Dear Readers,
Read the list of important persons in news in January 2015. Very useful for upcoming exams like IBPS PO, Clerical, SSC-CGL, Insurance and other similar kind of exams.
Persons in News January 2015 – Appointed in Government Sector
1. NITI Ayog
Chairman – Narendra Modi
Vice Chairman – Arvind Panagariya
CEO – Ms. Sindhushree Khullar (IAS)
Fulltime Members – Economist Bibek Debroy and former DRDO Chief V K Saraswat.
2. Defense Secretary RK Mathur (Suceeded Manohar Parikar) – New DRDO Chief
3. Anupam Shrivastava – New CMD of BSNL
4. Hari Shankar Brahma (Suceeded VS Sampath) – New Election Commissioner
5. Shekhar Sen – Sangeet Natak Akademi
6. Pahlaj Nihalani – New chief of Censor Board
7. Arkalgud Suryaprakash – Chairman of Prasar Bharati
8. A.S.Kiran Kumar – New ISRO Chief.
9. TCA Anant – Chief statistician of India.
10. A.K. Mittal – Railwayboard new chairman
11. Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh and Major Mukund Varadarajan of Rashtriya Rifle – Ashok Chakra
Persons in News Who visited India in January 2015
1. US President Barrack Obama – Chief Guest at Republic day Parade
2. Guyana President Donald Ramotar – Chief Guest at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
3. UN Secretary general Ban-Ki-Moon – Visited Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad
Obituary January 2015
1. He Zhenlian – Vice President of International Olympic Committee, popularly known as “Mr.Olympics” in China.
2. R.K. Laxman – Eminent Cartoonist creator of “Common man”.
Autobiography – Tunnel of Time
3. Subhash Ghisingh – Gorkhaland movement leader, died.
Persons in News January 2015 – International
1. Maithripala Sirisena – New President of Srilanka
2. Giorgio Napolitano – Former president of Italy Resigned
3. Alexis Tsipras – New Prime Minister of Greece
Other Achievements
1. Bhakti Sharma – swam 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in the Antarctic Ocean, world’s youngest and the first Asian girl to do so.
2. Paulina Vega – Miss Universe
3. Raghuram Rajan – Won “Governor of the year” award from British magazine “Central Banking”.
4. Dr.Atul Khare – UN under-Secretary-general for field support department