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APPOINTEDHelle Thorning-SchmidtDanish opposition leader Helle

Thorning-Schmidt emerged

victoriousintheelectionsheldon15 September 2011 andwilltake

overasthecountrysfirstfemale

PrimeMinister. Shebelongstothe

Social Democrats party. The

result ended the center-right

governments 10 yearsinoffice.

Thorning-SchmidtsucceededLars

LokkeRasmussenwhosubmitted

hisresignationtoQueenMargrethe

on 16 September 2011.HelleThorning-Schmidtbecameasocial

democratduringher studies in

Belgium andjoined the Danish

Social Democrats in 1993. From

1994 to 1997 she led the

secretariat of the Danish

delegationofsocialdemocratsin

the EuropeanParliament. After

hertimeinBrusselssheworkedas

an internationalconsultantwith

the Danish Confederation of

TradeUnionsuntilbeingelected

MEPin 1999.ShewasaMember

oftheEuropeanParliamentinthe

19992004 period. During the

fiveyearterm, shewasamember

of the Employment and Social

CommitteeandtheConstitutional

Committee of the European

Parliament. Shealsoco-founded

the Campaign for Parliament

Reform (CPR).

Mustafa Abdul-JalilThe head of Libyas National

Transitional Council, MustafaAbdul-Jalil, delivered his first

publicspeechinthecapitalTripoli

on 12 September2011, outlining

his plans for the

country.Thousands of Libyans

gatheredtohearhisspeechinthe

central square in the city.He

emphasizedtheneedforamodern

democratic statewith an active

roleforwomeninNewLibya. In

hismaidenpublicspeech, Abdul-

Jalil statedhewouldnotaccept

any extremist ideology, on the

rightortheleft.

Mustafa AbdulJalilwasMinisterof Justice under Colonel

Muammaral-Gaddafi. Duringthe

2011 Libyancivilwar, AbdulJalil

wasidentifiedastheheadofthe

NationalTransitional Council.

Major General (retd) BCKhanduriMajorGeneral (retd) BCKhanduri

was appointed the sixth ChiefMinister of Uttarakhand . He

replaced Ramesh Pokhriyal

Nishankwho resigned on 11

September 2011. Nishank was

asked toresignby the Bharatiya

JanataPartyasitwasalarmedby

the state governments sagging

imagedue to severalallegations

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of corruption. Thedecisionwas

taken keeping in view the

forthcomingelectionsinthestate

in 2012.

Khanduri returned as CM two

years after he stepped down

following the 2009 general

elections, when the BJP lost all

fiveLokSabhaseatsinthestate.

Khanduri, aformerarmyofficer,

hastheimageofahonestandno-

nonsenseleaderwhocommandsa

lo t of respect among retireddefence personnel in

Uttarakhand.

ShahRukhKhanESPN-STAR Sports, theofficial

broadcaster and commercial

partner of Nokia Champions

League (NCL) Twenty20 ,

announcedShahRukhKhanasthe

face of the tournament. The

announcement wasmade on 9

September2011. Nokia, thetitle

sponsor of Champions League

Twenty20 , also announced

ambitiousplans to promote its

associationwiththetournament.

The third edition of Nokia

ChampionsLeagueTwenty20 will

beparticipatedbymorethan 100

playerswhohave experience at

theinternationallevel.

DineshKumar LikhiSAILsgeneralmanager(Business

Planning) DineshKumarLikhiwas

appointedasdirector(Production

& Marketing) ofMishra Dhatu

NigamLtd, anotherpublicsectorundertaking. Likhihadplayedkey

role in formulating and

implementingcorporateplansin

SAIL, suchastheInvestmentPlan

in 1995, TurnaroundPlanin 2000

andthe CorporatePlan-2012.

DEATHWangari MaathaiKenyanenvironmentalist& Nobel

laureateWangariMaathaidiedon

25 September 2011 inNairobi.

Thefirst Africanwomantowina

Nobel Peace Prize , Wangari

Maathaihadbegan amovement

toreforesthercountrybypaying

poorwomen a few shillings to

plant trees. The Green Bel t

Movementorganizationfounded

byherin 1977 mentionedthatshe

had been treated for ovarian

cancerinthepastyear. Wangari

MutaMaathaiwas born on 1

April 1940, inNyeri, Kenya.She

won a scholarship to study

biologyatMountSt. Scholastica

Collegein Atchisonandreceived

adegree in 1964. She earned a

masterofsciencedegreefromthe

Universityof

Pittsburgh

.She

wenton to obtain a doctorate in

veterinary anatomy at the

UniversityofNairobi, becoming

thefirstwomanin EastorCentral

Africatoholdsuchadegree.

