24 July 2012 Current Affairs
British Varsity Welcomes Pranab’s Election as President
A Leading British University- the University of Wolverhampton has welcomes the election of veteran politician and one of its honorary graduates Pranab Mukherjee as the new president of India . Mr. Mukherjee received an honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University at a ceremony in New Delhi in May 2011 which was attended by the University’s chancellor Lord swaraj Paul.
Hesham Kandil Named Egypt Prime Minister By President Mohammed Morsi
Egypt’s newly-elected President Mohamed Mursi has appointed Hisham Kandil, irrigation minister, head of the new government, assigned to turn the nation’s economy and internal security around after 17 months of instability and protests.Kandil was born in 1962 which makes him Egypt’s youngest prime minister to date. He is also the country’s first bearded premier.