Persons in News September 2015

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan

Metro Man Elattuvalapil Sreedharan has been invited to the United Nations’ High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST). He has been invited by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to serve on his HLAG-ST for a period of three years.

Sherif Ismail: New Prime Minister of Egypt

Sherif Ismail has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Egypt. He will succeed Ibrahim Mehleb who had resigned from office following a corruption scandal involving his cabinet minister.

WCR removes all unmanned level crossings

WCR zone headquartered in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh has become the first Railway Zone in Indian Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossings.

International Buddhist Conclave, Bodhgaya

International Buddhist Conclave was organized in Bodhgaya. Here, Prime Minister announces to develop Bodhgaya as Spiritual Capital of the country.

Hangzhou: host of 2022 Asian Games

Capital city of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou in East China has been chosen by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to host the 2022 Asian Games. Hangzhou was the only candidate city for the 2022 Asian Games i.e. XIX edition of games.