For UPSC, SSC and IBPS, this is the third and last article for Persons in News (PIN) 2012-2013. This series is the minimum weapons for Exam war. If you have already read out these, then take fast look as revision of important facts, winners and persons.

Sport Leaders

Sportnamewhy in news
AthleticsFauja Singhworld’s oldest marathon runner.
AthleticsUsain BoltIAAF award. Got 3 gold in London Olympic
AthleticsAllyson FelixIAAF award. Got 3 gold in London Olympic
BadmintonPV SindhuAsia under 19
BilliardsPankaj Advaniwon the world cup
Chess World CupV.Ananddefeated Boris Gelfand
CricketCpt. Unmukt chandIndia cricket under 19 cpt, won world cup. defeated Aussies.
CyclingLance armstrongCyclist, banned for drugs.
FootballLionel Messeimost goals in a calendar year. got Golden boot.
FootballSunil ChhetriAIFF player of the year.
HockeyLeslie ClaudiusIndia’s triple olympic gold medalist. Hockey. Dead.
London OlympicSushilSilver Wrestle 66kg. He was flag-bearer. He got bronze in 2008 Beijing.
London OlympicVijay KumarSilver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv G.Khel ratna
London OlympicMary KomBronze. Women flywt. Boxing
London OlympicGagan NarangBronze. 10 air-rifle
London OlympicYogeshwar duttBronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel ratna.
London OlympicSaina NehwalBronze. Single badminton
London OlympicKrishna Pooniadiscus throw. Did not win
ShootingRonjan SodhiISSF shooting world cup: .(silver, double trap).
SquashDipika Pilliadid not win but only Indian woman to enter semifinals
London OlympicMichael PhelpsSwimming. four golds and two silver medals

Tennis PIN


MaleFemale
Aus.OpenDjkovik, SerbiaAzarenka, Belarus
French OpenNadal, SpainSharapova, Rus
US OpenAnde Murray, UKSerena Williams, US
WimbledonFederer,SwizSerena Williams,US
  • Bhupathi Sania won French open doubles.
  • Andy Roddick, Tennis retired.

Sports PIN

Beijing Olympics 2008Fuwa (good-luck dolls)
Cricket World Cup 2011Stumpy, the elephant.
CWG, 2011Shera, the tiger.
Kabbadi world cup 2012, IndiaJAANBAZ, the eagel.
London Olympics 2012Wenlock + Mandeville. They symbolize Britain’s industrial revolution.
FIFA 2014Armadillo.

Books/Literature list

authorbook/info
Hilary MantelWon two man booker prizes. This time for book “Bring up the bodies”.
Shashi tharoorPax indica. It details India’s international relations.
Jeet ThayilNarcopolis.  Tale of mumbai’s opimioum addiction. Booker price shortlisted but did not win. Another book is “These errors are correct”
Ruskin BondMaharani
JK RowlingThe Casual Vacancy  (Harry Potter author)
N.VittalEnding corruption: how to clean up Iondia
Kushwant Singh.Free thinker’s prayer book
Amitav GhoshRiver of smoke
Sudheendra KulkarniMusic of spinning wheel
Salman RushdieJoseph Anton.
APJ KalamTurning Points
Aravind AdigaLast man in tower
Tarun TejpalThe Valley of Masks
Taslima NasreenNirbasan
Kuldeep NayarBeyond the lines
Kushwant singhTurbaned Tornado: The Oldest Marathon Runner Fauja Singh
Verghese KurienAn Unfinished Dream
Verghese KurienThe Man Who Made The Elephant Dance
Hamid AnsariMuslim in Indian cities
I K GUJRALMatters of Discretion: An Autobiography
Pt. ravi shankarLiving to Tell It All
Vikram ChandraRed Earth and Pouring Rain
Syed Mustafa SirajAleek Manush – 1994

Famous Authors Dead

Sunil GangopadhyayaBengali writer. Sahitya Acadamy chief.
Kamla SadgopanTamil novelist
Eric HobsbawmNoted Marxist Historian from UK

Nobel prize - 2012

CategoryWho?Why?
  1. Medicine
Gurdon, YamanakaRegenerative medicine. Cure disease by growing tissues in lab.
  1. Physics
Haroche, WinelandMeasure quantum particles, without destroying them.
  1. Chemistry
Lefkowitz, KobilkaProtein receptors that let body cell respond to signals.
  1. Litt.
Mo YanFirst Chinese writer to get this award.
  1. Economics
Roth, Shapley.Stable allocation + market design.
  1. Peace
EULolz

Nobel prize winners associated with India

  1. Dr. Hargobind Khorana
Medicine
  1. S. Chandrasekhar
Physics
  1. Venkatarama Ramakrishnan
Chemistry
  1. Mother Teresa
Peace
  1. Tagore
Litt.
  1. Amartya Sen
Economics
  1. Rudyard Kipling
Litt.
  1. VS Naipaul
Litt.

Astronomy

NameWhy in News
Cpt. Nivedita BhasinFirst Indian woman to command boeing 787
Liu Yangfirst Chinese woman astro.
Neil ArmstrongApollo 11. 1969. First man to land on moon. Dead.
Sally RideFirst American woman astro. Dead. A Moon crate named after her.
Sunita WilliamsTake a command of international space station. second Indian woman, first kalpana chawala.

Beauty Winners

  1. Olivia Culpo
Miss Universe, USA.
  1. Tereza Fajksova
Miss Earth 2012. from czech.
  1. wen xia yu
Miss World 2012 (China). Last Indian to win was Priyanka Chopra.