Dr. Maathai, one of the most

widely respectedwomenon the

continent, playedmanyroleslike

Anil Kumar ChaudharyState-runSteel AuthorityofIndia

(SAIL ) on 1 Septemebr 2011

announced the appointment of

AnilKumar Chaudhary as its

director, finance. He succeeded

Soiles Bhattacharyawho retiredon 31 August 2011.Priortobeing

appointedas Director(Finace), he

servedasthe Executive Director

(Finance & Accounts) at SAILs

Bokaro Steel Plant. After

completing his graduation in

commercefrom DelhiUniversity,

ChaudharyjoinedSAIL Corporate

Office inNew Delhi in 1984 as

JuniorManager (F&A), androse

totherankofExecutive Director(F&A).An AssociateMemberof

the Institute of Cost & Works

AccountantsofIndia (ICWAI) &

InstituteofCompanySecretaries

of India (ICSI), Chaudhary isan

alumniofFacultyofLawStudies

(FLS), fromwherehecompleted

hisbachelorsdegreeinlaw.
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thatofenvironmentalist, feminist,

politician, professor, rabble-

rouser, humanrightsadvocateand

head of the Green Bel t

Movement.ThemissionofGreen

BeltMovementwastoplanttrees

acrossKenyatofighterosionand

to create firewood for fuel and

jobs forwomen. Themovement

helped to plantmore than 30

milliontreesinAfricaandhasalso

helpednearly 900,000 women,

accordingtotheUnitedNations,

whileinspiringsimilareffortsin

otherAfricancountries.Shewon

thePeacePrizein 2004 forwhat

her contribution to sustainable

development, democracy andpeace. It was a moment of

immense pride in Kenya and

across Africa.

Mansur AliKhan Pataudi

Former Indian cricket captain

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

nicknamedTigerPataudidiedin

New Delhi on 22 September

2011.Mansoor was born toIftikhar AliKhan Pataudi, 8th

NawabofPataudi andhiswife

SajidaSultan, seconddaughterof

thelastrulingnawabofBhopalin

1941. Pataudiwastheninthand

lastNawabofPataudiuntil 1971,

when the Indian government

abolished royal entitlements

throughthe 26th Amendmentto

the Constitution. Hewentonan

impaired eye to become a

visionaryandpioneeringcaptain

oftheIndianTestteam. Hewas

theyoungest tobecome captain

attheageof21.

TigerPataudimadehisdebuton

13 December 1961 in the test

matchagainst Englandplayedin

New Delhi. In 1962 hescoredhis

maidencentuary (113) inhisthird

Testagainst Englandin Chennai.

On 23 March 1962 heleadIndia

inhisfourthTest, in Barbadosand

thus at 21 he became Test

crickets youngest captain.

Pataudiplayed 46 Testsbetween1961 and 1975. He led India in

40 Tests and had a successful

career. Pataudiscored 2793 runs

atanaverageof35 andmadesix

centuries, thebiggest ofwhich

was an unbeaten 203 against

Englandin Delhiin 1964.Hewas

honoured with the prestigious

Arjuna Award in 1964. Hewas

conferreduponthePadmaShriin

1967.Since 2007, bilateralTest

seriesbetweenIndiaand England

have been contested for the

PataudiTrophy, namedafterhis

family for their contribution to

Anglo-Indiancricket.

Burhanuddin RabbaniFormer Afghan President

BurhanuddinRabbaniwaskilledby a suicidebomberkilled in

Kabulon 20 September2011. As

headofAfghanistans HighPeace

Council, Rabbani shouldered

responsibility to find apolitical

solutiontothe 10-yearwarwiththeTaliban. Rabbaniwasgiven

thedangerousanddifficultjobof

guidingthenegotiationsbetween

thegovernmentanditsopponents,

including theTaliban. Hisdeath

willimpactthefutureofthewarinAfghanistan.

Gursharan Singh (Bhajji)LeadingPunjabiplaywright andtheatre personality Gursharan

Singhpopularlyknownasbhajji

died on 28 September 2011.

Gursharan Singhwasknown to

havedeveloped the characterof

BhaiManna Singh throughhis

plays .Well known theatre

personalitySinghinhislifetimehad

penned around 70 plays .He

startedthetraditionoftheatrein

Punjab andwasknown as Baba

Bohar (towering personality) of

Punjabi theatre.He worked

relentlessly for an egalitarian

society, gender eqaulity and

workers rights. He served as a

chairman of the theatre group

PulseManch. Gursharan Singh

wonseveralawardsfromKalidas

Samman toKalaRatan awarded

by theNational Sangeet NatakAkademy.

