Rajeev Suri is Nokia New CEO

1.    Rajeev Suri is Nokia New CEO

i. Finnish firm Nokia, which recently sold its mobile unit to Microsoft, has appointed Rajeev Suri as the company's new CEO and President.

ii. Mr. Suri joined Nokia in 1995 and has held a wide range of leadership positions in the company. Since October of 2009, he has served as CEO of NSN, the former joint venture between Nokia and Siemens that is now fully owned by Nokia.

iii. Risto Siilasmaa, who has been serving as the interim CEO, will now return to his role as Chairman of Nokia's Board.

Note: Nokia finalized the 5.4 billion euro ($7.5 billion) sale of its struggling mobile phone business to Microsoft on Friday. 

2.    Retired Air Chief Browne named envoy to Norway

i. Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) N A K Browne has been appointed India’s next Ambassador to Norway, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Tuesday. Air Chief Browne had recently retired.

Note: Present Air Chief is Arup Raha

3.    UN & IOC sign historic agreement on sport for peace & economic development

i. The United Nations and the International Olympic Committee has signed a historic agreement to use the power of sports to promote peace and economic development.

ii. The move is described as one which strengthens collaboration between two of the world's major organizations

iii. IOC President Thomas Bach yesterday told a UN event celebrating the strengthened relationship that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was right when he said Olympic principles are United Nations principles.

iv. Both the UN and Olympic charters, call for international cooperation to promote peace, a better life for people around the world and preserving human dignity.

v. Secretary-General Ban said the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the IOC was a logical and historic step after years of ever closer collaboration in using sport to promote development and peace.

v. The agreement calls for joint sporting initiatives between the IOC, national Olympic committees, international sports federations, organizing committees and international athletes and the 193 UN member states, UN agencies, envoys and goodwill ambassadors.