Persons in News

1. Saina Nehwal: - Ace woman shuttler came into news recently as she become the first Indian to win a super series tournament after she clinched the Indonesian Open title.

2. Bill Gates: - Founder of Microsoft Company, came into news recently, as he has been awarded with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and International Understanding for the year 2007

3. Swaraj Paul: - First asian to preside over the House of Lords has been recently awarded with the prize “Pride of India’.

4. Meira Kumar: - She came into news recently as she became the first woman to occupy the high office of Lok Sabha Speaker. She is a Lok Sabha M.P. from Sasaram in Bihar.

5. Nandan Nilekani: - Co-founder of Infosys, he has been recently elected as the chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India.

6. Nirmal Kumar Verma: - He has been recently appointed as the new chief of Indian Navy.

7. T-20 World Cup: - The T-20 world cup held in England. Pakistan won the cup at Lord’s by beating Srilanka in the final by 8 wicket.

8. G.K.Pillai: - He has recently appointed as the new home secretary.

9. Rahul Khuller: - He has recently been appointed as the new commerce secretary,.

10. Gopal Subramaniyam: - He has recently been appointed as the new solicitor General of India.

11. Gulam E. Vahanvati: - He has recently been appointed as Attorney General of India for a period of three years. He succeeded Millon Kumar Banerjee and is the first Muslim to occupy the top law officer’s post.

12. Karia Munda; - Seven times BJP MP from Jharkhand, Karia Munda was unanimously elected as the new Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha.

13. Peter Varghese: - Indian origin person came into news as he has recently been appointed as the envoy to India by Australian PM Kevin Rud.

14. P.K.Barbora: - He came into new recently as he has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of Air Staff. He blamed politician for stalling defence projects just to hit out at political opponents.
15. K.C. Chakraborty: - Chairman and M.D. of PNB has recently been selected as the deputy governor of the RBI.

16. M.V.Nair: - Union Bank of India Chairman & MD has recently been appointed as the chairman of India’s Bank Association.

17. Michael Martin: - He came into news recently as he became the first speaker of the house of Commons in 300 years to be forced to step down because of his handling of the scandal.

18. Binita Thakur: - An IPS Officer from Rajasthan came into news recently as she becomes the first woman IPS officer of the elite SPG guarding the PM.

19. Ajay Banga: - He came into news recently as he has been appointed as the new president and chief operating officer by Global payment firm Mater Card.

20. Farah Pandit: - She is Kashmiri Origin Indian women. She came into news recently as she has been appointed as a special Representative to Islamic Communities by the Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.

21. Kavya Shankar: - Indian American Speller came into news recently as she won the National Spelling Bee Championship in Washington.

22. Thomas Beatie: - The trans gendered man who created history last year by giving birth to a baby girl, came into news recently as he has done it again. He gave birth to a son in Oregon US. H.A.S. Exam. (H.P.P.S.C.)

23. Atul Khana: - A leading biologist of India has recently been conferred with one of the highest awards of Finland for promoting Collaboration between the two countries in the areas of science and business.

24. Azim Premji: - Chiarman of Wipro Ltd. has recently been awarded the US- India Business Council’s 34th Anniversary Global Vision award in Washington.

25. Antony Thachuparambil: - He came into news recently as the Catholic Church has declared Father Antony as ‘servant of God’.

26. Amartya Sen: - Nobel laureate came into news recently as he has been conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Cambridge.

27. Rajiv Motwani: - Standford University professor from India who mentored and backed such sparkling Silicon Companies as Google and Paypal found dead at his residence.

28. Ali Akbar Khan: - Legendary Sarod player died recently at his residence in California.

29. Habib Tanvir: - Noted playwright and theater director Habib Tanvir died recently after a brief illness.

30. Omar Bongo: - He was longest serving ruler of African country Gabon who died recently.

31. Mohamed Nasheed: - Maldives President won recently 2009 Anna Lindah Prize. This prize has been awarded to him for his efforts to fight climate change and for peacefully bringing democracy to the island nations.

