News 16-22 Dec 2013

Appointments : 

1. Michelle Bachelet won Presidential election of Chile.
2. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala : Chairman of NABARD(National Bank for Agriculture and Ruaral Developement)
3. Veteran Congressman Hiphei was on Monday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the seventh Mizoram Assembly by governor Vaikkom Purushothaman

Resignations/Retirements

Obituaries

1. Union Minister Sis Ram Ola died.He was holding Labour and Employment portfolio in Manmohan Singh government and was a recipient of Padma Shri.

Awards

Sports

International

1. Turkmenistan held a parliamentary election that for the first time featured more than one party.Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov : President of Turkmenistan.Capital : Ashgabat.

News : 8-15 Dec 2013

Appointments : 

1. PepsiCo, on Monday, appointed D. Shivakumar, a former senior executive with the Finnish handset maker Nokia, as the company’s new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the Indian region
2. Pakistan’s newly appointed Army chief  : Gen Raheel Sharif 
3. Ranjan Mathai, former Foreign Secretary of India, has taken over as the country’s next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
4. General Motors picked Mary Barra, its product development chief and a 33-year company veteran, as its next CEO. She will become the first woman to head any major car company. 
5. Justice (retired) D.P. Buch took oath here as the Lokayukta of Gujarat.
6. Vasundhara Raje (BJP) to be sworn in at a grand ceremony on the Rajasthan Assembly elections.
7. Raman Singh takes oath as CM of Chattisgarh.
8. Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for the third consecutive time.