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[PINApril]Part1:PersonsinNews,Appointments,Awards,DiasporaVivekMurthy,RajaRajeshwari

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1. GovernmentAppointments2. ForeignerinNews3. DiasporainNews4. Civilianawards/appointments5. DeadinNews

CollectionofPersonsinnews(PIN)forApril2015.Utilityofthearticle:CAPF,IBPS,SSC,SBI&similarnonUPSCexamsanddozensofcollegeadmissionentranceexams.

GovernmentAppointmentsBNNavalawala WaterresourceministrysetupBNNavalawalataskforceforinterlinkingofrivers.

CEC ElectionCommissionerNasimZaidiwillbecomethe20thChiefElectionCommissioner(CEC)replacingHSBrahma.CPI(Marxist)

RajyaSabhamemberSitaramYechurywaselectedthefifthgeneralsecretaryoftheCommunistPartyofIndia(Marxist)HereplacedPrakashKarat.

EC ExGujaratChiefSecretaryAchalKumarJyotijoinedaselectioncommissioner.Tenure:6years/65agewhicheverearlier.JitanRamManjhi

AfterquittingJDU,thisexCMofBiharlaunchednewpartyHindustaniAwamMorcha.

JusticeM.Jayapaul

ThisPunjabandHaryanaHighCourtjudgejumpedintoSukhnalaketosaveayounggirlfromdrowning.

RFID

Uttarakhandgovernmentplanstousetheradiofrequencyidentification(RFID)technologytotrackpilgrims.Thiswillhelpinquickerdeliveryoffood/water/supplies.AndquickerrescueduringdisastersusingGeographicalInformationSystem(GIS)basedmappingapplication.

SabyasachiBhattacharya

EminentHistorianresignsfromasChiefEditorfromIndianCouncilofHistoricalResearch(ICHR)sayingrightwingpeopletryingtorewritehistoryandhedoesntlikeit.NOTONEBIT.

Tigerreserve

NationalTigerConservationAuthority(NTCA)givesapprovalfortigerreservesin

RatapaniinMadhyaPradeshSunabedainOdishaGuruGhasidasinChhattisgarh.

VenkadarathSaritha

30yearoldfromTelanganatookupautorickshawdriving10yearsagotosupportherfamily.TheDelhiTransportCorporation(DTC)hasappointedherasitsfirstfemaledriver.

ForeignerinNewsLorettaLynch

AfirstAfricanAmericanwomanAppointedasthe83rdAttorneyGeneraltoserveasthetopU.S.lawenforcementofficial.

Xijinping

HegetcivilianawardNishanePakistan.ItishighestcivilianAwardofpakistan.Start19March1957Giventoapersonforhis/herhigestdegreeofservicetothecountryCriteriaofselectionmeritanddistinguishedservicestothecountry,foreignrelationsandinternationalcommunity.FormerPMMorarjiDesai(in1990)isonlyIndiantoreceivethisaward.

DiasporainNews

AmandeepSinghBhogal

firstSikhtocontesttheelectionfromtheConservativePartyinNorthernIrelandconstituencyofUpperBann

PoojaChandrashekar

This17yearsoldVirginiabornIndianOrigingirlhasgotadmissionto14topU.S.varsities,includingalleightIvyLeagueschools(Harvard,Yale,Princeton,Cornell,Dartmouth,Columbia,BrownandtheUniversityofPennsylvania).

PratapSingh This15y.oIndianoriginschoolboyinLondonhaswonInstituteofPhysicsPrizeforexperimentingAlbertEinsteinstheoryofspecialrelativity.RajaRajeswari ThefirstIndiabornwomantobeappointedajudgeinNewYorkCity.

SatyaNadellaU.S.PresidentBarackObamaplantohonourMicrosoftsIndianoriginCEOSatyaNadellawiththeChampionsofChangeAwardforbringingaboutachangewithinhiscompanytosupportworkingfamilies.

VivekMurthy

37yearoldmedicosworninastheU.S.SurgeonGeneralbyVicePresidentJoeBidentheyoungesteverinchargeofthecountryspublichealthHetooktheoathontheGitaHeisthehighestrankingIndianAmericanintheObamaadministration.Heisthecountrys19thSurgeonGeneralHereceivedhisbachelorsdegreefromHarvard

Civilianawards/appointmentsMariyamSiddiqui

ThisClass6MuslimgirlhaswonBhagvadGitacontestorganisedbyISKCONInternationalSociety.

MissIndiaWorld

AditiAryawonit.ShehailsfromGurgaon.

VikramPatel

AGoaPsychiatrist.SelectedinTimesannuallistofthe100mostinfluentialpeopleintheworldForhisresearchonlinkingmentaldisordersandpovertyinthirdworldCountries.

WendellRodricks

ThisGoanfashiondesignerwonKnightoftheOrderofArtsandLetters(ChevalierdelOrdredesArtsetLetters)fromFrenchAmbassador.

DeadinNews

AndrewLesnie ThisAustraliancinematographerworkedonthefirstTheLordoftheRingsmoviein2001andwonOscarAward.

AnkitKeshri YoungcricketerofBengalpassedaway.HeplayedU19andleadhisU23teaminCKNayudunationalChampionship.BettyWillis WelcometoFabulousLasVegasNevada.Shedesignedthissign.Died.Dr.KailashVajpeyi HindiPoet,wonVyasSamman.Dead

GajendraSingh RajasthanifarmercommitssuicideatAAPrallyinDelhi.

GnterGrass GermanNoblelaureateauthorfamousforhisworknovelTheTinDrumin1959died.HehademotionalattachmentwithcityKolkataHrushikeshMoolgavkar

FormerPilot,ChiefofAirStaffandAirChiefMarshaldied.ParticipatedinSecondworldwarandFirstKashmirwarandhonoredMahavirchakara.

JanakiBallavPatnaik

ExGovernorofAssam,3timeCMofOdisha,veteranCongressleader.HediedinAndhraPradesh.

Jayakanthan

ATamilWriter,novelistpoetandautobiographerdied.HeisfamousfortwoautobiographiesOruIlakkiyavathiyinArasiyalAnubavangalandOruArasiyalvathiyinIlakkiyaAnubavangal.WonboththeJnanpithandSahityaAkademiAwards.

Karnataka FamousauthorR.K.NarayansMysuruhousewillbeturnedintoAmemorial.Lt.Gen.(Retd)HanutSingh

Participatedin1971IndiaPakistanwarwithcommandingPoonaHorseregiment,died.HegotParamVishishtSevaMedalandtheMahaVirChakra.

MalliMastanBabu

ThisIndianmountaineerdiedinAndesmountainrangesinChile.HewasfirstfromAndhraPradeshtoclimbMt.Everest.

MilapChandJain AformerChiefJusticeofDelhiHighCourt

RichieBenaud FormerAustraliancricketcaptain,strugglingwithskincancerdied.AlsopopularasaVoiceofCricket.

SunitaTomar ThiscancerpatientladyfaceofIndiasantitobaccocampaign,hailedfromMadhyaPradesh,died.SuryaBahadurThapa FormerPrimeMinisterofNepal

YakubAbdulRazakMemon

SupremeCourtdismissedhispleaseekingareviewofthedeathpenaltyawardedtohimregarding1993Mumbaiblastscase.

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