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March 2013 Current Affairs Study Material

INTERNATIONAL

UN I!"sed Ne# Sancti"ns "n N"rth $"rea

On 7 March The UN Security Council approved a new regimen of sanctions against North Korea for conducting an underground nuclear test recently, imposing penalties on North Korean an!ing, travel and trade in a unanimous vote that reflected the country"sincreased international isolation# The resolution, which was drafted y the United Statesand China, was passed in a speedy vote hours after North Korea threatened for the firsttime to launch a pre$emptive nuclear stri!e against the United States and South Korea#

O%aa Si&ned ' (i"lence A&ainst )"en Reauth"ri*ati"n Act 2013 '

On % March the US &resident, 'arac! Oama signed the reauthori(ation of the )*iolence+gainst omen +ct -./01 on the eve of 2nternational omen"s 3ay# The *iolence+gainst omen +ct was first passed in /445# 6eauthorised since then, the new +ct offerssupport to the organisations which serve to the victims of domestic violence#

Uhuru $enyatta )"n $enya +residential Electi"n

On 4 March 2n Kenya, 3eputy &rime Minister Kenyatta has won presidential electionwith a slim margin of .#.0 percent of votes# 8e defeated his rival 6aila Odinga#

,a!an - Ten EU C"untries E.e!ted fr" US 'Iran Sancti"ns Act/

On /0 March The US has renewed the e9emptions for :apan and ten ;uropean Unioncountries from tough +merican sanctions imposed on nations uying oil from 2ran#Thethird si9$monthly e9emption to :apan, under the 2ran Sanctions +ct#The /. ;uropeanUnion countries, 'elgium, the C(ech 6epulic, ualified for a renewal of thee9emption from sanctions ecause they have not purchased 2ranian oil since :uly , -./-#

+aistan +arliaent C"!letes ull ear Ter

On /? March &a!istan"s &arliament has made history y ecoming the first National

+ssemly in the country"s history to complete a full term of five years, with theconclusion of the 8ouse"s .th session, setting the stage for the holding of elections#&a!istani &resident +sif +li @ardari announced that general elections would eheld on // May -./0#

Cy!rus 4ets Ne# 5ail"ut 6eal

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Cyprus secured a /. illion AB/?#- illion ailout from its international creditors on -5March -./0#;uro(one finance ministers had also approved a new ailout plan for Cyprus, putting an end to uncertainties over the fate of the Mediterranean island country in theeuro area#The new ailout program includes deep restructuring of the country"s two iggest an!s, 'an! of Cyprus and &opular 'an! of Cyprus#Under the new agreement, all

an! deposits under D/..,... will e secured and guaranteed y the state#

S"uth Africa7 China Si&n 6eals T" 5""st C""!erati"n

On -? March South +frican &resident :aco @uma and his Chinese counterpart Ei:inping met in &retoria ahead of the fifth '62CS Summit#The two leaders signed anumer of agreements, focusing on trade, tourism, education and social cooperation#Thetwo sides agreed on future collaoration on research and development initiatives,manufacturing, mar!eting and the construction of cross$order infrastructure throughoutthe continent#

N"rth $"rea 6eclares 'State "f )ar/ #ith S"uth $"rea

On -4 March North Korea declared that it had formally entered a Fstate of warG withSouth Korea#The announcement was made in a Hoint statement attriuted to allgovernment odies and institutions#The two Koreas have thus technically remained atwar for decades#

IN6IA - )ORL6

India7 S"uth $"rea 8"ld Security Tals

On / March -./0 2ndia and South Korea hold discussions over emerging dynamics of gloal and regional security, cooperation in cyer security, defense and space sectors andreviewing ilateral ties# +rvind =upta,3irector =eneral of 23S+, led the 2ndian sidewhile It#= Aretd# 'ang, 8yo$'o! president of K23+ and former vice armychief,represented the Korean side in the tal!s#

