June, 2013
30th June:
• P. Sathasivam appointed
be the Next Chief Justice of India. He will be 40th Chief
Justice of India (CJI) and will take office on 18th July
2013.
• Germany's Nico Rosberg won the British Formula
One grand prix .
29th June:
• Airports Authority of India
will develop 50 new low-cost airports across 11 states.
•
Election Commission (EC) issues a notice to BJP leader Gopinath
Munde to explain why he spent Rs. 8 crore in the last Lok Sabha
elections.
• As announced by the International Cricket
Council in London, India will host 2016 World Twenty20, 2021
World Test Championship and 2023 edition of the 50-over World
Cup.
28th June:
• Petrol price hiked by Rs
1.82 per liter.
• The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave
in the Kashmir Valley started on schedule from today morning.
• Indian railways launched an SMS-based ticketing system.
•
US Senate passes sweeping immigration bill.
27th June:
• Krishna Chaudhary appointed
as Director General, National Disaster Response Force and Civil
Defence.
• Spain and Brazil reach the final of FIFA
Confederations Cup, 2013.
26th June:
• Wal-Mart India CEO Raj Jain
resigns.
• Rupee sinks to record low with 60.72 against
dollar.
• Kevin Rudd sworn in as Australian prime minister
after Julia Gillard quit as prime minister.
• Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi flag off 18-km Banihal-Qazigund
rail link connecting Kashmir valley to Jammu region.
25th June:
• Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh visit Kashmir.
• A rescue chopper in Uttarakhand
crashed killing at least 19 people were feared to be dead.
•
Ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the list of main accused
who conspired to assassinate former Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto in 2007.
• Sonia Gandhi laid foundation stone of
Rattle Hydro Power Project in Kishtwar district of Jammu &
Kashmir.
24th June:
• Total 19 sites have been
added to UNESCO's World Heritage list of places of "outstanding
universal value".
• Former Cricketer Darren Lehmann appointed
as coach of Australian Cricket Team.
• A Mumbai session court
rejected Salman Khan's plea in connection with 2002 hit and run
case and decided that he would be tried in culpable homicide
charge which implicates a jail term of 10 year.
• Wimbledon
2013 starts in England.
23rd June:
• India wins Champions Trophy
2013 defeating England by 5 runs.
• Shikhar Dhawan wins
golden bat, Jadeja wins golden ball in Champions Trophy 2013.
22nd June:
• Six forts of Rajathan,
Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Jaisalmer, Ranthambhore (Sawai
Madhopur), Gagaron (Jhalawar) and Amber (Jaipur) were recognized
as serial World Heritage Sites in the 37th session of the World
Heritage Committee (WHC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia .
21st June:
• Till now 550 dead and
50,000 still trapped in Uttarakhand.
• Mount Etna of Italy
gains World Heritage Site status.
20th June:
• Indian rupee falls to
record low of 59.57 Rs per Dollar.
• India reaches the final
of ICC Champions trophy defeating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. India
will play England in the final.
19th June:
• Nitish Kumar win the vote
of confidence in Bihar Assembly with 126 MLA support.
•
England reaches the final of ICC Champions Trophy, 2013 after
defeating South Africa by 7 wickets in Semi Final.
18th June:
• Monsoon rains in North
India killed at least 60 people and left tens of thousands
stranded.
• Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China’s
National University of Defense Technology earned the number one
spot of fastest computer in the Top 500 survey of
supercomputers.
17th June:
• UPA Government inducts 8
new ministers.
• Mallikarjun Kharge appoints as the new
Railways Minister.
• AirAsia India appoints TCS Vice-Chairman
S Ramadorai as Chairman.
• The 39th G-8 Summit start in
Northern Ireland.
16th June:
• Janata Dal United (JD (U))
formally announced party is breaking away 17-year alliance with
the BJP opposing the elevation of Gujarat Chief Narendra Modi to
chief of BJP’s election campaign committee.
• Ratan Tata is
selected as the Chief Advisor to low-cost carrier, Air Asia
India’s board.
15th June:
• The Government of India
appoints SK Roy as the new Chairman of Life Insurance
Corporation of India (LIC).
• Hassan Rowhani elected as new
Iranian President.
• Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
minister Ajay Maken submitted his resignation ahead of the
Cabinet reshuffle.
• 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup starts at
Brazil.
14th June:
• The world observed the
World Blood Donor Day on 14 June 2013 with its theme of the year
Give the Gift of Life: Donate Blood.
• Iran's presidential
election held for a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
who serving two consecutive terms.
13th June:
• BSNL decided to put an end
to the 160-year-old telegraph service in India from July 15.
• Maoist attacked a passenger train in Bihar, killing three
people.
12th June:
• Naveen Jindal and Dasari
Narayana Rao named in Coalgate FIR registered by CBI.
• India
Cricket Team reaches the semifinal of Champions Trophy in
England.
• Gauri Monga wins Southern India golf title.
11th June:
• Former union minister and
Congress leader V.C Shukla from Chhattisgarh, died in a Gurgaon
hospital after battling injuries sustained in a deadly naxal
attack on a convoy of party leaders on May 25, 2013.
• L K
Advani withdraws resignation.
• Cayan Tower in Dubai
inaugurated as the world's tallest twisted tower, which spirals
at 90 degrees from the bottom.
10th June:
• LK Advani quits all posts
in BJP.
• BCCI suspends Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra
after he confessed betting in IPL.
9th June:
• Narendra Modi anointed as
chairman of BJP 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign committee.
•
K Srikanth wins his maiden men's singles title at the Thailand
Open Grand Prix.
• Rafael Nadal wins men's single in French
Open defeating David Ferrer.
8th June:
• Serena Williams wins French
Open defeating Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-4 in the final.
• Former
South African President Nelson Mandela taken to a hospital after
being critical condition.
• Bob and Mike Bryan won Doubles
Title at French Open 2013.
7th June:
• Jet Airways India CEO Nikos
Kardassis resigns.
• BJP national executive meeting in Goa
started.
• K R Kamath Re-Elected as the Chairman of Indian
Banks Association.
6th June:
• Sanjay Patel has been
appointed as the BCCI secretary, replacing Sanjay Jagdale.
•
T Venkatesh has been selected as the new treasurer of BCCI.
•
Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra has confessed to betting in
IPL matches.
• TCA Raghavan is appointed as new High
Commissioner to Pakistan.
• ICC Champions Trophy start from
today in England and Wales.
• The first all women police
station in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh started functioning.
•
Susan Elizabeth Rice Appointed as the National Security Adviser
to US President Barack Obama.
5th June:
• BJP win all six
constituencies in Gujrat, two Lok Sabha and four state assembly
seats in the by-elections held on Sunday.
• Nawaz Sharif
formally elected as Pakistan’s PM.
• World Environment Day is
observed promote awareness on the importance of preserving
biodiversity.
• Amazon.com Inc launches online marketplace in
India.
4th June:
• Actress Jiah Khan committed
suicide at her Juhu residence.
• Delhi Police invoked MCOCA
against cricketer S Sreesanth and 25 others arrested in the
Indian Premier Leaguespot-fixing scandal.
• Actor Vindu Dara
Singh and CSK principal Gurunath Meiyappan granted bail by a
local court.
• Former Bangladesh cricket team captain
Mohammad Ashraful suspended by BCB after his involvement in
fixing.
• More Than 65 Countries across the World Signed the
Arms Trade Treaty.
• Raghav Joneja at the age of 15, becomes
youngest Indian to climb Everest.
• Burundi's Lydia Nsekera
became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive
Committee for four years.
3rd June:
• Six major political parties
would be answerable under the Right to Information Act as
informed by The Central Information Commission. These parties
are Congress, BJP, CPI(M), CPI, BSP and NCP.
• Jose Mourinho
returns to English Football Club Chelsea as manager again.
2nd June:
• Arvind Kejriwal will contest
against Sheila Dikshit in Delhi polls.
• Former BCCI & ICC
President Jagmohan Dalmiya chosen as interim BCCI Board
President till the probe into the spot-fixing scandal is
completed.
1st June:
• Infosys Limited announced
the appointing of Mr. N R Narayana Murthy as Executive Chairman
of the Board and Additional Director of the company.
• Rajeev
Shukla resigns as IPL Chairman.
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