Page-115 of Awards, Honours & Persons in News

President of ADB Mr. Kuroda become Governor of Central Bank of Japan

March 16, 2013

Japan’s Parliament approved Haruhiko Kuroda, a Finance Ministry veteran to become the Governor of the Central Bank of Japan. Mr. Kuroda will try to make efforts to break the world’s third-largest economy out of its long bout of deflation. Mr. ..

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Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi sworn in Nepal Prime Minister amid protest

March 15, 2013

Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal. President Ram Baran Yadav admistered the oath of office to him. Regmi will continue to hold the position of the Chief Justice without actively engaging in ..

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Tan Twan Eng wins Asia’s top literary prize – The Man Asian Literary Prize

March 15, 2013

Tan Twan Eng won the Asia’s top literary prize “Man Asian Literary Prize” for his novel ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’, for the year 2012. He became the first Malaysian author to win Asia’s most prestigious literary prize. The author ..

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Xi Jinping assumes President’s office in China

March 15, 2013

Xi Jinping has assumed charge of President’s office in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. He takes over outgoing president Hu Jintao. More on Xi Jinping: Click Here

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Renowned painter Ganesh Pyne passed away

March 15, 2013

Legendary painter Ganesh Pyne (76) passed away in Kolkata.  Described famously as ‘an artist’s artist, a philosopher’s philosopher and master fantasist of them all’, Pyne had received several awards and honors for his works. He blended romanticism, fantasy and free ..

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Princess Lilian of Sweden passes away

March 15, 2013

Princess Lilian (97) of Sweden passed away. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Her romance with husband Prince Bertil became one of Sweden’s best-known love stories.

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New Pope: Jorge Mario Bergoglio takes “Francis” as name

March 14, 2013

Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected as new pope of the Catholic Church. 266th pope Native of Argentina. Became first pontiff from outside Europe in more than a millennium since Syrian-born Pope Gregory III, who died in 741. Thus, he ..

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Fact Box: Prisoner X

March 12, 2013

‘Prisoner X’ worked for Israel: Australia Australia acknowledged for the first time that the dual Australian-Israeli citizen who died in a maximum-security Israeli prison had been working for Israel. Australia has raised the possibility of a diplomatic fuss if the ..

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World banks estimates Indian economy to grow over 6% by 2013-14

March 12, 2013

World Bank estimated India’s economy to grow by 6% in 2013-14. This estimation was made by the World Bank Chief Jim Young Kim who was on his first visit to India after taking over as President of the World Bank ..

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President appoints Ashwani Kumar and S.C. Jamir as new Governors of Nagaland and Odisha respectively

March 12, 2013

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday appointed former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ashwani Kumar and senior Congress leader S.C. Jamir as Governors of Nagaland and Odisha respectively.

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