April,
2013
30th April:
- Delhi court acquitted Congress leader Sajjan
Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
- Pakistani court imposed a lifetime ban on
former President Pervez Musharraf from contesting elections in Pakistan.
- Joao Havelange has resigned as honorary
president of the world governing body after being named in a report as
having received bribes.
- Additional Solicitor General Haren Raval
resigned from the post over his controversy by telling the Supreme Court
that CBI status report on Coalgate was not shared with the government.
29th April:
- Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sends nomination of Virat
Kohli and Sunil Gavaskar for Arjuna Award and Dhyanchand Award
respectively to Sports Ministry.
- Syrian PM Wael al-Halqi survives bomb attack in capital Damascus.
- Goa launched a digital Krishi Card for farmers to avail benefits like
subsidies and loans given by the state government.
28th April:
- Saturn positioned itself directly opposite the Sun and visible with
the naked eye.
- Enrico Letta sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Italy.
27th April:
- President Pranab Mukherjee reappointed Jammu
and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra for second term in the state.
- Sarabjit Singh continues to be in deep coma
and on ventilator support at a hospital in Lahore after being brutally
attacked by a group of prisoners.
26th April:
- Anil Goswami will replace RK Singh as new
Home Secratary. He is the first bureaucrat from the J&K cadre to be
appointed home secretary.
- Yash Chopra, Rajesh Khanna and Asha Bhosale
will be honored with the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Academy Award.
25th April:
- A new keyboard layout named as KALQ Keyboard developed at University
of St Andrews, USA for touch screen devices.
- World Malaria Day is observed.
24th April:
- Legendary Playback Singer Shamshad Begum died at her Mumbai residence
at the age of 94.
- Liverpool's Luis Suarez has been banned for 10 games by the English
Football Association for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic during EPL
match at Anfield.
- A block housing garment factories and shops collapsed in Bangladesh,
killing nearly 300 people and injuring more than a thousand.
23rd April:
- Chris Gayle set a new record for the fastest
century in professional cricket by reaching 100 off 30 balls in IPL match
against Pune Warrior in Bangalore. He also records the highest Twenty20 score
of 175 not out.
- Manchester United won its record 20th
English Premier League title.
- Police detained Sudipto Sen, the chairman of
Saradha group in Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly defrauded thousands of
depositors.
22nd
April:
- Earth Day is
observed to create awareness among the masses on environmental issues.
- Budget
Session of Parliament resumes.
- Horacio
Cartes has been elected as President in Paraguay.
- Union Home
ministry approved 'Z' category security protection for Reliance Industries
chairman Mukesh Ambani.
- Abdul Hamid,
the speaker of Bangladesh's parliament has been elected as President of
Bangladesh.
- Former chief
justice and head of anti-rape law panel JS Verma has died in Delhi, aged
80.
21st
April:
- National Civil Services Day was observed across India.
- Mathematical genius Shakuntala Devi, known world’s fastest ‘human
computer’ died at a hospital in Bangalore following respiratory problems.
She was 83.
20th
April:
- At least 150
people and over seven thousands have died in a 6.6 magnitude earthquake
which hit southwestern China's Sichuan province.
- Assam State
Government implemented the Assam Right to Public Service Act 2012 in the
state.
- Sachin
Tendulkar's wax statue unveiled at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Australian
all-rounder cricketer Shane Watson stepped down from the position of
Vice-Captain of the Australian test Cricket team.
19th
April:
- Universal
Commodity Exchange (UCX) started its operations and became the country’s
sixth commodity exchange to launch futures trading.
- Time magazine
included Amir Khan in the list of 100 Most Influential People in the world
for 2013. He is also one of the seven who were selected for a cover of
their own in the prestigious magazine.
18th
April:
- Islamabad High Court has ordered the arrest of Gen Pervez Musharraf
over his attempt to impose house arrest on judges in March 2007.
- The main accused of German Bakery blast, Himayat Ali Baig has been
given death sentence. The blasts left 17 dead and 64 wounded at the German
Bakery on February 13, 2010.
- Blast at a fertilizer plant in central Texas killed 15 people,
wounded more than 160 in America.
