*CURRENT AFFAIRS (13.01.2014)

*.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone of country's
largest 2800 mw nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad
district, Haryana.
*.Union minister Sachin Pilot appointed as the Congress chief in Rajasthan.
*.India complete three years without any polio case, a feat that is
expected to prompt the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare the
country polio-free in March.
*.Cristiano Ronaldo wins 2013 Ballon d'Or award.
*.Golden Globe Awards, 2014 announced.
*.Australian Open starts from 13jan2014 .
*.Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh's Prime Minister for a third spell.
*.SanilShetty and Ankita Das won their maiden men's and women's
singles championship on12January2014.
*.Maharashtra entered the semifinals of Ranji Trophy cricket, beating
defending champions Mumbai by 8 wickets yesterday.
*.Vijay Zol selected captain of India to lead U-19 Cricket World Cup
*.Anju Bobby George was declared winner of the World Athletics
Championships final held in Monte Carlo in 2005. The decision was
given by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)
on 13 January 2014.
*.Telugu veteran actress Anajali Devi died due to cardiac arrest in
Chennai on 13 January 2014. She was 86
*.The world's first Bitcoin storage service that insures deposits of
the digital currency against hackers and accidental loss has opened in
London.Bitcoinis a virtual currency that can be generated through
complex computer software systems with solutions shared on a network.
The new Bitcoin storage service offering insurance inU.K., named
Elliptic Vault, uses "deep cold storage" techniques to secure the
digital currency.Bitcoinkeys are encrypted and stored offline. There
are multiple copies, protected by layers of cryptographic and physical
security.
*.Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Dies at 85. Ariel Sharon,
the trailblazing former Israeli general and prime minister who was in
a coma for eight years after he had a stroke at the height of his
power, died on Saturday aged 85