PERSONS DECEMBER 2010

PERSONS DECEMBER 2010

• CPI leader Yarlagadda Venkata Krishna Rao died at the age of 96 due to ill health. He was the former president of All India Kisan Sabha. 
• Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez also known as CAP and El Gocho died at the age of 88. He served as President for two terms, the first term was from 1974-79 and the second term was 1989-93. 
• Jayaben Desai, a pioneer of Asian women workers' movement in Britain died at the age of 77. She is also known as 'lioness' for her role in leading the two-year-long strike against Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories in London in the 1970s. 
• Eminent civil rights activist and prominent lawyer KG Kannabiran passed away in Hyderabad at the age of 81 due to illness. He was the president of Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee between 1978 and 1994 and was also the president of People's Union for Civil Liberties 
• The special court for Anti-Corruption Bureau directed the ACB director-general to register a case against the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh K Rosaiah and 14 others in connection with land deal near Mythrivanam at Ameerpet in Hyderabad. 
• Richard Holbrooke, the American Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan died at the age of 69 due to his ill health. 
• Julian Assange the founder of WikiLeaks website was selected as the 'Person of the Year' by Time Magazine for the year of 2010. 
• The former Chief Minister of Kerala and veteran Congress leader, K. Karunakaran died at the age of 93 in Ananthapuri Hospital and Research Centre, Thiruvananthapuram due to respiratory problems.
• Civil Right activist Binayak Sen was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of sedition by a Raipur Court along with Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata based Businessman Pijush Guha.
• Satyanand Mishra appointed as Chief Information Commissioner to succeed AN Tiwari. The high-level committee headed by Manmohan Singh including Sushma Swaraj and Veerappa Moily decided in favour of Satyanand Mishar.
• Senior JD(S) leader and Rajya Sabha member M Rajasekhara Murthy died at the age of 88 due to cardiac arrest. Rajasekhara Murthy was a freedom fighter. He was first elected to Rajya Sabha in 1994 and elected to Rajya Sabha recently from Bangalore in 2006.
• Narayana Rao Pawar dies at the age of 85 in Hyderabad due to ill health. He was born on 3 March 1926 a freedom fighter in India's struggle for independence and was the first citizen to throw a bomb on the last Nizam of Hyderabad to kill him.
• Senior Telugu film producer K.Devi Vara Prasad Passed away on Friday at Hyderabad. He was 68 years old. He produced several hit films with the late NTR and Chiranjeevi. His films include 'Naa Desam', 'Tiruguleni Manishi', Kondaveeti Raja',and the hugely-popular 'Gharana Mogudu'.
• The Central Government appointed R.K. Singh as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL). At present he holds the portfolio of Director (Refineries) at BPCL and likely to assume the Chiarman's office this week.
• Marri Sashidhar Reddy appointed as Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). He is an elected member of Legislative Assembly from Andhra Pradesh and a former member of NDMA.
• J Satyanarayana, IAS designated as Special Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Satyanarayana will also act as over all in-charge of Chief Minister's Office of Kiran Kumar Reddy 
• Magistrate, A Yesuratnam of Venkatagiri Court in Sree Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District declared judgements in 300 different cases. This is the first time that number of judgements is announced in one single day in the history of Indian judiciary. 
• Amar Pratap Singh of 1974 IPS batch appointed as new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Amar Pratap Singh will replace Ashwanikumar as the later's tenure is completed.
• Bihar-cadre IPS officer of 1973 batch Nehchal Sandhu appointed as Chief of Intelligence Bureau from January 1, 2011. Nehchal Sandhu will succeed Rajiv Mathur of 1972 batch.