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IN THE NEWS
APPOINTED
MOHAMMED MORSI
Mohammed Morsi won 2012 Presidential 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 cent
of 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 lawmaker. 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.
PARKASH SINGH BADAL
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 victory is even more important given the fact
that never in the history of Punjab the incumbent government came to power for second
consecutive term.
VIJAY BAHUGUNA
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 Allahabad
high court. Bahuguna is first former High
Court judge to become a states chief minister. Hailing from a political background,
Bahuguna s fat her Hemwati Nandan
Bahuguna was also a former Chief Minister
of Uttar Pradesh. His sister Rita Bahuguna
Joshi is UP Congress president.
MANOHAR PARRIKAR
Manohar Parrikar, who was sworn in

as Goa chief minister on 9th March, the third
stint in the top post comes with no
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coalition strings attached following the
partys emphatic mandate in the assembly
polls. The first IITian to become Chief Minister, Parrikars two previous terms October 2000-02 and February 2002-05 had
been bumpy rides with constant pinpricks
from his alliance partners.
This time, BJP enjoys a simple majority 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 in
metallurgical 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 assembly in 1994 to its present status as a ruling party with the highest number of seats in
the state assembly.
Nirmal Verma retires on 31 August 2012. Joshi, 58 is

currently the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the
Western 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.
MAHESH RANGARAJAN
GENERAL BIKRAM S INGH
Born on 4 July 1954, Joshi joined Indian Navy on 1 April 1974. In a career spanning nearly 40 years, Joshi served the Indian
Navy in various capacities. Prior to his current 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 advisor in the Indian High Commission in
Singapore 1996-99.
General Bikram Singh, a veteran infantry officer, assumed the charge as the 25th
Chief of the Indian Army. He succeeded General 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 appointment 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 illusVICE ADMIRAL DK JOSHI
trious career with the Indian army, General
Government of India on 5 June 2012 nominated Bikram Singh held a number of vital posiVice Admiral Devender Kumar Joshi as the new Navy
chief. Joshi will assume the charge after Admiral tions in counter insurgency areas as the
Environmental historian and political
commentator Mahesh Rangarajan was selected 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 process. Dr. Rangarajans appointment had been
challenged in court by a history professor
from Rohtak.

JUSTICE DALVEER BHANDARI
his tenure as the Delhi Police Commissioner

completed on 30 June 2012. Kumar, who was
earlier serving as the Director General of
Tihar Jail, assumed the new charge on 1 July
2012. An AGMUT (Arunachal-GoaMizoram 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 constituted the Delhi Police Commission headed
by Justice G.D.Khosla. The commission in
its report recommended the introduction of
Police Commissioner System, which was finally adopted by the government from 1 July
1978. In compliance with the recommendations 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 above
76000 personnel is perhaps the largest metropolitan police in the world, larger than London, Paris, New York and Tokyo.
Justice Dalveer Bhandari, the judge of

the Indian Supreme Court, was elected to the
position of Judge of the International 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 Security Council. Justice Dalveer Bhandari defeated the 84-year-old Justice Florentino
Feliciano of the Philippines in the elections
held to fill the casual vacancy following the
resignation 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 in
the ICJ bench. Justice Bhandari was unanimously elected as President of the India International Law Foundation in 2007. He is
continuing in that position. Due to retire in BIMAL GURUNG
September 2012, he will have to step down
Gurung was sworn in as the CEO on 4
as a judge of the Supreme Court to assume
August 2012. It was administered by the
the new charge.
Governor of West Bengal, Union Ministers
NEERAJ KUMAR
Sushil Kumar Shinde and Mukul Roy, and
The Union Home Ministry appointed Mamata Banerjee.He was appointed as Chief
Neeraj Kumar, the 1976-batch Indian Police Executive Officer (CEO) of Gorkhaland TerService (IPS) officer, as the 18th Commis- ritorial Administration (GTA) on 3 August
sioner of Delhi Police on 28 June 2012. 2012. He was the former president of Gorkha
Neeraj Kumar succeeded B K Gupta who got Janmukti Morcha (GJM). He has the respon-

sibility to develop hills of Darjeeling, Terai
and Dooars. He has to take care of the Administration of Gorkhaland. Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) is a semi-autonomous 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
CAPTAIN LAKSHMI SEHGAL
Eminent Freedom Fighter and social

activist Captain Lakshmi Sehgal passed away
in Kanpur. She was 97. She suffered a severe heart attack and was admitted to the
hospital on 19 July 2012. Born as Lakshmi
Swaminadhan on 24 October 1914 in Madras, Captain Lakshmi Sehgal completed his
high school education from Madras. Subsequently, she studied medical science in Madras Medical College and received her MBBS
degree 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 regiment 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 Abdul
Kalam.
She was the principle member of All
India Democratic Womens Association

(AIDWA). Besides, she had spearheaded several political, economic and social justice
campaigns in the country. Lakshmi Sehgal
tied the knot with Indian National Army Officer 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.
ANTO PETER
Tamil Language Computing Champion

