1. Lydia Davis won 5th Man Booker International Prize 2013
About Lydia Davis
ii. She is also an accomplished translator.
iii. Her works includes The End of the Storyand Varieties of Disturbance.
i. American writer Lydia Davis won 2013 Man Booker International Prize for her innovative and influential writing.
ii. The winner of the Prize was announced at the awards ceremony at Victoria and Albert Museum in London on 22 may 2013. This was the fifth Man Booker International Prize.
About Lydia Davis
i. Lydia Davis is a professor of creative writing at the University of Albany.
ii. She is also an accomplished translator.iii. Her works includes The End of the Storyand Varieties of Disturbance.
iv. Lydia Davis is also known for her work as a translator of French literature and philosophy, most notably of Marcel Proust and Gustave Flaubert.
v. Her translations led her to be named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government.
Note: i. The Man Booker International Prize recognises one writer for his or her achievement in fiction.
ii. Worth 60000 ponds, the prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language.
iii. The winner is chosen solely at the discretion of the judging panel and there are no submissions from publishers.
iv. The Man Booker International Prize is significantly different from the annual Man Booker Prize for Fiction. In seeking out literary excellence, the judges consider a writer's body of work rather than a single novel.
v. Well-known Kannada author UR Ananthamurthy was the only Indian to be shortlisted for the prestigious award.
2. Pratibha Ray Conferred With the 47th Jnanpith Award for the Year 2011
i. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee conferred the 47th Jnanpith Award for the year 2011 on Pratibha Ray on 22 May 2013 at Balyogi Auditorium in New Delhi.
ii. The award includes cash prize of 11 lakh Rupees, a citation as well as bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati.
About Dr. Pratibha Ray
i. Pratibha Ray was born in Alabol, a village in Jagatsingpur district of Odisha.
ii. She is the first Oriya woman and fourth Oriya writer to get the coveted award. Prior to her, Sitakant Mahapatra (1993), Sachidananda Rout Roy (1986) and Gopinath Mohanty (1973) were the other Oriya writers to be conferred with this award.
iii. The most acclaimed work of Pratibha Ray was Yajnaseni, for which she received Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust’s Moorti Devi Award in 1991.
iv. She was the first woman to be conferred with this prestigious Moorti Devi Award in 1991.
About the Jnanpith Award
i. The Jnanpith Award is one of the highest literary honours of India. Other honour includes Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.
ii. This award was instituted first in 1961 and is presented by Bharatiya Jnanpith, the trust founded by Sahu Jain family, the publishers of The Times of India newspaper.
iii. G. Sankara Kurup was the first one to receive this award in 1965.
iv. Post 2011, the cash prize of this award has been increased from 7 lakh Rupees to 11 lakh Rupees.
3. Manmohan Singh laid the Foundation Stone of National Defence University
i. The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh on 23 May 2013 laid the foundation stone of the Indian National Defence University (INDU) at Binola, Gurgaon.
ii. The university is going to be an autonomous institution of national importance.
iii. The Defence University came up following the recommendation of the Review Committee constituted after the Kargil Conflict by the Government for the establishment of a University that deals exclusively with defence and strategic matters.
iv. The review committee was headed by eminent strategic expert K Subrahmanyam
Aim of INDU
i. INDU aims to provide knowledge based higher education for management of the defence of India to the military leadership and other concerned civilian officials.
ii. It will also keep them abreast of the emerging security challenges via scholarly Research and Training
iii. It will focus on higher education in defence studies, defence management and defence science and technology
iv. The university will offer post graduate studies and doctoral / post doctoral research
v. It will prepare officers for high level leadership as well as staff and policy responsibilities
4. First Yoga university inaugurated in Ahmedabad by CM Modi
i. The first - ever Yoga University was inaugurated in Ahmedabad today by the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
ii. The university LAKULISH YOGA UNIVERSITY has a special provision for degree course in Yoga.
iii. There will be three years “YOGA” course, which includes 6 - semesters and people below the age of 35 years are eligible to get admission in this course.
5. Indian-origin boy wins National Geographic Bee contest
i. Sathwik Karnik, an Indian-origin boy from Massachusetts has won this year's National Geographic Bee contest after gruelling rounds testing his geographic knowledge about lions in Botswana, mountain ranges in Asia and port cities in England.
ii. To clinch this title, Karnik, 12, correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the farthest point from the Earth's center.
iii. Karnik, a native of Norfolk, south of Boston, is a 7th grader at King Philip Regional Middle School while his family hails from south India.
iv. Karnik will take home the spoils of the Bee prize that include a USD 25,000 college scholarship, an all-expenses paid trip to the Galapagos Islands, and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society, National Geographic reported.
v. National Geographic Bee is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society since 1989.
