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Jan 2020

Jan 21, 2020

Former cricketer Man Mohan Sood passes away

Former Test batsman and National selector Man Mohan Sood passed away. He was 80.
A batsman with flair to play strokes, Sood made his First Class debut against Services at Ferozeshah Kotla in 1957 and played his final Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir at Srinagar in 1964.
His lone Test appearance came against Richie Benaud-led Australia at Madras in 1960 when India lost by an innings and 55 runs. Sood fell to left-arm fast Alan Davidson in both the innings (0 and 3). In the first innings he was stumped by Wally Grout.

Senior Congress leader Shamsher Surjewala dies at 87

Veteran Congress leader Shamsher Singh Surjewala passed away at 87 in Delhi following prolonged illness. Surjewala, father of party leader Randeep Surjewala, breathed his last at the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi.
Shamsher Singh Surjewala was a five-time MLA and one-time Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana. He was also the former president of the Haryana Congress and a former minister.
He was president of the Haryana Krishak Samaj and fought for the rights of farmers. His body was taken from AIIMS to Narwana in Haryana. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited AIIMS and met Randeep Surjewala to convey his condolences.

Challa Sreenivasulu Setty appointed MD of SBI

The government appointed Challa Sreenivasulu Setty as the managing director of the State Bank of IndiaNSE -0.45 % for a period of three years, according to an official order.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of the Financial Services for the appointment of Setty, currently serving as the deputy managing director of the SBI, in the key post.
Setty has been appointed as the MD of the SBI for a period of three years with effect from the date of his taking over the charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier and which is extendable by 2 years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, after review of his performance.

Ashish Garg is new ICSI President

The Company Secretaries Institute has a new President in Ashish Garg for the year 2020.
Nagendra D Rao, a fellow member of ICSI, has been elected Vice-President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
Garg is a Post Graduate in Economics (M A), Commerce (M Com) and a graduate in law (LLB). He was elected to the central council of ICSI for the term 2015-18 and re-elected for the term 2019-22.

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.

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