India7U$ Si&ned MOU T" Stren&hen C""!erati"n In Earth Sciences

On March /, 2ndia and UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding AMoU to strengthentheir cooperation in ;arth Sciences and environmental research y sharing information onmeteorology,hydrology and climate variaility#The MoU etween the ;arth SystemScience Organisation of the Ministry of ;arth Sciences and UK"s Natural ;nvironment6esearch Council was in!ed in New 3elhi in the presence of Science and TechnologyMinister S :aipal 6eddy #

India and 5hutan si&ned 6"u%le Ta.ati"n A9"idance A&reeent


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On 5 March 2ndia and 'hutan signed the doule ta9ation avoidance agreement A3T++,a move that will facilitate e9change of information on an!ing etween the two nationsand help chec! ta9 evasion#This is the first ever 3T++ for 'hutan with any country# Thetreaty was signed y


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illiondollar 2ran$&a!istan gas pipeline proHect#The /,-55$mile pipeline would each daytransport more than 7. million cuic feet of natural gas to &a!istan from 2ran"s South&ars gas field in the &ersian =ulf#This &roHect was started from Chaahar city in 2ran toKarachi in &a!istan with B7# 'illion# 2nitially they have an idea to e9tend this proHect to New 3elhi in 2ndia ut 2ndia was dropped from this proHect in -..4#

5ritain - India Si&ned A&reeent T" Su!!"rt R-6 +r"


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memorandum of understanding AMoU in the field of cyer security, cooperation in thefield of protection of intellectual property rights and prevention of illicit traffic of anti>uities esides others#The two leaders also agreed to enhance cooperation in 3efenceand in international forums li!e UN#

India Si&ned S"cial Security A&reeents )ith 1? C"untries

On -. March 2ndia has signed Social Security +greements ASS+s with 'elgium,


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Services and 6edressal of their =rievances 'ill, -.//, was approved y the UnionCainet at a meeting chaired y &rime Minister Manmohan Singh #

+resident Released the C"e"rati9e +"sta&e Sta! "n Sahir Ludhian9i

On % March the &resident of 2ndia, &rana Mu!herHee released the Commemorative&ostage Stamp on Sahir Iudhianvi on occasion of his irth anniversary at 6ashtrapati'havan in New 3elhi#Sahir Iudhianvi died on - Octoer /4%. and was a renownedUrdu poet#8e fought for recognition of lyric writers through the


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On -/ March the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a!u +dul 6a(a! Memon in the /440 Mumai lasts case that had claimed -7 lives and left 7/0inHured#The Supreme Court also upheld the conviction of actor SanHay 3utt under the+rms +ct in the terror attac! and sent him to five years in prison#The capital punishmentof the other /. death row convicts was commuted to life sentence y a ench of Hustices &

Sathasivam and ' S Chauhan which also upheld the life term awarded to /? out of /%convicts#

:? illi"n Indians Li9in& in Slus

On -/ March +ccording to the first such census report on slum households prepared ythe 6egistrar =eneral of 2ndia, appro9imately ?% million 2ndians are living in slums# 2nall /#70 crore census houses have een reported in houselisting loc!s, categorised asslums in 2ndia, comprising /#07 crore slum households#The report also noted that in /4cities with million$plus population, - per cent of households live in slums#+ maHority$7/ per cent$ of these are located in si9 states of Maharashtra, +ndhra &radesh, Tamil Nadu,

west 'engal, Madhya &radesh and Uttar &radesh#4. per cent of slum households useelectricity, 7. per cent slum households have television, 7-#7 per cent have telephonefacility while /.#5 per cent households have computer or laptop in their house#

STATES

8+CL si&ned M"U f"r Ra


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there will e a re>uirement of only one inHection for providing protection against thediseases#

