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IN THE NEWSAPPOINTED

MOHAMMEDMORSI

Mohammed Morsi won 2012 Presiden-

tial Election of Egypt on 24 June 2012. He

was the candidate from Muslim Brotherhood

(Freedom and Justice Party). Mohammed

Morsi defeated Ahmed Shafiq by 3.4% of

votes. Mohammed Morsi got 51.7 per centof votes whereas, Ahmed Shafiq got 48.3 per

cent of votes.

The victory of Mohammed Morsi is set

to vibrate West Asia and North Africa, where

Libya is heading for elections in next month

and the moderate Islamists are exemplifying

Turkeys Justice and Development Party.

Mohammed Morsi is 60 years old. He is a

trained American engineer and former law-

maker. He is the first Islamist elected as the

head of an Arab state. He became the fifth

president of Egypt and the first president from

outside the military.

PARKASHSINGHBADAL

Parkash Singh Badal of Shiromani Akali

Dal, sworn in as the 31st chief minister of

Punjab on 14 March 2012. Badal, 85, became

the chief minister of the state for record fifth

time. Born on 8 December 1927, Badal made

his entry into politics in 1947 and was elected

to Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the first time in

1957. He first became the chief minister of

Punjab in 1969. At the age of 42, he was the

youngest chief minister of Punjab. Parkash

Singh Badal led his party Shiromani Akali

Dal along with its alliance partner BJP, to a

historical victory in 2012 assembly election

as the alliance defeated the rival Congress

beating the anti-incumbency factor. The vic-

tory is even more important given the fact

that never in the history of Punjab the incum-

bent government came to power for secondconsecutive term.

VIJAYBAHUGUNA

Vijay Bahuguna of Congress, on 13

March 2012,sworn in as the chief minister

of Uttarakhand. Bahuguna, a Congress MP

from Tehri Gadhwal, is the seventh chief

minister of Uttarakhand which was carved

out of UP in 2000. Born on 28 February 1947,

Bahuguna is a former high court justice. He

served as the judge of Bombay and Allahabadhigh court. Bahuguna is first former High

Court judge to become a states chief minis-

ter. Hailing from a political background,

Bahuguna s father Hemwati Nandan

Bahuguna was also a former Chief Minister

of Uttar Pradesh. His sister Rita Bahuguna

Joshi is UP Congress president.

MANOHARPARRIKAR

Manohar Parrikar, who was sworn in

as Goa chief minister on 9th

March, the thirdstint in the top post comes with no
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coalition strings attached following the

partys emphatic mandate in the assemblypolls. The first IITian to become Chief Min-

ister, Parrikars two previous terms Octo-

ber 2000-02 and February 2002-05 had

been bumpy rides with constant pinpricks

from his alliance partners.

This time, BJP enjoys a simple major-

ity 21 in the 40-member assembly and also

has a buffer of three MLAs of ally

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and two

Independents. An IIT Mumbai graduate inmetallurgical engineering and among the first

members of BJP in the state, Parrikar has

been instrumental in raising the profile of his

party from just four members in the state as-

sembly in 1994 to its present status as a rul-

ing party with the highest number of seats in

the state assembly.

MAHESHRANGARAJAN

Environmental historian and political

commentator Mahesh Rangarajan was se-lected and appointed as director of the Nehru

Memorial Museum and Library, one of the

countrys top centres for research on modern

Indian history. The Delhi High Court had

earlier struck down his original appointment

on the grounds of an invalid selection pro-

cess. Dr. Rangarajans appointment had been

challenged in court by a history professor

from Rohtak.

VICEADMIRALDK JOSHI

Government of India on 5 June 2012 nominated

Vice Admiral Devender Kumar Joshi as the new Navy

chief. Joshi will assume the charge after Admiral

Nirmal Verma retires on 31 August 2012. Joshi, 58 is

currently the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of theWestern Naval Command, the Indian Navys sword

arm. DK Joshi has been awarded the Param Vishist

Seva Medal, the Ati Vishist Seva medal, Yudh Seva

Medal, Nau Sena Medal and the Vishist Seva Medal.

Born on 4 July 1954, Joshi joined In-

dian Navy on 1 April 1974. In a career span-

ning nearly 40 years, Joshi served the Indian

Navy in various capacities. Prior to his cur-

rent appointment, Joshi served as the navys

deputy chief, Commander-in-Chief of the

Andaman and Nicobar Command and Chief

of the Integrated Defence Staff. A graduate

of the prestigious US Naval War College and

an alumnus of Mumbis College of Naval

Warfare, and New Delhis National Defence

College, Joshi also served as defence advi-

sor in the Indian High Commission in

Singapore 1996-99.

