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PERSONS IN NEWS - August 2019

Aug 2019

Dec 06, 2019

C. M. Muthiah Passes Away

C. M. Muthiah, veteran athlete, coach and one of India's best-known sports administrators, passed away. He was 85 and is survived by his wife and daughter.
Muthiah, a contemporary of the great Milkha Singh, was a five-time National decathlon champion from 1956-60 and became the first Indian to participate at the World University Games in Budapest in 1954. At the 1958 Tokyo Asian Games, he missed a decathlon medal by 82 points.
In his years as a coach at the National Institute of Sport (Patiala) from 1962, Muthiah trained the likes of T.C. Yohanan (long jump) and V.S. Chauhan (decathlon), both Asian Games gold medallists, Satish Pillai, Asian Games long jump medallist, and V.R. Beedu among others.

Dec 05, 2019

Radio 1's First Blind Presenter

Lucy Edwards will be Radio 1's first-ever blind presenter.
She will be taking over the late morning slot on 28th and 29th December, 2019 and wants to create a show that feels like family.
Lucy - who has a YouTube channel and is a freelance reporter and presenter - will have the honour of playing Radio 1's greatest hits during her slots.
Lucy has a condition called Incontinentia Pigmenti which affected her eyesight at a young age.
She lost sight in her right eye at the age of 11, and in her left eye at 17.

Former England Captain Bob Willis Passed Away

Former England captain and fast bowler Bob Willis has passed away, aged 70 after a short illness.
Willis represented England in 90 Tests in an international career spanning 13 years between 1971 and 1984, finishing with 325 wickets at 25.2 - fourth-best for England behind James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Ian Botham.
He also played 64 ODIs.

Pichai to Head Parent Alphabet

Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take over the additional reins of parent Alphabet Inc in place of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin as the sole occupant of the hot seat amid an unprecedented global demand for more safeguards, regulatory scrutiny and taxes.
Pichia IIT Kharagpur and Stanford graduate becomes, arguably, the biggest Indian-born CEO on the world stage as Page and Brin said they were stepping aside as leaders of the trillion-dollar Internet behemoth they founded 21 years ago.
Pichai, who has run the core Google search business since 2015, will immediately take the reins of Alphabet Inc, the parent of one of the world's most valuable and influential companies.

Dec 04, 2019

Lt Gen Rajeshwar took over as 14th Commander-in-Chief of Andaman & Nicobar Command

Lt Gen Podali Shankar Rajeshwar took over as the 14th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN).
A graduate of the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, he was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery in December, 1980.
A gunner and aviator, he is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Army War College and National Defence College in New Delhi and the Philippines.
Lt Gen Rajeshwar has actively taken part in Operation Meghdoot and Operation Rakshak, officials said.
Further,he was commanded a Medium Regiment in Operation Parakram, an infantry brigade on the Line of Control, Counter Insurgency (Romeo) Force in Jammu & Kashmir and a Corps in the desert sector.

Dec 03, 2019

Atul Garg New Chief of Delhi Fire Services

Atul Garg was appointed as the new chief of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS). Garg, who was at present serving as the chief fire officer of DFS was promoted to the rank of director.
Garg, who has spent more than 17 years in the DFS, since 2002, was awarded with meritorious services medal in the year 2009.
Garg's predecessor, G. C. Mishra headed the Delhi Fire Services department. After Mishra retired from the service in February 2019, Vipin Kentail was holding the charge temporarily, until Garg was promoted.

Shivangi the First Woman Pilot in the Indian Navy

Sub lieutenant Shivangi became the first woman pilot in the Indian Navy. Until now, women officers only served as observers on board aircraft such as the P-8I submarine hunters and Ilushyin-38, also used for anti-submarine warfare.
Southern Naval Command chief Vice-Admiral Anil Chawla awarded her the coveted golden wings in Kochi after she successfully completed a "conversion course" with the Dornier training squadron INAS 550, also known as the Flying Fish.
Shivangi joined the navy in June 2018 after undergoing training at the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala in Kerala.

Dec 02, 2019

Theatre Artiste Paramananda Sahu Dies

Prominent theatre artiste of Odisha Paramananda Sahu died due to old age-related illness. Sahu had directed and acted in more than a hundred dramas, besides being an artiste in All India Radio and Doordarshan. He had also acted in several Odia and Bengali soaps and received several awards.

Veteran Journalist Bhaskar Menon Passe Away

Veteran journalist Bhaskar Menon died following cardiac arrest. The 87-year old Menon, who retired as the Regional Manager (South) of the Press Trust of India (PTI).
He had joined the news agency as a Sub-Editor and rose through the ranks before retiring as the head of its regional bureau. Menon was known for his command over English language and sharp editing skills and always insisted on speed and accuracy.
He had handled several key news developments, including the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi May 1991. Menon remained active for many years post his retirement and had taken up the task of analysis of the numerous PTI stories for some years when he used to point out to errors and at the same time applaud where it was due.

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