PART 4 Persons in News Text Highlights ² India ² National and International News ² World Makers ² Heads of Important Offices 1 INDIA 1.1 Union Government Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: President Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat: Vice President 1.2 Council of Ministers Cabinet Ministers Dr Manmohan Singh: Prime Minister; in charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation; Atomic Energy; Space and other Ministries/Departments that are not allocated Mr Pranab Mukherjee: Defence Mr Arjun Singh: Human Resource Development Mr Sharad Pawar: Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav: Railways Mr Shivraj Patil: Home Mr Ram Vilas Paswan: Chemicals and Fertilisers; Steel Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad: Information and Broadcasting; Culture Mr Sis Ram Ola: Labour and Employment Mr P. Chidambaram: Finance Mr Mahavir Prasad: Small Scale, Agro and Rural Industries Mr P.R. Kyndiah: Tribal Affairs; Development of North East Mr T.R. Baalu: Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Mr S.S. Waghela: Textiles 2 CURRENT AFFAIRS Mr Kamal Nath: Commerce and Industry Mr H.R. Bhardwaj: Law and Justice Mr P.M. Sayeed: Power Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh: Rural Development Mr P.R. Dasmunshi: Water Resources Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar: Petroleum and Natural Gas; Panchayati Raj Mr Sunil Dutt: Youth Affairs and Sports Ms Meira Kumar: Social Justice and Empowerment Mr K. Chandra Shekhar Rao: Minister without Portfolio Mr A. Raja: Environment and Forests Mr Dayanidhi Maran: Communication and Information Technology Dr Anbumani Ramdoss: Health and Family Welfare Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Mr Santosh Mohan Dev: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Mr Oscar Fernandes: Statistics and Programme Implementation Ms Renuka Choudhury: Tourism Mr Subodh Kant Sahay: Food Processing Mr Kapil Sibal: Science and Technology; Ocean Development Mr Vilas Muttemwar: Non-Conventional Energy Sources Kumari Selja: Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Mr Praful Patel: Civil Aviation Mr Prem Chand Gupta: Company Affairs Ministers of State Mr E. Ahmed: External Affairs Mr Suresh Pachauri: Personnel; Parliamentary Affairs Mr B.K. Handique: Defence; Parliamentary Affairs Mr Panabka Lakshmi: Health and Family Welfare Mr Dasari Narayana Rao: Coal and Mines Mr Shaqeel Ahmed: Communications and Information Technology Mr Rao Inderjit Singh: External Affairs Mr Naranbhai Rathwa: Railway Mr Rehman Khan: Chemicals and Fertilisers Mr K.H. Muniappa: Road Transport and Highways Mr M.V. Rajashekharan: Planning Mr Kantilal Bhuria: Agriculture, Food, Civil Supplies, Consumers Affairs and Public Distribution Mr Manik Rao Gavit: Home Affairs Mr Sri Prakash Jaiswal: Home Affairs Mr Prithviraj Chavan: Prime Minister’s Office Mr Taslimuddin: Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Ms Suryakanta Patil: Rural Development; Parliamentary Affairs Mr Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi: Human Resource Development Mr A Narendra: Rural Development Mr R. Velu: Railways Mr S. S. Palanimanikkam: Finance (Revenue Deptt.) Mr S. Regupathy: Home Affairs Mr K. Venkatapathy: Law and Justice Ms Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan: Social Justice and Empowerment Mr E.V.K.S. Elangovan: Commerce and Industry Ms Kanti Singh: Human Resource Development Mr Namo Narayan Meena: Environment and Forests Mr Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav: Water Resources PERSONS IN NEWS 3 Mr Akhilesh Singh: Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution 1.3 Chiefs of Armed Forces President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: Supreme Commander Admiral Madhvendra Singh: Chairman, chiefs of Staff Committee General N.C. Vij: Chief of the Army Staff Air Chief of Marshal S. Krishnaswamy: Chief of the Air Staff Admiral Madhvendra Singh: Chief of the Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Raman Puri: Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command Lt. Gen. B.S. Thakur: Chief of Integrated Defence Staff 1.4 Judiciary Mr Justice Y.K. Sabharwal: Chief Justice of India Mr Milon Kumar Banerjee: Attorney General of India Mr Justice Ashok Agarwal: Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). Mr Goolam E V Ahanvati: Solicitory-General of India Mr Gopal Subramaniam: Additional Solicitory-General of India Capitals, Governors and Chief Ministers of States States Capitals Governors Chief Ministers 1. Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy 2. Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Mr S.K. Singh Mr Gegong Apang 3. Assam Dispur Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Ajay Singh Mr Tarun Gogoi 4. Bihar Patna Mr Buta Singh President’s Rule 5. Chhattisgarh Raipur Lt. Gen (Retd.) K.M. Seth Mr Raman Singh 6. Goa Panaji Mr S.C. Jamir Mr Pratap Singh Rane 7. Gujarat Gandhinagar Mr Naval Kishore Sharma Mr Narendra Modi 8. Haryana Chandigarh Mr A.R. Kidwai Mr Bhupendra Singh Hooda 9. Himachal Pradesh Shimla Mr Justice (Retd.) V.S. Kokiji Mr Virbhadra Singh 10. Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) Lt. Gen (Retd). S.K. Sinha Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad 11. Jharkhand Ranchi Mr Syed Sibtey Razi Mr Arjun Munda 12. Karnataka Bangalore Mr T.N. Chaturvedi Mr Dharam Singh 13. Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Mr R.L. Bhatia Mr Oommen Chandy 14. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Mr Balram Jakhar Ms Babulal Gaur 15. Maharashtra Mumbai Mr S.M. Krishna Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh 16. Manipur Imphal Mr Shivinder Singh Sindhu Mr Okram Ibobi Singh 17. Meghalaya Shillong Mr M.M. Jacob Mr D.d. Lapang 18. Mizoram Aizawl Mr A.R. Kohli Mr Zoramthanga 19. Nagaland Kohima Mr Shyamal Dutta Mr Neiphiu Rio 20. Orissa Bhubaneswar Mr Rameshwar Thakur Mr Naveen Patnaik Current Affairs 21. Punjab Chandigarh Mr S.S. Rodrigues Captain Amarinder Singh 22. Rajasthan Jaipur Mr Pratibha Patil Ms Vasundhara Raje 23. Sikkim Gangtok Mr V. Rama Rao Mr Pawan Kr. Chamling 24. Tamil Nadu Chennai Mr S.S. Barnala Ms J. Jayalalithaa 25. Tripura Agarthala Mr Dinesh Nandan Sahaya Mr Manik Sarkar 26. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Mr T.V. Rajeshwar Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav 27. Uttaranchal Dehradun Mr Sudarshan Aggarwal Mr N.D. Tiwari 28. West Bengal Kolkata Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 4 CURRENT AFFAIRS 1.5 Capital, Lt. Governor and Chief Minister of National Capital Territory National Capital Territory Capital Lt. Governor Chief Minister 1. Delhi Delhi Mr B.L. Joshi Ms Sheila Dikshit 1.6 Capitals, Lt. Governors/Administrators and Chief Ministers of Union Territories Union Territories Capitals Lt. Governors/Administrators Chief Ministers 1. Andaman and Nicobar Port Blair Prof. Ramachandra – Islands Gnash Apse 2. Chandigarh Chandigarh Mr Justice (Retd.) – Om Prakash Varma 3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa Mr Arun Mathur – 4. Daman and Diu Daman Mr Arun Mathur 5. Lakshadweep Kavaratti Mr S.K. Mehra – 6. Pondicherry Pondicherry Mr N.N. Jha Mr N. Rengaswamy 1.7 Heads of Important Offices Mr B.S. Shekhawat: Chairman, Rajya Sabha. Mrs Sonia Gandhi: Chairperson, Congress Parliamentary Party; Chairperson, National Advisory Council. Dr Manmohan Singh: Chairman, Planning Commission. Mr Somnath Chatterjee: Lok Sabha Speaker. Mr A.B. Vajpayee: Chairman, BJP Parliamentary Party. Mr L.K. Advani: Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha). Mr T.S. Krishnamurthy: Chief Election Commissioner. Mr V.N. Kaul: Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Mrs Najma Heptullah: Deputy Chairperson, Rajya Sabha; Chairperson, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal: Deputy Speaker. Mr B.K. Chaturvedi: Cabinet Secretary. Mr Kamal Pande: Secretary, Inter-State Council Mr Tarlochan Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Minorities. Mr Justice Shyam Sunder: Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes. Mr Suraj Bhan: Chairman, National Commission for SCs. Mr Kunwar Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. Mr Mata Prasad: Chairman, UPSC. Justice C.N. Nayar: Chairman, MRTPC. Dr M.S. Swaminathan: Chairman, National Commission for Farmers. Mr J.N. Dixit: National Security Adviser (Foreign Affairs). Mr M.K. Narayanan: Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security). Mr J.P. Batra: Chairman, Railway Board. Mr Yogendra Narain: Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha. Mr P.D.T. Acharya: Secretary-General, Lok Sabha. Mr Uma Shankar Mishra: Director, CBI. Mr C.D. Sahay: Director, Research and Analysis Wing. Mr Ajai Raj Sharma: Director-General, BSE Mr J.K. Sinha: Director-General, CRPF Mr R.C. Agarwal: D.G., ITBP. Mr K.M. Singh: Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Vice-Admiral Suresh Mehta: Director General, Coast Guard. Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh: Director General Defence Intelligence Agency. Mr K. P. Singh: Director, Intelligence Bureau. Dr R. Chidambaram: Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government. Mr G. Madhavan Nair: Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO. PERSONS IN NEWS 5 Mr S. P. Sukhatme: Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. Dr M. Natrajan: Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Mr Anil Kakodkar: Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. Mr M. S. Verma: Charman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Mr B. K. Mishra: Chairman, SSC. Mr Anil Kumar: Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Mr Justice (Rtd.) A. S. Anand: Chairman, National Human Rights Commission. Mr Justice (Rtd.) B. N. Kirpal: National Forest Commission. Dr Amrita Patel: Chairperson, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Mr Arun Nigavekar: Chairman, UGC. Mr R. S. Mooshahary: Director-General, National Security Guards. Lt. Gen Prakash Suri: Director-General, Border Roads Organisation. Dr Nirmal Kumar Ganguly: Director-General,