6. Yuichiro Miura, Became Oldest Man to Climb Mount Everest
i. Yuichiro Miura, the 80-year old mountaineer from Japan reached Mount Everest’s summit on 23 May 2013.
ii. With this, he became the oldest man to climb the highest mountain peak of the world.
iii. Yuichiro Miura climbed the Everest at the age of 70 and 75 as well.
iv. As the oldest man to climb Mount Everest, he replaced Nepal's Min Bahadur Sherchan who climbed the Everest at the age of 76 years in 2008.
v. It is important to note that Min Bahadur Sherchan will again attempt climbing Mount Everest in the last week of May 2013, at the age of 81 years.
7. Sonia Gandhi, Nooyi among 10 most powerful women globally
i. Congress President Sonia Gandhi and India-born PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi figure among the top 10 in the global list of most powerful women compiled by Forbes magazine for 2013.
ii. Gandhi is ranked ninth while Nooyi is at the 10th place in the global list of world's 100 most powerful women.
iii. German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the list for the third consecutive year, followed by Brazil
iv. Private sector lender ICICI Bank Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar is ranked 65th and Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has secured the 85th spot in the global list.
v. According to Forbes, this year's list represents influential women in politics, business, media, entertainment, technology and non-profits -- ranking them by money, media presence and impact.
vi. Germany's Merkel has made it to the list eight times in the past ten years and has been ranked first seven times.
vii. From the entertainment and media segment, Oprah Winfrey bagged 13th spot, pop singer Beyonce at 17th place and actors Angelina Jolie and Sofia Vergara 37th and 38th respectively.
viii. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (6th), Christine IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (7th), Aung San Suu Kyi (29th) and Queen Elizabeth II (40th) are among others who made it to the list.
8. Nigerian Author Chinua Achebe died following a Brief Illness
i. Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe died on 22 March 2013 in Boston at the age of 82 following a brief illness.
ii. He had been living in the US since 1990 after a car crash left him partially paralysed and in a wheelchair.
iii. South African writer and Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer called him the father of modern African literature in 2007.
iv. In fact, she was among the judges to award him the Man Booker International Prize in honour of his literary career in the same year.
9. Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers by 4 wickets
i. Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by four wickets in the Pepsi IPL eliminator which was held in New Delhi on Wednesday.
ii. Chasing a target of 133, Hodge hit Darren Sammy for two consecutive sixes to finish the match with four balls to spare and ensure his team's qualification to the next edition of Champions League T20.
iii. Royals will now meet Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier in Kolkata on Friday.’
10. Preeti Beniwal won gold in 2013 Senior National Women's Boxing Championship
i. Pugilist Preeti Beniwal on 22 May 2013 bagged the gold medal in Senior National Women's Boxing Championship.
ii. In the event held at Khatima, uttarakhand, Preeti out-punched Manipur's Y Sandhya 22-9 in the final of the 60kg category.
iii. Preeti Beniwal was born on 25 December 1987. She hails from Hisar.
iv. Her father Subey Singh is a boxing coach.
v. Her elder sister is married to famous Indian Boxer Akhil Kumar.
vi. Preeti is employed with Haryana Police as sub inspector.
11. Mumbai Police summon Gurunath Meiyappan
i. CEO of Chennai Super Kings Gurunath Meiyappan has been asked to appear on Friday in Mumbai before Crime Branch police there in connection with the IPL betting scandal,
ii. Mr. Meyiyappan with whom arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa was allegedly in touch, were also believed to have served summons to Mr. Meiyappan through his secretary at his Boat Club residence in this connection,
iii. Mr. Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan, has been asked to appear before Mumbai crime branch between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
iv. “Vindoo made several calls to Meiyappan of the Chennai IPL.
v. The actor was arrested for his alleged association with bookies. Randhawa, winner of reality TV show Bigg Boss season 3, was allegedly in touch with some bookies held in the scandal.
12. Sanjay Dutt's new identity is prisoner number 16656
i. The new identity for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is prisoner number 16656 at Yeravada Central Jail where he was shifted from Mumbai's Arthur Road Prison following his surrender before a TADA court.
ii. Dutt, whose conviction in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case was upheld by the Supreme Court in March this year, was brought to Yeravada jail at the crack of dawn yesterday.
iii. Sources said Dutt will be given prescribed manual work job in due course after formalities of admission are over.
iv. There will not be any special treatment to the actor except required due to the threat perception, they added.
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