*PERSON IN NEWS (RECENT 2015)

* A K Mittal - Appointed as the
new chairman of Railway board.
* Steven Gerrard - Liverpool
captain announced that he was
leaving the club at the end of the
season.
* Virat Kohli - Becomes first
cricketer to cross 5 million
followers on Twitter, Surpassed
Dravid's record for most runs in a
series in Australia.
* R Koteeswaran - Took charge as
the Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of Indian
Overseas Bank.
* Vasant Gowarikar - Space
veteran and eminent scientist
passed away.
* Kumar Sangakkara - Becomes
fastest cricketer to score 12,000
Test runs, Scored his 11th Test
double century to move one
behind Australia legend Don
Bradman's all-time record, Broke
the world record for the most
dismissals by a wicketkeeper in
one-day internationals.
* Mashrafe Mortaza - Will lead a
15-member Bangladesh squad in
the ICC World Cup 2015.
* Upendra Trivedi - One of the
most renowned Gujarati actors of
stage and cinema, passed away.
* Arvind Panagariya - Indian-
American economist, appointed
as the first vice chairman of the
Niti Aayog.
* Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir -
Appointed as acting Chief Justice
of the Jammu and Kashmir High
Court.
* Habib Essid - Nominated as the
new Prime Minister of Tunisia
* Sindhushree Khullar - Appointed
as CEO of the newly formed NITI
Aayog.
* Keshari Nath Tripathi - Sworn in
as Meghalaya Governor
(Additional Charge)
* Sutirtha Bhattacharya - Took
charge as Coal India Limited's full-
time Chairman and Managing
Director (CMD).
* Amitabh Bachchan - Appointed
brand ambassador for the
medical and health department of
Andhra Pradesh.
* Larry Page - Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) and co-founder of
Google, emerged as the 'business
person of the year' for 2014.
* Dinesh Oraon - Unanimously
elected as the Speaker of
Jharkhand Assembly.