Appointments
1)Chidambaram returns to finance, Shinde placed in home and
Veerappa Moily got another ministry-- P Chidambaram is India's new
Finance Minister.
Sushil Kumar Shinde takes over as Home Minister of India, the
portfolio Mr Chidambaram held. And Veerappa Moily, Corporate Affairs Minister,
will also handle the power ministry, which Mr Shinde held.
2) First lady to be
appointed as Chairperson of the Central Board of Excise and
Customs(CBEC)--Praveen Mahajan
3)Who is elected as new Deputy Chairman of Rajya
Sabha--P.J.Kurien.
4)New Election Commissioner--Former civil aviation secretary
Nasim Ahmad Zaidi is appointed as new election commissioner.
5) New Prime Minister of Mongolia--Norov Althanhuyag.
6) Raghuram Rajan,former chief economist of International
Monetary Fund (IMF) was appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance
Ministry of India.
7) New Vice President of India-- Hamid Ansari
8) N.K. Gupta,took over as Director (Finance) Railtel
recently.
9) New Group Chief Executive of Barclays(a Banking Giant)--
Antony Jenkins
10) Arvind Saxena appointed the Managing Director of
Volkswagen India
Obituaries
1) Vilasrao Deshmukh is no more. Union minister for science
and technology and former Maharashtra chief
minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who has
been battling liver cancer, died.
2) Neil Armstrong--First human who land on moon is dead.
3) Veteran actor A.K.Hangal Passed away.
Days
August 3
International Friendship Day.
August 6
Hiroshima Day,
August 9 Quit
India Day and Nagasaki Day.
August 15
India's Independence Day.
August 29
National Sports Day.
Awards
1)ARJUNA AWARD AND KHEL RATNA AWARD: Ace cricketer Yuvraj
Singh is set to get the Arjuna Award this year, announced the Union Sports
Ministry on Saturday. The ministry has also decided to reward Olympic
medal-winners Vijay Kumar (shooting) and Yogeshwar Dutt (wrestling) with Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
2)No. of coaches received Dronacharya Award 2012: Eight
3)V.V giri memorial award: Utsa Patnayak
4) 3rd Rajeev Gandhi Excellence Award 2011 under the ‘Best
Power Company of the Year’-- Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
(POWERGRID).
5) ‘Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award’ for the year 2012 --Central
Bank of India has won the prestigious.
6)Best Banker prize—J&K Bank.
