Current Affairs - December 2019 to May 2020

Month May 2020 Type Appointments

149 Current Affairs were found in Last Six Months for Type - Appointments

Appointments 1. Govt appointed Chiefs (MD and CEO) of 3 PSU Banks - L V Prabhakar - Canara Bank. Atanu Kumar Das - Bank of Sanjiv Chadha - Bank of Baroda Government Also appointed Challa Sreenivasulu Setty as managing director of State Bank of India for 3 years. 2. Misc. Appointments (Dec 2019) - Podali Shankar appointed as Commander-in-Chief of Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN) of Indian Army. Kerala based CSB Bank (formerly known as Catholic Syrian Bank) re-appointed Rajendran Chinna Veerappan as MD and CEO of the Bank. Upender Singh Rawat appointed as New Indian Ambassador to Costa Rica (Central America). K Vijay Kumar has been appointed as senior security advisor in home ministry. C. Sugandh Rajaram is appointed as New Indian ambassador to Ghana (West Africa). Cricketer Rohit Sharma named first Indian brand ambassador of La Liga, a professional football division of Spanish football league system. Govt appointed Sridhar Patra as new CMD of Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO). New Brand Ambassadors - Salman Khan is appointed as New brand ambassador of Benverage Maker Pepsico India. Footballer Sunil Chhetri signed three-year endorsement deal with sports brand Puma. Aditya Mittal, son of ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi Mittal, has been appointed as the chairman of Essar Steel after ArcelorMittal took control of Essar Steel. Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited(TAFE), has been appointed to Global Board of U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC). National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) reinstated Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman of Tata Sons Group, coming three years after Mistry was ousted as Tata Son’s Chairman and returned as interim Chairman of group. Atul Karwal has been appointed as Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad. Gulzar Ahmed is appointed as New Chief Justice of Neighboring Nation Pakistan. Anand Mahindra will take up role of Non-Executive Chairman at Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) Group from April 2020. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala's tenure as chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has been extnded by 6 months. P R Ravi Mohan has been appointed as the chairman of Kerala-based ESAF Small Finance Bank. Harjeet Kaur Joshi is appointed as CMD of PSU Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), becoming first woman to head SCI. Earlier, government decided to sell privatize its 63.75% stake in SCI. Ajit Pawar is appointed as Maharashtra' deputy chief minister, for his 4th term. 3. Robert Abela has been appointed new prime minister of Malta (Southern European island country). 4. Mustafa Al Kadhimi has been chosen as New Prime Minister of Iraq, after Adel Abdul Mahdi had resigned in November 2019. 5. Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al Said has been named as New Ruler of Oman, after earlier ruler Qaboos bin Said Al Said passed away. 6. Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani has been appointed as new Prime Minister of Qatar. 7. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust elected Mahant Nritya Gopal Das as its Chairman and vice-president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Champat Rai elected as General Secretary. Also, Former principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Nripendra Misra has been chosen as the chairman of the Ram Temple Complex Development Committee. 8. Tsai Ing-wen won Taiwan presidential elections, winning her second term as Taiwan president. 9. Benjamin Netanyahu secured his 5th term as Israeli Prime Minister. 10. Debasish Panda has been appointed as new finance secretary of India, replacing Rajiv Kumar. 11. Govinda Rajulu Chintala has been appointed as chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). 12. Rajiv Bansal is appointed as CMD of Disinvestment bound ailing airline Air India. 13. UK Govt appointed Indian-Origin person Alok Sharma as minister in charge for UN climate talks in November 2020, known as COP26. 2020 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is 26th United Nations Climate Change conference. It is scheduled to be held in Glasgow (Scotland) in November 2020 under presidency of UK government. 14. AU Small Finance Bank appointed R V Verma as part-time chairman and Sanjay Agarwal has been re-appointed as MD and CEO. 15. Abdelaziz Djerad is appointed as Prime Minister of Algeria (North Africa). 16. Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been elected as New President of Algeria (North Africa). 17. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. 18. Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed as new Finance Secretary of India, succeeding Rajiv Kumar. 19. Albin Kurti is appointed as new Prime Minister of Republic of Kosovo (Southeast Europe). 