32. Mohamoud Ahmadinejad: - He is president of Iran. He came into news recently as he has been re-elected to the post.

33. R.K. Pachauri: - Chairman of IPCC, was once again re-elected as its chairman.

34. Pushap Kumar Dahal: - The leader of Maoist revolution and PM of Nepal resigned from his post.

35. C.P.Chandrasekhar : - He is professor at the centre for Economic Studies and Planning in JNU. He came into news recently as he has been awarded Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah Award.

36. Nirpum Sen: - The former Indian Ambassador to the UN has recently been appointed as Special Senior Advisor to the President of UN General Assembly.

37. Sonal Shah: - The Indian American lady has been appointed head of the new office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in the Obama administration.

38. Shikha Sharma; - She came into news recently as she has been appointed as the next MD & CEO by private sector lender Axis Bank.

39. Pt. Jasraj: - The noted Hindustani Classical vocalist came into news recently as he has been felicitated with Sarswati Samman.

40. Timothy Roemer: - He has recently been appointed as the new US ambassador to India. He succeeds Mr. Davil Mulford.

41. V.S.Sampath: - He came into news recently as he has been appointed as new election commissioner, in the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. N. Gopalswami as C.E.C.

42. Navin Chawla: - He came into news recently as he has been appointed as the CEC of India after the retirement of Mr. N. Gopalswami.

43. Rajdeep Sardesai: - Editor in chief of IBN network came into news recently as he has recently been elected as President of the Editors Guild of India.

44. M.C. Marykom: - Manipuri girl and four times world’s women boxing champions came into news recently as she has been conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest in the field of sports in the country.

45. Bindeshwar Pathak: - The founder of the Sulabh Sanitation Movement and inventor of a toilet system credited with improving sanitation all over India came into news recently as he has been awarded Stockholm Water Prize.

46. Mikhail L. Gromov: - The Russian French mathematician came into news recently as he was named for the Abel Prize for 2009 by the Norwegion Academy of Science and letters.

47. Radha Vinod Raju: - A senior IPS officer of J&K came into news recently as he has been appointed as the first Director General of the National Investigative Agency.

48. Muammar Quddafi: - Libyan President came into news recently as he has been appointed as the chairman of African Union.

49. Suman Sharma: - She came into news recently as she became the world first woman to fly mighty Russian MIG-35 fighter at the Aero India International show in Banglore. She also become the first civilian woman to co-pilot the American strike fighter F-16.

50. N.P.S.Aulakh: - Punjab D.G.P. came into news recently as he has been appointed as Director General of NSG.

51. Gurbax Rai Majitha: - He came into news recently as he has been appointed by centre as the new chairman of the National Wage Board for working Journalists and non-journalists.

52. Najib Tun Razaq: - He came into news recently as he has been elected as the PM of Malaysia.

53. P.V.Naik: - Air Marshall came into news recently as he has been appointed as the new chief of Air staff. Prior to his present position he headed IAF’s Allahabad based Centre Air Command.

54. Ashok Nayak: - He came into news recently as he has been appointed as the chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

55. Vineet Nayar : - He is Tech-Mahindra top honcho, who has recently been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer.

56. Justice Arijit Pasayat: - Retd. SC judge came into news recently as he has been appointed as the Chariman of the Competition Appellate Tribunal for a tenure of three years.

57. Horst Koehler: - The former of IMF came into news recently as he has been re-elected as the German President.

58. J.S.Sharma: - He came into news recently as he has been appointed as the chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India..

59. Ashok Chawla: - Economic Affair Secretary came into news recently as he has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary in the Union Finance Ministry.

60. Alice Munro:- Acclaimed Canadian short story writer came into news recently as she bagged Man Booker International Prize 2009. The prize different from the annual Booker Prize for Fiction, is awarded once every two years to a living author for his or her lifetime contribution to literature.

