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PERSONS IN NEWS - November 2018

Nov 2018

Nov 07, 2020

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha New CIC

Information Commissioner Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was administered the oath as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Journalist Uday Mahurkar, former Labour Secretary Heera Lal Samariya and former Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General Saroj Punhani were administered the oath as the Information Commissioners by Sinha.
The selection of Sinha, Mahurkar, Samariya and Punhani was done by a three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Besides Modi, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Home Minister Amit Shah are members of the panel.
Sinha joined as the Information Commissioner on January 1, 2019. He has served as India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka.

Nov 06, 2020

Court Rejects Request for Arnab Goswami's Police Custody

The Magistrate Court in Alibag, Maharashtra, recorded reasons for rejecting the request for police custody for Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami. The court remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days.
Mr. Goswami was arrested on November 4 from his residence in Mumbai for allegedly abetting the suicide of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik, directors of Concorde Designs Private Limited, for not paying ₹83 lakhs towards the Bombay Dyeing Studio Project.

Nov 05, 2020

Actor Faraaz Khan Passes Away

Actor Faraaz Khan, known for starring in movies such as "Fareb" and "Mehndi" in the 1990s, passed away in Bengaluru. He was 46.
The news of his demise was shared by actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt on social media.
Khan had marked his debut in Bollywood in 1996 with Vikram Bhatt-directed Fareb.

Nov 03, 2020

Annu Tandon Joins SP

Former Unnao MP Annu Tandon joined Samajwadi Party within days of quitting the Congress, expressing dissatisfaction with the functioning of its Uttar Pradesh unit.
Tandon joined the Samajwadi Party along with Ankit Parihar, a secretary of the state's Congress unit along with 150 party workers in a small function at the SP headquarters in presence of Akhilesh Yadav.
The SP chief hinted at the BSP veering off its core ideology as the reason for Mayawati's alleged move to have an association with the BJP.
The SP chief also alleged that actions against his party leaders Azam Khan and Munnawar Rana were taken on directions of the government.

Nov 02, 2020

Assam's New Chief Secretary

Jishnu Baruah was appointed as the new Chief Secretary of the Assam government.
Mr. Baruah was serving as the additional chief secretary for Home and Political, Revenue and Disaster Management and Assam Accord Implementation departments.
The 1998 batch IAS officer and succeeded Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna, who retired on October 31.

Aditya Puri to Join PE Major Carlyle

Aditya Puri will be guiding global Carlyle on investment opportunities across Asia as a senior advisor.
The announcement comes within a week of Puri's retirement from HDFC Bank as the Chief Executive and Managing Director.
Puri will advise the Carlyle team on investment opportunities across Asia and provide guidance on the evolving market landscape and new investment opportunities.
He will also be advising Carlyle's investment professionals and portfolio management teams on building differentiated high-quality businesses.

TN Agriculture Minister Doraikkannu Passes Away

Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Doraikkannu passed away.
Doraikkannu is a three-time AIADMK MLA.
He is the third sitting elected representative from the state to have died after contracting coronavirus, the others being DMK MLA J. Anbazhagan and Congress Lok Sabha MP from Kanniyakumari H. Vasanthakumar.
Doraikkannu has represented Papanasam in Thanjavur district in the state assembly since 2006 and was inducted in the cabinet in 2016 by late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
Doraikannu was known for his "simplicity, humbleness, straightforwardness, governance skills and commitment towards the welfare of the farming community.

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