C AchuthanFormer presidingofficerof theSecurities AppellateTribunal C

AchuthanpassedawayinKerala

on 20 September2011 following

amassive cardiac arrest.A fter

earning Masters degree inEconomicsand a degree in lawfrom the BombayUniversity ,

Achuthan started offwith the

IndianLegalServicesandserved

as a legal advisor to the Central

government. He also servedon

the CompanyLaw Board, beforebeingpromotedastheSATssole

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presidingofficer for a five-year

period fromNovember 1997

whichwasbyayearexpiredon3 November 2003. After

retirement from the SAT, he

worked as partner with a

Mumbai-based law firm

CorporateLaw Chambers.

Vasant SatheCongress veteran and former

UnionministerVasantSathedied

on 23 Septemberin Gurgaon.

VasantSathewasa seniorparty

leaderknownforhisfrankviews

. A lawyerbytraining, Sathewas

theUnionministerforinformation

andbroadcastinginPrimeMinister

Indira Gandhis cabinet.Hehad

touched on many issues like a

debate onPresidential form of

governance and demand for

Priyanka Gandhis entry into

activepolitics.Hewas Bornon 5

March 1925, inMaharashtra.He

took active part in the freedom

movement and removed the

British flag and unfurling theIndian tri-colour at the district

courtinNagpurduringtheQuit

IndiaMovement.

SathemadehisdebutintheLok

Sabha from Akola in 1972 andlater represented Wardha

constituencyfrom 1980 to 1991.

T.K . Govinda RaoVeteranmusician, musicologistand reveredguruT.K. Govinda

Rao passed away on 18

September 2011.A highly

regardedmusicianandpractioner

of Carnaticmusic GovindaRao

receivedhisinitialtrainingunder

Chembai Vaidhyanatha

Bhagavathar and much of his

advancedmusictrainingunderthe

legendaryMusiriSubramaniaIyer.

In 1949, hejoined the Central

College ofMusic, Chennai and

was guided by greatmusicians

such as T. Brinda. He was a

specialist in Purandara Das a

compositions.The Music

Academy in Chennai had

conferred the title of Sangita

KalanidhionSriT. K. Govinda

Rao in 2000. The award carried

Rs . 10000, a citation and an

insignia.

Gautam RajadhyakshapassedBollywoods legendary

photographer Gautam

Rajadhyaksha passed away in

Mumbaion 13 September 2011.

Born in 1950 in Mumbai,

Rajadhyaksha went on to

become synonymous with

Bollywoodportraitphotography

during the 80s and 90sandalso

experimentedinfilmmakingand

writingscreenplays.

Making celebrity portraitswas

Rajadhyakshas specialty andhe

went on to become an iconic

figureintheindustry. In 1992, hewrotehisfirstscreenplayforthe

film, Bekhudi, which launched

actorKajolscareer. In 1997, he

releasedacoffeetablebooktitled

FACES, containing 45 film

personalities.

Ganapati SthapatiEminent sculptor GanapatiSthapati died on 6 September

2011 in Chennai. Hehadsculpted

thefamousTiruvalluvarstatueinKanyakumariand Buddhastatue

in Hussainsagar.ProfessorSthapati

wasthechiefarchitectofthe 133-

feet-tallstatueofTiruvalluvar, the

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Thirukkural. Thestatueiserected

onarockintheIndianOceanin

Kanyakumari. TheTelugu Desam

founder N.T. Rama Rao had

engagedhimforseveralofhispet

projectsduringhis stintaschief

minister including the tallest

Buddha statue , sculpted by

Sthapati from a monolithic

rock.After completing his

graduation with a degree in

mathematicshebecameaSthapati

(Hindu traditional architect) at

PalaniMuruganTemple, Palani,

TN, India. Heresignedafterthe

death of his father, who had

servedasprincipaloftheSchool

ofArchitectureandSculptureatMamallapuram from 1957 to

1960. Hesucceededhisfatheras

thePrincipalofthe Government

College of Architecture and

Sculpture, TamilNadu.Sthapati

hasauthoredanumberofbooks

onthescienceandtechnologyof

Vastu Shastra and conducted

numerousseminars.

Books he has wrote include

Iconometry, Temples of Space

Science:TheBuildingArchitecture

of Sthapatya Veda and

Commentary on Mayans

Aintiram. Hewashonouredwith

thePadmaBhushanin 2009.

D.U. SastryEminent industrial economist,

D.U

.Sastry

passed

away

on

5

September2011.Shastri received

hisearlyeducationin Economics

at Mysore University and at

Amherst College in

Massachusetts, UnitedStates. He

spent some time as a research

scholarunderD.R. Gadgilatthe

GokhaleInstituteofPoliticsand

EconomicsinPune. Hewasalso

a research fellow at the

UniversityofPennsylvania and

was associated with Nobel

laureateL.R. Klein.