GENERALBIKRAMSINGH

General Bikram Singh, a veteran infan-

try officer, assumed the charge as the 25th

Chief of the Indian Army. He succeeded Gen-

eral V K Singh whose 26-month tenure came

to end on 31 May 2012. Bikram Singh, 59,

will remain at the top position for next two

years and three months. Prior to his appoint-

ment to the top post, General Bikram served

as commanding officer of the Eastern Army

Command. He is the second Sikh to reach

the top notch position, the first having been

General JJ Singh. In his 40-year-long illus-

trious career with the Indian army, GeneralBikram Singh held a number of vital posi-

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JUSTICEDALVEERBHANDARI

Justice Dalveer Bhandari, the judge of

the Indian Supreme Court, was elected to the

position of Judge of theInternational Court

of Justice (ICJ) in the elections held in New

York, United States on 27 April 2012. He

secured 122 out of 197 votes in the General

Assembly and 13 out of 15 votes in the Se-

curity Council. Justice Dalveer Bhandari de-

feated the 84-year-old Justice Florentino

Feliciano of the Philippines in the elections

held to fill the casual vacancy following theresignation of Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh

from Jordan in October 2011. He will have

six-year tenure. He is eligible for re-election

for a second term of nine years at the end of

the present term. Justice Bhandari will be the

third Asian representative in the 15-member

ICJ. As per Article 8 of the ICJ statute the

General Assembly and the Security Council

elect a judge for the ICJ. Hisashi Owada from

Japan, who is also the president, and Xue

Hanqin from China are two other Asians inthe ICJ bench. Justice Bhandari was unani-

mously elected as President of the India In-

ternational Law Foundation in 2007. He is

continuing in that position. Due to retire in

September 2012, he will have to step down

as a judge of the Supreme Court to assume

the new charge.

NEERAJKUMAR

The Union Home Ministry appointed

Neeraj Kumar, the 1976-batch Indian PoliceService (IPS) officer, as the 18th Commis-

sioner of Delhi Police on 28 June 2012.

Neeraj Kumar succeeded B K Gupta who got

his tenure as the Delhi Police Commissioner

completed on 30 June 2012. Kumar, who wasearlier serving as the Director General of

Tihar Jail, assumed the new charge on 1 July

2012. An AGM UT (Arunach al-Goa-

Mizoram and other Union Territories) cadre

IPS officer, Kumar joined the coveted Indian

Police Service in 1976. He completed his

graduation and post-graduation from St

Stephens College in Delhi.

The Government of India in 1966 con-

stituted the Delhi Police Commission headedby Justice G.D.Khosla. The commission in

its report recommended the introduction of

Police Commissioner System, which was fi-

nally adopted by the government from 1 July

1978. In compliance with the recommenda-

tions made by Khosla Commission the Delhi

Police was also reorganized in four Police

districts, namely, North, Central, South and

New Delhi. At present, there are 3 ranges, 9

districts and 180 police stations in Delhi.

Delhi Police with its present strength of above76000 personnel is perhaps the largest met-

ropolitan police in the world, larger than Lon-

don, Paris, New York and Tokyo.

BIMALGURUNG

Gurung was sworn in as the CEO on 4

August 2012. It was administered by the

Governor of West Bengal, Union Ministers

Sushil Kumar Shinde and Mukul Roy, and

Mamata Banerjee.He was appointed as Chief

Executive Officer (CEO) of Gorkhaland Ter-ritorial Administration (GTA) on 3 August

2012. He was the former president of Gorkha

Janmukti Morcha (GJM). He has the respon-


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sibility to develop hills of Darjeeling, Terai

and Dooars. He has to take care of the Ad-ministration of Gorkhaland. Gorkhaland Ter-

ritorial Administration (GTA) is a semi-au-

tonomous administrative body for Darjeeling

hills in West Bengal, India. GTA has three

hill sub-divisions they are: - Darjeeling,

Kalimpong, Kurseong and some areas of

Siliguri sub-divisions.

DEATH

CAPTAINLAKSHMISEHGAL

Eminent Freedom Fighter and social

activist Captain Lakshmi Sehgal passed away

in Kanpur. She was 97. She suffered a se-

vere heart attack and was admitted to the

hospital on 19 July 2012. Born as Lakshmi

Swaminadhan on 24 October 1914 in Ma-

dras, Captain Lakshmi Sehgal completed his

high school education from Madras. Subse-

quently, she studied medical science in Ma-

dras Medical College and received her MBBSdegree in 1938. A close aide of Subhash

Chandra Bose during the days of freedom

movement, she was the one of the most

prominent mambers of his Indian National

Army. She was the head of the womens regi-

ment of Indian National Army, which was

called the Rani of Jhansi regiment. Politically

she was associated with the Communist Party

of India (Marxist) and went on to contest the

Presidential Election in 2002. She, however,

received defeat in the hand of APJ AbdulKalam.