20. Anamika Roy Rashtrawar has been appointed by IFFCO Tokio General Insurance as its new MD & CEO. 21. Arjun Munda has been elected as new President of Archery Association of India (AAI), to serve term of 4 years. World Archery had appointed Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol as observer for elections of Archery Association of India (AAI), to be held in January 2020. Observer will submit report on his observations and based on report, World Archery will consider 'conditional lifting' of suspension on Indian Archery Federation, which was put in July 2019. 22. Assam-based entrepreneur Jahnabi Phookan has been appointed as National President of FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO), women wing of FICCI. 23. Atul Kumar Gupta has been appointed as President of Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) for 2020-21, with Nihar Niranjan Jambusaria as Vice President. 24. 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. 25. Banks Board Bureau appointed SN Rajeswari as Chairman and MD of Oriental Insurance Company (OIC). 26. 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. 27. Bhaskar Khulbe & Amarjeet Sinha have been appointed as Advisor to Prime Minister. 28. Bhushan P Dharmadhikari is appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (Maharashtra). 29. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed new members for its 3-member Cricket Advisory Committee(CAC). New Members are Madan Lal, Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulakshana Naik. Kapil Dev had recently resigned as CAC Chairman. 30. Boris Johnson got re-elected as Britain’s prime minister for his 2nd term, after 3rd general election in Britain in four years was won by Conservative Party. 31. British Telecom Major Vodafone appointed Jean-Francois Van Boxmeer (CEO of brewer Heineken), to succeed Gerard Kleisterlee as chairman from November 2020. 32. Charles Michel (Belgium) has been appointed as New President of European Council, replacing Donald Tusk. 33. Credit information bureau TransUnion Cibil appointed Rajesh Kumar as its new MD and CEO. 34. Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed Sunil Joshi as new Chief Selector of Indian Cricket Team. 35. D Choudhury is appointed as new Commandant of National Defence College (), the highest seat of strategic learning for officers of Indian Armed Forces and Civil Services of India. 36. DPS Negi has been appointed as Director-General of Labour Bureau in Ministry of Labour and Employment. 37. Devesh Srivastava has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of General Insurance Corporation India (GIC Re). 38. 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 %. 39. Former Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat has been named as the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), a 4-star General and principal military advisor to defence minister. He will head new Department of Military Affairs. CODS will ensure jointness in training, logistics and procurement of three services. Government amended rules putting maximum age limit of 65 years for the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) to serve. The changes have been made in the Army Rules 1954. 40. Former Indian Cricketer Robin Singh appointed as director of cricket of United Arab Emirates. 41. Former Karnataka cricketer J. Arunkumar has been appointed the head coach of USA Cricket team. 42. Former Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic won Croatia’s presidential elections. 43. 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. 44. Government Appointed Harsh Vardhan Shringla as Foreign Secretary of India, replacing Vijay Keshav Gokhale. 45. 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). 46. Government appointed Bansi Lal Bhat as officiating chairperson of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). 47. Government appointed Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj as a director on central board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He replaces Atanu Chakraborty. 48. Government appointed Nripendra Misra as chairperson of executive council of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), with A Surya Prakash as vice-chairperson. 49. Government appointed Soma Roy Burman as new Controller General of Accounts (CGA) of India. 50. Government felicitated Ripu Daman Bevli, popularly known as Plogman of India and named him as Plogging Ambassador of India. Nation-wide Plogging Ambassador Mission was also launched, under which Indians who have been running and cleaning their cities/ towns/ districts, will be nominated as Plogging Ambassadors of their region. 51. 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. 52. 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. 53. Govt appointed Kapil Dev Tripathi as new secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind. 54. 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. 55. Govt. appointed Arun Singhal as Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). 