APPOINTMENTS
ANITA BHATIA
- She is an Indian-origin, a veteran in strategic partnerships, resource mobilisation and management.
- She has been recently appointed as Deputy Executive Director for UN women.
- She has also served as Director of Global Partnerships for International Finance Corporation (IFC) and worked for World Bank (WB).
SATISH CHANDRA VERMA
- He has been appointed as Advocate General of Chhattisgarh.
- Advocate General’s are appointed by Governor of State according to Article 165 of the Indian Constitution.
- He replaced former Advocate General Kanak Tiwari..
AJIT DOVAL
- He is a retired IPS officer of 1968 batch of Kerala cadre.
- During the first term of NDA, he has served as National Security Adviser.
- In the second term of Modi Govt, he has been reappointed as National Security Adviser for another five-year term and has been given a rank of Cabinet Minister.
RAKESH MAKHIJA
- He has been appointed as Chairman of Axis Bank.
- The board of the bank has approved his appointment in March as a chairman subject to Reserve Bank’s clearance.
- He will hold the office for a period of 3 years with effect from July 18, 2019, to July 17, 2022, which includes both dates.
RAJIV MAHARISHI
- He is Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
- In the recently held 72nd WHO Assembly in Geneva, he has been elected as External Auditor of WHO for a period of four years starting from 2020 which ends in 2023.
- Initially, in the year he has also been appointed as External Auditor of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
MRUTYUNJAY MOHAPATRA
- He is a Scientist and cyclone warning specialist.
- He is working as Additional Director General in the Indian Metrological Department (IMD).
- Recently he has been appointed as the Chief of Indian Metrological Department (IMD).
JUSTICE DHIRUBHAI NARANBHAI PATEL
- He has been sworn in as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.
- The oath to Chief Justice of a High Court is administered by Governor of state.
- He was posted in Jharkhand High Court.
N GOPALASWAMI
- He is a former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), who has served from June 2006 to April 2009.
- He has been appointed as Electoral Officer for BCCI by Committee of Administrators (CoA).
- He will supervise the elections of BCCI and the Indian Cricketers Association.
SHARAD KUMAR
- He is a former Chief of anti-terror probe agency National Investigation Agency.
- Currently, he is a Vigilance commissioner.
- He has been appointed as interim Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) till new CVC is appointed by the PM.
KRISHNASWAMY NATARAJAN
- He is appointed as a Director-General of Indian Coast Guard.
- He replaced Rajendra Singh.
- He is the 23rd Chief of India’s Security forces.
AMITABH KANT
- He is a Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog.
- The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved him an extension for another two years as a CEO of NITI Aayog up to 30.06.2021.
NARINDER BATRA
- He is the first Indian to head International Hockey Federation.
- He is also the President of Indian Olympic Association.
- Recently he has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
- He got 58 votes out of 62.
AWARDS
PRIYANKA CHOPRA
- She is an Indian actress.
- She is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
- She is going to be awarded the Danny Kane Humanitarian Award by UNICEF.
AMITAV GHOSH
- He is a renowned Indian author.
- He has been awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature in English.
- Jnanpith award is the Indian Literary Award awarded only to Indian Citizens.
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN AND S JAISHANKAR
- Nirmala Sitharaman is the Finance minister of India whereas S Jaishankar is the External Affairs Minister.
- Jawaharlal Nehru University is going to confer them alumni award.
- Nirmala Sitharaman had completed her MA and M Phil degrees while S Jaishankar his M Phil degree from JNU.
NARENDRA MODI
- He is the Prime Minister of India.
- Maldives Government is going to confer its highest award named ‘Nishan Izzuddin’ to PM Narendra Modi.
SUNDAR PICHAI AND ADENA FRIEDMAN
- Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google while Adena Friedman is the President of Nasdaq.
- The duo has been chosen for Global Leadership Award 2019 for their contribution in respective platforms.
- The award is conferred by US-India Business Council (USIBC).
SHEELA
- She is a Malayalam Actor.
- She has been conferred with Malayalam cinema’s highest honour J C Daniel Award.
- She is the only second woman to be conferred with this award after Aranmula Ponnamma.
PRATIBHA PATIL
- She is a former President of India (2007-2012).
- She has been conferred with Mexico’s highest civilian award given to foreigners named ‘Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca’.
- She is second President of India to get this award after S Radhakrishna.
SPORTS
VIRAT KOHLI
- He is a present captain of the Indian team and a batsman.
- He became the fastest cricketer to score 20000 International runs which he scored only in 417 innings.
- He surpassed both Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.
LEWIS HAMILTON
- He is a British racing driver.
- He races in Formula One for Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport.
- He recently won France Grand Prix 2019 and Canadian Grand Prix 2019 which is his 6th in this season.
FERNANDO TORRES
- He is a Spanish Footballer.
- He was a part of the 2010 FIFA team which they won.
- Recently he has announced his retirement.
- He made his debut in 2003 against Portugal.
PANKAJ ADVANI
- He is an Indian Billiards and snooker player.
- He is also a Padma Bhushan award winner.
- Recently he won 35th Men’s Asian Snooker Championship which was held in Doha by defeating Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon of Thailand by 6-3 in finals.
RASHID KHAN
- He is an Afghanistan leg spinner and handy lower-order batsman.
- In the recently held ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 he became the most expensive bowler in World Cup history.
- He gave 110 runs in 9 overs against England.
- He is set to lead his team in all three formats.
YUVRAJ SINGH
- He is an Indian middle-order batsman and handy bowler as well.
- He played a crucial role in winning both ICC T20I WC 2007 and ICC WC 2011.
- He has also hit six sixes to Stuart Broad in ICC T20I WC 2007.
- Recently he has announced retirement from International Cricket.