$arnataa State Asse%ly Electi"ns Schedule Released

On March -. The ;lection Commission of 2ndia has announced the dates for Karnata!a+ssemly ;lections -./0#The elections will e a single$phase election and countingwould ta!e place on May %#The &olls would e held on May #

Three 8i&h C"urts O!ened in Tri!ura7 Mani!ur and Me&halaya

Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur on -0 March -./0 got their own 8igh Courts# :ustice+hay Manohar Sapre, :udge of Chhattisgarh 8igh Court too! oath as the first Chief :ustice of Manipur 8igh Court on -0 March -./0# :ustice 3eepa! =upta along with threeother Hudges would e administered the oath to the 8igh Court of Tripura #:ustice MeenaKumari too! oath as the first Chief :ustice of Meghalaya# ith the opening of the three

high Courts in the North ;astern states of 2ndia, the total numer of high Courts in 2ndiahas gone up to -5 from previous -/#

Arunachal +radesh 5ecae the irst State t" Intr"duce e=4+

+runachal &radesh ecame the first state to introduce e$=&< or electronic =&


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+ccording to the Tata Strategic Management =roup Survey report , &unHa, 3elhi,8imachal &radesh and 8aryana have een ran!ed at the top of the ell 'eing2nde9,while southern states, =uHarat and most of the north$eastern states emerged as themost secure ones for women in the


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A)AR6S - 8ONOURS

Indian=Ori&in )riter Anil Ananthas#ay )"n D 5ritish +hysics ,"urnalis D +ri*e

On / March +nil +nanthaswamy, a Iondon ased 2ndian origin writer, has won theinaugural F&hysics :ournalismG &ri(e sponsored y the 2nstitute of &hysics A2O& and theScience and Technology


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achievements in individual women in the field of social development, the governmenthad instituted of ? national awards which are called )Stree Sha!ti &uras!ar"# The awardsare in the name of the eminent women personalities namely 3evi +halya 'ai 8ol!ar,Kannagi, Mata :aHaai, 6ani =aidinliu @eliang, 6ani Ia!shmi 'ai and 6ani 6udramma3evi Awhich is open to oth men and women# Nirhaya was honoured with the Sree

Sha!ti award of 6ani Ia!shmi 'ai#The 6ani 6udramma 3evi +ward for the year -./-was awarded to Smt# &ranita Talu!dar from +ssam# She was honoured for her commendale wor! for the overall development of women#

US 5ra9ery A#ard f"r Nir%haya

The 3elhi gang$rape victim, Nirhaya was honoured y the US government with an2nternational omen of Courage +ward for -./0#2n this year this award was given to /.women in ashington on March %, which is also 2nternational omen"s 3ay#

Nati"nal T"uris A#ard )inners 2011=12

National +nnual Tourism +wards for -.//$/- was announced y Tourism Ministry on /-March -./0# The Ministry announced %? awards in 0? Categories# The awards presented y &resident of 2ndia on /%th March# inners of National Tourism +wards for -.//$/- $

'est StateP UT Comprehensive 3evelopment of Tourism A6est of 2ndia +ndhra&radesh A


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On /7 March Sugatha!umari, the Malayalam poetess was selected for the SaraswatiSamman -./- for the poetry collection Manale(huthu, which means The riting on theSand in ;nglish# The Saraswati Samman is constituted y K# K# 'irla


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+ntonio, Te9as, US+#This is the second time that 62I has received this +ward for its:amnagar 6efinery, the first eing in -..#

Indian Manish $uar A"n& 2? Naturalised at )hite 8"use Cere"ny

Manish Kapoor from 2ndia was one among the luc!y -% to e granted the +mericanciti(enship at the hite 8ouse in the presence of the US &resident, 'arac! Oama#Iist of -% service memers, who were naturalised at the hite 8ouse ceremony included threefrom South +sia Manish Kapoor, Na(o 6aoufi from +fghanistan and Mohammed8ossain from 'angladesh#

