31 December 2013 Current Affairs
Arup Raha Takes Over As 24th IAF chief
Air Marshal Arup Raha on 31 December took over as the 24th chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) succeeding Air Chief Marshal N.A.K Browne. He is expected to have tenure of three years as IAF chief . He has also served as Air Attache at the Embassy of India in Ukraine.
India-born Educationist Asha Khemka Named For Top British Honour
Asha Khemka, an India-born educationist in Britain, has been named for the highest British Civilian Award on 31 December for Women for her services to education. Khemka has been named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire’ in the New Year’s Honours List for 2014. She is the second woman of Indian origin to be awarded this honour since it was instituted in 1917, the first being Maharani Lakshmi Devi who received the honour in 1931.