Current Affairs 26th July 2015

Current Affairs 26th July 2015 - Important Points

• Name of two members of Anglo-Indian Community who were nominated by President to Lok Sabha - Professor Richard Hay and George Baker.

• B K Handique passed away, he was - Former union minister

Current Affairs 26th July 2015 - Details

Name of two members of Anglo-Indian Community who were nominated by President to Lok Sabha - Professor Richard Hay and George Baker.

President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed two members of Anglo-Indian Community to Lok Sabha, these are Professor Richard Hay and George Baker. They were appointed as per provisions of Article 331 of Indian Constitution. Professor Richard Hay is basically from Kerala but presently, he teaches economics in various academic institutes in India as well as abroad while George Baker is basically from West Bengal and is an actor by profession

B K Handique passed away, he was - Former union minister

Former Union minister Bijoy Krishna Handique passed away at the age of 81 years after a brief illness. Born in 1934 Handique was six times Lok Sabha member. He had earlier served as a Rajya Sabha member from 1980 to 1986. Handique had served as minister of state for defence and parliamentary affairs (2004-2007), chemicals and fertilizers (2006-2009) and later as minister of state first for mines and later for development of Northeastern region from 2009 to 2011 in the UPA governments under Manmohan Singh.