61. P. Sabita Indira Reddy: - She is adopted sister of former Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S.Rajasekhar Reddy. She came into news recently as she became the first woman Home Minister of A.P.

62. Muhammad Hamdulla Sayyed: - He came into news recently as he became the youngest Member of Parliament (26years). He has been elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

63. Agatha Sangma: - She is 28 years old daughter of former Lok Sabha speaker P.A.Sangma. She came into news recently as she became the youngest Minister in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet.

64. Prem Das Rai: - He is member of Parliament elected from Sikkim. He came into news recently for his unique distinction of being the first ever IIT-IIMer in the Lok Sabha.

65. Prakash Mehra: - He was a bollywood producer –director who gave Amitabh Bachchan his first success with Zanzir. He passed away recently.

66. D.D.Lapang: - He is senior Congress leader, who has been recently sworn in as the chief minister of Meghalaya for fifth time.

67. Apa Sherpa: - He came into news recently as he has conquered the peak of Mt. Everest for record 19th times.

68. J.B.Patnaik: - Former Chief Minister of Orissa came into news recently as he has been appointed as the Governor of Assam.

69. D.Y.Patil: - He is noted educationist from Maharashtra. He came into news recently as he has been appointed as Governor of Tirpura.

70. Faisal al –Trad: - He is Saudi-Arabia ambassador to India, he came into news recently for his walkout from the international conference of Jurists for the remarks made by Ram Jethmalani against Wahabi sect.

71. Lakshim Nandan Bora: - He is famous Assamese writer. He came into news recently as he has been selected for the presitigous18th Saraswati Samman for his novel ‘Kaya Kalap’.

72. Zakir Hussain: - He is famous Tabla maestro. He came into news recently as he won the Grammy Award in the contemporary world music album category for his collaborative album Global Drum Project.

73. Joe Biden: - He came into news in 2009 as he has been elected as 47th Vice President of USA.

74. Andry Rajoelina: - A former disc jockey came into news recently as he has been elected as the new President of Madagascar.

75. Chaitanya Datla: - She is HR executive from Banglore. She came into news recently as she was declared winner of National Geographic Channel Mission Navy; Lahron ke Sartaz.

76. Yukiya Amano: - He is a Japanese diplomat who has been recently as the next chief of IAEA, the UN atomic watchdog.

77. Indira Jaisangh: - She is SC lawyer and human right activist. She has recently been appointed as an Additional Solicitor General. She become the first woman to hold the post.

78. Harish Khare: - He is a senior journalist, who has recently been appointed as the new Media Advisor to PM Manmohan Singh.

79. Cristiano Ronaldo: - He is the current foodball world’s player of the year. He recently become the most expensive player in the football history by accepting 94million euro bid from Real Madrid.

80. Dr. K. Radhakrishnan; - He is senior Space Scientist. He has recently been appointed as next ISRO Chief. He replaces G. Madhvan Nair.

81. Rukhsana Kausar: - A brave girl from J & K. She shot into fame by killing a self styled commander of the Lashkar e- Taiba. She was recently awarded – ‘Jhansi ki Rani’ award instituted by N.G.O.

82. Elliyayudin: - Russian pilot who had come to Bir Billing area to participate in a paragliding even lost his life. His body was recovered from the high reaches of mountain near Himadri Chamunda Temple.

83. Balraj Puri: - Noted journalist, writer and human right activists came into news recently as he has been honoured with the prestigious Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.

84. Nandita Das: - She is famous actress of Bollywood. She came into news recently as she took over as the Chief of he Children’s Film Society of India.

85. Irom Sharmila: - An activist from Manipur, she has been on fast unto death for last nine years. She came into news as she has been repeatedly demanding repeal of Armed Force Special Power Act.

86. Rahul Bhatt: - He is son of film director Mahesh Bhatt. His name came into news recently in connection with David Headly the suspected American terrorist who was arrested for plotting terror attack in India.

