Debbie Hockley : Debbie Hockley has been elected as president of New Zealand Cricket. She is the first woman to hold that role in the 122-year history of the sport's national governing body.

Pankaj Patel : Zydus Cadila CMD Pankaj Patel has been elected president of industry body Ficci (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) for 2017 and will take over once the incumbent Ambuja Neotia Group Chairman Harshavardhan Neotia completes his term next month.

Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu: Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu of Nigeria was re-elected for a second threeyear term as President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Mota Singh: Mota Singh, an Indian-origin Sikh, who became UK’s first-ever ethnic minority judge to sit on the English Bench wearing a turban instead of a horse-hair wig, died. He was 86. Mota Singh, a Ramgarhia Sikh, was born in 1930 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dr. Viveki Rai: Renowned Hindi and Bhojpuri litterateur Dr Viveki Rai passed away in a Varanasi hospital after illness. 92-year- old Dr Rai was born in 1924 in Ballia district of eastern Uttar Pradesh. He wrote about fifty books of stories, essays and novels. His novel Sonamati recognized as one of his best literary work.

M Balamuralikrishna : Singer-composer Mangalamapalli Balamuralikrishna, who caught the nation’s attention in Doordarshan’s iconic music video ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ in the eighties, passed away in Chennai. He was 86. Balamuralikrishna was awarded France government’s Order of Arts and Letters. He was instrumental for near about four decades.

M G K Menon: Renowned scientist Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, who spearheaded many scientific and development missions passed away. He was 88. Menon became the director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in 1966 at the age of 38.