Bangalore: Yahoo India today announced its 2013 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.

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