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• The new communication satellite launched by NASA on 31
January 2013 to stay in touch with its space station astronauts- TDRS(Tracking
and Data Relay Satellite)
• The person who emerged as winner to the first direct
Presidential elections held in Czech Republic on 25 January 2013-Milos Zeman
• The renowned painter of Bengal School died on 1 February 2013
following a brief illness at Kolkata hospital- Shanu
Lahiri
• The prominent Pakistani journalist died on 2 February 2013 in
New York following 4-year long fight with cancer- Ayesha
Haroon
• World cancer day was observed on - 4
February 2013
• Solicitor-General of India, who resigned from his office on 4
February 2013- Rohinton F Nariman
• The Australian cricket captain who won the fourth Allan Border
Medal in Melbourne on 4 February 2013- Michael Clarke
• President of Republic of Mauritius who visited India from 3 Jan
2013 to 10 Jan 2013 and was honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
Award-Rajkeswur Purryag
• The King of Bhutan who visited India from 23 to 30 January 2013
and was the Chief Guest for the Republic Day Celebration- Jigme
Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
• The fourth largest private sector Bank of India which was
awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia
Pacific Region- YES Bank
• The Parliament Attack Convict, who was hanged on 9 Feb 2013 at
Tihar Jail after his mercy petition was cancelled by the President of India- Afzal
Guru
• The Advocate-General of West Bengal who resigned from his office
on 8 Feb 2013- Anindya Kumar Mitra
• The 72 years old table tennis legend who died in Beijing on 10
February 2013 following lengthy fight with cancer- Zhuang
Zedong
• The sitar legend was honoured with the posthumous Lifetime
Achievement Grammy award ON 9 February 2013- Pandit Ravi Shankar
• US Marine General who took over the command of the NATO-led
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan- Joseph
Dunford
• Conference for South Asian Autism Network (SAAN) for Autism
Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was concluded on -11
Feb 2013
• Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-Mohammad
terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013 -Operation Three Star
• The short range surface-to-surface missile launched by Pakistan
on 11 February 2013 -Hatf
IX (NASR)
• The Person appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi on 12
February 2013- Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
• Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom Bhutan was on an
official visit to India from 7 Feb. to 9 Feb. 2013- Lyonchhen
Jigmi Y. Thinley
• World Radio Day was observed on which day to raise awareness
about the importance of radio- 12 February 2013
• The former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, who sworn in
as the Lokayukta on 14 February 2013- Y Bhaskar Rao
• The theme of 27nd edition of Surajkund mela that was ended on 15
February 2013 was –Karnataka
• The person who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to
the United Nations on 13 February 2013- Asoke Kumar Mukerji
• The Country which banned the Japanese cartoon Doraemon in the
third week of February 2013 because of the fears of Hindi invasion-Bangladesh
• The Ecuador's President who was re-elected for a third term with
more than 50 percent of the vote- Rafael Correa
• The Person who was conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development Award 2011 by the President of India Pranab
Mukherjee on 18 Feb 2013 -Ela
Ramesh Bhatt
• The former Union Minister and three times MP for Rajya Sabha,
who died at the age of 68 on 19 February 2013- Radhakishan
Malviya
• The former LIC chief who took over as the Chairman of the
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on 21 February 2013- T. S. Vijayan
• The former head of Tata Group who was awarded the life time
achievement award 2012 by Ernst & Young on 21 February 2013- Ratan
Tata
• The Car Rally that was flagged off from the Helipad Ground in
Salt Lake Stadium, West Bengal on 22 February 2013- Silk
Route Car Rally
• The playbook which won four awards at the Independent Spirit
Awards in Santa Monica on 24 February 2013- Silver Linings Playbook
• The Person who had sworn -in as the first woman President of
South Korea on 25 February 2013- Park Geun-hye