87. Leon E Panetta: - He is CIA chief, who recently visited India in connection of David Headly terror probe. He held discussion with top security experts of the country on issue ranging from co-operation on terror, sharing of intelligence and other issues of mutual interest.

88. Stephen Harper: - He is PM of Canada. He recently visited India to boost economic ties between the two countries apart from ironing out differences on a civil nuclear co-operation.

89. Francis Gurry: - He is director of UN World Intellectual Property Organisation. He recently visited India and praised India for its pioneering role in protection of traditional knowledge.

90. H.K.Dua: - He is editor in chief of the Tribune group of news paper. He came into news recently as he has been nominated by the President of India to the Rajya Sabha.

91. Dr. A.K.Ganguly: - He is currently the Chairman of First Source Solutions Limited as well as a member of National Knowledge Commission. He came into news recently as he has been nominated by the President of India to the Rajya Sabha.

92. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman: - He was the founding father of Bangladesh who was killed in a coup. His name came into news recently as Bangladesh Supreme court rejected the appeals of five army officer and confirmed death sentence along with seven others for killing the country’s founding father.

93. Mukesh Ambani: - He came into news recently as US business magazine Forbes has declared him the richest Indian with a fortune of $32 billion.

94. John Boehner: - He is top Republican law maker of US. He came into news recently as he has turned down much coveted invitation from the White House to dine with PM ManMohan Singh.

95. Jose Brasa: - He is currently holding the post of coach of India’s Hockey. He came into news recently as news of revolt against him by some senior members of team appeared in the news paper.

96. Hamid Karzai: - He is President of Afganistan. He came into news recently as he has been re-elected to the post of President after his lone rival withdraw from the contest.

97. Omar Bongo Ondimba: - He was president of Gabon and was world’s longest serving leader, who died away recently .

98. Avtar Singh Makkar: - He is president of SGPC. He came into news recently as he has been re-elected for the post fifth times in a row.

99. Pritibha Devi Singh Patil: - She is president of India. She came into news recently as she has created history by becoming the first women head of state to fly in a fighter jet.

100. Angela Merkel: - She came into news recently as she has been re-elected for four year tenure as Chancellor of Germany.

101. Nelson Mandela; - He was President of South Africa, and came into news recently as in recognition to his contribution to peace UN General Assembly has declared July 18, Mandela birthday as ‘Nelson Mandela International Day.

102. David Coleman Headly : - He is US national who was arrested recently along with Canadian citizen of Pakistan origin Tahawhur Hussain Rana on charges of plotting terror attacks in India at the behest of the LeT.

103. Dr. Rajiv Shah: - A young Indian American who has been recently appointed by Pr. Obama as administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

104. Just. P.D.Dinakaran: - He is the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High court. He came into news recently as his elevation to the Supreme Court came under controversies following charges of land grabbing, acquisition of wealth beyond known means.

105. Hans Raj Bhardwaj: - The former Law minister came into news recently as he has been appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka.

106. Gopal Krishan Pillai: - He came into news recently as he has been appointed as new Home Secretary. He had earlier served as a joint secretary in the Home Ministry.

107. Ramesh Pokhriyal: - The health Minister in the Khanduri Ministry, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttrakhand.

108. Devanand Konwar: - The former Assam Finance Minister was appointed as the governor of Bihar.

109. Nirpuma Rao: - She came into news recently as she has succeeded Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon as the new Foreign Secretary. Ms. Rao is the second woman Foreign Secretary after Ms. Cholika Iyer.

110. Sunil MIttal: -He is chairman and CEO of Bharti Enterprises. He came into news recently as he has been conferred the Global Economy Prize 2009 by the Kiel Institute Germany.

111. Charles Coventry: - He is a cricketer from Zimbabwe. He came into news recently as he has equaled the highest one day international score hitting 194 not out in a match against Bangladesh.

112. Just. K. Kanan: - He is a Judge in Punjab and Haryana High court. He came into news recently as he become the first judge in the country to voluntarily declare his asset public.

