Heads of States, Media Personalities, Team Captains of India, Books and Music, Arts, Lit
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Heads of States
Heads of StatesHeads of StatesCountry | Head of State | Why in News? |
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Chile | Pres: Sebastian Pinera | In August 2010, San Jose Mine (a copper-gold mine) in Copiapo collapsed. 33 miners were stranded. |
Bolivia | Pres: Evo Morales | |
Peru | Pres: Alan Garcia | |
Israel | PM: Benjamin Netanyahu | |
Mexico | Pres: Felipe Caldreron | CoP 16 was held in Cancun |
Kosovo | Hashim Thaci | |
Tunisia | Pres: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | Public unrest in Tunisia over rising food prices |
Syria | Pres: Bashar al-Assad PM: Adel Safar | |
Media Personalities
Media PersonalitiesMedia PersonalitiesName | Media House | Remark |
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Vinod Mehta | Outlook | Published the Radia tapes |
Manu Joseph | Open | Published the Radia tapes |
Barkha Dutt | NDTV | |
Vir Sanghvi | Hindustan Times | |
Samir Jain, Vineet Jain, Indu Jain | Times of India Group | |
Team Captains of India
Team Captains of IndiaTeam Captains of IndiaSport | Captain |
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Hockey (Men) | Rajpal Singh |
Others
OthersOthersGeorge Mitchell | US Special Envoy to the Middle East | |
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Deepak Parekh | Chairman of HDFC | In 2010, was conferred the highest honour of France |
Books
BooksBooksSubject | Author | Book |
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Economy | | |
| Y V Reddy | Global Crisis, Recession and Uneven Recovery |
Music, Arts, Lit Etc
Music, Arts, Lit etcMusic, Arts, Lit EtcName | Field | Distinction |
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Dancers | | |
Leela Samson | Bharatnatyam | |
Birju Maharaj | Kathak | |
Instruments | | |
Zakir Hussain | Tabla | |
Shivkumar Sharma | Santoor | |
Hariprasad Chaurasia | Flute | |
T N Krishnan | Carnatic Music Violinist | |
Arvind Parikh | Sitar | |
U Srinivas | Mandolin (Carnatic) | |
Vocals | | |
N Ravikiran | Carnatic (Composer) | |
Sudha Raghunathan | Carnatic | |
Rajan Mishra/Sajan Mishra | Khyal | |
Ajoy Chakraborti | Hindustani | |
Purvi Parikh | Khyal | |
Lit | | |
Ashok Vajpeyi | Hindi Poet | Chairman of Lalit Kala Academy |