24 February 2013 Current Affairs
Marina Erakovic wons first WTA title
Marina Erakovic has won her first ever Women's Tennis Association title, beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki in Memphis on 24 February 2013.Erakovic becomes the first New Zealander since Belinda Cordwell in Singapore in 1989 to win a WTA title.
Credit Suisse lowers India's GDP forecast to 5.3% for Fiscal Year 2013
Leading brokerage Credit Suisse lowered its forecast for India's GDP growth in the current financial year to 5.3 percent from 5.7 percent earlier due to "ongoing aggressive" fiscal tightening.Credit Suisse reduce our GDP growth forecast of next year i.e in 2014 from 6.9 to 6.7.
Nicos Anastasiades Elected as Cyprus new President
On 24 February the centre-right DISY (the Democratic Rally) party leader Nicos Anastasiades, has won the presidential elections of Cyprus with 57.5 percent votes.Nicos Anastasiades had a very easy-going victory over Communist-backed Stavros Malas who secured 42.5 percent votes in the election.He is the leader of centre-right DISY (the Democratic Rally) party since 1997.