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Current Affairs of April 2013

The battle (part of World War II) which has been chosen as Britain's greatest battle in a contest organised by the National Army Museum (U.K.)	Battle of Kohima
The rank of India among the most powerful nations of the world as per a study conducted by New Delhi-based Foundation for National Security Research which judged national power by various indices, including energy security, population, technological capability etc	Eighth
The Thai badminton player who has won the Indian Open Women's Singles title defeating German Juliane Schenk in the finals	Ratchanok Intanon
The Malaysian badminton player who has won the Indian Open Men's Singles title defeating Kenichi Tago of Japan in the finals at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi	Lee chong Wei
The country, which has become the first outside South Asia to pass a legislation including caste among other forms of discrimination (viz. colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin)	United Kingdom
The BWF trophies whose finals will be held in India in the year 2014 as announced by BWF	Thomas Cup and Uber Cup
The place in Haryana at which the Union Power Minister dedicated the Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project to the nation	Jhajjar
With effect from 01 May 2013 the advance reservation period has been reduced from existing 120 days to	60 days
The legendary playback singer of Hindi film industry who passed away on 23 April 2013	Shamshad Begum
The three PhoneSats (smartphone satellites) launched into orbit on April 21 by NASA aboard Orbital Sciences Corp's Antares rocket are named	Alexander, Graham and Bell
The veteran politician and acting President of Bangladesh who has been elected unopposed as the country's 20th President	Abdul Hamid
The West Indian cricketer, who while playing for Royal Challengers against Pune Warriors scored the fastest century in the history of cricket (100 off 30 balls)	Chris Gayle
The Chairman of the committee that was set up in December 2012 to suggest changes in law for dealing more effectively with offences against women, who passed away on 22 Apr 2013	Justice JS Verma
The present President of Italy who has become the first Italian President to be re-elected for a second term	Giorgio Napolitano
Lalgudi Jayaraman who passed away on 22 April was a noted	Violinist
The Indian industrialist to whom 'Z' category security has been approved by the Home Ministry	Mukesh Ambani
The bio-satellite launched by Russia containing 45 mice, eight Mongolian gerbils, 15 geckos, snails, fish eggs, micro-organisms and plants, aboard Soyuz 2 from Baikonur cosmodrome is named	BION-M1
The new President of Venezuela who has been elected to succeed Hugo Chavez who died in March 2013	Nicolas Maduro
The highly toxic substance, Ricin, which was found on a letter addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama on 17 Apr 2012 is obtained from	Castor plant
The eminent Telugu novelist, short story writer, poet and critic who has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012 for his contribution to Telugu literature	Ravuri Bhardwaj
The first and the only woman to hold the post of Chief Election Commissioner of India who passed away on 17 April 2013	V.S. Rama Devi
The South African social rights activist who has been awarded the Templeton Prize 2013 for "affirming life's spiritual dimension"	Desmond Tutu
The state to which Asiatic lions are to be shifted in limited numbers from Gir forest in Gujarat as directed by the Supreme Court	Madhya Pradesh
The strain of bird flu virus which has been reported in China and has affected over 55 people and killed 11 of them	H7N9
The veteran actor who has been presented the NTR National Film Award for 2011 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh at the Nandi Awards function	Amitabh Bachchan
The venue of United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Conference on sustainable tourism development to be held from 12 to 14 April 2013	Hyderabad
The veteran actor who has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2012 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	Pran
The British Nobel prize-winning scientist known as the father of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) for pioneering the development of "test tube babies", who died on 09 April 2013	Robert Edwards
The veteran actress who has been chosen for the Master Deenanath (Vishesh Puraskar) Award, for her dedicated services to Indian theatre and cinema on the death anniversary of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar	Jaya Bachchan
The state which has declared Malkhamb as a state sport and has also launched Mission Olympics 2020 for imparting coaching to talented sportspersons	Madhya Pradesh
The station from which Science Express Biodiversity Special was flagged off by Union Minister of Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister of Environment & Forests Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan and Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi on its journey through 62 stations across the country to end at Gandhinagar on 28 October 2013	Safdarjung
The two-week Nepal-hosted exercise sponsored by the U.S. designed to train military peacekeepers (from 23 nations) as a part of the Global Peace Operations Initiative held from Mar 26 to Apr 07 is named	Shanti Prayaas-2
The Indian shooter who has become the first Indian woman to win a gold in pistol shooting at the World Cup in Changwon in Korea	Rahi Sarnobat
The author of Booker Prize winning novel Heat and Dust and two time Oscar award winning screenplay writer who died on 03 April 2013	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The world's lightest substance with a density of only one-sixth of air, created by Chinese scientists at Zhejiang University is	carbon aerogel
The eminent playback singer who has been chosen to be honoured by West Bengal Government with the Vishes Sangeet Mahasamman award	Manna Dey
The container terminal on the coast of Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh which was formally dedicated to the nation on 02 Apr 2013	Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal
The train on which Wi-Fi- facility has been launched by the Indian Railways as a pilot project to provide internet access in moving train	Howrah Rajdhani Express
The company which has been directed to pay a fine of Rs. 100 crores by the Supreme Court for polluting the environment by its copper smelting plant in Tamilnadu	Sterlite Industries
The Swiss Pharma Company whose plea for patent on blood cancer drug Glivec was rejected by Supreme Court of India	Novartis A.G.