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[PINApril]Part1:PersonsinNews,Appointments,Awards,
DiasporaVivekMurthy,RajaRajeshwari
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GovernmentAppointments
ForeignerinNews
DiasporainNews
Civilianawards/appointments
DeadinNews

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

GovernmentAppointments
BN
Navalawala
CEC
CPI
(Marxist)
EC
JitanRam
Manjhi
Justice
M.Jayapaul

WaterresourceministrysetupBNNavalawalataskforceforinterlinkingofrivers.
ElectionCommissionerNasimZaidiwillbecomethe20thChiefElection
Commissioner(CEC)replacingHSBrahma.
RajyaSabhamemberSitaramYechurywaselectedthefifthgeneralsecretaryofthe
CommunistPartyofIndia(Marxist)HereplacedPrakashKarat.
ExGujaratChiefSecretaryAchalKumarJyotijoinedaselectioncommissioner.
Tenure:6years/65agewhicheverearlier.
AfterquittingJDU,thisexCMofBiharlaunchednewpartyHindustaniAwam
Morcha.
ThisPunjabandHaryanaHighCourtjudgejumpedintoSukhnalaketosaveayoung
girlfromdrowning.
Uttarakhandgovernmentplanstousetheradiofrequencyidentification(RFID)
technologytotrackpilgrims.
Thiswillhelpinquickerdeliveryoffood/water/supplies.Andquickerrescue
duringdisastersusingGeographicalInformationSystem(GIS)basedmapping
application.

RFID

EminentHistorianresignsfromasChiefEditorfromIndianCouncilofHistorical
Sabyasachi
Research(ICHR)sayingrightwingpeopletryingtorewritehistoryandhedoesntlike
Bhattacharya
it.NOTONEBIT.
NationalTigerConservationAuthority(NTCA)givesapprovalfortigerreservesin
Tiger
reserve

RatapaniinMadhyaPradesh
SunabedainOdisha
GuruGhasidasinChhattisgarh.

30yearoldfromTelanganatookupautorickshawdriving10yearsagotosupporther
Venkadarath
family.TheDelhiTransportCorporation(DTC)hasappointedherasitsfirstfemale
Saritha
driver.

ForeignerinNews
Loretta
Lynch

AfirstAfricanAmericanwomanAppointedasthe83rdAttorneyGeneraltoserveasthe
topU.S.lawenforcementofficial.

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jinping

HegetcivilianawardNishanePakistan.
ItishighestcivilianAwardofpakistan.
Start19March1957
Giventoapersonforhis/herhigestdegreeofservicetothecountry
Criteriaofselectionmeritanddistinguishedservicestothecountry,foreign
relationsandinternationalcommunity.
FormerPMMorarjiDesai(in1990)isonlyIndiantoreceivethisaward.

DiasporainNews

Amandeep
SinghBhogal
Pooja
Chandrashekar

firstSikhtocontesttheelectionfromtheConservativePartyinNorthernIreland
constituencyofUpperBann
This17yearsoldVirginiabornIndianOrigingirlhasgotadmissionto14top
U.S.varsities,includingalleightIvyLeagueschools(Harvard,Yale,Princeton,
Cornell,Dartmouth,Columbia,BrownandtheUniversityofPennsylvania).

PratapSingh

This15y.oIndianoriginschoolboyinLondonhaswonInstituteofPhysicsPrizefor
experimentingAlbertEinsteinstheoryofspecialrelativity.

Raja
Rajeswari

ThefirstIndiabornwomantobeappointedajudgeinNewYorkCity.

SatyaNadella

U.S.PresidentBarackObamaplantohonourMicrosoftsIndianoriginCEOSatya
NadellawiththeChampionsofChangeAwardforbringingaboutachangewithin
hiscompanytosupportworkingfamilies.

VivekMurthy

37yearoldmedicosworninastheU.S.SurgeonGeneralbyVicePresidentJoe
Biden
theyoungesteverinchargeofthecountryspublichealth
HetooktheoathontheGita
HeisthehighestrankingIndianAmericanintheObamaadministration.
Heisthecountrys19thSurgeonGeneral
HereceivedhisbachelorsdegreefromHarvard

Civilianawards/appointments
Mariyam
Siddiqui
Miss
India
World
Vikram
Patel
Wendell
Rodricks

ThisClass6MuslimgirlhaswonBhagvadGitacontestorganisedbyISKCON
InternationalSociety.
AditiAryawonit.ShehailsfromGurgaon.
AGoaPsychiatrist.SelectedinTimesannuallistofthe100mostinfluentialpeopleinthe
worldForhisresearchonlinkingmentaldisordersandpovertyinthirdworldCountries.
ThisGoanfashiondesignerwonKnightoftheOrderofArtsandLetters(Chevalierde
lOrdredesArtsetLetters)fromFrenchAmbassador.

DeadinNews
AndrewLesnie
AnkitKeshri

ThisAustraliancinematographerworkedonthefirstTheLordoftheRingsmoviein
2001andwonOscarAward.
YoungcricketerofBengalpassedaway.HeplayedU19andleadhisU23teamin
CKNayudunationalChampionship.
WelcometoFabulousLasVegasNevada.Shedesignedthissign.Died.

BettyWillis
Dr.Kailash
HindiPoet,wonVyasSamman.Dead
Vajpeyi
GajendraSingh RajasthanifarmercommitssuicideatAAPrallyinDelhi.
GermanNoblelaureateauthorfamousforhisworknovelTheTinDrumin1959
GnterGrass
died.HehademotionalattachmentwithcityKolkata
Hrushikesh
FormerPilot,ChiefofAirStaffandAirChiefMarshaldied.ParticipatedinSecond
Moolgavkar
worldwarandFirstKashmirwarandhonoredMahavirchakara.
JanakiBallav
ExGovernorofAssam,3timeCMofOdisha,veteranCongressleader.Hediedin
Patnaik
AndhraPradesh.

Jayakanthan

Karnataka
Lt.Gen.(Retd)
HanutSingh
MalliMastan
Babu
MilapChand
Jain
RichieBenaud
SunitaTomar

ATamilWriter,novelistpoetandautobiographerdied.
HeisfamousfortwoautobiographiesOruIlakkiyavathiyinArasiyal
AnubavangalandOruArasiyalvathiyinIlakkiyaAnubavangal.
WonboththeJnanpithandSahityaAkademiAwards.
FamousauthorR.K.NarayansMysuruhousewillbeturnedintoAmemorial.
Participatedin1971IndiaPakistanwarwithcommandingPoonaHorseregiment,
died.HegotParamVishishtSevaMedalandtheMahaVirChakra.
ThisIndianmountaineerdiedinAndesmountainrangesinChile.Hewasfirstfrom
AndhraPradeshtoclimbMt.Everest.
AformerChiefJusticeofDelhiHighCourt
FormerAustraliancricketcaptain,strugglingwithskincancerdied.Alsopopularas
aVoiceofCricket.
ThiscancerpatientladyfaceofIndiasantitobaccocampaign,hailedfromMadhya
Pradesh,died.

SuryaBahadur
FormerPrimeMinisterofNepal
Thapa
SupremeCourtdismissedhispleaseekingareviewofthedeathpenaltyawardedto
YakubAbdul
RazakMemon himregarding1993Mumbaiblastscase.
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