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Appointments:
1) New Governor of RBI : Raghuram Govind Rajan, the Chief
Economic Adviser was appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) for a time period of three years. He succeeds D. Subbarao.
2) New President of Iran : Hassan Rouhani sworn in as
the new President of Iran.
3) Samantha Power sworn in as New US Ambassador to United
Nations .
4) New ONGC ( Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Chief ) : Dinesh
K Sarraf.
5) New Chief Justice of Delhi High Court : Justice Nuthalapati
Venkata Ramana.
6) New President of Zimbawe : Robert Mugabe sworn in for 7th
term as President of Zimbabwe.
7) New Director General of the CRPF : Dilip Trivedi.
8) New HPCL Head : Nishi Vasudeva became the first woman to
be selected as the head of the Navratna public sector unit (PSU), Hindustan
Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL).
9) New Member of UPSC Appointed : Vinay Mittal appointed as
a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is the eighth
members in the Commission.
Obituaries:
1) Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi, the Eminent Indian Classical
Singer Passed Away.
Awards:
1) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award : Mr. Ronjan Sodhi.
2) Arjuna Awards:
Sl. No.
|
Name
|
Discipline
|
1.
|
Ms. Chekrovolu Swuro
|
Archery
|
2.
|
Mr. Ranjith Maheshwari
|
Athletics
|
3.
|
Ms. P.V. Sindhu
|
Badminton
|
4.
|
Ms. Kavita Chahal
|
Boxing
|
5.
|
Mr. Rupesh Shah
|
Billiards & Snooker
|
6.
|
Mr. Virat Kohli
|
Cricket
|
7.
|
Mr. Abhijeet Gupta
|
Chess
|
8.
|
Mr. Gagan Jeet Bhullar
|
Golf
|
9.
|
Ms. Saba Anjum
|
Hockey
|
10.
|
Ms. Rajkumari Rathore
|
Shooting
|
11.
|
Ms. Joshna Chinnappa
|
Squash
|
12.
|
Ms. Mouma Das
|
Table Tennis
|
13.
|
Ms. Neha Rathi
|
Wrestling
|
14.
|
Mr. Dharmender Dalal
|
Wrestling
|
15.
|
Mr. Amit Kumar Saroha
|
Athletics (Para)
|
3) International Children Peace Prize : Malala Yousafzai won
2013 International Children's Peace Prize.
4) Nelson Mandela became the First Recipient of the Mahathir
Award.
5) Ashok Chakra : Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds inspector
KLVSSNV Prasad Babu was named for the highest peace time gallantry award, the
Ashok Chakra.
6) Delhi State Lifetime Achievement Award : Delhi conferred Lifetime Achievement Award
2013 on Abdul Rashid Khan and Anjolie Ela Menon.
Important 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.
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