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Appointments 1. Mustafa Al Kadhimi Has Been Chosen As New Prime Minister of Iraq, After Adel Abdul Mahdi Had Resigned in November 2019

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Appointments 1. Mustafa Al Kadhimi Has Been Chosen As New Prime Minister of Iraq, After Adel Abdul Mahdi Had Resigned in November 2019 Current Affairs - March 2020 to May 2020 Month May 2020 Type All 978 Current Affairs were found in Last Three Months for Type - All Appointments 1. Mustafa Al Kadhimi has been chosen as New Prime Minister of Iraq, after Adel Abdul Mahdi had resigned in November 2019. 2. Benjamin Netanyahu secured his 5th term as Israeli Prime Minister. 3. Govinda Rajulu Chintala has been appointed as chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). 4. AU Small Finance Bank appointed R V Verma as part-time chairman and Sanjay Agarwal has been re-appointed as MD and CEO. 5. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. 6. Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed as new Finance Secretary of India, succeeding Rajiv Kumar. 7. Anamika Roy Rashtrawar has been appointed by IFFCO Tokio General Insurance as its new MD & CEO. 8. Assam-based entrepreneur Jahnabi Phookan has been appointed as National President of FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO), women wing of FICCI. 9. BRICS Nations' Bank New Development Bank (NDB) elected Marcos Troyjo from Brazil as its new president, as term of India's KV Kamath as NDB President has ended. Anil Kishora from India will be new vice-president. 10. Banks Board Bureau appointed SN Rajeswari as Chairman and MD of Oriental Insurance Company (OIC). 11. Banks Board Bureau (BBB) recommended names of Ashwini Bhatia, M V Rao and P P Sengupta for post of managing director of State Bank of India, Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank, respectively. 12. Bhushan P Dharmadhikari is appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (Maharashtra). 13. British Telecom Major Vodafone appointed Jean-Francois Van Boxmeer (CEO of brewer Heineken), to succeed Gerard Kleisterlee as chairman from November 2020. 14. Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed Sunil Joshi as new Chief Selector of Indian Cricket Team. 15. DPS Negi has been appointed as Director-General of Labour Bureau in Ministry of Labour and Employment. 16. Ford India MD Anurag Mehrotra is appointed as CEO for New joint venture formed by Mahindra and Ford. This JV will sell Ford branded cars in India and other emerging markets. Mahindra will own controlling stakes of 51 %, while Ford will having 49 %. 17. Former Karnataka cricketer J. Arunkumar has been appointed the head coach of USA Cricket team. 18. Former SC judge A K Sikri inaugurated Indian Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) in New Delhi, which aims at providing a completely paperless dispute resolution environment. The centre offers offline also as e-alternate dispute resolution (ADR) facility through its state-of- the-art e-arbitration, e-meditation and e-conciliation software portal. 19. Government announced new appointments at Secretary level - Ministeries - Sanjeev Ranjan - Ministry of Shipping. Arvind Kumar Sharma - MSME Ministry. Aramane Girdhar - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Ajay Tirkey - Ministry of Women & Child Development Rajesh Verma - Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Tarun Kapoor - Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi - Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Rameshwar Prasad Gupta - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Pradip Kumar - Ministry of Steel. Anand Kumar - Ministry of Culture. Amit Khare - Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Notable Departments under Ministeries - Ravi Mittal - Department of Sports (Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports). Tarun Bajaj - Department of Economic Affairs (Ministry of Finance). Rajesh Kr. Chaturvedi - Deptt of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers). Leena Nandan - Department of Consumer Affairs (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution). Sudhanshu Panday -Department of Food and Public Distribution (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution). Nagendra Nath Sinha - Department of Rural Development (Ministry of Rural Development). Anita Karwal - Department of Education and Literacy (Ministry of Human Resource Development). 20. Government appointed Bansi Lal Bhat as officiating chairperson of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). 21. Government appointed Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj as a director on central board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He replaces Atanu Chakraborty. 22. Government re-appointed B. P. Kanungo as RBI Deputy Governor. Other RBI Deputy Governors are M. D. Patra, M. K. Jain. N. S. Vishwanathan retired as RBI Deputy Governor on Mar 31, 2020. 23. Government reconstituted 16 member National Shipping Board (NSB), which is highest advisory body on matters related to Indian shipping. Its board will now be headed by former Director General of Shipping Malini Shankar. 