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Apr 29, 2015

[CA] PIN - March 2015


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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