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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee with the Probationary Officers of Indian Factories Services (IOFS) of 2013 (II) batch from National Academy of Defence Production, Nagpur, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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Section - A

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Sports

CRICKET

TENNIS

HOCKEY

FOOTBALL

BADMINTON

KABADDI

ARCHERY/SHOOTING

GOLF

F1/MOTOR RACING

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South Africa on 30 December 2013 clinched the two match series with India in Durban 1-0. It defeated India by 10 wickets in the second cricket test to win the series. In the second inning of the match, India gave a 58 runs target to chase on the fifth day. It was all out on 223 runs in the second innings in which Ajinkya Rahane scored 96 runs. For South Africa, Robin Peterson claimed four wickets while Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander took three each.

Brief Scores

  • India: 334 and 223 all out
  • South Africa: 500 and 59 for no loss
  • Man of the Match: Dale Steyn
  • Man of the Series: AB De Villers

Jacques Kallis, who was playing his last Test hit a superb 115 runs in the first innings. With this knock he surpassed Rahul Dravid of India as the third highest run-getter 13289 runs in the longest format in his farewell match. Now, he is behind Sachin Tendulkar (15921) and Ricky Ponting (13378) in the all-time list. Retiring South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis was given a guard of honour by the Indian players as he walked out
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(Current Affairs) Person in News | February: 2014

Person in News

APPOINTED

DEATH

ACCUSED/RESIGNED/CONTROVERSY

HONOUR

BOOKS/AUTHORS

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M. Veerappa Moily

Marpadi Veerappa Moily , the petroleum and natural gas Minister on 24 December 2013 took an additional charge of the Environment and Forests Ministry after the exit of Jayanthi Natarajan. The last Environment minister from congress was Jayanthi Natarajan. Marpadi Veerappa Moily (born 12 January 1940) is a congress MP from the state of Karnataka, and the current Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He was the former Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Power in the Indian government. Moily was elected as MP of the Chickballapur district. Moily was the former Chief Minister (and the first ethnic Tuluva CM) of the Indian state of Karnataka (19 Nov 1992 - 11 Dec 1994). He was elected to Karnataka state legislative assembly from Karkala constituency of Udupi district. He is also currently serving as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh.

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel was on 17 December 2013 elected as the German Chancellor for third term by the German Parliament- Bundestag. Angela Merkel’s conservative Union bloc - the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) had secured a stunning hattrick win in the 22 September 2013 elections but failed to grab an outright majority, forcing them to enter into coalition with the rival Social Democrats (SPD). With a whopping 504 of the 631 seats,
Angela Merkel’s centre-right Christian Democrats Union (CDU) bloc and the SPD now hold a comfortable majority in the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament. Angela Merkel was confirmed by 462 votes on 17 December 2013, with nine abstentions. For the vote, 621 members of parliament were present, of whom 150 voted against Merkel. Angela Merkel is the third chancellor to win a third four-year term after Helmut Kohl (1982-1998) and Konrad Adenauer (1949-1963). Germany, as the EU’s most industrialised and populous state, with its biggest economy, it dominates decision-making for the Eurozone.

Vinod Kumar Duggal

Vinod Kumar Duggal, the former Home Secretary has been appointed the new Governor of Manipur on 23 December 2013. His appointment will come into effect from the date on which, he will assume the charge of the office. He will replace the present Governor of the state, Ashwani Kumar, who was given an additional charge of Manipur, while being a Governor of Nagaland. The post of Manipur Governor had fallen vacant in July 2013, when former Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Gurbachan Singh Jagat’s tenure of five years had ended. Ashwani Kumar was given the additional charge till Duggal appointment. At the time of appointment, he was serving as a member of the National Disaster Management Authority and was the in charge of the relief operations after the natural disaster that struck Uttarakhand and Odisha in 2013.

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed appointed as Prime Minister by the President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud last week was approved overwhelmingly by the Somalian Parliament. Abdiweli replaced outgoing Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon. Abdi was ousted in November 2013 by the Parliament following a rift with the Somali President over policy differences. In the voting held for the endorsement of the new Prime Minister in the Parliament, 239 votes out of total 243 were put in favour of Abdiweli. The result was announced by the Somali Parliament Speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari on 22 December 2013.The endorsement of Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed as Prime Minister was welcomed by the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Nicholas Kay.

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