Freedom fighter Sunil Kumar Ray passed away at a private hospital in
Bhubaneswar on 21-Aug-2013.. Born in February 1928 in
Cuttack, Ray was inspired by Netaji and joined the Indian National Army
(INA). Ray was instrumental in converting Netajis ancestral home in
Cuttack into a national museum and till he was indisposed a few days
ago, Ray was active in spreading the ideals of Netaji. Ray wrote several
books on Netaji and distributed them free of cost to school and college
students.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Bradley Manning gets 35-year prison term for revealing data
Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier convicted of the
biggest breach of classified data in the nation’s history by providing
files to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on 21-Aug-2013
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British Activist Ms. Jodie Underhill Awarded for her Service towards Uttarakhand Flood Tragedy Relief
Union Minister of State for Tourism (I/C)
Dr.K.Chiranjeevi, today announced Rs. 5 lakh in his personal capacity to
the British activist Ms.Jodie Underhill in recognition of her yeomen
service to the cause of Uttarakhand flood tragedy relief.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar shot dead
Narendra Dhabholkar,
founder of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, was shot dead while he was on his daily morning walk near
Omkareshwar temple in Pune.
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Supreme Court collegiums recommended Justice Agrawal, Justice Ramana to be Chief Justices of Madras, Delhi HCs.
The Supreme Court collegium has recommended that the acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Rajesh Kumar Agrawal be made its Chief Justice.
The acting chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice N.V. Ramana will be Justice of the Delhi High Court.
The seniormost judge of the High Court, Justice R. Banumathi, has been recommended to be appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.
Justice N.V. Ramana, acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, will be the new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. At present, there is no judge from the Andhra Pradesh High Court holding the post of Chief Justice in any High Court.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Michel Djotodia sworn in President of Central African Republic
Michel Djotodia, the re rebel leader whose fighters toppled the
government, officially sworn in President of Central African Republic.
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Basavaraj Rajguru award for Rajiv Taranath
Eminent Sarod player Rajiv Taranath
of Mysore has been selected for this year’s Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru National
Award, instituted by the Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru National Memorial Trust.
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Dilip Trivedi is new CRPF Director-General
Dilip Trivedi, a 1978 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh
cadre 16-Aug-2013 named the CRPF chief.
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Rear Admiral P. Ajit Kumar is the new chief of Southern Naval Command
Rear Admiral P. Ajit Kumar is appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command
on 17-Aug-2013.
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Senior IAS officer, Mr. Giridhar Aramane,who acted against RIL relieved of powers
Mr. Giridhar Aramane, ,
Joint Secretary (Exploration) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has been relieved of charge of gas pricing, acquisition of
E&P assets abroad, all establishment and administrative matters related to
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh Limited and unconventional hydrocarbon.
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Vinay Mittal is appointed as the member of UPSC
Former Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal has been
appointed as member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He was appointed
on August 8 for a period of six years or until he attains the age of 65 years,
whichever is earlier He is a former
Indian Railway Traffic Service officer.
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Renowned Naturalist and Ornithologist Zafar Futehally passed away
Zafar Rashid Futehally an Indian naturalist, ornithologist and
conservationist passed away on 11 August 2013 at Kihim in Maharashtra.
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Noted Kamaicha player Sakar Khan passed away
Renowned Rajasthani folk musician and Padma Shri awardee Sakar
Khan, an exponent of the melodious bow and string instrument Kamaicha, passed
away in Jaisalmer on 10-Aug-2013.
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Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won Mali Presidential Elections
Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won Mali’s presidency after his opponent conceded defeat in an election aimed at restoring stability to a country wracked by a rebellion, a coup and an Islamic insurgency.
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Delhi state government conferred Lifetime Achievement Award-2013 to Abdul Rashid Khan and Anjolie Ela Menon.
Delhi state government conferred
Lifetime Achievement Award-2013 to Abdul Rashid Khan and Anjolie Ela Menon.
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Raghuram Govind Rajan Appointed as the 23rd Governor of RBI
Raghuram Govind Rajan, chief economic adviser in the finance ministry on 6 August 2013 named the next governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will take over from D. Subbarao who demits office on September 4. Rajan will also be among the youngest to occupy the high office at Mint Street in Mumbai and has a tenure of three years.
Rajan is also a visiting professor for the World Bank, Federal Reserve Board, and Swedish Parliamentary Commission. He formerly served as the president of the American Finance Association and was the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Rajan's previous work with the Indian government includes his helmsmanship of a Planning Commission-appointed committee on financial reforms, and as honorary economic adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
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Hassan Rouhani sworn in as president of Iran
Hassan Rouhani, Iran's seventh president since the 1979 Islamic revolution, formally began his four-year presidential term on 3 August 2013.
In a seperate ceremony Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, endorsed his sensational victory in June's presidential election.
In a seperate ceremony Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, endorsed his sensational victory in June's presidential election.
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Samantha Power sworn in as new US ambassador to UN
Samantha Power on 2 August 2013 took oath to the office of US ambassador to United Nations. Vice-President, Joe Biden administered her, the oath to the office in a ceremony at the White House. Samantha Power succeeded Susan Rice, now the President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser.
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Robert Mugabe declared Winner in Zimbabwe Parliamentary Election 2013.
The incumbent President, Robert Mugabe, was re-elected, whilst his Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front party won a two-thirds majority in the House of Assembly.Robert Mugabe won 61 percent of the vote to claim a seventh term as president. Morgan Tsvangirai finished second with 34 percent of the vote. Mugabe's Zanu-PF party also dominated the parliamentary election winning 160 seats. Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party won 49 seats
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Music director V Dakshinamurthy passes away at 94
Venkateswaran Dakshinamoorthy, the veteran veteran carnatic musician and music director died on 2 August 2013 at his residence in Mylapore, Chennai. He was 94. He has set scores for the songs in over 125 films. He has to his credit as many as 859 songs composed over a period of 50 years. He dominated Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films, predominantly in Malayalam films.
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