PERSON IN NEWS : 2013

1.    Mukul Sangma

i. Mukul Sangma to be CM again of Meghalaya.

ii. Mukul Sangma is set to become chief minister for a second straight term and will be sworn as the 23rd CM of the state on 5th March.

2.    Manik Sarkar 

i. Manik Sarkar to be Tripura CM for 5th time

ii. Manik Sarkar set to assume office for a 5th time after leading the Left to a huge electoral win, is the son of a tailor who still washes his own clothes.

3.    T. S. Vijayan

i. T. S. Vijayan, took over as the Chairman of IRDA

ii. T. S. Vijayan, the former LIC chief took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on 21 February 2013.

iii. Vijayan succeeded J. Hari Narayan

4.    Park Geun-hye 

i. Park Geun-hye sworn –in as 1st women Prez of S. Korea

ii. The 61-year-old is the daughter of former military strongman Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea for almost two decades.

5.    Raul Castro

i. Raul Castro re-elected as President in Cuba

ii. Raul Castro, now 81, became interim president when his brother, revolution icon Fide took ill in 2006.

6.    Nicos Anastasiades

i. Nicos Anastasiades elcted as President of Cyprus

ii.  Nicos Anastasiades, the centre-right DISY (the Democratic Rally) party leader won the presidential elections of Cyprus.

iii. Nicos Anastasiades is a 66-year old lawyer and a member of the Cyprus’s parliament since 1981. 

7.    Ratan Tata

i. Ratan Tata Awarded with Life Time Achievement Award 2012

ii. Ratan Tata, the former head of Tata Group was awarded the life time achievement award 2012 by Ernst & Young on 21 February 2013. 

8.    Adi Godrej

i. The entrepreneur of the year (2012) award was given to Adi Godrej, Godrej Group Chairman

9.    Daniel Day-Lewis

i. Daniel Day-Lewis winsbest Actor award at OSCAR

ii. British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, 55, scored a historic third Best Actor Oscar for his turn as the 16th US President Abraham Lincolnin Steven Spielberg's civil-war set drama 'Lincoln'.

iii. He has become the first actor to win the most number of Best Actor Oscars.

10.  Jennifer Lawrence 

i. Jennifer Lawrence wins best Actress award at OSCAR

ii. 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence emerged a winner for 'Silver Linings Playbook'

11.  Jelena Jankovic 

Jelena Jankovic, the former world no. 1 won the WTA Copa Claro Colsanitas Cup 2013 in Bogota, Colombia

12.  Marina Erakovic 

i. Marina Erakovic won her first Women's Tennis Association title,US National Indoor Tennis Championship 2013 after beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki in Memphis on 23 February 2013.