Wrap-up: Newsmakers of the week

Sports persons and actors have unprecedented influence over the society, especially the youth. therefore, their conduct has to be just and par excellence. Maria sharapova should have understood this before indulging in doping.

Raghuram Rajan Refusing to comment on speculation over his tenure extension, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said he has very cordial relations with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and desires to go back to the academia. He also praised Prime Minister for ending government’s interferences in public sector banks.

Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton on Wednesday made history as she became the first woman to clinch the presidential nomination of a major American political party by winning California. “Thanks to you, we have reached a milestone, the first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee,” said the 68-year-old. She also hit back at Donald Trump asking him to delete his Twitter account.

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts were hacked by a hacker group who claimed to have obtained passwords from his 2012 LinkedIn account, according to media reports. The hacker group called ‘OurMine Team’, who have more than 40,000 Twitter followers wrote from Zuckerberg’s Twitter page. Zuckerberg has not tweeted since 2012.

Maria Sharapova It may sound like the stuff of Hollywood dreams, but the story of Maria Sharapova, the world’s richest sportswoman, was a testament to the power of one individual to make it, whatever the odds. However, on Wednesday, the 29-year-old Russian’s rags-to-riches story was seemingly at an end when she was banned for two years for failing a drugs test at January’s Australian Open. She tested positive for the controversial banned meldonium.

Manohar Aich The 104-year-old bodybuilder Manohar Aich, who was once a household name in West Bengal after becoming India’s first Mr Universe in 1952, died at his Baguiati residence on Sunday afternoon. “Aich was on a liquid diet for last 10-15 days and had stopped talking. He breathed last at 3.50 pm,” his son Khokan said. His mantra to stay healthy was simple healthy eating and exercise,” Khokan further added.