+aris 8"n"urs Nels"n Mandela

On -? March the city of &aris made antiapartheid hero Nelson Mandela an honoraryciti(en, ut refused to grant an honour to *ene(uela"s late leftist firerand leader 8ugoChave(#

2013 A%el +ri*e T" 5el&ian +ierre 6eli&ne

'elgian mathematician &ierre 3eligne who is regarded as one of the most celeratedmathematicians of the -.th century, has een chosen for this year"s prestigious +el &ri(ein Mathematics#+ward is given to him for his Fseminal contriutions to algeraicgeometry and for their transformative impact on numer theory, representation theory andrelated fields#

(eteran Lensan +ranlal +atel 8"n"ured #ith Lifetie Achie9eent A#ard

On -% March The -nd National &hoto +wards$ -.//$/- were conferred y the Spea!er,Io! Saha, Ms# Meira Kumar to eminent photoHournalists at a function held in *igyan'havan, New 3elhi#The Iife$Time +chievement +wards were given to eminent photographers Shri &ranlal &atel, Shri T#S# NagaraHan and Shri T#N#+# &erumal#2n the&rofessional Category, the )'est &rofessional &hotographer of the ear -.//$/-" has eengiven to Shri Salil 'era#

S+ORTS - 4AMES

6uty ree 6u%ai Tennis Cha!i"nshi!=2013

Men"s Singles On - March Serian Nova! 3Ho!ovic won the +T& 3uai Open TennisMen"s singles title after defeated the C(ech 6epulican Tomas 'erdych in the final at3uai #

omen"s Singles This title was won y &etra Kvitova AC(ech 6epulic# 2n final shedefeated the Sara ;rraniA2taly#


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AT+ Me.ican O!en 2013 Tennis T"urnaent )inners

Men"s Singles 6afael Nadal won +T& Me9ican Open -./0 Tennis Title after he defeatedthe top seed and defending champion 3avid


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On /0 March omen"s chess team of U!raine won the orld Chess TeamChampionship# The second place went to team from China, and the third to the 6ussian ,


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Se%astian (ettel )"n 1/s Malaysian 4rand +ri.

On -5 March Three$time world champion Seastian *ettel won the Malaysian =rand &ri9-./0 at the Sepang 2nternational Circuit#

ECONOM

Nine Indian )"en in "r%es Asia +"#er 5usiness )"en List

On / March 2C2C2 'an! C;O and M3 Chanda Kochchar, 'iocon founder KiranMa(umdar$Shaw and film producer ;!ta Kapoor are among the nine 2ndian womennamed in


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On /- March The Union =overnment and 6'2 decided to introduce one illion pieces of /. 6upees an! notes made of plastic on a field trial asis in five cities#+ /. 6upees notein polymerPplastic on a field trial asis will e introduced firstQ Minister of State for


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share of manufacturing in =3& to - per cent#The National Manufacturing &olicyenvisages that 2ndia"s manufacturing sector should increase its share of =3& from / percent at present to - percent y -.--, in line with gloal peers#2t will help 2ndia ecome the fifth$largest manufacturing nation#

8indu


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On / March 2ndigenously developed )&ina!a" roc!ets were successfully test$fired y2ndian army from a multi$arrel roc!et launcher AM'6I y an armament estalishmentfrom a ase at Chandipur$on$sea, aout / !m from 'alasore#""&ina!a" is an area weaponsystem with a range of 5. !m#"&ina!a" system can fire a salvo of /- roc!ets in 55 seconds,adding that the attery of si9 launchers can neutralise at a time a target area of 0#4 s> !m#

Lar&e Mete"rite "und in Antarctica

On / March the international group of researchers has discovered the/%$!g meteorite ineastern +ntarctica, the largest found in that area in - years#

Astr"n"er Measured E.act 6istance t" Our Cl"sest Nei&h%"urin& 4ala.y

On 7 March +stronomers have for the first time accurately measured the distance to oneof the Mil!y ay"s neighouring gala9y and it is Hust /?0,... light$years away#

