Current Affairs of January 2013

The golf player who has won the 112th Amateur Golf Championship by defeating Viraj Madappa in the finals	Shubhankar Sharma
The eminent nuclear scientist who has been awarded the 'Maharashtra Bhushan' for 2011-12 instituted by the Maharashtra Government	Dr. Anil Kakodkar
The 19-year old table tennis player who has become the youngest National Champion by defeating Sharath Kamal in the finals of 74th National Table Tennis Championships	Soumyajit Ghosh
The Indian city which has been listed as the World's third best city to visit in 2013 by Lonely Planet. (San Francisco and Amsterdam at number 1 and 2 position respectively.)	Hyderabad
The Congress leader who has chosen to be awarded the Census 2011 Gold Medal for his outstanding contribution to the successful conduct of census operations	Gurudas Kamat
The Argentinian football star who has been crowned with FIFA's prestigious Ballon d'Or title for the fourth time	Lionel Messi
The common bird which has been announced to be the state bird of Bihar by its Chief Minister, Shri Nitish Kumar	House Sparrow
The venue of 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations being held from 07 to 09 January 2013	Kochi, Kerala
The Chief of Army Staff of Nepal who has been conferred the honorary rank of General of the Indian Army by the President of India	General Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
The new Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India which has been constituted with a 3-year term ending on August 31, 2015	Justice D.K. Jain
The Indian state whose legislature is celebrating 125 years of its formation on 08 January 2013	Uttar Pradesh
The Serbian tennis player who has won the ATP Chennai Open defeating Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the final	Janko Tipsarevic
The place in Gujarat where fire in Indian Oil Corporation terminal killed 2 persons and destroyed fuel worth crores of rupees	Hazira
The venue of 8th South Asia Free Media Association 4-day conference being held from 06 Jan 2013	Amritsar
The Indian cricket player who has been chosen as the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year 2011-12	Virat Kohli
M.S. Gopalakrishnan, a recipient of Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri and Sangita Kalanidhi title, who passed away on 02 Jan 2013 was a legendary	Violinist
The theme of 100th session of Indian Science Congress being held in Kolkata from 3rd Jan 2013 to 07th Jan 2013	Science for shaping the Future of India
The former Governor of Reserve Bank of India who has been appointed the Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission	Dr. Y.V. Reddy
The state which has started issuing unique green passports to young wildlife enthusiasts which would be an official stamp of approval for future conservation activities to be done along with state wildlife officials across wild life sanctuaries and parks in the state	Kerala