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Manmohan Singh had cleared their names in November. 59-year-old Ibrahim is the first Muslim to lead the internal intelligence agency of the country. A 1977-batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Ibrahim was appointed as OSD in the Intelligence Bureau last month. He today took over as its Director after incumbent Nehchal Sandhu retired yesterday. Joshi, who took over as RAW chief, is a 1976 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre. He has earlier served as Special Secretary in the agency besides occupying other important positions. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet had approved Joshi's appointment for a period of two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, in place of present incumbent S.K. Tripathi, whose tenure completed on December 29.
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world on Twitter. The Indian Prime Minister is ahead of David Cameron and Julia Gillard, both of who were left behind in less than 12 months time. The latest study conducted by Digital Policy Council (DPC) concluded that leaders of politically unstable states or fragile states are considered to be social media threatening, but Manmohan Singh and India were an exception to this fact. Singh was ranked 19th with 3,42,612 followers. US President Barrack Obama topped the list with 2,46,11,982 followers. Second on the list was Former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez with 38,02,177 followers. DPC provides its analysis about government institutions and world leaders who make use of the social media sites for connecting with the citizens. The latest study conducted by DPC proves that 75 percent of the heads of countries were making use of Twitter.
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Bandarnayake, aged 54, was given the notice in which the President ordered her to move down from the post. This happened two days after the Parliament in Sri Lanka voted to put her on trial, widening the face-off between the government and the judiciary. The parliamentary committee had declared on 8 December 2012, that Bandarnayake was guilty of 3 charges out of 14. The impeachment proceedings were held against her, which were moved by ruling UPFA coalition legislators. www.sakshieducation.com
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Party MP. Palmer got down from the post of Speaker of the Parliament and also as an MP, on 12 December 2012. Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong nominated her for the speakers office. Halimah Yacob came down from her post of Minister of State (Social and Family Development) and was elected as the Speaker by Members of
Parliament. Halimah Yacob is an Indian-origin woman born in Singapore. She belongs to the People's Action Party.
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distinguished IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, passed away at Chennai on 13
February. Rao Sahib had the distinction of working with three Prime Ministers as he was Principal Secretary to Charan Singh and Cabinet Secretary during 1981-85 in the Governments of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He also served as secretary to then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jalagam Vengal Rao while serving in the State. A dedicated and able administrator, Rao Sahib was honoured with the second highest civilian award of Padma Vibhushan in 2006 in recognition of his yeoman services, over 20 years after his retirement. He was also conferred with the Great Maratha Award in 2009. He www.sakshieducation.com
www.sakshieducation.com was a visionary and played a stellar role in the making of the Integrated Guided Missile Programme of the country during the 1980s.
designation. Mohan Parasaran will serve as the Solicitor General of India for a term of three years. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) cleared his name for Solicitor General of India. Rohinton Nariman resigned from his post in early February 2013. Mohan Parasaran is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court. He was appointed by first UPA Government as Additional Solicitor General (ASG) in July 2004. The Solicitor General of India is the second highest law officer of India and a subordinate to the Attorney General for India, who is the Indian government's chief legal advisor.
www.sakshieducation.com Y. Bhaskar Rao previously served as the member of National Human Rights Commission. Rao was sworn- in by the Governor H.R. Bhardwaj at Raj Bhavan.
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www.sakshieducation.com promotion of the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement 200 (MBR-200) in early 1980s. He served the Venezuelan army as an officer before entering into politics. He led a coup attempt in 1992 and landed in jail for his act and launched his political career, serving as the President of Venezuela for three times.
Rabindranath Tagore Ratna, Gana Vidya Varadhi, Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award and many other rewards.
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Corporate Affairs), was elected as the new chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Andhra Pradesh, for 2013-14. C Suresh Rayudu, the Srinivasa Hatcheries Group Managing Director was elected as the vice-chairman of CII, AP. Both of them were elected on 16 March 2013 in Hyderabad. Earlier, Ashok Reddy served as the Vice-Chairman, CII Andhra Pradesh.
www.sakshieducation.com Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry. Dr. K. Anji Reddy was honoured with Padma Bhushan, the highest Civilian Award in India, in April 2011. He was awarded for distinguished service in Trade and Industry field. He also founded Neonatal Intensive Care and Emergencies called NICE Foundation, which is the only institute for newborn in Asia. In 1998, he also established Naandi Foundation which provided safe drinking water in rural areas. This foundation also provides the midday meals to 1.3 million children as well as farmers. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is the second-largest pharmaceutical company of India, in terms of market capitalization with Rs. 31,000 crore. It was also the first pharmaceutical company of India that was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2001.
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passed away on 25 March 2013 in Boston. Anthony Lewis was a New York Times columnist for 32 years. He has defended causes such as free speech and human rights. He was known for his skill at interpreting and writing clearly about the decisions of the Warren Court. He had won his first Pulitzer in 1955 for defending a navy civilian falsely
accused of being a communist sympathizer, and he won again in 1963 for reporting on the Supreme Court.
www.sakshieducation.com the exchange since its inception. Ms. Ramkrishna has handled various operational and strategic aspects of NSE for many years during her roles as Deputy and Joint Managing Director. She has often been named among the top women business leaders from the country in various rankings.
www.sakshieducation.com articles in different national and international journals. Few of his famous books were Greek and Aramaic Edicts of Ashoka, Rise of Kushan Empire and a book on coins of the country named Indian Gold. He served as the Professor in the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta.
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www.sakshieducation.com KEC in 1982, Searle India (now RPG Life Sciences) in 1983, Dunlop in 1984 and Gramophone Company of India (now Saregama India) in 1986. In 1989, Goenka took control of four new companies CESC, Harrisons Malayalam, Spencer & Co and ICIM. His last major acquisition was Calcutta Electric Supply Corp. in 1989, which has since been renamed CESC.
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Representative of India with World Meteorological Organization (WMO), was elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO during the 65th Executive Council of WMO meeting, which is ongoing at Geneva. He had served a term as the Vice President of Commission of Agriculture Meteorology of WMO and was also elected to serve the Executive Council in an individual capacity. The council includes 37 Heads /Directors /Director Generals of National Meteorological Services and also the President and three VicePresidents who are elected by Congress.
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www.sakshieducation.com member would be nominated separately and orders to this effect will be issued soon. Dr Tripurana Venkata Ratnam is a doctorate and LL.B. from Srikakulam District. She was an MLA from TDP during 1983 from Cheepurupalli and Minister in the cabinet of Sri N. Bhaskar Rao. She is also a noted social worker and activist.
www.sakshieducation.com into the 12 member panel chaired by Sonia Gandhi. The term of the panel, which has been giving legislative and policy inputs to the government ranging from the seminal rural jobs scheme to the latest food security bill, has been made coterminus with the term of the present government. Xaxa, the new member of the Council, has written extensively on tribal communities of the country and is a Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati.
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Burundi Football Association outlasted Australias Moya Dodd and Sonia Bien-Aime, of Turks and Caicos. The FIFA executive board contains 24 members from across the world headed by President Sepp Blatter. FIFA co-opted Nsekera into the executive committee last year, also a first.
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