PERSONS IN NEWS (Important For IBPS CLERK 3 EXAM) 1. Paras Ajmera, Director of Multi- Commodity Exchange (MCX) resigned from the board on 12 November 2013. 2. Yogesh Agarwal, the Chairman of PFRDA ( Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) resigned. 3. Mukesh Ambani: tops Forbes list of Indias richest once again 4. Shreekant Javalgekar resigned as the Managing Director and CEO of MCX 5. M Gopalakrishnan: Former Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank sent to imprisonment for defrauding various branches of the bank to the tune of about Rs 6.5 crore. 6. Russian President Vladimir Putin beat President Barack Obama to the top spot on Forbes list of The Worlds Most Powerful People. 7. Mark Schwarzer, Australia Goalkeeper Retired from International Football 8. British Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad on 5 November 2013 won gold at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Asian Open Championships . 9. Yogesh Malik Resigned as CEO of Uninor 10. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles visit to Kerala. 11. Jignesh Shah - Mumbai Police registered an FIR against National Spot Exchange Ltd. (NSEL) promoter Jignesh Shah and others in connection with the Rs.5,600-crore payment crisis 12. Ali Zeidan : Libya PM was abducted from a Tripoli hotel and held for several hours by armed militiamen. 13. Siddiqa Parveen of India declared the Worlds Tallest Woman. 14. Lalu Yadav sentenced to 5 yrs in jail in fodder scam 15. Vladimir Putin (Russia President) nominated for 2014 Nobel Peace Prize 16. Rasheed Masood: member and Congress leader was sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court in a corruption case in a Tripura, becoming the first MP to lose his seat after a recent Supreme Court judgement had removed the immunity for convicted lawmakers’ Bo Xilai China’s disgraced former Communist Party leader has appealed against his life sentence conviction 17. 18. Jwala Gutta (Badminton player) moves court against Badminton Association of India (BAI) life ban threat . 19. Former Slovenia PM (Janez Jansa) has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to two years in prison 13. Arunima Sinha – a National-level volleyball player with an artificial limb geared up to climb the worlds highest peak - the Mt Everest, accompanied by Sushen Mahto. 14. Subra Suresh – Indian American Appointed as president of Carnegie Mellon 15. Marion Bartoli: French Lawn Tennis Player and Wimbledon 2013 (Women’s Singles) winner announced her retirement 16. Ratan Tata- Elected as member of National Academy of Engineering. 17. Sushmita Banerjee: Indian Writer killed in Afghanistan 18. Kapil Parakh Selected for White House Fellowship 2013-14 19. Nisha Desai Biswal nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of USA
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:52:22 +0000
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