APPOINTED: Keshav Prasad Upadhyay, Justice at the Supreme Court, as Chief Justice, by King Birendra, on recommendation of the Judicial Council.

PRESENTED: Credentials by newly appointed ambassador of Australia to Nepal, Crispin John Short Conroy, ambassador of IndonesiaNasaruddin Koro; ambassador of Malaysia Dato Choo Siew Kiho and ambassador of Italy Benedetto Amari, to King Birendra, at the Royal Palace on last Friday.

RELEASED: Tek Nath Rizal, noted dissident political leader and human rights activists, by Bhutanese government, after serving ten years in prison.

RETURNED: A 13-member team of French travel agents, after completing a three-day familizatization trip of Nepal, back home. The trip was jointly organized by the Great Himalayan Adventure and Royal Nepal Airlines.

FORMED: The Export Facilitation Task Force (EFTF), with a view to seek solutions to various problems impeding country's export, with Dhruba Narayan Shrestha as its convenor. Shrestha is Vice President of Nepal Freight Forawarders' Association.

: An association of Editors and Publishers of Parsa district, with Ram Raj Yadav as its President. Yadav is editor of local Prabhatbani weekly.

AWARDED: Mrs. Meera Basnet, with the Mrs. Nepal International title, by the Silver Star Promotion Center. Mrs. Basnet will take part in Mrs. World Beautiful contest due to be held in Virginia, USA.