1. Mohan
Parasaran
Additional
Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran was appointed as the country's new Solicitor
General following the resignation of senior advocate Rohinton Nariman from the post.
2. Hamadi
Jebali
Tunisian
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resign from his post after failing to form a new
government aimed at ending a political crisis.
3. Boiko
Borisov:
Bukgaria Prime Minister Boiko Borisov announced his resignation on 20 feb 2013 due to several weeks of protests in the country against high
electricity prices. He said “I don’t want to see blood in the streets,“
4. Rafael Correa
i. Ecuador's
President Rafael Correa was re-elected for a third term .
ii. Correa is a socialist leader who was first
elected in 2007. He is credited with bringing political stability to a nation
that experienced several protests and coups.
5.
Justice Y Bhaskar Rao
i.Justice Yarabati Bhaskar Rao was sworn in as
the new Lokayukta of Karnataka.
ii. The post of Lokayuktha was
lying vacant since September 2011, after Justice
Shivaraj Patil, resigned following allegations of false declaration while
obtaining a housing site.
6. Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan
Anand, won the Grenke Chess
Classic trophy of 2013 after
defeating Arkadij
Naiditsch from Germany on 17 February 2013.
7.
Rafael
Nadal
Rafael Nadal Win Brazil Open 2013 by
defeating Argentinean David Nalbandian in straight sets by 6-2, 6-3 in Sao
Paolo.
8.
Mithali Raj
Indian
women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj hold number one spot in the latest ICC rankings
9. Ela
Bhatt
i. Noted
social worker Ela Ramesh Bhatt was conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize
for Peace, Disarmament and Development by President Pranab Mukherjee.
ii.Bhatt,
the founder of Self-Employed Women's Association,was conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for 2011
10. Victoria
Azarenka
Victoria
Azarenka defeats Serena Williams in the final at the 2013 Qatar Open to
win the tournament.
11. Serena
Williams
Serena
Williams regain the World Number one ranking in Women’s
Tennis player by
beating Kvitova in three sets in the quarter finals of the Qatar Open.
12. Lydia
Ko
Lydia
Ko, the teenager became youngest winner of a women's European Tour golf
event by winning at New Zealand Women's Open in Christchurch on 10 February 2013.
13. Michael
Clarke
Michael
Clarke, the Australian captain won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne
on 4 February 2013.
14. P.R.
Vasudeva Rao
P.R.
Vasudeva Rao became the Director of the
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam. He succeeded S.C Chetal.
15. Milos Zeman
i. Milos Zeman became first directly elected President of Czech Republic.
ii. Milos Zeman is the first directly elected
President in Czech history (and overall third President), with the presidential
elections held prior to 2013 all being decided internally by the senate.
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