She was the principle member of All

India Democratic Womens Association

(AIDWA). Besides, she had spearheaded sev-eral political, economic and social justice

campaigns in the country. Lakshmi Sehgal

tied the knot with Indian National Army Of-

ficer Colonel Prem Kumar Sehgal in March

1947 in Lahore. Well known CPI (M) leader

Subhasini Ali is her daughter.Lakshmi Sehgal

was confrred the Padma Vibhushan in 1998.

ANTOPETER

Tamil Language Computing Champion

Anto Peter passed away on 12 July 2012. Hewas 45 years old. He was the heart patient

and died because of heart attack. He was

awarded with theBest Author Awardin the

year 2007 by the Union Government of In-

dia. He wonBest book government award in

the year 2004. He was the Managing Direc-

tor of Softview Media College. He had con-

ducted 500 seminars (approx) on the subject

related to the Job opportunities in Multime-

dia. He had presented 26 research papers onTamil Computing. He launched the website

named tamilcinema.comin the year 1997. He

had written numerous books in Tamil and

English Language. Anto Peter was the mem-

ber of Tamil Software Development Fund,

Semmozch Conference, Semozchi Digital Li-

brary, Board of Studies in the University of

Ma dras and 12 five year plan

committee which was represented by the

Government of Tamil Nadu. In addition, he

was the Governing Council Member of TamilValarchi Kazhagam for the year 2007-08. He

was born in Arumuganeri, District of Tamil

Nadu in the year 1967. He had successfully


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completed his diploma in computer science.

He was graduated in Mathematics. He haddone his MBA in marketing.

KG BALAKRISHNAN

Report of the probe by the income-tax

department into the allegations that relatives

of former chief justice KG Balakrishnan had

amassed huge wealth during his tenure was

submitted on 12 March 2012 to the Supreme

Court.

Attorney-general GE Vahanvati submit-

ted the report on behalf of the Union govern-ment to the apex court bench of chief justice

SH Kapadia and Justice Swatanter Kumar.

The bench directed the government to inform

it on the further action to be taken on allega-

tions against former CJI, Balakrishnan, who

is presently the chairman of National Human

Rights Commission (NHRC) within three

weeks. The courts direction came during

hearing of a Public Interest Litigation filed

by civil society Common Cause, which al-leged that the ex-CJI and his relative amassed

wealth far exceeding their legal income dur-

ing Balakrishnans tenure as an apex courts

judge.

The PIL sought apex courts direction

to the government to take proper action

against the ex-CJI, who is presently the chair-

man of National Human Rights Commission

(NHRC).

HONOUR

SUNITAWILLIAMS

Sunita Williams, the Indian-American

astronaut, set off for her second space mis-

sion on 15 July 2012. NASA astronaut Will-iams was accompanied by Russian cosmo-

naut Yury Malenchenko and Japans Akihito

Hoshide aboard Russian Soyuz Spacecraft.

Sunita Williams, whose father hailed from

Gujarat, was born on 19 September 1965 in

Euclid, Ohio and was raised in Massachu-

setts in US. She received her B.S degree in

Physical Science from US Naval Academy

in 1987, while M.S degree in Engineering

Management from Florida Institute of Tech-nology in 1995. She was selected at NASA

in June 1998. After Kalpana Chawala, she is

the only woman of Indian origin who have

been selected by NASA for a space mission.

Previously she served as a flight engi-

neer on board the International Space Sta-

tion. She launched with the crew of STS-116

on 9 December 2006, docking with the sta-

tion on 11 December 2006. As a member of

the Expedition-14 crew Williams created a

world record for females with fourspacewalks totaling 29 hours and 17 minutes

of EVA. (Astronaut Peggy Whitson subse-

quently broke the record in 2008 with her five

total spacewalks). Williams concluded her

tour of duty as a member of the Expedition-

15 crew returning to Earth with the STS-117

crew to land at Edwards Air Force Base on

22 June 2007. Sunita also holds the record

for for being the first female to have spent

195 days in space.

COMMITTEE/COMMISSION/CONFERENCE

44th Session of Indian Labour Confer-


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ence

The 44th Session of Indian Labour Con-ference was held on 14 and 15 February, 2012

under the chairmanship of Shri Mallikarjun

Kharge, Union Minister of Labour & Em-

ployment. The conference was inaugurated

by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on

14 February.

The conference was attended by senior

representatives of Workers and Employers

Organisations and State Labour Ministers and

Senior Officers from Central Ministries/De-partments and State Governments. The Con-

ference deliberated upon very topical and

critical issues viz., (i) Minimum Wages, (ii)

Social Security and (iii) Employability and

Employment. The brainstorming sessions at

the conference is expected to strengthen the

institutions of social dialogue already in place

and result in better understanding of each

others perspective and convergence of var-

ied ideas and approaches amongst social part-

ners. The first such tripartite consultation atthe national level was held in 1942 as the

Tripartite National Labour Conference sub-

sequently renamed as Indian Labour Confer-

ence since 1944.