ProfessorSastrystartedhiscareer

with a short stint at the IndianInstitute of Economics in

Hyderabad

RESIGNATION/REMOVALJustice Shivaraj Patil

Karnataka Lokayukta Justice

ShivarajVirupannaPatilresigned

fromhisposton 19 September

2011 over charges of violating

co-operative housing society

laws. Chargesarethatheowned

tworesidentialsitesin Bangalore

city. Media expos showed

irregularities intheallotmentof

two residentialplots tohimand

his wife.Patil and hi s wife,

Annapurna, ownedthreeplotsof

landinviolationofBangalorecity

laws , which mentions that a

familycannotbuymorethanone

housing site through ahousing

society.

Patilboughtaplotoflandthough

he already owned a house in

Bangaloreandwasalsoallotteda

plot in 1994, a 9,600 sq ft site

from the Karnataka Judicial

Department Employees House

Building Cooperative Society.

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housingsocietyrules, peoplewho

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sold at pricesmuch below the

marketpriceformembersofthe

society.

TimNielsenTim Nielsen stepped down as

Australiascoachafterhelpingthe

side to a series victory in Sri

Lanka. Nielsen, who took over

from John Buchanan in 2007,

made the announcement after

Australiamanagedadrawinthe

finalTestattheSSC in Colombo.

Abu SalemThe Portuguese High Court

orderedterminationofextradition

ofunderworlddonAbuSalemfor

breachofagreementbyIndiafor

slappingoffenceswhich attract

death penalty. The Portugese

courtsaidthatinviewofthenew

chargesagainstSalemwhichentail

deathpenalty, theauthorisation

granted forhis extraditionhas

been terminated.Salem tried in

eightcriminalcasesincludingthe1993 Mumbai serial blastswas

also charged with MCOCA

(Maharashtra Control of

Organised Crime Act ) for

allegedlymakingextortioncallsto

a Delhi-basedbusinessman. Salem

and accomplice Monica Bedi ,

were extradited to India on 11

November, 2005, afteratortuous

legalprocess inPortugal lasting

threeyears.

HONOURMiss Universe 2011, LeilaLopesLeila Lopes from Angola was

crownedMissUniverse on 12

September 2011 in Sau Paulo,

Brazil.Lopes is a business

management student in Great

Britain, whereshewascrowned

Miss AngolaUK on 8 October

2010, theofficialrepresentativeof

the Angolan community in the

UnitedKingdomtothe 2011 Miss

Angolapageant.Lopes, Angolas

firstwinner, out did 88 other

competitorstowinthetitleduring

the 60 th anniversary of the

worlds biggestbeautypageant.

pageant

Thefirstrunner-upwas 23-year-

oldOlesiaStefanko ofUkraine

and the second runner-upwas

PriscilaMachadoofBrazil.

Abhinav Bindra & MS DhoniOlympic goldmedallist shooter

Abhinav BindraandIndiancaptain

Mahendra Singh Dhoni were

conferred with the rank ofhonouraryLieutenant Colonelin

theTerritorial ArmybyPresident

PratibhaPatilon 13 September.

Thehonourwas bestowed on

Bindra and Dhoni for their

outstanding contribution in the

field of shooting and cricket

respectively , and theircommitment to the Army on

various occasions. Bindrahad

wontheonlyindividualOlympic

goldmedalforIndiaatthe Beijing

Olympicsin 2008.DhoniledIndiatoWorldCupvictoryin 2011 andwas instrumental in taking the

team to theNo 1 spot inTest

rankings for the first time ever.

Prior to them senior cricketers

Kapil Dev andSachinTendulkar

whohavebeen conferredwith

honorary ranks in the armed

forces.Kapil Dev isan Honorary

Lt Col in theTerritorial Army,

whileTendulkar is anhonorary

Group CaptainintheIndian Air

Force.

EddieMurphyAmerican stand-up comedian,

actor, writer, singer, director, and

musician, Eddie Murphy was

chosentohostthe 84th Academy

Awards/ Oscars in February

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Anne Hathaway and James

Francohadfallenflatwithcritics

andviewers.Murphywhomade

hi s film debut in 1982.The

comedian EddieMurphys films

rangefrom Beverly Hills Copto

voicing the smart-mouthed

donkey inShrek. EddieMurphy

hadearnedhisOscarnomination

for hi s supporting role in

Dreamgirls in 2006. Box office

takesfromMurphysfilmsmake

himthe second-highestgrossing

actor in theUnited States. He

was ranked 10 on Comedy

Centrals listofthe 100 Greatest

Stand-ups of All Time .He

received Golden Globe Award

nominationsforhisperformances

in 48 Hrs , Beverly Hills Cop

series, TradingPlaces, andThe

NuttyProfessor. In 2007, hewon

the Golden Globe for Bes t

Supporting Actorandreceiveda

nomination for the Academy

AwardforBestSupporting Actor

forhisportrayal of soul singer

James Thunder Early in

Dreamgirls.

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