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PERSONS IN NEWS - May 2019

May 2019

Sep 18, 2019

ADB's President Resigns

Asian Development Bank's President Takehiko Nakao has announced his resignation which will be effective from January 16, 2020.
He became the President of ADB on April 28, 2013.
The new president will be elected in accordance with an open, transparent and merit-based procedure.

Sep 17, 2019

Farooq Abdullah Booked Under PSA

Jammu and Kashmir administration booked National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah under Public Safety Act (PSA) to maintain law and order.
Dr Abdullah is currently detained at his residence in Srinagar. Officials said the residence has been converted into and designated as a sub-jail, with security arrangements by Special Services Group.

Mayank Vaid Becomes First Indian To Complete Enduroman Triathlon

Mayank Vaid has become the 44th person in the world and the first Indian to finish the Enduroman, considered one of the toughest endurance competitions in the world.
Remarkably, Vaid also broke the record for the shortest time in which the triathlon has been completed.
The triathlon starts with a 140 km run from London's Marble Arch to Dover on the Kent coast, then a cross-Channel swim (shortest distance 33.8 km) to the French coast, and finishes with a 289.7 km bike ride from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Journalist Ajay Kumar Singh Is New Press Secretary To President Ram Nath Kovind

Political journalist Ajay Kumar Singh was appointed as the Press Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind. Singh, 55, is currently associated with the Firstpost as a contributor.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the appointment of Singh as Press Secretary to the President on contract basis initially for a period of one year or until further orders.
He succeeds Ashok Malik, whose term ended in July 2019.
Singh started his career with the Times of India in 1985 (Lucknow) and worked in the Economic Times and the Telegraph. He later joined the Pioneer in Delhi.

Sep 16, 2019

Justice P Lakshmana Reddy Appointed As First Lokayukta Of AP

Justice P Lakshmana Reddy, a retired judge of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh High Court, was sworn-in as the first Lokayukta of the state after its bifurcation in 2014.
Governor Biswabhusan Hairchandan administered the oath of office to Justice Reddy at a function in Vijayawada.
Justice Lakshmana Reddy will be in office for five years.
The YSR Congress government amended the Lokayukta Act in the recent budget session, enabling appointment of a retired judge as Lokayukta, paving the way for constituting the corruption-probing body.

Sep 15, 2019

Kapil Dev Appointed Chancellor Of Haryana Sports University

Cricket legend Kapil Dev will be the first Chancellor of the Haryana Sports University at Rai in Sonipat district.
The Sports University of Haryana will be the third sports university established by a state government in the country after Swarnim Gujarat Sports University (Gandhinagar) and Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University (Chennai).

Hungarian Writer And Dissident Gyorgy Konrad Dies At 86

Gyorgy Konrad, a writer and sociologist who was an iconic figure of Hungary''s dissident movement while the country was under communist rule, has died.
He was 86. He had been gravely ill and died at home in Budapest.
Known internationally for books like his 1969 novel "The Case Worker" and "A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life," a memoir published in 2007, Konrad was considered a steadfast advocate for individual freedoms.
Born to a prosperous Jewish family on April 2, 1933, in Debrecen, eastern Hungary, Konrad and his immediate family survived the Holocaust, which claimed the lives of numerous relatives.
He was president of the writers' association PEN International from 1990 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Arts in Berlin in 1997-2003.

Tiananmen Square Tank Man Photographer Charlie Cole Dies

Charlie Cole, one of the photographers who captured the famous Tank Man on film during the Tiananmen Square protests died, aged 64.
Cole won the 1990 World Press Photo award for his picture.
He had been living in Bali, Indonesia.
Cole was one of four photographers that captured the scene on 5 June 1989.

Sep 14, 2019

NCP MP Udayanraje Bhosale Joins BJP

Nationalist Congress Party MP from Satara and Maharashtra leader Udayanraje Bhosale joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party president Amit Shah in New Delhi.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was also present. Earlier, Mr. Bhosale met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and submitted his resignation.
Mr Bhosale said, he agreed with the policies pursued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will work for Maharashtra as a BJP leader.
President Amit Shah said, it was a matter of happiness for BJP that a descendant of the Great Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has joined the party. He hoped that Bhosale's presence will help BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections.

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