[CA] Persons in news (PIN) - Oct 2014

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Persons in News

(October 2014)

Persons	Picture	Reason
Jairam Ramesh (Former Union Minister)		Has been designated to chair a global research platform panel on sustainable development —‘Future Earth Engagement Committee’
N. Gopalswami (Former Chief Election Commissioner)		Appointed as the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai
Dr. Arvind Subramanian		* Appointed as Chief Economic Adviser for a period of 3 years on contract basis * Fifth Chief Economic Adviser; from Tamil Nadu * His book “Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic Dominance”

  

Tim Cook (CEO of Apple)		* Publicly announced he is gay (same-sexual) * Became the boss of Apple in August 2011 shortly before founder Steve Jobs died
Pritam Munde (Daughter of late BJP leader Gopinath Munde)		* Won Beed Lok Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra * Broke the record of  CPI (M) leader Anil Basu who had won Arambagh (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Seat by a margin of 5,92,502 votes in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections * Has become the first candidate to cross the 6-lakh victory margin in Lok Sabha elections.
Dilma Rousseff		* Won the Brazil Presidential Election * Belongs to the center-left Workers’ Party * Her second term will finish in December 2018 * Became the first woman President of Brazil in 2010 * She is popular among the poor in Brazil because of her government's welfare policies.
Joko Widodo		* Became the new President of Indonesia * Defeated Prabowo Subianto * Replaced Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (served for 10 years)

Devendra Fadnavis		* New Chief Minister of Maharashtra * Belongs to BJP * For the first time BJP formed its government in Maharashtra * Tot Assembly Seats: 288 (BJP got 122 – fell short of majority)
Manohar Lal Khathar		* New Chief Minister of Haryana * Belongs to BJP * For the first time, BJP formed its own government in Haryana * Tot Assembly seats: 90 (BJP won 47 seats)
Richard Flanagan		* Australia * Winner of Man Booker Prize 2014 * For the book: “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” * The Novel set during the building of the Thailand-Burma “Death Railway” in World War Two
K T M Iqbal		* Indian - origin Singaporean poet and writer * Awarded Cultural Medallion (Singapore’s  highest cultural award) * Achievements include more than 200 children’s songs written for Radio Singapore in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as seven collections of poetry.

Ashwita Kapur		* Became the first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award * Won the coveted wildlife photography award in best newcomer category for her film, “Sirocco - how a dud became a stud” * Panda award also known as Green Oscar of the natural history and wildlife film industry * Previous winners from India include wildlife filmmaker and conservationist Mike Pandey, the Bedi Brothers (Ajay and Vijay) and Dusty Foot Productions
Sivathanu Pillai		* Winner of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014 * Award given for excellence in Public Admin, Academics and Management * He has been credited with development of Agni, Prithvi, Nag and Akash missiles. * Also a recipient of civilian honours Padma Shree in 2002 and Padma Bhushan in 2013 * First winner of the award was Professor CK Prahalad in 1999.

James Maynard		* 2014 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize * Awarded annually to young mathematicians for outstanding contributions in the areas influenced by the mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan * Age limit for the prize has been fixed at 32 to reflect Ramanujan’s achievements in his brief life span of 32 years * He has obtained spectacular results in prime number theory, especially on the small gaps problem * 2013 award was given to Peter Scholze.
Shahrukh Khan		* Received Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons. * Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Hollywood actor Jackie Chan are some of the past recipients to get this award
P Sainath		* Winner of World Media Summit (WMS) Global Awards for Excellence, 2014 * Won in the category of Public Welfare

Sarita Devi		*  Indian female boxer * International Boxing Association (AIBA) provisionally suspended her * During the 2014 Asiad, she refused to accept the bronze medal and wear it around her neck during the podium ceremony of the lightweight semi-final of 57-60 kg category * AIBA provisionally suspended Sarita's coaches and Indian chef-de-mission in the Incheon Asiad (Adille J. Sumariwalla)
Sarath Gayakwad		* Para-swimmer * Scripted history at the Asian Para-Games in Incheon, Korea by winning six medals (1 silver + 5 bronze) to go past sprint legend P T Usha's record (5 medals) of most medals by an Indian in a multi-discipline event.
Sania Mirza		* Won WTA Womens Doubles (Martina Navratilova Trophy) * Pair: Cara Black of Zimbabwe * Won 2014 US Open (Mixed Doubles); Pair: Bruno Soares of Brazil * Won Gold (Mixed Doubles) and Silver (Women Doubles) in 2014 Asian Games
Pankaj Advani		* Won World Billiards Point Format Championship * This was Advani’s 11th World title * Three titles won by Advani in 2014 are – ( IBSF World 6-Red Snooker title; World Team Billiards title; World Billiards Championship (point format)) * First cueist to bag the double three times in his career
Other Important PIN: à Winners of Nobel Prize 2014 [Nobel Prize 2014] à Death of Warren Anderson à Death of S S Rajendran

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