APPOINTED; ELECTED; Etc.
Dilma Rousseff: She has been elected as the first female President of Brazil. 62-year-old economist, Rousseff is a former Marxist guerrilla who was jailed and tortured for three years in early 1970 for fighting against dictatorship in Brazil.
Nitish Kumar: He has been re-elected as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy: He has been elected as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Prithviraj Chavan: He has been elected as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Nehchal Singh Sandhu: He has been appointed as the Director of Intelligence Bureau of India (IB).
Ronald Noble: He has been re-elected as the Secretary-General of Interpol, for a third five-year term.
Nitish Kumar: He has been re-elected as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy: He has been elected as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Prithviraj Chavan: He has been elected as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Nehchal Singh Sandhu: He has been appointed as the Director of Intelligence Bureau of India (IB).
Ronald Noble: He has been re-elected as the Secretary-General of Interpol, for a third five-year term.
RESIGNED
Francois Fillon: Prime Minister of France.
A Raja: Union Telecom Minister.
K. Rosaiah: Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Ashok Chavan: Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
A Raja: Union Telecom Minister.
K. Rosaiah: Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Ashok Chavan: Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
Barack Obama: President of USA
DIED
Siddhartha Shankar Ray: Former Chief Minister of West Bengal. He was 90.
EVENTS
NOVEMBER
12—Two years after the spectacular success of Beijing Olympics, China dazzles the world once again by unveiling the 16th Asian Games with a spell-binding opening ceremony in Guangzhou.
12—Two years after the spectacular success of Beijing Olympics, China dazzles the world once again by unveiling the 16th Asian Games with a spell-binding opening ceremony in Guangzhou.
13—Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s iconic opposition leader is released after spending 15 years under house arrest.
23—North Korea fires scores of artillery shells at a South Korean island, killing two soldiers, in one of the heaviest attacks on its neighbour since the Korean War ended in 1953.
25—The much-awaited Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service is launched in Haryana by Union Communication Minister Kapil Sibal.
28—The Union Ministry for environment and forests gives its green signal for the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power plant in Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra. This will be the first Nuclear plant to be set-up after NSG waiver to allow international collaboration with India.
29—India and China hold the 14th round of border talks in Beijing.
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