Anto Peter passed away on 12 July 2012. He
was 45 years old. He was the heart patient
and died because of heart attack. He was
awarded with the Best Author Award in the
year 2007 by the Union Government of India. He won Best book government award in
the year 2004. He was the Managing Director of Softview Media College. He had conducted 500 seminars (approx) on the subject
related to the Job opportunities in Multimedia. He had presented 26 research papers on
Tamil Computing. He launched the website
named tamilcinema.com in the year 1997. He
had written numerous books in Tamil and
English Language. Anto Peter was the member of Tamil Software Development Fund,
Semmozch Conference, Semozchi Digital Library, Board of Studies in the University of
Madras and 12 five year plan
committee which was represented by the
Government of Tamil Nadu. In addition, he
was the Governing Council Member of Tamil
Valarchi Kazhagam for the year 2007-08. He
was born in Arumuganeri, District of Tamil
Nadu in the year 1967. He had successfully

completed his diploma in computer science.
He was graduated in Mathematics. He had
done 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 submitted the report on behalf of the Union government 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 allegations 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 alleged that the ex-CJI and his relative amassed
wealth far exceeding their legal income during 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 chairman of National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC).
HONOUR
SUNITA WILLIAMS
Sunita Williams, the Indian-American
astronaut, set off for her second space mission on 15 July 2012. NASA astronaut Williams was accompanied by Russian cosmonaut 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 Massachusetts 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 Technology 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 engineer on board the International Space Station. She launched with the crew of STS-116
on 9 December 2006, docking with the station on 11 December 2006. As a member of
the Expedition-14 crew Williams created a
world record for females with four
spacewalks totaling 29 hours and 17 minutes
of EVA. (Astronaut Peggy Whitson subsequently broke the record in 2008 with her five
total spacewalks). Williams concluded her
tour of duty as a member of the Expedition15 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-

ence
The 44th Session of Indian Labour Conference was held on 14 and 15 February, 2012
under the chairmanship of Shri Mallikarjun
Kharge, Union Minister of Labour & Employment. 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/Departments and State Governments. The Conference 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 varied ideas and approaches amongst social partners. The first such tripartite consultation at
the national level was held in 1942 as the
Tripartite National Labour Conference subsequently renamed as Indian Labour Conference since 1944.
ADARSH JUDICIAL COMMISSION
The two-member Adarsh Judicial Commission set up by the Maharashtra Government 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 and
whether the land was reserved for Kargil war
widows and their relatives. The Maharashtra
Government had earlier in April filed an application before the judicial panel seeking an
interim report on two of the 13 issues being
looked into by it.
The commission accepting the application directed all the parties the State Government, the Ministry of Defence and Adarsh
Society to argue on the two issues from 1
March 2012. The interim report was formed
and submitted to the government after hearing out all the parties involved in the case.
The commission was set up by the Government 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 an
interim report on its findings.
VARIOUS
SPECIES OF RAT THAT DOESNT CHEW
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 mountainous rainforest of southern Sulawesi Island on Mount Latimojong and 100 km north-

west on Mount Gandangdewata. They lives vanced Management programme and participated in the launch of the Global Network
off earthworms.
for Advanced Management, a collective efANJANI JAIN
fort by 21 international business schools to
The Yale School of Management on 18
understand the challenges posed by complex
June 2012announced the appointment of Inglobal markets.
dian American professor Anjani Jain as senior associate dean for the full-time MBA OAK CREEK
Oak Creek is a city in Milwaukee
programme as part of the schools expansion
County of Wisconsin state in United States
programme.
He will contribute to the Yale SOM cur- WISCONSIN
riculum as a senior lecturer. Anjani Jain a
Wisconsin is one of the 50 states of
graduate from the Indian Institute of ManUnited States, located in the north-central part
agement, Ahmedabad will join Yale on 1 July
of the country. The place came in spotlight
2012. He holds a PhD. from the University
after a gunman killed 6 worshipers at a Sikh
of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School
temple at Oak Creek in Wisconsin on 5 Auof Management. Jain spent the last 26 years
gust 2012.The temple in Oak Creek was
at Wharton and served as as vice dean of its
founded in October 1997 and has a congrefull-time MBA programme for ten years. He
gation of 350 to 400 people. An estimated
also worked in the capacity of the vice dean
500000 or more Sikhs live in the United
of the MBA programme for executives. He
States. Since the attacks of September 11,
in the past served in multiple leadership roles
2001 by Islamist militants, Sikhs have someat the Wharton School of the, University of
times been confused publicly with Muslims
Pennsylvania.
because of their turban headdress and beards.
He taught a range of courses and conSikh is the fifth-largest organized religion in
ducted important research in production and
the world, with more than 30 million followoperations management.
ers.
Jain was recognized for his contributions to African-American students with the THE CASTLE NAGGAR
Howard E. Mitchell Award. Within the scope
The Castle Naggar, Himachal Pradesh Tourism
of a senior associate dean for the full-time Development Corporations prime hotel in the
MBA programme, Jain will focus on Yales picturesque Kullu valley, was notified under the
heritage status by the Union Tourism ministry on 23
flagship full-time MBA programme. He will August 2012. Naggar was the capital of the erstwhile
be expected to assume lead responsibility for Kullu state for about 1460 years. The castle was built
admissions, career development, and student by Raja Sidhi Singh in the 16th century. The castle has
and academic services. The Yale School of traditional architecture called Kathloonmi, which uses
a combination of stones and wooden beams. The castle
Management introduced a Master of Ad-

was handed over to state-owned HPTDC in 1978 to
be run as a hotel.

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Parkash Singh Badal of Shiromani Akali

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Manohar Parrikar, who was sworn in

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CAPTAIN LAKSHMI SEHGAL

Eminent Freedom Fighter and social

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Tamil Language Computing Champion

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44th Session of Indian Labour Confer-

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