Mohamed Nasheed
à
Former President of Maldives
à Sentenced to 13 year
jail under terrorism charges
à US, UK and EU
condemned this
à Nasheed was
President of Maldives from 2008-2012
à Party: Maldivian
Democratic Party
à Marine Scientist,
Environmental Activist, Politician
à Nasheed presided
over the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting on 17 October 2009
à On Earth Day 2010 Nasheed
was awarded the United Nations' Champions of the Earth Award
Mark
Lippert
à US Ambassador of South Korea
à Attacked by a person (Kim Ki-Jon) who
was opposed to joint US-South Korean military drills
à Police arrested the person
à 80 stitches on Mark Lippert's face
à North Korea quickly reacted as the
attack reflects the anti US sentiments in South Korea
Mufti
Mohammed Sayeed
à New Chief Minister of Jammu &
Kashmir
à Party: PDP (People’s Democratic
Party)
à BJP supports this party to form the
government in the State which was in President’s Rule after its Assembly
Election results seen a fractured result
à Deputy CM: Nirmal Singh of BJP
à Was in controversial due to the
release of terrorist and praising Pakistan for the peaceful elections in the
State
Kidambi Srikanth
à Indian Badminton
Player
à Won Gold Medal in
the Swiss Open Grand Prix 2015
à Defeated Viktor
Alexson of Denmark to win the title
à Became the first
Indian men to win the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold
à Currently the
highest ranked Indian men player on the World Badminton Federation (WBF)
rankings
à Current Ranking:
World No 4
à In Nov 2014, he won the
China Open Super Series Premier
Kumar Sangakkara
à Sri Lankan Cricket
Player
à Created history by
scoring four successive centuries in a Cricket World Cup against Bangladesh
(105), England (117*), Australia (104) and Scotland (124)
à Announced his
retirement from Test cricket (will retire after playing the three-match Test
series against India in August 2015)
à He retired from
Twenty-20 cricket format after Sri Lanka won the T20 World cup in 2014. à Also retired from
ODI cricket format after Sri Lanka defeated in Quarter finals of ICC World Cup
2015 against South Africa
à He is the first
cricketer to wear the "Masuri" helmet which has safety attachment for
back of the head and neck
Minoti Apte
à Indian pancreatic cancer researcher
in Australia, Minoti Apte
à
Has been named as New South Wales (NSW) Woman of the year 2015 for her enormous
contributions to medical research, tertiary education and the Indian community.
Jagmohan
Dalmiya
à
Unanimously elected as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI)
à
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Chief Anurag Thakur was elected as
Secretary of BCCI
à
Dalmiya had served BCCI as its President between 2001 and 2004
à
Dalmiya also served as the President of International Cricket Council (ICC)
between 1997 and 2000.
Smriti
Irani
à
Union HRD Minister
à
Rajya Sabha Member
à
Has been named as Young Global Leader from India by the World Economic Forum
(WEF)
à
Described Irani as “rose from sweeping floors in a fast food restaurant to
become a top politician in India”.
Nancie
Atwell
à Teacher in USA
à Has been awarded the world’s first $1
million global teacher prize
à Named as the first winner of the one
million dollar Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, widely referred to as
the Nobel Prize for teaching.
à Ahmedabad-based Kiran Bir Sethi was
also a finalist
Mary
Kom
à Indian Boxing Player
à To be appointed as
the brand ambassador of the North-East region
à Five-time World
Amateur Boxing champion and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each of
the six world championships
à Won a bronze medal
in 2012 London Olympics in the flyweight (51 kg) category and is the only
Indian woman boxer to qualify for this category
à First Indian woman
boxer to get a Gold Medal in the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon, South Korea
à Belongs to Kom
tribal community of the north-eastern state of Manipur
à Had announced to
quit boxing after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016
à Awards: Padma
Bhushan (2013); Padma Shree (2010); Arjuna Award (2003)
à Autobiography: Unbreakable
Veerappa
Moily
à Former Union
Minister and senior Congress leader
à Selected for the
prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2014
à For his Kannada poem
Ramayana Mahanveshanam
à The poem was
translated into English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil
à Saraswati Samman is
an annual award that is given in recognition of outstanding prose or poetry
literary works in Indian languages
Amitabh
Bachchan
à Brand
Ambassador for campaign on Hepatitis – B (Hepatitis – B is a part of ‘Mission
Indradhanush’)
à Earlier, he
was roped as Ambassador for Polio campaign also
à Also, brand
ambassador of Gujarat Tourism, Andhra Pradesh Health department
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