ADARSHJUDICIALCOMMISSION

The two-member Adarsh Judicial Com-

mission set up by the Maharashtra Govern-

ment to probe into the scam-tainted Adarsh

Housing Society submitted its interim report

to the state Government on 13 April 2012.The commission was formed under N

N Kumbahar. The interim report included the

commissions findings on two issues own-

ership of the land in south Mumbai where

the 31-storey Adarsh building stands andwhether the land was reserved for Kargil war

widows and their relatives. The Maharashtra

Government had earlier in April filed an ap-

plication before the judicial panel seeking an

interim report on two of the 13 issues being

looked into by it.

The commission accepting the applica-

tion directed all the parties the State Gov-

ernment, the Ministry of Defence and Adarsh

Society to argue on the two issues from 1March 2012. The interim report was formed

and submitted to the government after hear-

ing out all the parties involved in the case.

The commission was set up by the Govern-

ment in January 2011 after the scam surfaced.

While the panel was to complete its probe

within three months, was extended from time

to time. The panel has now been asked to

submit its report by May 2012. The terms and

conditions under which the commission was

set up authorises the Government to seek aninterim report on its findings.

VARIOUS

SPECIESOFRATTHATDOESNTCHEW

A unique species of rat that doesnt chew

was discovered in Indonesia. The animal with

a long, pointed snout is the only rodent out

of more than 2200 known species that does

not have molars and instead has bicuspid

upper incisors. Rats were found in the moun-tainous rainforest of southern Sulawesi Is-

land on Mount Latimojong and 100 km north-


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west on Mount Gandangdewata. They lives

off earthworms.

ANJANIJAIN

The Yale School of Management on 18

June 2012announced the appointment of In-

dian American professor Anjani Jain as se-

nior associate dean for the full-time MBA

programme as part of the schools expansion

programme.

He will contribute to the Yale SOM cur-

riculum as a senior lecturer. Anjani Jain a

graduate from the Indian Institute of Man-agement, Ahmedabad will join Yale on 1 July

2012. He holds a PhD. from the University

of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School

of Management. Jain spent the last 26 years

at Wharton and served as as vice dean of its

full-time MBA programme for ten years. He

also worked in the capacity of the vice dean

of the MBA programme for executives. He

in the past served in multiple leadership roles

at the Wharton School of the, University ofPennsylvania.

He taught a range of courses and con-

ducted important research in production and

operations management.

Jain was recognized for his contribu-

tions to African-American students with the

Howard E. Mitchell Award. Within the scope

of a senior associate dean for the full-time

MBA programme, Jain will focus on Yales

flagship full-time MBA programme. He will

be expected to assume lead responsibility foradmissions, career development, and student

and academic services. The Yale School of

Management introduced a Master of Ad-

vanced Management programme and partici-

pated in the launch of the Global Networkfor Advanced Management, a collective ef-

fort by 21 international business schools to

understand the challenges posed by complex

global markets.

OAKCREEK

Oak Creek is a city in Milwaukee

County of Wisconsin state in United States

WISCONSIN

Wisconsin is one of the 50 states ofUnited States, located in the north-central part

of the country. The place came in spotlight

after a gunman killed 6 worshipers at a Sikh

temple at Oak Creek in Wisconsin on 5 Au-

gust 2012.The temple in Oak Creek was

founded in October 1997 and has a congre-

gation of 350 to 400 people. An estimated

500000 or more Sikhs live in the United

States. Since the attacks of September 11,

2001 by Islamist militants, Sikhs have some-

times been confused publicly with Muslimsbecause of their turban headdress and beards.

Sikh is the fifth-largest organized religion in

the world, with more than 30 million follow-

ers.

THECASTLENAGGAR

The Castle Naggar, Himachal Pradesh Tourism

Development Corporations prime hotel in the

picturesque Kullu valley, was noti fied under theheritage status by the Union Tourism ministry on 23

August 2012. Naggar was the capital of the erstwhile

Kullu state for about 1460 years. The castle was builtby Raja Sidhi Singh in the 16th century. The castle has

traditional architecture called Kathloonmi, which uses

a combination of stones and wooden beams. The castle


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was handed over to state-owned HPTDC in 1978 to

be run as a hotel.


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