National and International Appointments

Four members of the previous commission were retained when the Planning Commission was reconstituted earlier this year. Who among the following is not one of them?

Which politician has launched a new monthly magazine dedicated to defence and security affairs of the country titled Defence & Security Alert (DAS)?

Which minister in Manmohan Singh cabinet was asked  by the Congress  president Sonia Gandhi to be careful with his words in view of the controversy generated by his �cattle class� and �holy cows� remarks on the social networking site Twitter' recently?

T. Venkattram Reddy was in news recently for his appointment as the president of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2009-10. He is the Chairman of which newspaper group?

Which, of the following combinations of diplomats who took charge in New Delhi recently and their countries is matched incorrectly?

Salman Bashir was in news recently for holding talks with Indian diplomat Nirupama Rao over the action taken by Pakistan on the 26 November, 2008 attacks in Mumbai. What is his designation?

Which non-resident Indian (NRI) was in news for being honoured with the 'Pride of India' award of the India International Foundation for the year 2008 in London recently?