24. Govt appointed Kapil Dev Tripathi as new secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind. 25. Govt appointed Krishan Mohan Prasad and Satish Kumar Gupta as members of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Current CBDT chairman is Pramod Chandra Mody. 26. Govt. appointed Arun Singhal as Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). 27. Govt. appointed V. Vidyavathi as Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). 28. Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan appointed as chairman of 34-Member World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board. He replaced Hiroki Nakatani of Japan. WHO is governed by two decision-making bodies, World Health Assembly and Executive Board. 29. Indian Chess legend Viswanathan Anand has been named ambassador of World Wide Fund India. WWF is an international NGO, founded in 1961. 30. Indian IT Major Wipro appointed Thierry Delaporte as a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD), replacing Abidali Z Neemuchwala. Also, Aiman Ezzat has become new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of French technology major Capgemini Group. 31. Indian Steel Association (ISA) appointed Dilip Oommen as its new President. He is presently CEO of Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India. 32. Indian economist Abhas Jha has been appointed by World Bank as Practice Manager for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management for South Asia. 33. IndusInd Bank appointed Sumanth Kathpalia as its MD & CEO. 34. Infosys COO UB Pravin Rao is appointed as chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2020- 21. 35. International Monetary Fund (IMF) named several individuals to serve as IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva's External Advisory Group. It Includes former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. 36. Iraqi President Barham Salih appointed Adnan al-Zurfi as country’s new prime minister. 37. Ivan Janša (Janez Janša) has been appointed as New Prime minister of Slovenia. 38. Jammu and Kashmir Govt appointed Zubair Iqbal as new managing director of Jammu and Kashmir Bank (earlier HDFC Bank Senior VP). 39. Madhya Pradesh Government appointed Iqbal Singh Bains as Chief Secretary of state. 40. Manoj Ahuja has been appointed as New chairperson of CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education). 41. Ministry of finance appointed PR Jaishankar as managing director of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL). 42. Misc. Appointments (April 2020) - Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy appointed as MD of Sundaram Home Finance. Government extended term of Madhabi Puri Buch as a Whole Time Member (WTM) at Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by 6 months. She is the first woman Whole Time Member (WTM) of SEBI. Parag Raja has been appointed by Bharti AXA Life Insurance as its MD & CEO. Supreme Court extended tenure of Shiva Kirti Singh as Chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), for 3 months. Govt.approved extension of tenure of members and current part-time chairman of Bank Board Bureau(BBB) by 2 years. Karnataka Bank received RBI nod for reappointment of Mahabaleshwara M S as MD and CEO for 3 years. Birupaksha Mishra became Executive Director of Union Bank of India, after its amalgamation with Corporation Bank and Andhra Bank. Vineet Arora has been appointed MD and CEO of New Paytm Group Entity Paytm General Insurance Ltd. Ajay Mahajan appointed as MD & CEO of credit rating agency CARE Ratings. Rajnesh Oswal has been appointed as First permanent Judge of common High Court of UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Anurag Srivastava has been appointment as spokesperson for ministry of external affairs, replacing Raveesh Kumar. V Kanagaraj appointed as new State Election Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh. Tata Capital appointed Sarosh Amaria as Managing Director. US President Donald Trump appointed Indian-American Sudarsanam Babu to US National Science Board. Shiv Das Meena is appointed as CMD of PSU HUDCO. David Li has been appointed as CEO of Chinese Telecommunications Giant Huawei's India Operations. RBI approved re-appointment of N Kamakodi as MD & CEO of City Union Bank. International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) elected Rakesh Sharma (Bajaj Auto Executive Director) as its President for 2 years. London Based Financial Firm HSBC appointed Noel Quinn as Group chief executive officer. Neeraj Vyas has been appointed as interim MD & CEO of PNB Housing Finance for 8 months. RBI extended Madhavan Menon’s term as part-time Chairman of CSB Bank (Formerly Catholic Syrian Bank). 43. Misc. Appointments (Mar 2020) - Sudhanshu Pandey appointed as new CMD of PSU MMTC. Amita Pandove appointed as Information Commissioner in Central Information Commission. Note that Bimal Julka was recently appointed Chief Information Commissioner of India. Indian-American Seema
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