56. Govt. appointed Sanjay Kothari as new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Bimal Julka as New Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). 57. Govt. appointed Shrikant Madhav Vaidya as new Chairman of Maharatna PSU Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. 58. Govt. appointed V. Vidyavathi as Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). 59. Greece’s parliament elected Katerina Sakellaropoulou as Greece's first female president. 60. Hari Mohan has been appointed as new Chairman of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). 61. 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. 62. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been appointed as first female Chancellor of ’s Queen’s University. 63. ITBP Director General S S Deswal has been given additional charge to head country's largest paramilitary force CRPF, as its serving DG R R Bhatnagar retired. 64. Incumbent Ashraf Ghani is named winner of Afghanistan Presidential Elections 2019. Voting took place almost five months ago, in September 2019. It is 2nd term for Ashraf Ghani as Afghanistan President. 65. India's Anil Khanna nominated as Life President of Asian Tennis Federation (ATF). 66. India's Bipul Bihari Saha has been elected as a bureau member of the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) for 2020-23. Saha is second Indian after Bharat Ratna Professor CNR Rao, to be elected (1979) for this position in largest global organization of Chemistry professionals. 67. India's Rohan Shah has been appointed as India’s Representative and Governor on board of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) for 3 years. ERIA is based in Jakarta (). 68. India's Gita Sabharwal has been appointed by United Nations as its Resident Coordinator in Thailand. UN Resident Coordinators are highest-ranking representatives of the UN’s country-level development system. 69. Indian Advocate Harish Salve has been appointed as Queen's Counsel (QC) for courts of England and Wales. The title is conferred upon those who have demonstrated particular skill and expertise in the legal field. Mr Salve has represented India in several important matters, including Kulbhushan Jadhav case in 2019, at International Court of Justice. 70. Indian Chess legend has been named ambassador of World Wide Fund India. WWF is an international NGO, founded in 1961. 71. 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. 72. Indian Steel Association (ISA) appointed Dilip Oommen as its new President. He is presently CEO of Mittal Nippon Steel India. 73. Indian economist Abhas Jha has been appointed by World Bank as Practice Manager for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management for South Asia. 74. Indian-American Arvind Krishna is appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Global Tech Major IBM (International Business Machine). 75. Indian-American Monisha Ghosh has been appointed as first woman Chief Technology Officer at US government’s powerful Federal Communications Commission (FCC). 76. Indian-origin Rishi Sunak named as new Finance Minister of United Kingdom (Chancellor of the Exchequer ). He is son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy. 77. Indo-American Sundar Pichai has been promoted as Alphabet Inc. CEO, Parent firm of Google which was formed in 2015 after corporate restructuring. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped down from leadership role of Alphabet. Alphabet and Google will no longer need two CEOs and a President and Sundar Pichai will be CEO of both Google and Alphabet. 78. IndusInd Bank appointed Sumanth Kathpalia as its MD & CEO. 79. Infosys COO UB Pravin Rao is appointed as chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2020- 21. 80. 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. 81. Iraqi President Barham Salih appointed Adnan al-Zurfi as country’s new prime minister. 82. Ivan Janša (Janez Janša) has been appointed as New Prime minister of Slovenia. 83. Jagat Prakash Nadda has been elected as new (11th) National President of Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), succeeding Amit Shah. 84. Jammu and Kashmir Govt appointed Zubair Iqbal as new managing director of Jammu and Kashmir Bank (earlier HDFC Bank Senior VP). 85. Madhya Pradesh Government appointed Iqbal Singh Bains as Chief Secretary of state. 86. Manoj Ahuja has been appointed as New chairperson of CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education). 87. Manoj Mukund Naravane is appointed as New (28th) chief of Indian army, replacing Bipin Rawat whose 3 year term is coming to end. Lt General Navarne is current Vice Chief of the Army. Indian Army Chief reaches superannuation upon three years in office or at age of 62 years, whichever is earlier. 88. Manuel Marrero Cruz has been appinted as Prime Minisrer of Cuba, as Cuba's first PM in 43 years. Last time Cuba had a Prime Minister, it was revolutionary leader Fidel Castro (1959 to 1976). The position was abolished in 1976 when Castro transitioned to presidency, after country’s constitution was restructured. 