New Delhi  : Yahoo India today announced its 2013 Year in Review (http://in.news.yahoo.com/year-in-review/), a look back at the biggest trends of the year in India, based on millions of searches users did on Yahoo as well as the editorial selection of what users read, recommended and shared on the Yahoo network. Yahoo’s Year in Review is an annual release in India since 2008, reflecting trends and nuances that captured the imagination of online India through the year. The 2013 wrap is a medley of incredible newsmakers, historic milestones, box-office dramas, tumultuous finances, contested policies, sporting greats, shocking revelations, nature’s fury and enduring celebrities.

The trends this year clearly indicate all-consuming interest in Politics, not surprising given the upcoming general elections. BJP’s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi or NaMo as he is being increasingly referred to, quite predictably tops the ‘Newsmaker of the Year’ list, dislodging contender Arvind Kejriwal, who was the top newsmaker of 2012. Lines blurred between politicians and celebrities, when Narendra Modi featured in the list of the ‘Most Searched Personalities’ category, coming in the tenth position, while the other nine were held by Bollywood leading ladies.

For a nation obsessed with cricket, 2013’s ‘Biggest Cricketing Moment’ was our very own ‘Master Blaster’ Sachin Tendulkar hanging up his boots.  The historic moment had the nation in thrall, and of course netizens read, shared and searched all they could on one of the greatest cricketers in the history of sports. In a rather ironic flip, the same year saw the IPL spot fixing scandal tarnish some of the most promising, and well-known cricketers in the country. In the midst of all the emotion and the controversies, Virat Kohli continued his stellar run to establish himself as the ‘Cricketer of the Year’.

Finance and economics ruled several debates this year, placing Raghuram Rajan, the newly appointed Governor of Reserve Bank of India, bang in the spotlight. He not only topped the Finance Newsmakers of list, but also featured as one of the Top Newsmakers of 2013.  The politics of policies seem to be on the minds of netizens with the Food Security Bill, the Land Acquisition Bill and the Pension Bill featuring in the ‘Most Widely Discussed Financial Events Online’ this year. The Top Newsmakers list, which usually moves around Politics, Cricket and Entertainment, featured another surprise entry with CNR Rao, Head of the Prime Minister’s Scientific Advisory Council, whose Bharat Ratna award and the ensuing row on the comment on politicians ‘nonchalant attitude towards science’ earned him his space in the lime light.

‘100 years of cinema’ was a historic milestone for India – and earned the top slot in online searches on Bollywood Moments.  Pran’s demise was the second most searched in this category. Other newsmakers included Kamal Hasan’s magnum opus Viswaroopa, which saw online interest not only for the movie but also for the controversies surrounding the release. Chennai Express created box office history becoming the biggest grosser in the history of Indian cinema, and riding on the success of several 100-crore club entries, Deepika Padukone emerged as one of the top Bollywood newsmakers of the year. The Supreme Court’s verdict on Sanjay Dutt and his subsequent arrest was another Bollywood development that shook the online world. Sunny Leone continued to hold sway as the most-searched celebrity in the second year in a row, with Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif following in the ranks. In fashion and lifestyle, 2013 saw a variety of quirks from nerdy frames, neon colors, to nail art, and plaid fashion. Deepika Padukone emerged as the Yahoo Lifestyle Fashionista of the Year 2013.

Indians turned out to be very enthusiastic about travel as searches on Yahoo revealed.  Users searched for offbeat destinations, along with the usual suspects placing Tranquebar at Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh amongst Most Searched Destinations in 2013.

Other themes which dominated the daily habits of online users in India include International sports, Scams and controversies, Most shocking photos and videos of 2013, Video themes of 2013, Cuisine moments amongst others.

Newsmakers of the Year 2013	Most Searched Personalities on Yahoo India	Top cricketers of 2013
1.     Narendra Modi 2.     Arvind Kejriwal 3.     Rahul Gandhi 4.     Sachin Tendulkar 5.     Tarun Tejpal 6.     Asaram Bapu 7.     LK Advani 8.     CNR Rao 9.     Raghuram Rajan 10.  Lalu Prasad Yadav	1.     Sunny Leone 2.     Deepika Padukone 3.     Katrina Kaif 4.     Poonam Pandey 5.     Priyanka Chopra 6.      Anushka Sharma 7.     Sherlyn Chopra 8.     Aishwarya Rai 9.     Kareena Kapoor 10.  Narendra Modi	1.     Virat Kohli 2.     Rohit Sharma 3.     R Ashwin 4.     Shikhar Dhawan 5.     Misbah-ul-Haq 6.     Ian Bell 7.     Saeed Ajma 8.     Ravindra Jadeja 9.     Dale Steyn 10.  AB de Villiers
Top Bollywood moments of 2013	Top travel destinations in India of 2013	Top 10 Finance Newsmakers of 2013
1.     100 years of Indian cinema 2.     Vishwaroopam 3.     Sanjay Dutt 4.     Ranbir-Deepika in ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ 5.     Jiah Khan 6.     Pran 7.     Chennai Express 8.     Manna Dey 9.     Deepika Padukone 10.  Salman Khan on ‘Koffee with Karan’	1.     Jaisalmer, Rajasthan 2.     Bekal, Kerala 3.     Wayanad, Kerala 4.     Coonoor, Tamil Nadu 5.     Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu 6.     Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh 7.     Coorg, Karnataka 8.     Andamans, Andaman and Nicobar Island 9.     Varkala, Kerala 10.  Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir	1.     Raghuram Rajan 2.     Jignesh Shah 3.     Arundhati Bhattacharya 4.     Phaneesh Murthy 5.     Mukesh Ambani 6.     Kumar Mangalam Birla 7.     Chanda Kochhar 8.     N R Narayana Murthy 9.     Prem Watsa 10.  Vijay Mallya
Top 10 Cuisine Moments of 2013	Top 10 Cars in 2013	Top cricketing moments of 2013
1.     Tarla Dalal’s passing 2.     MasterChef India Season 3 recipes on Yahoo 3.     Vikas @Home 4.     Hybrid Food Fads and then some Cronuts 5.     Food of the Future 6.     Microbreweries 7.     Cupcake mania 8.     Fancy mock meats 9.     Water, water everywhere: Of the flavoured kind. 10.  Fascinating Food Inventions	1.     Honda Amaze 2.     Ford EcoSport 3.     Hyundai GRAND i10 4.     Volkswagen Polo GT 1.2 TSI 5.     Tata Vista D90 6.     Skoda Octavia 7.     Mercedes-Benz A Class 8.     Nissan Terrano 9.     New Honda CR-V 10.  Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	1.     Sachin’s retirement 2.     England retaining the Ashe