Senthil Kumar: July 2017

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Jul 31, 2017

2017 Ramon Magsaysay Award winners (Asia's Nobel Prize)
#	Winner	Country	Purpose
1	Yoshiaki Ishizawa	Japan	for restoring Cambodia's treasured gift to world culture
2	Gethsie Shanmugam	Sri Lanka	for rebuilding lives from psychosocial wounds of war and violence
3	Abdon Nababan	Indonesia	for harnessing sustained, nonstop and credible public service
4	Tony Tay	Singapore	for mobilizing goodwill to address hidden hunger
5	Lilia de Lima	Philippines	for harnessing sustained, nonstop and credible public service
6	Philippine Educational Theater Association - PETA	Philippines	for empowering communities for development action through theater arts

The 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) was the sixth edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games which started in 2000.
2017 CYG were planned to be held in Castries, the capital of Saint Lucia, but Saint Lucia withdrew in 2015, citing financial difficulties. Canada and Scotland both offered to host the games if no other nation was willing to bid. In 2016, Nassau, Bahamas was selected to host the 2017 edition.
The games was held from 19 to 23 July 2017
There were 64 participating nations at the games.
The following countries did not send any athletes: Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Seychelles and Swaziland.
The 2017 Games featured 9 sports and introduced 3 new sports, Beach Soccer, Judo and Beach Volleyball whilst dropping Archery, Lawn Bowls, Weightlifting, and Squash. Cycling also made a return during these games.
India finished at 7th place with 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 Bronze medals
England (51 medals), Australia (39 medals) and New Zealand (31 medals) topped the table

CYG (Commonwealth Youth Games)
#	Year	Host City	Country	Nations participated	Top Nation in Medals Table
1	2000	Edinburgh	Scotland	15	England
2	2004	Bendigo	Australia	22	Australia
3	2008	Pune	India	71	India
4	2011	Douglas	Isle of Man	63	England
5	2015	Apia	Samoa	63	Australia
6	2017	Nassau	The Bahamas	65	England
7	2021	Belfast	Northern Ireland

Presidents of India
#	President	Took Office	Left Office	Vice President
1	Dr. Rajendra Prasad	Jan 26, 1950	May 12, 1962	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	May 13, 1962	May 13, 1967	Zakir Hussain
3	Zakir Hussain	May 13, 1967	May 03, 1969	Varahagiri Venkata Giri
	Varahagiri Venkata Giri*	May 03, 1969	Jul 20,1969
	Mohammad Hidayatullah*	Jul 20, 1969	Aug 24, 1969
4	Varahagiri Venkata Giri	Aug 24, 1969	Aug 24, 1974	Gopal Swarup Pathak
5	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	Aug 24,1974	Feb 11, 1977	Gopal Swarup Pathak
5	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	Aug 24,1974	Feb 11, 1977	Basappa Danappa Jatti
	Basappa Danappa Jatti*	Feb 11, 1977	Jul 25,1 977
6	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Jul 25, 1977	Jul 25,1982	Basappa Danappa Jatti
6	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Jul 25, 1977	Jul 25,1982	Muhammad Hidayatullah
7	Giani Zail Singh	Jul 25, 1982	Jul 25, 1987	Muhammad Hidayatullah
7	Giani Zail Singh	Jul 25, 1982	Jul 25, 1987	Ramaswamy Venkatraman
8	Ramaswamy Venkatraman	Jul 25, 1987	Jul 25, 1992	Shankar Dayal Sharma
9	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Jul 25, 1992	Jul 25, 1997	Kocheril Raman Narayanan
10	Kocheril Raman Narayanan	Jul 25, 1997	Jul 25, 2002	Krishan Kant
11	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	Jul 25, 2002	Jul 25, 2007	Krishan Kant
11	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	Jul 25, 2002	Jul 25, 2007	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
12	Pratibha Patil	Jul 25, 2007	Jul 25,2 012	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
13	Pranab Mukherjee	Jul 25, 2012	Jul 25, 2017	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
14	Ram Nath Kovind	Jul 25, 2017		Mohammad Hamid Ansari
14	Ram Nath Kovind	Jul 25, 2017
Updated on Jul 25,2017; *à Acting Presidents

Presidential Elections [1952-2017]

Vice - Presidents of India

Vice – Presidential Elections [1952-2017]