Question: In July Arundhati Gosh passed away. She was a –
(a) Musician
(b) Diplomat
(c) Painter
(d) Politician
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 25 July 2016 former Diplomat Arundhati Gosh passed away in New Delhi. She was 76.
- She was the Ambassador of India to the Conference on Disarmament (CD), Geneva, where India faced exceptional pressure to sign CTBT during the mid- 1990s.
- On August 8, 1996, in an assertive speech, Arundhati Ghose conveyed India’s opposition to the CTBT.
- She was a member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters from 1998 to 2001. She was a Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) from 1998 to 2004.
- She was also a member of Task Force on non-proliferation and Disarmament set up by the Ministry of External Affairs in 2007.
- She was awarded with Friends of Liberation War Honour by the Government of Bangladesh on 27 March 2012.
Reference:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/former-diplomat-arundhati-ghose-passes-away-2936661/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arundhati-ghose-19402016-obituary-a-diplomat-for-war-and-peace/article8901718.ece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundhati_Ghose