COMPLETE SUCCESS BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHING currentaffairs.completesuccess.in Current Affairs February Appointments Insurance Corporation of India). 1. Adani Group appointed Jennifer Purdie as Chief Executive 23. Herbert Raymond McMaster appointed as new National Officer (CEO) for its renewable energy business unit in Australia. Security Advisor of USA. He took this post after Michael Flynn 2. Ajay Tyagi appointed as new chairman of Securities and resigned. Exchange Board of India (SEBI), replacing U K Sinha. He will 24. Indian Actress Shilpa Shetty has been appointed as Brand initially serve for 3 years. Ambassador of cleanliness initiative Swachh Bharat Mission by 3. Amina J Mohammed (Nigeria) appointed as Deputy Secretary Government. General of United Nations (UN). 25. J S Deepak appointed as India’s Ambassador to World Trade 4. Anand Kumar Gupta appointed as Director (Commercial) of Organisation (WTO). National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC). 26. Jeff Sessions appointed as Attorney General of USA. 5. Arun Kumar is appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Mines. 27. Karnal Singh appointed as Director of Enforcement 6. Arun M Kumar has been appointed as Head of consulting and Directorate. accounting major KPMG's India operations. 28. Khursheed A Ganai appointed as Chief Information 7. Asian Hockey Federation (Malaysia) appointed India's Abhijit Commissioner (CIC) of Jammu & Kashmir. Sarkar as Vice President and Chief of AHF commercial and TV 29. Ministry of Urban Development appointed Actress Anushka Committee. Sharma as ambassador of Swachh Bharat Campaign. 8. BJP leader from Chhattisgarh, Nanda Kumar Sai been 30. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed elected as new President Of appointed as Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Somalia (Africa). Tribes (NCST). 31. Nand Kuamr Sai appointed as chairman of National 9. Cressida Dick became first female to be appointed head of Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST). London’s Metropolitan Police Service (known as Scotland Yard. 32. Narinder Chauhan appointed as Ambassador of India to 10. D. R. Doley Barman is appointed as Director of Sardar Vallabh Philippines. Bhai Patel National Police Academy Hyderabad. 33. Neelu Rohmetra appointed as director of Indian Institute of 11. Edappadi K Palaniswamy appointed as 13th chief minister of Management (IIM) Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. With this, she Tamil Nadu. became first woman to head an IIM. 12. England and wales cricket Board named Joe Root as England’s 34. New Secretaries Appointed Test Cricket Captain, after Alastair Cook stepped down from post. - Ministry of Tourism N. K. Sinha 13. Former Nagaland CM T R Zeliang has been appointed as - Ministry of Tribal Affairs G. Latha Krishna Rao Finance Advisor to state government. 35. Nik Khanna is appointed as Managing Director (MD) of BAE 14. Former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson Systems’ India operations. appointed as Secretary of State of USA. - BAE Systems has been recently awarded contract from US 15. France’s JeanPierre Lacroix appointed as Department of Defense to provide 145 M777 ultralightweight UnderSecretaryGeneral for United Nations peacekeeping howitzers to Indian Army. operations. 36. Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey appointed as new President of Institute 16. Frank Walter Steinmeier elected 12th President of Germany. of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) for 201718. He will replace Joachim Gauck for this role. 37. Norman Isaac became first Indian to be promoted by 17. Gopal Baglay appointed as External Affairs Ministry International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as Technical Delegate. Spokesperson. While Ruchi Ghanashyam is appointed as 38. Noted actor Kabir Bedi appointed as honorary brand Secretary (West) in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). ambassador of Sight savers, global Organisation working to 18. Government appointed 3 parttime nonofficial directors on prevent avoidable blindness. Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) Central Board for four years Ashok 39. PVK Reddy appointed as Director General (Investigation) in Gulati, Manish Sabharwal and Rajiv Kumar. Besides, Prasanna National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Kumar Mohanty (Southern), Sunil Mitra (Eastern) and Vallabh 40. Pakistan appointed Tehmina Janjua as Foreign Secretary to Roopchand Bhanshali (West) are appointed on Local RBI Boards. United Nations (UN). She is first Woman to hold this post. 19. Government appointed 8 Executive Directors in various Public 41. Portugal’s Luis Norton de Matos appointed as head coach of Sector Banks, on Recommendations of Bank Board Bureau India’s Under17 team for FIFA Under17 World Cup to be held in - Neelam Damodaran and Atanu Kumar Das Bank of India. India in October 2017. - K Swaminathan Indian Overseas Bank. 42. President Pranab Mukherjee appointed 5 new judges to - Ashok Kumar Pradhan United Bank of India. Supreme Court as per Article 124 of constitution. New judges are - P Ramana Murthy Central Bank of India. Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Shantanagoudar Mohan Mallikarjunagouda, - Fareed Ahmed Khan Punjab and Sind Bank. Navin Sinha, Deepak Gupta and S. Abdul Nazeer. Current Strength - M K Bhattacharya Indian Bank of SC Judges has now become 28 (max allowed is 31 Judges). - S Harishankar Allahabad Bank. 43. Raghvendra Singh appointed as Director General in National 20. Government appointed Abhay Manohar Sapre as chairman of Archives of India (Ministry of Culture). Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. 44. Ravi Shankar appointed as India's ambassador to Rwanda. 21. Government appointed Suman Saxena, Mukulita Vijaywargiya While Renu Pall is appointed as Indian Ambassador to and Navrang Saini as wholetime members in Insolvency and Montenegro. Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). 45. Rupak Kumar Dutta appointed as Director General of Police 22. Hemant Bhargava appointed Managing Director of LIC (Life (DGP) of Karnataka. 1 COMPLETE SUCCESS BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHING currentaffairs.completesuccess.in 46. Sandeep Jajodia was appointed as the new President of Besides, Jagbir Singh Cheema appointed as Deputy Chief of Indian industry chamber ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Army (Information Systems and Training). Commerce of India). 56. T C A Ranganathan and Sunil Mehta were appointed as 47. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava appointed as 25th Director NonOfficial Directors in Indian Overseas Bank and Punjab General Border Roads (DGBR). National Bank respectively. 48. Sanjeev Sanyal appointed as principal economic adviser in 57. Tata Sons Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran will also hold department of economic affairs in Finance Ministry. chairmanship of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). 49. Shürhozelie Liezietsu elected as new CM of Nagaland. 58. UN General Assembly reappointed Indian Achamkulangare 50. Software Firm Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) appointed Gopinathan to Joint Inspection Unit (JIU), only independent V. Ramakrishnan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). external oversight body in UN. 51. Sudeep Lakhtakia appointed as Director General in Central 59. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Reserve Police Force (CRPF) appointed Neil Gaiman (UK) as global Goodwill Ambassador. 52. Suman Saxena appointed as Member in Insolvency and 60. Vikas Swarup appointed India’s High Commissioner to Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). Canada. 53. Sumit Mullick appointed as Chief Secretary of state of 61. Vikram Limaye appointed as new Managing Director and CEO Maharashtra. of National Stock Exchange (NSE). 54. Sunil Mehta has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman 62. Vikramjit Sen appointed as chief of Delhi and Districts Cricket in Punjab National Bank. Association (DDCA). 55. Suresh Sharma appointed as EngineerinChief of Indian Army. Awards - Best Actress Emma Stone (La La Land) 1. 2 Indian films won awards at 67th annual Berlin International - Best Supporting Actor Dev Patel (Lion) Film Festival. - Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis (Fences) - Newton CICAE Art Cinema Award. It is co-written by Mayank - Best Original Music La La Land Tiwari and directed by Amit V Masurkar. - Best Original Screenplay Manchester by the Sea - Short film Aaba Special Prize of Generation KPlus International - Best British Short Film: Home Jury for Best Short Film. 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Ahmedabad-based Entrepreneurship Development Institute of - Performance - Soul : Hello (Adele), Group Stressed Out (Twenty India (EDII) received International Mercury Awards (IMA) for One Pilots) 201617 for best overall presentation of its 2015-16 annual report. - R&B – 6. Chairman of Mother son Sumi systems, Vivek Chaand Sehgal - Performance Solange – Cranes In the