Events; Appointments; Etc.: November 2009

APPOINTED; ELECTED; Etc. Hamid Karzai: He has been re-elected as the President of Afghanistan. Herman Van Rompuy: Prime Minister of Belgium, he has been appointed as the first President of European union (EU). J. B. Patnaik: Former Odissa (Orissa) Chief Minister, he has been appointed as the Governor of Assam. D.Y. Patil: Noted educationalist from Maharashtra, he has been appointed as the Governor of Tripura. Kamla Beniwal: She has been appointed as the Governor of Gujarat. Subir Gokarn: Chief economist (Asia-Pacific) of global rating agency Standard & Poor, he has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). RESIGNED Anil Kakodar: Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) of India. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS Jose Manuel Barraso: President of European Commission. Kevin Rudd: Prime Minister of Australia. Stephen Harper: Prime Minister of Canada. Fredrik Reinfeldt: Prime Minister of Sweden. Manocheher Mottaki: Foreign Minister of Iran. DIED Prabhash Joshi: Noted Hindi journalist. He founded the newspaper Jansatta and later on wrote a column Kaagad Kare for years. EVENTS NOVEMBER 1—Afghanistan's Presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah withdraws from the run-off elections as his demands for measures to prevent fraud were rejected. 2—A Taliban suicide bomber blows himself in Rawalpindi, Pakistan's commercial hub close to the army headquarters, killing more than 34 people. 2—Afghanistan's election commission proclaims Hamid Karzai as the President of the country as the run-off elections is scrapped following Abdullah Abdullah pulling out of the elections. 9—Thirteen MLAs of Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) assault Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Azmi inside the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for taking oath in Hindi. The Speaker suspends four MLAs for four years. 10—A suicide car bomb attack in a busy market near Peshawar, Pakistan kills 32 persons. 13—Suicide bombers strike Pakistan's ISI operational headquarters in Peshawar. 12 people are killed in the attack. 14—Eleven coaches of the Delhi-bound Mandore Express derail near Jaipur killing six passengers. 19—At least 19 persons are killed outside the district courts in Peshawar as a suicide bomber blows himself up while being frisked at the entrance gate. 22— At least seven persons are killed and over 60 injured in twin blasts that rock Nalbari town of Lower Assam's Nalbari district. ULFA is suspected to be behind the blasts. 22—More than 90 people die in a massive gas explosion in China's deadliest coal mine disaster in two years, at the Xinxing Coal mine. 25—President Pratibha Patil creates history by becoming the first woman President to fly in a fighter jet, the Sukhoi-30MKI of the Indian Air Force. 25—Defying boycott call by Maoists, 52% voters exercise their franchise in the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections. 28—President of Pakistan Asif Zardari relinquishes command of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. MILESTONES Dr Rajiv Shah: A young Indian-American doctor, he has been nominated by US President Obama as administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Satinder Sharma: A Deputy Manager in State Bank of India, Chandigarh, he has become the first Indian hockey umpire to get Golden Whistle Award from the International Hockey Federation. Golden Whistle is given to only those umpires who have officiated in 100 or more international matches. Pratibha Patil: President of India, she has become the world's first woman President to fly in a fighter aircraft. She flew in the Sukhoi-30 MKI from the Indian air Force's Lohegaon air base in Pune. Lata Mangeshkar: Noted singer, she has been conferred the "Legion d'Honneur", the French government's highest award.

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with warm regards

Harish Sati
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068

(M) + 91 - 9990646343 | (E-mail) Harish.sati@gmail.com

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