Current Events Jan 2012 to Jan 2013 - 3

CURRENT EVENTS JAN 2012 TO JAN 2013 The Bollywood actress who on 1 November 2012 was conferred with the Knight of t he Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by t he French Ambassador to India François Richier- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Lyricist and well known poet who on 31 October 2012 awarded with Indira Gandhi N ational Integration Award by congress President Sonia Gandhi- Gulzar India's leading strategic thinker and analyst, who on 25 October 2012 won the 20 12 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his recently published book" Wat er: Asia's New Battleground"- Brahma Chellaney Veteran Indian actress who on 25 October 2012 was Awarded with an Honorary Docto rate of Arts for her outstanding contribution to Indian cinema by the Edinburgh Napier University- Sharmila Tagore Actor and Satirist who died in a road accident on 25 October 2012 near Punjab's Nakodar town 40 km from Jalandhar- Jaspal Bhatti Famous Indian Scientist who was honoured with the Order of Canada Award in Decem ber 2012-Venkatesh Mannar Career diplomat who on 30 December 2012 had been appointed as Australia s next Hig h Commissioner to India- Patrick Suckling The former captain of England cricket team and renowned commentator who died in Sydney on 29 December 2012 following lung cancer- Tony Greig The former member of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) on 27 Decembe r 2012 had been appointed secretary of the Institute of Company Secretaries- MS Sahoo Renowned Oriya novelist who on 27 December 2012 selected for the prestigious Jna npith award for the year 2011 for her contribution to the field of Indian litera ture- Pratibha Ray The Emirati poet and translator who became the first Emirati and Arab to win the Tagore Peace Prize- Shihab Ghanem The conservative leader of Japan who was elected as the prime minister of the co untry by lower house of the Parliament on 26 December 2012- Shinzo Abe Former Union Minister of India and Veteran Congress leader who on 25 December 20 12 was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Himachal for a record sixth term in ShimlaVirbhadra Singh