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
| Sport | name | why in news |
| Athletics | Fauja Singh | world’s oldest marathon runner. |
| Athletics | Usain Bolt | IAAF award. Got 3 gold in London Olympic |
| Athletics | Allyson Felix | IAAF award. Got 3 gold in London Olympic |
| Badminton | PV Sindhu | Asia under 19 |
| Billiards | Pankaj Advani | won the world cup |
| Chess World Cup | V.Anand | defeated Boris Gelfand |
| Cricket | Cpt. Unmukt chand | India cricket under 19 cpt, won world cup. defeated Aussies. |
| Cycling | Lance armstrong | Cyclist, banned for drugs. |
| Football | Lionel Messei | most goals in a calendar year. got Golden boot. |
| Football | Sunil Chhetri | AIFF player of the year. |
| Hockey | Leslie Claudius | India’s triple olympic gold medalist. Hockey. Dead. |
| London Olympic | Sushil | Silver Wrestle 66kg. He was flag-bearer. He got bronze in 2008 Beijing. |
| London Olympic | Vijay Kumar | Silver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv G.Khel ratna |
| London Olympic | Mary Kom | Bronze. Women flywt. Boxing |
| London Olympic | Gagan Narang | Bronze. 10 air-rifle |
| London Olympic | Yogeshwar dutt | Bronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel ratna. |
| London Olympic | Saina Nehwal | Bronze. Single badminton |
| London Olympic | Krishna Poonia | discus throw. Did not win |
| Shooting | Ronjan Sodhi | ISSF shooting world cup: .(silver, double trap). |
| Squash | Dipika Pillia | did not win but only Indian woman to enter semifinals |
| London Olympic | Michael Phelps | Swimming. four golds and two silver medals |
Tennis PIN
| Male | Female |
| Aus.Open | Djkovik, Serbia | Azarenka, Belarus |
| French Open | Nadal, Spain | Sharapova, Rus |
| US Open | Ande Murray, UK | Serena Williams, US |
| Wimbledon | Federer,Swiz | Serena Williams,US |
- Bhupathi Sania won French open doubles.
- Andy Roddick, Tennis retired.
Sports PIN
| Beijing Olympics 2008 | Fuwa (good-luck dolls) |
| Cricket World Cup 2011 | Stumpy, the elephant. |
| CWG, 2011 | Shera, the tiger. |
| Kabbadi world cup 2012, India | JAANBAZ, the eagel. |
| London Olympics 2012 | Wenlock + Mandeville. They symbolize Britain’s industrial revolution. |
| FIFA 2014 | Armadillo. |
Books/Literature list
| author | book/info |
| Hilary Mantel | Won two man booker prizes. This time for book “Bring up the bodies”. |
| Shashi tharoor | Pax indica. It details India’s international relations. |
| Jeet Thayil | Narcopolis. Tale of mumbai’s opimioum addiction. Booker price shortlisted but did not win. Another book is “These errors are correct” |
| Ruskin Bond | Maharani |
| JK Rowling | The Casual Vacancy (Harry Potter author) |
| N.Vittal | Ending corruption: how to clean up Iondia |
| Kushwant Singh. | Free thinker’s prayer book |
| Amitav Ghosh | River of smoke |
| Sudheendra Kulkarni | Music of spinning wheel |
| Salman Rushdie | Joseph Anton. |
| APJ Kalam | Turning Points |
| Aravind Adiga | Last man in tower |
| Tarun Tejpal | The Valley of Masks |
| Taslima Nasreen | Nirbasan |
| Kuldeep Nayar | Beyond the lines |
| Kushwant singh | Turbaned Tornado: The Oldest Marathon Runner Fauja Singh |
| Verghese Kurien | An Unfinished Dream |
| Verghese Kurien | The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance |
| Hamid Ansari | Muslim in Indian cities |
| I K GUJRAL | Matters of Discretion: An Autobiography |
| Pt. ravi shankar | Living to Tell It All |
| Vikram Chandra | Red Earth and Pouring Rain |
| Syed Mustafa Siraj | Aleek Manush – 1994 |
Famous Authors Dead
| Sunil Gangopadhyaya | Bengali writer. Sahitya Acadamy chief. |
| Kamla Sadgopan | Tamil novelist |
| Eric Hobsbawm | Noted Marxist Historian from UK |
Nobel prize - 2012
| Category | Who? | Why? |
- Medicine
| Gurdon, Yamanaka | Regenerative medicine. Cure disease by growing tissues in lab. |
- Physics
| Haroche, Wineland | Measure quantum particles, without destroying them. |
- Chemistry
| Lefkowitz, Kobilka | Protein receptors that let body cell respond to signals. |
- Litt.
| Mo Yan | First Chinese writer to get this award. |
- Economics
| Roth, Shapley. | Stable allocation + market design. |
- Peace
| EU | Lolz |
Nobel prize winners associated with India
- Dr. Hargobind Khorana
| Medicine |
- S. Chandrasekhar
| Physics |
- Venkatarama Ramakrishnan
| Chemistry |
- Mother Teresa
| Peace |
- Tagore
| Litt. |
- Amartya Sen
| Economics |
- Rudyard Kipling
| Litt. |
- VS Naipaul
| Litt. |
Astronomy
| Name | Why in News |
| Cpt. Nivedita Bhasin | First Indian woman to command boeing 787 |
| Liu Yang | first Chinese woman astro. |
| Neil Armstrong | Apollo 11. 1969. First man to land on moon. Dead. |
| Sally Ride | First American woman astro. Dead. A Moon crate named after her. |
| Sunita Williams | Take a command of international space station. second Indian woman, first kalpana chawala. |
Beauty Winners
- Olivia Culpo
| Miss Universe, USA. |
- Tereza Fajksova
| Miss Earth 2012. from czech. |
- wen xia yu
| Miss World 2012 (China). Last Indian to win was Priyanka Chopra. |
