Appointments 1. 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 2. Debasish Panda has been appointed as new finance secretary of India, replacing Rajiv Kumar. 3. Rajiv Bansal is appointed as CMD of Disinvestment bound ailing airline Air India. 4. UK Govt appointed Indian. 4. Origin person Alok Sharma as minister in charge for UN climate talks in November 2020, known as COP26. 5. Albin Kurti is appointed as new Prime Minister of Republic of Kosovo (Southeast Europe). 6. Atul Kumar Gupta has been appointed as President of Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) for 2020-21, with Nihar Niranjan Jambusaria as Vice President. 7. Bhaskar Khulbe & Amarjeet Sinha have been appointed as Advisor to Prime Minister. 8. 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. 9. Credit information bureau TransUnion Cibil appointed Rajesh Kumar as its new MD and CEO. 10. Former Indian Cricketer Robin Singh appointed as director of cricket of United Arab Emirates. 11. Govt. appointed Sanjay Kothari as new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Bimal Julka as New Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). 12. 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. Follow us on Face book: - https://www.facebook.com/diw.quick.3 Follow & Subscribe us on You tube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLGbe5iIeM_GfOF_mmt9Bw Subscribe our Website: - https://www.quicktechdiw.com/ 13. Indian-origin Rishi Sunak named as new Finance Minister of United Kingdom (Chancellor of the Exchequer ). He is son-inlaw of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy. 14. 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 triservices 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. 15. Mohammed Allawi has been appointed as Prime Minister of Iraq (50th). 16. Noted space scientist G Narayanan named as chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation’s newly formed commercial entity New Space India Ltd (NSIL). Follow us on Face book: - https://www.facebook.com/diw.quick.3 Follow & Subscribe us on You tube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLGbe5iIeM_GfOF_mmt9Bw Subscribe our Website: - https://www.quicktechdiw.com/ 17. 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. 18. Private Bank Indusnd Bank Appointed Sumant Kathpalia as MD and CEO. 19. RBI appointed 5 officials as executive directors - Indrani Banerjee, Saurav Sinha, Vivek Deep, J.K. Dash and P. Vijayakumar. RBI has 12 executive directors. 20. Riek Machar has been appointed as first vice president in African Nation South Sudan, to serve 3 years. 21. Supratim Bandyopadhyay has been appointed as chairman of PFRDA (Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority). 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. Vijay Advani has been appointed by US-India Business Council (USIBC) as new chairman of its Global Board of Directors. Awards 1. 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 (hosted in Assam) :- Best Film- ‘Gully Boy’ Best Director - Zoya Akhtar for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)- Ranveer Singh for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)- Alia Bhatt for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)- Amruta Subhash for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)- Siddhant Chaturvedi for ‘Gully Boy’ Best Music Album- ‘Gully Boy’: Zoya Akhtar-Ankur Tewari and ‘Kabir Singh’: Mithoon, Amaal Mallik, Vishal Mishra, Sachet–Parampara and Akhil Sachdeva Best Lyrics- Divine and Ankur Tewari for “Apna Time Aayega” (Gully Boy) Follow us on Face book: - https://www.facebook.com/diw.quick.3 Follow & Subscribe us on You tube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLGbe5iIeM_GfOF_mmt9Bw Subscribe our Website: - https://www.quicktechdiw.com/ Best Playback Singer (Male)- Arijit Singh for “Kalank Nahi Ishq Hai Kajal Piya” (Kalank) Best Playback Singer (Female)- Shilpa Rao for Ke Ghungroo Toot Gaye (War) Best Debut Director- Aditya Dhar for ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ Best Debut Actor- Abhimanyu Dassani for ‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’ Best Debut Actress- Ananya Pandey for ‘Student Of The Year 2’ and ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’ Lifetime Achievement Award- Ramesh Sippy Excellence In Cinema- Govinda RD Burman Award For Upcoming Music Talent- Sashwat Sachdev for URI 2. 73rd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Winners :- Best Film – 1917 Best Director - Sam Mendes (1917) Best Actor - Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) Best Actress - Renée Zellweger (Judy) Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Laura Dern (Marriage Story) Outstanding British Film – 1917 Best Original Score - Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker) Best Sound – 1917 Best Film Not (Other than English) - Parasite (South Korean) Best Documentary - For Sama Best Animated Film – Klaus EE Rising Star - Micheal Ward Joker received most nominations (11 categories). A new award category was introduced - Best Casting. 1917 won most awards (7), including Best Film, Best British Film and Best Director. English actor Andy Serkis received BAFTA award for outstanding British contribution to cinema. 3. The Banker Magazine named Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das as ‘Central Banker of the Year 2020’ in Asia-Pacific region. He has been honored for bringing in measures to regulate shadow banking through a restrained approach. Follow us on Face book: - https://www.facebook.com/diw.quick.3 Follow & Subscribe us on You tube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLGbe5iIeM_GfOF_mmt9Bw Subscribe our Website: - https://www.quicktechdiw.com/ 4. Director and producer Priyadarshan conferred with Madhya Pradesh government's National Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018- 19 and Noted Actress Waheeda Rehman has been honored as awardee for 2017-18. 5. Dr Niti Kumar, Senior Scientist at CSIR-CDRI Lucknow received SERB Women Excellence Award 2020. Award will be conferred by President of India during National Science Day Celebrations on February 28 in Vigyan Bhawan (New Delhi). 6. FIH Awards 2019 by International Hockey Federation :- Men's Player of the Year - Manpreet Singh (India). He is first indian to win FIH Men's Player of the year. Women's Player of the Year - Eva de Goede (Netherlands) Men's Rising Star of the Year - Vivek Sagar (India) Women’s Rising Star of the Year - Lalremsiami (India) 7. Forest Man of India Jadav Payeng will be awarded Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020 by My Home India, for his consistent efforts in creating a real man- made forest through massive reforestation. It comprises reward of Rs 1 lakh. 8. Hindi poet-novelist Vinod Kumar Shukla won inaugural Mathrubhumi Book of the Year award for his translated book Blue Is Like Blue. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. 9. Indian freelance reporter Ahmer Khan named winner of Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize, for his coverage in Kashmir during lockdown of the region after India's decision to abrogate article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. 10. Industrial Awards (Feb 2020) :- Maharashtra Govt presented lifetime achievement award instituted by Mantralaya and Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh, to senior journalist Dinkar Keshav Raikar Defence Startup Big Bang Boom Solutions has been awarded SKOCH Award for “Boron Nitrate Based Personal Hybrid Combat Armour ”. Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has been awarded with Transport Minister’s Road Safety Award 2018-19, for its lowest accident rate. Nagaland road transport won under Hill category. SCCL CMD N.