89. Masatsugu Asakawa (Japan) has been elected as 10th president of Manila (Philippines) based Asian Development Bank. He will replace Takehiko Nakao (Japan). 90. Mihir Shah has been appointed as chairman of 11-member committee to draft National Water Policy (NWP). 91. Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin is appointed as new Prime Minister of Russia, after Dmitri Medvedev resigned as PM. 92. Ministry of finance appointed PR Jaishankar as managing director of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL). 93. 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. 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). 94. Misc. Appointments (Feb 2020) - Yogesh Kumar Joshi appointed as Army's General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Northern Command. Pramod Agrawal is appointed as chairman and managing director of PSU Coal India. Gopal Baglay appointed as New Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Ajay Bisaria is appointed as new Indian High Commissioner to Canada. Ryan Roslansky will be new CEO of Professional Network Linkedin. Former CEO Jeff Weiner is appointed as Executive Chairman. Sanjay Vatsayan appointed as commander of Eastern Fleet of Indian Navy. Suraj Berry appointed as Chief of Staff of tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Command. Vinay Dube appointed as CEO of Domestc Airline GoAir. Ajay H. Patel elected President of All-India Chess Federation (AICF). Australia appointed Barry O'Farrell as New high commissioner to India. RBI approved appointment of Sunil Gurbaxani as managing director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank. Rajlaxmi Singh Deo re-elected as president of the Rowing Federation of India (RFI). Ms. Padmaja is appointed as next Indian High Commissioner to Oceanian Nation Vanuatu. Jawed Ashraf is appointed as New Indian Ambassador to France. PSU National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) appointed Abhay Kumar Singh as its new Chairman & Managing Director. SN Shrivastava is appointed as new Chief (Commissioner) of Delhi Police. Togo (West Africa) President Faure Gnassingbe won his fourth term as President. Abhishek Singh is appointed as New Indian Ambassador to Venezuela. 95. Misc. Appointments (Jan 2020) - Axis Bank appointed Amit Talgeri as Chief Risk Officer. Andhra Pradedsh government appointed Kritika Shukla and and M. Deepika as Special Officers for implementing Andhra Pradesh Disha Act 2019. It intends for speedy trial and faster execution in cases of sexual offences against women in state. Govt approved re-employment of V K Yadav as Chairman of Railway Board for 1 year. Delhi AIIMS’ Suresh Chandra Sharma has been appointed as 1st Chairman of NMC (National Medical Commission). Lakshmi Vilas Bank appointed S Sundar as interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A Sakthivel is appointed as chairman of Apparel Export Promotion Council of India (AEPC) for 2020-21. Former CRPF Director-General Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar is appointed as Advisor to Lieutenant Governor of UT of Jammu and Kashmir (Currently G. C. Murmu). Other two Advisors are KK Sharma and Farooq Khan. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA Rabindra Nath Mahato is elected as Speaker of New Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. PSU Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) appointed M Nagaraj as Chairman and Managing Director(CMD). Arun Kumar Sahu is appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Commonwealth of Dominica. Indian dancer-choreographer Sandip Soparrkar has been appointed by International Business School of Washington (IBSW) as a new Panel Member in board of Directors. Rajya Sabha MP Chandra Pal Singh Yadav has been re-elected as Chairman of Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO). Girish Kumar has been re-appointed as Surveyor General of India for 1 year. BCCI appointed Former Crickcters Madan Lal and Gautam Gambhir as members of CAC (Cricket Advisory Commitee). Punit Sood has been appointed as country head of RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) India. Japanese Investment Major SoftBank appointed Manoj Kohli as its India’s head. Central Vigilance Commission appointed A.D.M. Chavali, Former Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank, as a member in Advisory Board for Banking & Financial Frauds. Alok Kansal is appointed as General Manager of Western Railway (WR). Vinay Mohan Kwatra is appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Nepal. 96. 