08 November 2011

• Manjula Chellur : new Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court
• N Ram : Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu daily
• Konijeti Rosaiah : Governor of Tamil Nadu
• George Papandreou : Greece PM; to step down
• Vladimir Putin : PM of Russia
• Russia to invest $500m in a Central Asian electricity project
• Sushil Kumar : Rs5Cr Jackpot winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5
• to be Ambassador of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)
• Ivian Sarcos, of Venezuela : Miss Venezuela won Miss World 2011, held @ London
• Statue of Liberty  : iconic statueof US
• Its 125th anniversary commemorated on Oct 28
• Lira : old currency of Italy; Replaced by Euro
• Samsung super-seeded Apple to become largest smartphone makers of the world