21 July 2013 Current Affairs
Indian Woman Scientist Sunetra Gupta Joins Famed UK League
On 21 July Sunetra Gupta, an India-born chemist and physicist has joined the big league of female scientists like Marie Curie in a first-of-its-kind art exhibition at the prestigious Royal Society in UK.Gupta, who was born in Kolkata and is now a professor at Oxford University, is among an exclusive group as part of the 'Women in Science Portrait Exhibition' of the greatest female Fellows of the Royal Society together with newly-commissioned drawings featuring Royal Society Research Fellows.She is a Professor at University of Oxford's department of zoology, working on infectious diseases.
Philippe I Becomes Belgium's Seventh King
On 21 July 2013,Philippe becomes king of Belgium monarch,after his father Albert abdicated as the head of this nation.The ceremony capped a day of transition which started when Philippe's father, the 79-year-old Albert, signed away his rights as the kingdom's largely ceremonial ruler at the royal palace in the presence of Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo, who holds the political power in this 183-year-old parliamentary democracy.The position of the king in the country is nominal and total powers are having the Prime Minister.
Serena Williams Wins Sweden Open Title
On 21 July Serena Williams (U.S) won Swedish Open Tennis title, after defeated Johanna Larsson(Sweden) in the final of the Swedish Open at Bastad in Sweden.The win is her 53rd WTA title and 51st match win of the year.
" The New Bihar - Rekindling Governance and Development "Book Released
On 21 July "The New Bihar - Rekindling Governance and Development " was released by Noble laureate Amartya Sen.President Pranab Mukherjee received a copy of book from Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen (centre) at Rashtrapati Bhavan .The book has been edited by N.K. Singh.
5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Pakistan
On 21 July 2013 ,an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit parts of northwestern and northern Pakistan.The earthquake jolted the country’s northwester province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some areas in the northern region. The earthquake was felt in Chitral, Swat, Malakand and Lower Dir areas of the province. The epicenter of the earthquake was determined some 95 km NW of Chitral at a focal depth of 211 km in mount Hindu Kush, a mountainous region along Pakistan-Afghanistan border located at about 214 km northwest of Islamabad.