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 Verma is appointed a key member of White House Coronavirus Task Force constituted by US President Donald Trump. Sanjay Kumar Panda is appointed as New Indian Ambassador to Turkey. MRF’s CMD K.M. Mammen is re-elected as chairman of Automotive Tyre Manufactures’ Association (ATMA). SBI Life Insurance Company re-appointed Sanjeev Nautiyal as MD & CEO. SBI Appointed Chalasani Venkat Nageswar as deputy MD and chief financial officer (CFO). KJS Dhillon appointed as Director General of Defence Intelligence Agency and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence). Nupur Kulshrestha became first woman to be appointed as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Indian Coast Guard. ITBP Director General Surjeet Singh Deswal has been given additional charge to serve as a Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) Actor signed by IDFC FIRST Bank as its First brand ambassador. Microsoft appointed Eric Horvitz as its first-ever Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). UK Based Banking Group HSBC appointed Noel Quinn as its permanent CEO. US based service provider Salesforce appointed former SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya to head its India operations. Karan Bajwa is appointed as Head of Google Cloud India. Rajiv Bajaj is appointed as MD & CEO of Bajaj Auto. Ravinder Singh Dhillon is appointed as CMD of PSU Power Finance Corporation (PFC). Hirdesh Kumar is appointed as new Chief Electoral Officer of UT of Jammu and Kashmir. Ajay Kumar appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Uganda (East Africa). Sameer Aggarwal =appointed as new CEO of Walmart India, the India arm of American Retail Giant. 97. Misc. Appointments (May 2020) - Former Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma has been named advisor to Google Pay India. Yes Bank appointed Neeraj Dhawan as its Chief Risk Officer (CRO), while RBL Bank appoints Deepak Kumar to the same post. Raj Shukla assumed command of Indian Army's Army Training Command (ARTRAC). Krishnan Ramachandran has been appointed as MD and CEO of Max Bupa Health Insurance. Govt appointed Sanjay Kumar Jha as CMD of PSU Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (MIDHANI). Also, Pradip Kumar Das is named CMD of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA). United Nations Environment Programme extended term of Indian actress Dia Mirza as Goodwill ambassador for India till 2022. Nilaya Mitash has been appointed as principal operations coordination specialist at Philippines Based Asian Development Bank (ADB). Former Sri Lanka Cricketer Kumar Sangakkara has been re-appointed as president of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in England, for his second term. Narinder Batra’s term as President of International Hockey Federation has been extended until May 2021. Former CWG gold-winning boxer Akhil Kumar has been re-inducted into National Anti-Doping Agency’s Disciplinary Panel. Delhi HC Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal will be approinted as President of Delhi State Consumer Redressal Commission (DSCRC). Rajesh Goel has been appointed director-general of the Realtors body National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO). Chinese Video Sharing App Tiktok named Disney Executive Kevin Mayer as New CEO. Government appointed Prem K Nair as Indian Ambassador to Republic of Niger (West Africa). Government appointed P Kumaran Indian Ambassador to Singapore. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports extended tenure of Sandip Pradhan as Director General of Sports Authority of India (SAI) by 2 years. Venkataramani Sumantran has been appointed as independent director of airline company IndiGo. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra has been designated as a member of Olympic Channel Commission. Batra Also likewise heads International Hockey Federation (FIH). Leo Puri has been appointed Chairman of JP Morgan South Asia and South East Asia. R Sreelekha is appointed as first woman Director General (DGP) of Kerala police. Ravinder Singh Dhillon is appointed as Chairman & MD of PSU PFC (Power Finance Corporation). Andhra Pradesh HC directed state government to reinstate State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, who was dismissed recently. Vishwas Mehta is appointed as chief secretary of Kerala. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen won her second term as President. Food ordering platform Zomato elevated Mohit Gupta (CEO of its food delivery business) as a co-founder. Deepinder Goyal is other cofounder and CEO of Zomato. Manoj Pande appointed as Commander-in-Chief of Andaman & Nicobar Command of Indian Army. 98. Misc. Secretary Level Appointments - Chandan Sinha - Director General in National Archives of India. Subhas Chandra Lal Das - Director General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Ravi Mittal - Secretary in Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Sunil Kumar - Secretary in Ministry ofPanchayati Raj. Praveen Kumar - Secretary in Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Sushil Kumar - Secretary in Ministry of Mines 99. Moeketsi Majoro has been appointed as Prime Minister of Lesotho (Southern Africa), after Tom Thabane resigned from the post. 100. Mohammed Allawi has been appointed as Prime Minister of Iraq (50th). 101. Muhyiddin Yassin appointed as new Prime Minister of Malaysia. He replaced Mahathir Mohammad who had resigned recently. At 94 years of age, he was World’s Oldest govt leader. 