1. International Women's Day 2013 Celebrated Across the World
ii. The theme for 2013 International Women's Day is- A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women.
iii. On this day, the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee laid emphasis on the monumental role of women in designing the country.
2. Stree Shakti award for ‘Nirbhaya’ on Int. Women's Day
i. To pay tribute to her courage and strength ‘Nirbhaya’ will be posthumously bestowed with the 'Stree Shakti' award on 8th March, which is celebrated as International Women's Day.
ii. The family of Nirbhaya will receive the award from the President Pranab Mukherjee.
iii. President Mukherjee congratulated the women of India for their monumental role in shaping the destiny of the nation.
3. World Bank chief to arrive India on March 11
i. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is on a three-day visit to India beginning March 11 to gather information on development challenges being faced by the country and look at opportunities for enhancing its role in reducing poverty at an accelerated pace.
ii. This will be Mr. Kim’s first visit to India after taking over as President of the World Bank Group last July.
iii. During his visit, Mr. Kim will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and representatives of the private sector and the civil society to discuss India’s major initiatives to foster equitable growth.
iv. Mr. Kim will also visit Lucknow and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh to meet Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and see development challenges in the State, which is home to the largest number of India’s poor.
NOTE: i. The World Bank Group President visits India at a time when it is rapidly urbanising, with 10 million Indians moving every year into towns and cities from the rural hinterland.
ii. India is the largest client of the World Bank Group.
4. Sibal inaugurates India’s First All Women’s Employees Post Office
i. The Communications and Information Technology Minister, Kapil Sibal has inaugurated India's First All Women Employees Post Office at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of the International Women's Day today.
ii. All the counters of this Post Office will be manned by women employees only.
iii. It will provide services including booking of Speed Post, Registration, Sale of IPOs, Booking of Money Orders and Sale of Stamps.
5. Postage Stamp Released on the Commemorative Sahir Ludhianvi
i. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 8 March 2013 released the Commemorative Postage Stamp on Sahir Ludhianvi on occasion of his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
ii. Sahir Ludhianvi died on 25 October 1980 and was a renowned Urdu poet.
iii. He was known among the young for his poetry on beauty and love.
iv. Sahir Ludhianvi had converged Urdu poetry into the film songs as well.
6. Deborah Won a Bronze Medal in Asian Cycling Championship 2013
i. Deborah from India won a Bronze medal in the final of women's juniors of 500m cycle event in Asian Cycling Championship on 7 March 2013 in New Delhi.
ii. 19-year-old Deborah helped India claim its second medal in the Asian Cycling Championship 2013 which is ongoing.
iii. Gold medal was won by Korea's Jang Yeonhee and Yu Shiou Cheng of Chinese Taipei won the silvermedal.
7. Smriti Mehra Won Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2013
i. Smriti Mehra, the veteran golfer won her second title in the fourth leg of Hero Women`s pro golf tour 2013 in Mumbai.
ii. Smriti played a round of one under 64 and finished with an overall score of 194 at the Willingdon Sports Club.
iii. At the second position was Neha Tripathi who completed with the final round score of one over 66 and an overall score of 200.
iv. Sharmila Nicollet achieved third position with lowly six over 71 and a total score of 202.
8. India retains No. 1 in ICC ODI ranking
i. India retains the Number One ranking in the latest International Cricket Council ODI rankings release in Dubai today.
ii. The Men in Blue have a chance to win the ICC Championship Shield and prize money worth $1,75000 on the cut off date of April 1.
iii. India leads the table with 119 rating points followed by England with 117 points. Australia and South Africa follow the top two teams closely with 116 and 112 points respectively.
iv. Among the batsmen Protean Hashim Amla is at number one followed by fellow countryman A.B. Devilliers.
v. India’s Virat Kohli is at number three followed closely by the skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
vi. . Among the bowlers, Pakistan Off Spinner Saeed Ajmal maintains his top billing followed by his country man Mohammad Hafeez.
vii. India’s Ravindra Jadeja is on number nine in the bowler’s list.
viii. In the All Rounders category, Pakistan skipper Mohammed Hafeez is the leader followed by Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hassan. India’s RavindraJadeja has climbed up to number five in this category.
9. South Africa can become ODI No.1
i. South Africa is currently at fourth but can leapfrog India, England and Australia if it wins all five matches of the series.
ii. South Africa enters the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against Pakistan at Bloemfontein Sunday with an opportunity to reclaim the No.1 ranking in the ICC ODI Championship Table.
iii. South Africa has previously won the ODI Shield twice in 2008 and 2009
iv. If South Africa wins the series 4-1, then it will move ahead of England into second position and will collect a cheque of $75,000 to compliment the prestigious mace and $450,000 which it has already won by sealing the No.1 position in the ICC Test rankings.
10. Waqar to be Hyderabad's bowling coach in IPL
i. Sunrisers Hyderabad have roped in legendary Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis as its bowling coach for the upcoming Indian Premier League in April-May.
ii. "One of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, Waqar Younis will be the bowling coach for SunRisers Hyderabad!"
iii. Younis was the bowling coach of Pakistan and national coach till mid-2011.
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