PERSONS IN NEWS
1. Ali Zeidan: Libya PM was abducted from a Tripoli hotel and held for several hours by armed militiamen.
2. Siddiqa Parveen of India declared the World's Tallest Woman.
3. Lalu Yadav sentenced to 5 yrs in jail in fodder scam
4. Vladimir Putin (Russia President) nominated for 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
5. Dayanidhi Maran: CBI filed a case against Dayanidhi Maran for allegedly allotting 300 high-speed telephone lines to Maran’s residence in Chennai which were extended to his brother’s channel.
6. 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’
7. IAS officer Shashi Karnawat gets 5 years imprisonment in corruption case in MP.
8. Bo Xilai: China’s disgraced former Communist Party leader, has appealed against his life sentence conviction.
9. Durga Sakthi Nagpal: Nagpal was suspended by UP govt. on July 27 allegedly for taking on the powerful sand mining mafia when she was the SDM of Gautambudh Nagar.
10. Ashish Kumar: A Haryana student has been selected for a three-year astronaut training programme of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the US. Note: Ashish Kumar, who belongs to Dhaulera village of Mahendergarh district, was today honoured with ‘Pratibha Samman’ by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for his achievement.
11. Jwala Gutta (Badminton player) moves court against Badminton Association of India (BAI) life ban threat .
12. 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 world's highest peak - the Mt Everest, accompanied by Sushen Mahto.
14. Pop Benedict XVI – resigned due to poor health.
15. Bhanu Athaiya – First Indian to win Oscar decided to return her trophy.
16. Michael Hussey (Australian Cricketer)- announced Retirement from Test Cricket.
17. Rahi Sarnobat - first Indian Pistol Shooter to clinch a gold medal in the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea.
18. Sunil Dutt – Resigned from his post he was BlackBerry’s India Managing Director.
19. Subra Suresh – Indian American Appointed as president of Carnegie Mellon
20. Marion Bartoli: French Lawn Tennis Player and Wimbledon 2013 (Women’s Singles) winner announced her retirement
21. Ratan Tata- Elected as member of National Academy of Engineering.
22. Sushmita Banerjee: Indian Writer killed in Afghanistan
23. Anjana Padmanabhan became the First Winner of Indian Idol Junior
24. Kapil Parakh Selected for White House Fellowship 2013-14
25. Abdul Karim Tunda: Lashkar-e-Taiba's Bomb Expert arrested by Delhi Police
26. Nisha Desai Biswal nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of USA
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