102. Nagaland Governor R.N Ravi has been given additional charge as Governor of Meghalaya, in wake of absence of leave of Governor of Meghalaya Tathagata Roy. 103. Namibia's President Hage Geingob has been re-elected for his second term. 104. National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), India’s anti-doping body selected Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty as its brand ambassador. 105. National Stock Exchange appointed Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as its new chairman. The post was vacant since January 2019 when Ashok Chawla resigned amid a corruption case. 106. New Chief Justices for the Bombay, Orissa and Meghalaya High Courts (HC) have been recommended by Supreme Court Collegium - Bombay High Court - Dipankar Datta Meghalaya High Court - Biswanath Somadder Orissa High Court - Mohammad Rafiq 107. Niranjan Hiranandani has been appointed as new president of Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (Assocham), country’s apex organisation of industry and trade. 108. Noted Bharatanatyam dancer and former chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi Leela Samson will head jury for Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for Literature 2020. JCB Prize for Literature is an Indian literary award established in 2018, awarded annually with 25 lakh INR prize to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in English or translated fiction by an Indian writer. 109. Noted space scientist G Narayanan named as chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation’s newly formed commercial entity New Space India Ltd (NSIL). 110. P. K. Purwar (BSNL CMD) has been given additional charge as CMD of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). 111. Paralympic medal-winner Deepa Malik is elected as president of Paralympic Committee of India. She had won silver in shot putt F-53 at Rio 2016 Paralympics. Gursharan Singh was elected as secretary general. Sports Ministry had ‘de-recognised’ PCI last year after sacking of then-president Rao Inderjit Singh. Election results are to be scrutinised by Delhi HC. 112. Pedro Sánchez has been re-elected as prime minister of Spain. 113. Pekka Lundmark appointed President and CEO of Finnish Tech firm Nokia. He will Rajeev Suri for the post. 114. Portuguese diplomat Joao Vale de Almeida is appointed as 's top envoy in UK, after UK leaves the EU bloc (Brexit). 115. Prashant Kumar has been appointed as New MD & CEO of Yes Bank, with Sunil Mehta as non-executive chairman. Mahesh Krishnamurthy and Atul Bheda will serve as non-executive directors. SBI, which has 49 % stake in Yes Bank, will nominate 2 directors. Any investor other than SBI with 15% voting rights can nominate 1 director. RBI appointed R Gandhi (former RBI Deputy Governor) and Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan as additional directors on Yes Bank board. 116. President Ramnath Kovind nominated former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha. Under Clause (3) of article 80, President can nominate upto 12 persons to Rajya sabha. 117. Prithvirajsing Roopun has been appointed as new President of island nation Mauritius. 118. Private Bank Indusnd Bank Appointed Sumant Kathpalia as MD and CEO. 119. Pulitzer winning Indian-American physician, Siddhartha Mukherjee has been appointed as member of New York’s commission that will focus on jumpstarting state’s economy, which is badly hit by coronavirus pandemic. Another Indian-origin higher education leader, Satish Tripathi has also been named as member of commission. 120. RBI appointed 5 officials as executive directors - Indrani Banerjee, Saurav Sinha, Vivek Deep, J.K. Dash and P. Vijayakumar. RBI has 12 executive directors. 121. RBI appointed its Executive Director Janak Raj as member of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), the highest interest rate setting body. He replaces M D Patra, who was recently elevated as Deputy Governor of the RBI. RBI Monetary Policy Committee has 6 Members - 3 RBI officials and 3 external members nominated by Government. Nominated Members serve term of 4 years. M D Patra will still remain, MPC Member, now as Deputy Governor of RBI. Currnet RBI MPC Members - RBI Officials - Governor of RBI as Chairperson - Shaktikanta Das Michael Debrata Patra (Deputy Governor of RBI) Janak Raj (Executive director of RBI) Nominated - Chetan Ghate - Professor Indian Statistical Institute Pami Dua - Director, Delhi School of Economics Ravindra H. Dholakia - Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad 122. RBI nominated Debasish Panda (Department of Financial Services Secretary) on its central board. 123. Rajiv Kumar (Former finance secretary) has been appointed as Chairperson of Public Enterprises Selection Board(PESB). 124. Ralf Speth, Chief Executive of Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), has been elected a Fellow of Royal Society in UK. Active since 1660, Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Indian-origin Persons Vikram Deshpande (University of Cambridge) is also among new Fellows. 