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Appointments:
1) Narendra Modi sworn-in as the Chief
Minister of Gujarat for the 4th consecutive term.
2) Virbhadra Singh sworn-in as Chief
Minister of Himachal for a record sixth term in Shimla.
3) CNN's New
Chief Executive : Jeff Zucker.
4) New CBI Director: Ranjit Sinha.
5) Adviser to
Finance Minister of India Parthasarathi Shome.
6) Vinod Rai
again Elected As Chairman of UN Panel of
External Auditors.
7)President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry) : Naina Lal
Kidwai
8) NewSecretary
of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) : MS Sahoo
10) The first
woman was elected as the president of South Korea : Park Geun-hye.
11) New Chief of
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) : Subhash Joshi Appointed.
12) New Chairperson
of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)
: Justice Swatanter Kumar
Obituaries:
1) Besse Cooper :
The Oldest Person of the World, Died At 116
2) Norman Woodland,
the inventor of bar code, died at the age of 91 at New Jersey.
Awards:
1) Best
Administrator in India Award : Finance Minister P. Chidambaram awarded with Best
Administrator in India Award.
2) Shihab Ghanem
wins the Tagore Peace Prize.
3) Brand Laureate
Legendary Award in Malaysia : Shahrukh Khan.
4) Grammy
Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 : Pandit Ravi Shankar.
5) Bharat Muni
Samman of year 2012 : Famous Bollywood actress Hema Malini had been selected
for her outstanding contribution to the field of art and culture.
6) Web Ratna
Award 2012 : Bihar's public grievance redressal website received the Silver
Icon Web Ratna Award 2012.
5) Person of the
year 2012 : US President Barack Obama named Person of the year 2012 by TIME
Magazine.
Important Days:
December 1 World
Aids Day.
December 4 Navy
Day.
December 7 Armed
Forces Flag Day.
December 10 Human
Right Day.
