August 2013 | Technology Current Affairs
Google has unveiled the beta support for Hindi handwriting and aims to make Hindi internet simple to use. There will be the feature to shift to Hindi for Android. Herein, the users need to select the option Handwrite from the settings in the mobile browsers and then use finger or stylus to write in Hindi anywhere on the screen.
21 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
Virat Kohli is the top Indian batsman who has got sixth position in the ICC Twenty20 rankings. After him there is Suresh Raina at 8th position whereas, Yuvraj Singh is at 16th rank. The bowlers do not figure in the top 10 list and R Ashwin secures the highest rank among the Indian bowlers at 16th.
20 August 2013 | person Current Affairs
Saina remains the unabated player till now in the IBL and she continued her winning spree with a 17-21, 21-19, 11-6 win against Juliane Schenk, world's no. 3. Hyderabad Hotshots team overpowered Pune Pistons with 4-1.
19 August 2013 | ISRO Current Affairs
ISRO put off the launch of the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle as there was fuel leakage in the second-stage engine. The process of the rocket launch was going on smoothly and 2 hours prior to the launch the leak was observed. It was stated that there will be draining of the liquid fuel in the 2nd stage, the cryogenic engine and the 4 strap-on motors of the first stage.
18 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
Kush Kumar from India won against N.G. Eain Yow of Malaysia 11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 11-8 to get into the Men's singles squash final. This is a part of the second Asian Youth Games being held in Nanjing in China.
17 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek to reach the semis of the ATP Cincinnati Masters. The Indo French duo who was 8th seeded won over Indo-Czech team 6-3, 6-7(3), 10-8. This will be the second time Bopanna will be in the endeavor to reach Cincinnati final when he along with Roger-Vasselin meet Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez ,the duo from Spain who edged past Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the quarter final 6-4, 6-2.
16 August 2013 | Appointments Current Affairs
Pratik Panels Ltd has informed BSE that Mr. Giriraj Kumar Damani has joined as additional Director w.e.f. July 24, 2013.
15 August 2013 | Entertainment Current Affairs
English Vinglish, a film made by Gauri Shinde on language related problems is now supposed to be released in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan which are not territories where Hindi films are normally released. Shinde has likened this whole affair to a baby that has grown up and is now moving on its own.
14 August 2013 | Entertainment Current Affairs
The first glimpse of the much awaited movie Dhoom 3 is out. In the poster, Aamir Khan is shirtless wearing a hat is looking out of the window with choppers hovering over the backdrop. The movie is slated for release on Christmas and so the poster states the year will finish off with a Dhoom
13 August 2013 | World Current Affairs
Pakistan has violated the ceasefire agreement again and they started firing in Mendhar sector at the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. It all began at around 1:50 am and Indian troops retaliated thereafter. No case of killing or injury has been recorded for this ceasefire.
12 August 2013 | Politics Current Affairs
A bill to amend the Right to Information ?(RTI) Act was introduced in the Lok Sabha with a purpose to keep political parties out of the purview of the RTI Act. V Narayanasamy, the Minister of State for Personnel and Training introduced the bill. On 3rd June, the Central Information Commission (CIC) had specified that six national political parties to be brought under the RTI Act considering the fact that these parties were public authorities, and received substantial funds from the government.
11 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
PV Sindhu wants to be the number one and she is gradually cruising to her goal. She may have lost in the semifinals in straight games of the Badminton World Federation Championships but still has managed to win a bronze in the singles after Prakash Padukone got one in the men's singles in the year 1983.
10 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
PV Sindhu has written her name in the history books when she became the first Indian woman singles player who will get a medal at the World Badminton Championships. Sindhu has reached the semis of Badminton World Federation Championship even though Saina Nehwal has left in the quarterfinal stage.
9 August 2013 | Business Current Affairs
Kenneth Andrade, Head Investment at, IDFC Mutual Fund told CNBC-TV18, 'There is a very large opportunity which is there in pharmaceuticals and most companies are present in that opportunity. While currency is in favour it is not the only USP that these companies have. They have built their presence in the environment outside.'
8 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
Three players from India reached the third round of the Badminton World Championships in Guangzhou. Saina Nehwal gave away only 9 points while it was a tough match for PV Sindhu who is 10th seeded. On the other hand, P. Kashyap was comfortably in as Petr Koukal of Czech Republic left the game due to knee injury and 13th seed Kashyap had an edge with 14-5 in the first game.
7 August 2013 | Business Current Affairs
The RBI has imposed a fine of Rs 5.6 lakh on State Bank of India as it violated the agreement pertaining to the operation and maintenance of currency chests at the Secunderabad branch of SBI. The RBI had earlier imposed a fine of Rs 3 crore on SBI last month for the violation of the KYC norms.
6 August 2013 | Appointments Current Affairs
Raghuram Rajan who is the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry is going to be the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will be replacing D Subbarao, as announced by the government on Tuesday. The appointment is said to have got the approval of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
5 August 2013 | Technology Current Affairs
Bharti Airtel is all geared up to offer 4G services in Delhi after providing the same facility in Kolkata, Pune, Bangalore and Chandigarh. For this Huawei will help the operator to build the 4G network in Delhi. 4G services will be launched in Delhi by September. Airtel recently announced 31% slash on 4G data tariffs to increase data usage and attract users to opt for its 4G service.
4 August 2013 | Sports Current Affairs
Indian hockey is now in news and this time it is because of the girls who have made the country proud by winning first ever bronze medal for the country in the Junior Women Hockey World Cup. India defeated England 3-2 with penalties in Germany.
3 August 2013 | Appointments Current Affairs
Infosys shareholders approved the appointment Narayana Murthy as executive chairman and whole-time director of the company, two months after it recalled the founder to arrest falling growth.
2 August 2013 | Business Current Affairs
Google and Motorola have come up with Moto X a smartphone which stresses more nonuser experience rather than technical specifications. The phone has gesture controlled camera and is said to be designed on the model of an iPhone with simplicity being the main feature of the device.
1 August 2013 | Entertainment Current Affairs
Shah Rukh Khan will be giving tribute to the veteran actor and south Indian superstar Rajnikanth in the movie “Chennai Express” with the song 'Thalaivar Tribute' or 'lungi dance'. As per the sources Rajnikanth has given his approval for the song

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