Current Affairs 2013 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.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:43:18 +0000
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