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NATIONAL AFFAIRS, March 2013 Current Account Deficit widens to a record high. Union Cabinet clears Bill for Timely Services. Lok Sabha passes Anti-rape Bill. Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission Report. China unveils 5-point formula to improve ties. President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Bangladesh. India, Myanmar armies start joint border patrols. India-Portugal ink social security pact. India Risk Survey. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, March 2013 China—Change of Guard. Uhuru Kenyatta is elected President of Kenya. Chief Justice of Nepal takes over as PM to help end political crisis. Cyprus secures bailout. Human Development Report 2013. UN Report on Water Security. Visit of Chinese Prime Minister to Russia. BRICS Summit. China becomes world’s fifth largest arms exporter. PLUS: Business GK/News READ ALL CURRENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: March 2013 ABBREVIATIONS: GOCE. WWT. AWARDS: Stree Shakti Puruskar. Ayvaiyar Award, 2013. National Film Awards, 60th. Queen Elizabeth Engineering Prize, 2013. Saraswati Samman, 2012. Abel Prize 2013. BOOKS: Lean In. CYBER SPACE: The Worldwide Telescope. DEFENCE: Nirbhay—Sub-sonic Cruise Missile of India.  Successful Test of submarine-launched BrahMos. PERSONS: Pope Francis. RESEARCH: Higgs boson ‘God particle’ found, confirm CERN scientists. Coordinating Robots to serve humans in future. SPACE RESEARCH: Astronomers accurately measure distance to nearest Galaxy. Third-closest Star System to Sun Discovered. “Grey Mars” could have supported life: NASA. Japan’s earthquake heard in space. Alma—Largest Radio Telescope—becomes operational. Express ride to Space Station. MISCELLANEOUS: Times Higher Education ranks top-10 institutions in India. Facebook ‘like’ may tell a lot about your personality.

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