Page-81 of Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Ms Soma Mondal appointed first Women director of NALCO

March 18, 2014

Ms Soma Mondal appointed as the first female director (commercial) of Navratna Public Sector Unit (PSU) National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO). Previously, Ms. Mondal was working with the company as executive director (marketing) at Nalco’s corporate office. Note: NALCO is ..

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Mr. Amitabh Kant appointed as new DIPP Secretary

March 17, 2014

Mr. Amitabh Kant appointed as Secretary of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). He succeeded Mr. Saurabh Chandra. Mr. Kant is a 1980 batch Kerala cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. At present, he is CEO and MD of ..

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Ms Michelle Bachelet: Chile President for second term

March 16, 2014

Ms Michelle Bachelet (62) sworn-in as the President of Chile for second time. She is the first person since 1932 to win the presidency of her country twice in competitive elections. Previously, Ms Bachelet served as Chilean President from 2006-2010. ..

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Update on Khobragade case: US court dismissed visa fraud charges against Indian diplomat Ms. Devyani Khobragade

March 15, 2014

The US Court ruled that the Indian diplomat Ms. Devyani Khobragade had full diplomatic immunity at the time of indictment on visa fraud and underpaying her maid. As per the judgment, Ms. Khobragade who served as Consular officer in the ..

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Indian-origin kid Kush Sharma won epic spelling bee

March 13, 2014

An Indian American student Kush Sharma (13) won the epic spelling bee at the Central Library in Kansas City in Missouri and secured a berth in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington scheduled for May 2014. Note: Indian Americans ..

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Mr. Pankaj Mishra: Indian author won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014

March 12, 2014

Indian author Mr. Pankaj Mishra won the prestigious Donald Windham Campbell Literature prize 2014 in the non-fiction category. The awards are announced by The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at YaleUniversity. Mr. Mishra Mishra is an Indian essayist, memoirist, ..

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Stree Shakti Puraskar 2013

March 11, 2014

The President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee awarded Stree Shakti Puraskar to six illustrious women on International Women’s Day for their distinguished services for the upliftment of women. The Government of India has instituted six national awards are known as Stree Shakti ..

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Mr. Vince Chhabria to be first Indian-American judge in California

March 11, 2014

Indian-American attorney, Mr. Vince Chhabria (44) will become California’s first federal judge of South Asian descent.  At present, Mr. Chhabria serves as the Deputy City Attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. He has represented San Francisco in defense of ..

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Indian acid attack victim Ms. Laxmi won International Women of Courage Award

March 8, 2014

Indian acid attack victim, Ms. Laxmi won the prestigious International Women of Courage Award from the US First Lady Michelle Obama for successfully leading the campaign against acid attacks on women in India. About acid attack victim Ms. Laxmi Incident ..

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Shyamala Gopinath Committee recommendations: Interest rates on FDs offered by Post Offices hiked by 0.2%

March 8, 2014

The Union Government decided to hike interest rates on fixed deposit schemes offered by post offices by up to 0.2 %. The decision to hike interest rates is taken on the recommendations of Shyamala Gopinath Committee.  As per the Shyamala ..

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