Appointments: 1) New Chief Justice of India: The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) to Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam . Justice Sathasivam is the 40th CJI of India. 2) New Chief Minister of Jarkhand : Hemant Soren sworn in as Ninth Chief Minister of Jharkhand. 3) New President of Pakistan Appointed : Mamnoon Hussain . 4) New Prime Minister of Egypt Appointed : Hazem El-Beblawi . 5) The Institute of Cost Accountants of India announced Suresh Chandra Mohanty as the new president of the body. Suresh Chandra Mohanty replaced Rakesh Singh. 6) Prince Philippe sworn in as the Seventh king of Belgium. 7) Abdul Rahim Rather, the Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir appointed as the new Chairman of GST ( Goods and services Tax ) Panel by the Empowered Committee of States Finance Ministers on GST. 9) New Governor of Meghalaya : KK Paul took over as the New Governor of Meghalaya. 10) Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil appointed new Governor of Sikkim 11) New President of Nasscom (The National Association of Software and Services Companies) appointed: Former Telecom Secretary R. Chandrasekhar. 12) Adli Mansour Sworn in as the interim President of Egypt. 13) Sunil Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). 14) India’s next Foreign Secretary Appointed : Sujata Singh. 15) Anil Goswami Took Over as the Union Home Secretary.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:22:35 +0000
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