General Bikram Singh
Appointed as New Chief Of The Indian Army.
General Bikram Singh assumed
charge on May 31,2012 as the Chief of Army Staff. He became the 25th chief of
the world's second-largest army. He is second Sikh to be Chief of Indian army,
the first having been General J. J. Singh.He will hold the post till august
31,2014.
D.K. Joshi, next Indian Navy chief
Vice-Admiral DK Joshi has been named as the next
chief of naval staff who will succeed Admiral Nirmal Verma, who retires on
August 31,2012. Admiral Joshi, the present Western Naval Command chief.
Kyoto Prize 2012
America’s Ivan Sutherland( advanced
technology), Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi (work in the basic sciences). India’s
Gayatri Spivak, (arts and philosophy) wins Kyoto prize. It is Japan’s highest
private award for global achievement.
Services wins santhos trophy
Services beat
Tamil Nadu 3-2 to be crowned 66th Santosh Trophy champions.
Tennis
India's Mahesh
Bhupathi and Sania Mirza win the mixed
doubles at the French Open,
their second Grand Slam title.They defeated Santiago Gonzalez and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik.
Maria Sharapova
defeated Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2, to win the women’s French Open and become the 10th woman to win a career Grand Slam.
Spain's Rafael
Nadal wins a record seventh French Open
with a 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 victory over world number one Novak Djokovic.
Max Mirnyi of
Belarus and Daniel Nestor of Canada won a second consecutive French Open doubles title by beating Bob
and Mike Bryan(America).
World Chess championship 2012
Viswanathan Anand
won his fifth world chess championship at Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.he
defeated boris gelfend of Israel.
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Sachin Tendulkar in Rajya Sabha
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar took oath as a Rajya Sabha member. Sachin is
the first active sportsperson and cricketer to have been nominated to the Rajya
Sabha under the Prominent Citizens Quota.
IPL 5 for Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata won the
tournament beating Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets.
Saina Nehwal wins Thai Open and
Indonesian Open
Saina Nehwal beats Ratchanok
Inthanon in Thailand open and she also has clinched her third Indonesia Open
Super Series title after she beat Li Xuerui of China.
New Zealand win Azlan Shah Cup
New Zealand beat Argentina 1-0.
Sekhar Basu appointed BARC Director
Sekhar Basu, Chief Executive,
Nuclear Recycle Board of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay,
took over as Director of BARC from Ratan Kumar Sinha . Mr. Sinha became
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
V S Sampath is
new Chief Election Commissioner
V S Sampath was appointed the new Chief Election
Commissioner.he is the 18th chief election commissioner of india.
Gandhi award 2011 for Binayak Sen, Bulu Imam
Binayak Sen and Bulu
Imam are named for the Gandhi
Foundation International Peace Award for their humanitarian work and
their practice of non-violence.
Riyad Farid Hijab is new
Syrian prime minister.
Agriculture
Minister Riad Hijab is named
as new prime minister of Syria by President Bashar al-Assad.
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