- Aruna M. Bahuguna appointed as Special Director General of the CRPF.
She is the first woman to be appointed for that position.
17th
April:
- A blast near
the BJP office in Malleshwaram, Bangalore left 16 people injured including
eight policemen.
- Telugu writer
Dr Ravuri Bharadwaja selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the
year 2012.
16th
April:
- Two bomb
explosions around 2.45pm killing three people and injuring over 140 in
popular Boston Marathon.
- A massive 7.9
Richter scale earthquake struck southeast Iran near the border with
Pakistan, which killed at least 40 people in Iran and 35 in Pakistan.
- Gold price in
India hit the lowest level in more than 18 months reaching 25,270 rupees
per 10 gram.
15th
April:
- President on
a three day visit to North-East India.
- India
celebrates Bihu, Pongal and Vaisakhi in different parts of the country.
- Adam Johnson
announced as the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his book
“The Orphan Master’s Son”.
- Nicolas
Maduro was elected as the new President of Venezuela
14th
April:
- Famous Industrialist, Known as the country's 'takeover specialist'
Rama Prasad Goenka passed away in Kolkata. He was the Chairman Emeritus of
the RPG Group, a multi-sector Indian industrial conglomerate.
- Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on week long visit to USA and
Canada, working on a series of steps to attract at least $20 billion in
new investment in India.
12th
April:
- The Supreme
Court reject a plea for commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment
for Delhi bomb blast accused terrorist Deviderpal Singh Bhullar. President
of India already reject the plea.
- Veteran
Bollywood actor Pran, 92 has been honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke
Award. The award consists of the Swara Kamal medal, a shawl and a cash
prize.
11th
April:
- Deputy
Chairman of Rajya Sabha, PJ Kurien elected as the Chairman of the Asian
Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD)on the 73rd
Executive Committee Meeting of AFPPD at Bangkok.
10th
April:
- Sahara group chief Subrata Roy appeared before SEBI (Securities and
Exchange Board of India), which had summoned Sahara in refund case of an
estimated Rs 24,000 crore.
- Delhi court ordered to re-investigated 1984 anti-Sikh riots against
Congress leader and former Union minister Jagdish Tytler for his role,
dismissing CBI closure report of 2009 that had given a clean chit to
Tytler.
9th
April:
- A magnitude
6.1 earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in southern
Iran.
- Five U.N.
peacekeepers from India working for the U.N. mission in South Sudan were
killed in an ambush by attackers in the state of Jonglei.
8th
April:
- Britain's 'Iron Lady' and only woman prime minister, Margaret
Thatcher died following a stroke at the age of 87. She led her
Conservative Party for 11 years and held office from May 1979 to November
1990.
7th
April:
- India test fired Nuke-capable ballistic missile Agni-II successfully
from a defence base off the Odisha coast.
6th
April:
- Arvind
Kejriwal breaks 15-day-long fast on the issue of water and electricity in
Delhi.
- Annamalai
University VC M. Ramanathan suspended for financial irregularities.
- Suicide
attack in a Iraqi city of Baqouba kills 25 in a political rally.
5th
April:
- Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys S Gopalakrishnan has been elected
as the President of the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII).
- President Pranab Mukherjee presented Padma Awards to 108 personalities.
Cricketer Rahul Dravid, woman boxer MC Mary Kom and late Bollywood actor
Rajesh Khanna was conferred the Padma Bhushan Award in a ceremony at
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
4th
April:
- 72 dead and
over 36 injured as under-construction building collapse in Thane, Mumbai.
3rd April:
- President
Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the anti-rape bill. This law has
the provision of life term and death sentence for rape convicts.
2nd April:
- The
Lokayukta Aayog Bill, 2013 passed
in the Gujarat assembly.
- IPL6 opening ceremony held at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium. This time
9 teams will participate.
1st April:
- Supreme Court denied an India patent request by Novartis AG cancer
drug.
- Sports Ministry asks NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency) to test
Vijender for the reported use of the recreational drug heroin.
- G. V. Prasad appointment as new Chairman of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
and Satish Reddy as Vice-Chairman.
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