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Aug 2019

Jan 20, 2020

Veteran Odia Hindustani Vocalist Sunanda Patnaik Passes Away At 85

Eminent Indian classical singer and daughter of noted Odia poet Baikunthanath Patnaik, Sunanda Patnaik passed away in Kolkata. She was 85 and had been hospitalised for age related complications.
Singer of Gwalior gharana of classical music, Sunanda was referred to as 'Guruma' in the classical music circle. Her popular devotional Odia song 'Jeevana Patra Mo Bhariccha Kete Mote' that was penned by her father, still holds a special place in the hearts of Odias. She has several 'bhajans' both in Odia and Hindi to her credit apart from several classical songs that she usually rendered in a high pitch.

Founder of Korean Retail Giant Lotte Dies

Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho, who started manufacturing chewing gum in 1948 in Japan and built the business into South Korea's No.5 conglomerate with interests ranging from retail to chemicals, died. He was 98.
He was the last of the South Korean entrepreneurs who founded the country's major chaebols, or family-run conglomerates, that now dominate Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Lotte was founded in 1948 as a chewing gum maker in Japan by Shin, who moved to the neighbouring country when the Korean peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule. He married a Japanese woman and they had two sons, who later feuded over control of the business in 2015.

Sant Lal Chawaria Joins BJP

Delhi Safai Karamchari Commission chairman and AAP leader Sant Lal Chawaria joined the BJP in presence of the saffron party's national vice president Shyam Jaju.
Chawaria, the national general secretary of Valmiki Mahapanchayat, is expected to be pitted seat against AAP minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Seemapuri Assembly seat.

Jan 19, 2020

Bapu Nadkarni Passes Away

Former India all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni, who played 41 Tests between 1955 and 1968, passed away. He was 86-years-old. Nadkarni represented Mumbai and Maharashtra in domestic cricket.
In his 41 Tests, Nadkarni claimed 88 wickets with a best of six for 63 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1968. He averaged 25.70 with the bat hitting seven half-centuries and one century—122 not out against England at Kanpur in February 1964—and scored 1,414 runs in 67 innings.

Jan 18, 2020

Nripendra Misra New Chairperson of Nehru Memorial

Former principal secretary to the Prime Minister, Nripendra Misra, has been appointed chairperson of the executive council of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML).
According to the order, the Executive Council (EC) of the NMML has been reconstituted and it will be now chaired by Misra.
Misra is a retired IAS officer of the 1967 batch. Before serving as the principal secretary to the PM, Misra worked in several top positions including as the chairperson of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Jan 17, 2020

Dilip Ghosh Re-elected Bengal BJP Chief

With an eye on the 2021 Assembly polls in West Bengal, the BJP re-elected Dilip Ghosh as president of its state unit for the second consecutive term till 2023. Being the only nominee for the post, Ghosh, the BJP MP from Kharagpur, was elected unopposed at the state committee meeting.
Ghosh's re-election comes days after he courted a controversy for threatening to shoot and kill protesters involved in damaging public property like in Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka during the agitation against the new citizenship law.
The re-election of Dilip Ghosh as state BJP chief for next three years makes it clear that the party has put its faith on his leadership to contest the 2021 Assembly polls. Since his appointment as state BJP chief in 2015, Ghosh has been instrumental in expanding the organisation and is credited as for adopting a hardline approach unlike his predecessors.

Jan 16, 2020

Alok Kansal takes over as General Manager of Western Railway

Alok Kansal, a senior officer of the 1983 batch of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) took over the charge as General Manager of Western Railway, 14th January, 2020.
Prior to his posting as General Manager of W. Rly, Alok Kansal served as Principal Executive Director/Civil Engineering (Planning) at Railway Board.

IPS officer AP Maheshwari takes over as new CRPF DG

IPS officer Anand Prakash Maheshwari took over as the new director general of the CRPF, the world's largest paramilitary force.
The 1984-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre was appointed the new CRPF chief on January 13 after its earlier DG R R Bhatnagar retired on December 31.
Maheshwari took over the charge from ITBP Director General S S Deswal who was given the additional charge to head the CRPF.
Maheshwari was handed over the ceremonial DG baton at the CRPF headquarters at Central Government Offices (CGO) complex at Lodhi Road.
He will retire in February next year.
The new chief was also accorded a guard of honour by force personnel.
Maheshwari, serving as special secretary (internal security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs till now, has earlier worked in the CRPF as inspector general (IG) and deputy IG.

China's Iconic Tractor Driver Dies At 95

China's first and oldest female tractor driver Liang Jun, whose image features on Renminbi currency notes, has died. Liang was 90.
She died of illness in Harbin, the capital of northeastern province Heilongjiang, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Liang was the first female tractor driver of New China. Her image was featured on the 1 yuan note of the third set of the Chinese currency Renminbi.
Liang was born in an impoverished family in Heilongjiang's Mingshui County in 1930. At the age of 17, she was admitted to a teacher's college. In 1948, Liang became the only female student of a training class for tractor drivers.

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