,a!an +i"neers 4as E.tracti"n r" Seafl""r Methane 8ydrate

On /- March :apan has ecome the first country in the world to e9tract natural gas fromfro(en methane hydrate successfully off the central coast# +ccording to the :apanesestudy, it was estimated that around /#/tn cuic metres of methane hydrate e9isted in theoffshore deposits# This is e>ual to the gas consumption of :apan in more than /. years#

)"rld/s Lar&est Telesc"!e Inau&urated in Chile

On /0 March The world"s largest radio telescope has een inaugurated in Chile on amountain high aove the +tacama 3esert, wielding unprecedented power to peer into the

remotest regions of the universe#The ceremony attended y &resident Seastian &ineraand other dignitaries#The +IM+ space oservatory consists of ?? antennae creating atelescope array /? !ilometres in diameter#

UAE Inau&urated )"rld/s Lar&est CS+ S"lar +"#er +lant

On /7 March United +ra ;mirates AU+; &resident Shei!h Khalifa 'in @ayed +l$ Nahyan inaugurated the /..$megawatt solar plant FShams / F in the desert of +u3hai,the world"s largest concentrated solar power plant in operation#Covering an area of -# s>uare !m, the ?..$million$U#S# dollars proHect incorporates the latest in paraolictrough technology and features more than -%,... mirrors mounted on 7?% trac!ing

paraolic trough collectors, capale of delivering green electricity to -.,... homes#

India Successfully Test ired )"rld/s irst Under#ater Su!ers"nic Cruise Missile

On -. March 2ndia has successfully test fired its sumarine$launched version of 'rahMossupersonic cruise missile of the over -4. !m$range in the 'ay of 'engal off the coast of the southern port city of *isa!hapatnam A+ndhra &radesh#The launch of Missile is


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counted as the first test$firing of an underwater supersonic cruise missile anywhere in theworld# The missile travelled its complete range of over -4. !m#

5i& 5an& Radiati"n Ma! Un9eiled

On -/ March The ;uropean Space +gency A;S+ has unveiled the most detailed map yetof relic radiation from the 'ig 'ang,revealing new data it hopes will shed light on thecreation and e9pansion of our Universe#The map results suggest the universe ise9panding more slowly than scientists thought, and is /0#% illion years old, /.. millionyears older than previous estimates#

India and US A&reed f"r uture C""!erati"n in M""n and Mars Missi"ns

On -0 March 2ndia and the US agreed for cooperation on future missions to the Moonand Mars after successful collaoration in Chandrayaan$/ lunar mission# The highlysuccessful Chandrayaan$/ lunar mission which was launched y the 2ndian Space

6esearch Organisation A2S6O in Octoer -..% led to strong evidence of the presence of lunar water#

Cre# Reaches S!ace Stati"n in Less than : 8"urs

On -4 March +n astronaut from the U# S#with three 6ussian cosmonauts too! a short cutto reach space station and saved around 5 hours of Hourney# The crew too! only hoursand 5 minutes to reach the space station from the 'ai!onur Cosmodrome,Ka(a!hstan#This is for the first time that any crew has used this e9press route to reachspace station in the minimum possile time#Three memers on this 6ussian Soyu( areChris Cassidy from N+S+, +le9ander Misur!in and &avel *inogradov from 6ussia#

NT+C C"issi"ned Ne# S"lar +"#er +r"


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+ERSONS IN NE)S

AB A++OINTMENTS

Na&aland 7 Tri!ura 7 Me&halaya ne# CM/s

On March Neiphiu 6io of Naga &eople"s


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,"r&e 5er&"&li" Elected As 2::th +"!e