113. Somdeve Devaraman: - He is a tennis player. He came into news recently as he become the only player after Leander Paes to qualify for a single match draw in Wimbledon.

114. Avtar Tulsi: - He came into news recently as he had earned a place in Guinese Book of world Records as the youngest post graduate. He earns his doctorate degree in Indian Institute of Science in Physics at an age of 21.

115. Just B. Sudershan Reddy: - He came into news recently as he has been appointed by Rajya Sabha Chairman as the head of the committee for initiating impeachment proceeding against Culcutta High Court Judge Soumitra Sen, accused of corruption and misconduct.

116. Rudi Koertzen: - He came into news recently as he become the first umpire to stand in 200 ODI by officiating in the 2nd ODI between Kenya and Ireland.

117. Geeta Chandran: - She is famous Bhartnatayam dancer. She came into news recently as she was facilitated with Kishor Kumar Kala Ratan Award.

118. Carol Bartz: - She came into news recently as she has been appointed as the next Chief Executive of Yahoo.inc. one of the biggest internet companies.

119. Seema Rai Sharma: - She came into news recently as she along with Ambica Sood became the first women navigators of Indian navy.

120. Prabhash Joshi: - Noted Hindi journalist and founder editor of ‘Jansatta’ passed away recently. He is particularly known for championing the cause of freedom of the press and his work for perfecting professional standards.

121. General Sarath Fonseka: - He came into news recently as he resigned from the post of Chief of Defence staff of Srilanka army and he fight for the president post unsuccessfully.

122. Mohinder Amarnath: - He was one of the india’s greatest all rounders . He came into news recently as he was selected for the C.K.Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by Cricket Board.

123. Sanya Richard: - US athlete came into news recently as she has been honoured recently with the Female Athlete of the year award 2009.

124. Prof. C.P.Chandrasekhar: - He is JNU professor who came into news recently as he has been presented the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2009.

125. Satinder Kumar: - He recently become the first Indian hockey umpire to receive international Hockey Federation Golden Whistle Award for officiating in 100 international matches.

126. Sujata Koirala: - She is daughter of Nepali congress president and former PM G.P. Koirala. She came into news recently as she has been appointed as Deputy PM of Nepal by PM Madhav Kumar Nepal.

127. Yash Pal: - Renowned scientist came into news recently as he has been awarded the UNESCO’s prestigious prize- Kalinga Prize for popularization of science.

128. Hilary Mental : - Britain novelist came into news recently as she has won this year Man Booker Prize for her novel ‘Wolf Hall’.

129. L.K.Advani: - BJP leader came into news recently as he has resigned from the post of leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and has been elected as the chairman of BJP’s Parliamentary wing.

130. N.D. Tiwari: - He came into news recently as he resigned from the post of Governor Andhra Pradesh after a television channel showed him allegedly in compromising position with women.

131. Stephen Harper: - He is Canadian PM, who visits India recently. He has described India as a safe and reliable country and said that Canada had no reservation in negotiating a civilian nuclear deal with it.

132. V.K.Chopra:- Editor in chief of the Hind Samachar Group came into news recently as he has been elected as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the PTI.

133. Indira Jai Singh:- She came into news recently as she has been appointed as the additional Solicitor General of India. She will be the first women ASG of India.

134. Irina Bokova:- Bulgaria’s former foreign minister came into news recently when she was elected as the first woman to head the UNESCO.

135. Pulela Gopi Chand: - He came into news recently as he become the first person in sports history to have won Arjun Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratan Award and now Dronacharya award.
136. Richard Holbrooke:- He has been appointed by the Pr. Barak Obama as a special envoy to Pakistan and Afganistan.

137. Martin Luther King III:- The son of Martin Luther King junior, the US civil right leader came into news recently in connection with the his recent visit to India.

138. R.C.Deka: - He came into news in 2009 as he has been appointed as the new director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

139. Nirupum Sen : - The former Indian Ambassador to the UN came into news as she has been appointed Special Senior Advisor to the President of General Assembly.