David Liano Gonzalez created a World Record A Mexican climber has been recognized as the first person to scale Mount Everest from both the north(China) and south(Nepal) sides in the same climbing season(in the month of May) and created a world record. David Liano Gonzalez, 33, of Mexico City, was issued a certificate by the Guinness World Records. Avinash Chander is new DRDO chief On 31 May 2013, Avinash Chander, the man behind Agni series of missiles, was appointed as the new Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and Director-General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He will also hold the post of Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development. He succeeds V. K. Saraswat, whose term ended on 31 May 2013.He received a PadmaShree award. Rahul bags three gold in Asian Youth Weightlifting On 31 May 2013,Ragala Venkat Rahul swept all the three gold in the boys 77kg category as India continued to shine at the 15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships on the fourth day in Doha.Rahul lifted 132kg in snatch and 157kg in clean and jerk for a total lift of 289kg en route to winning all the gold on offer in the weight category.After four days, India now have secured 27 medals (13 gold, seven silver and seven bronze) in the Championship. Sudha Sharma is new CBDT chief Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sudha Sharma has been appointed the new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.The finance ministry issued the orders on 31 May 2013,when Poonam Kishore Saxena retired. Premlata becomes the first Indian woman to complete seven summits Asian woman mountaineer Premlata Agrawal has become the first Indian woman mountaineer to scale the seven continental peaks after climbing Alaska’s McKinley Peak.With this, she became the first Indian woman mountaineer to step on the highest peak of North America. UNESCO Declares Nicobar Islands as World Biosphere Reserve On 31 May The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has declared and designated the Nicobar Islands in India as a world biosphere reserve .The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme added the Nicobar Islands to the list of eleven other sites which are designated as world biosphere reserves.Great Nicobar now 9th Indian reserve in Unesco world network.Member countries establish such reserves. UNESCO recognizes them under the programme to promote sustainable development based on local community efforts and sound science. Partha Dasgupta,Oprah Winfrey Honoured at Harvard University On 31 May Partha Dasgupta, an Indian-origin economics professor at Cambridge and famed talk show queen Oprah Winfrey were among nine people conferred with honorary degrees at the annual convocation of Harvard University.
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