On /0 March :orge Mario 'ergoglio of +rgentina is selected as the new leader for /-.crore Catholics across the world#=eorge was the 'uenos +ires +rchishop and he waschosen as the new &ope y // >cardinals#8e changed his name as iang was appointed prime minister at the annual session of China"s National &eople"s Congress#Mr# Ii is the latest Communist &arty leader# 8e succeedsen :iaao in a position that entails steering the economy and government operationsthrough the State Council, or cainet#

5"%%y 4h"sh is Tie Internati"nal Edit"r

;minent 2ndian Hournalist 'oy =hosh had een named the new editor of Time2nternational# =hosh was appointed on / March -./0 as the first non$+merican worldeditor in T2M;"s history#

Indian Aerican A!!"inted (ice Chairan "f Illin"is Inn"9ati"n C"uncil


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On /% March 2ndian$+merican politician 6aHa Krishnamurthy has een appointed vicechair of the 2llinois 2nnovation Council y the 2llinois =overnor &at Luinn#Krishnamurthyis currently the president of Sivanathan Iaoratories#

Mir 8a*ar $han $h"s" S#"rn in as aretaer +rie Minister "f +aistan

On - March :ustice 6etd# Mir 8a(ar Khan Khoso too! oath as the si9th careta!er &rimeMinister of &a!istan on - March -./0 in 2slamaad#

Renee Raas#ay N"inated t" the Nati"nal C"uncil "f the Arts

On -- March 6enee 6amaswamy, founder of the 6agamala Music and 3ance Theatre inMinneapolis, Minnesota, has een nominated y &resident 'arac! Oama to the NationalCouncil of the +rts for a fiveyear term#

O%aa A!!"ints irst )"an Secret Ser9ice 6irect"r

On -? March &resident 'arac! Oama chose veteran agent :ulia &ierson as SecretService director, the first woman to lead the male$dominated agency#

Ral!h )aters ne# )"rld Cu! 201 Chairan

6alph aters has een named new chairman of the local organi(ing committee for the-./ orld Cup hosted y +ustralia and New @ealand# aters was previously the deputychairman of the committee and succeeds :ames Strong, the previous chairman#

5BRESI4NS

U+ inister Ra


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i9e Ca%inet Ministers Resi&ned

On -. March the 3ravida Munnetra Ka(hagam A3MK party Cainet ministersresigned from the Union Council of Ministers, which were accepted y the &ranaMu!herHee &resident of 2ndia# &rana Mu!herHee, also allocated the charge of Chemicals

and


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On -- March 6enowned Nigerian author Chinua +chee has died at the age of %- #Oneof +frica"s est !nown authors, his /4% deut novel Things


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;gypt"s &resident Mohamed Morsi visited 2ndia from /% to -. March #3uring the visitMorsi met &rime Minister Manmohan Singh in New3elhi and discussed the forge closer cooperation in economic and other fields#

+rie Minister Man"han Sin&h (isited S"uth Africa

&rime Minister Manmohan Singh visited South +frica from - to -% March#3uring thevisit he attended the '62CS Summit and met 6ussian president *ladimir &utin anddiscussed aout the sustantive progress eing made on the other remaining phases of the Hoint nuclear energy programme etween 2ndia and 6ussia at Kudan!ulam# ManmohanSingh also met China new president Ei :inping and discussed the issue of 'eiHing"s proposal to construct three dams across the 'rahmaputra river on its side#

EBMISCELLANEOUS

Salan Rushdie Naed in Al=Haida/s 'M"st=)anted List

2ndian$origin 'ritish author Salman 6ushdie had een named in the )most$wanted list of 2slam critics to !ill" released y al$Laida in the new issue of its ;nglish online maga(ine#+ fatwa was issued against 6ushdie y 2ran"s late leader +yotollah Khomeini in /4%4over passages in his oo! The Satanic *erses#

Maldi9es E.=+resident Nasheed Arrested

On March ,


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On -5 March Navneet Kaur 3hillon was crowned


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2++2 $ 2nternational +irports +uthority of 2ndia#


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