125. Republic TV Chief Arnab Goswami is elected as president of News Broadcasters Federation (NBF). 126. Riek Machar has been appointed as first vice president in African Nation South Sudan, to serve 3 years. 127. Sangita Reddy (Joint MD of Apollo Hospitals) has been appointed as President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for 2019-20. 128. Sanjay Kothari has been appointed as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). He earlier served as secretary to President of India, replaced by Kapil Dev Tripathi recently. Also, Suresh N. Patel appointed as Vigilance Commissioner. Central Vigiliance Commission Consists of A Chief Vigilance Commissioner (Sanjay Kothari) and 2 Vigilance Commissioners (Suresh N. Patel AND Sharad Kumar). 129. Sanna Marin has been elected as Finland’s prime minister. At just 34-years age, she is youngest PM of Finland ever. 130. Satinder Kumar Saini has been appointed as new Vice Chief of Indian Army. 131. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been appointed as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for his 4th term. Few days earlier, Kamal Nath-led Congress government lost its majority in state after several MLAs withdrew their support, led by Jyotiraditya Scindia. 132. Shobhana Narasimhan from Theoretical Sciences Unit (TSU) at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), has been elected as an International Honorary Member to American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has done significant work on rational design of nanomaterials, examining how lowering of dimensionality and reduction of size affect material properties. Her work is relevant for a number of different applications, such as nanocatalysts for clean energy applications, and magnetic materials for memory storage. 133. Singapore’s Daren Tang elected as Director General of World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO), succeeding Australia’s Francis Gurry. WIPO is one of 15 specialized agencies of United Nations (UN). List - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Bank Group International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Development Association (IDA) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO or WTO) WIPO was created in 1967, headquartered at Geneva (Switzerland). 134. Supratim Bandyopadhyay has been appointed as chairman of PFRDA (Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority). 135. Supreme Court appointed A M Sapre as chairman of its committee on road safety. 136. T S Tirumurti will be appointed as India''s Permanent Representative to United Nations, replacing Syed Akbaruddin. Several Other Ambassadors Appointed - Namrata S Kumar - Slovenia Jaideep Mazumdar - Austria Deepak Mittal - Qatar Piyush Srivastava - Bahrain 137. Taranjit Sandhu is appointed as India’s New ambassador to United States (US). 138. Tata Trusts named Srinath Narasimhan as its CEO. Tata Trusts owns 66 % stake in Tata Sons, holding company of the group. Income-Tax Department in Oct 2019 had cancelled registration of six trusts operating under Tata Trusts, a move that could result in tax liability of about Rs 12,000 crores. 139. Telangana government appointed C V Ramulu and V Niranjan Rao as Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayukta respectively. 140. UK appointed Philip Barton as New High Commissioner to India. Also, Dame Karen Pierce is appointed as Britain’s ambassador to US, becoming first woman to hold the position. 141. US President Donald Trump appointed Indian American Manisha Singh as his envoy to OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). Also, President Trump appointed Indian American Ashok Michael Pinto as US representative to IBRD (International Bank of Reconstruction and Development). 142. US President Donald Trump named Indian-American Sethuraman Panchanathan to lead prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) in USA. NSF is a US government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. 143. Ukraine's parliament appointed Denys Shmygal as new prime minister, after his predecessor Oleksiy Honcharuk resigned. 144. Umaro Cissoko Embalo won presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa). 145. Ursula von der Leyen (Germany) has been appointed as President of European Commission, as first woman to hold the post. 146. Vijay Advani has been appointed by US-India Business Council (USIBC) as new chairman of its Global Board of Directors. 147. World Archery appointed Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol as observer for elections of Archery Association of India (AAI), to be held in January 2020. Observer will submit report on his observations and based on report, World Archery will consider 'conditional lifting' of suspension on Indian Archery Federation, which was put in July 2019. 148. World Bank Group appointed Carmen Reinhart (US)as its new Vice President and Chief Economist. 149. Yuvraj Malik has been appointed as Director of National Book Trust (NBT). Top

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