Jadav Payeng
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- Environmental activist, Jadav "Molai" Payeng has been awarded the 6th annual Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi award 2020.
- He has been honoured for his efforts for creating a man-made forest through afforestation.
- He is popularly known as the Forest Man of India.
Abhishek Singh
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- Diplomat Abhishek Singh has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- He has replaced Rajiv Kumar Napal.
Susan Daniel
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- Susan Daniel has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi’s Translation Prize for the year 2019.
- She has been awarded for translating the Kannada novel ‘Kusumabale’ to English.
Maria Sharapova
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- Russian star tennis player, Maria Sharapova announced her retirement from the game.
- She is one of the top tennis players and became the World No.1 in 2005.
Michael Miebach
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- Michael Miebach has been named as the new president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mastercards.
- He has replaced Ajay Banga who has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Abhay Kumar Singh
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- Abhay Kumar Singh has been appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director of State-run hydropower giant NHPC.
- He will hold the position till August 31, 2022.
- He has replaced Ratish Kumar.
Faure Gnassingbe
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- Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected as the president of Togo.
- Togo is a country in West Africa.
Hrithik Roshan
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- Actor Hrithik Roshan has been awarded the Best Actor award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020 was held in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- He has been awarded for his movie "Super 30".
Adline Castelino
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- Mangalore’s Adline Castelino has won the LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2020 title.
- Adline Castelino will represent India at Miss Universe pageant 2020.
Dr Niti Kumar
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- CDRI’s scientist Dr Niti Kumar has been honoured with the SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board) Women Excellence Award-2020 by the President Ram Nath Kovind in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
- The award was given during National Science Day Celebrations on February 28, 2020.
- She has been awarded for her research on understanding the protein quality control machinery in human malaria parasite for exploration of alternative drug targets for malaria intervention.
Manoj Kumar
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- Actor Manoj Kumar has been felicitated by the World Book of Records (WBR), London, with the WBR Golden Era of Bollywood honour.
- He has been awarded for highlighting patriotic, social and cultural feelings through his contribution to Indian Cinema.
Vijay Advani
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- Vijay Advani has been appointed as the new chairman of US-India Business Council's (USIBC) global board.
Sunil Gurbaxani
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- Sunil Gurbaxani has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank by the Reserve Bank of India.
- Sunil has been appointed for a period of 3 years.
Ashraf Ghani
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- Ashraf Ghani has won the second term as Afghanistan president as an Independent Candidate.
- He secured 50.64% votes in the election.
Supratim Bandyopadhyay
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- Supratim Bandyopadhyay has been appointed as the chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
- His tenure will be applicable for 5 years or till attaining 65 years of age, whichever earlier.
- He has replaced Pankaj Jain.
Sanjay Kothari
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- Sanjay Kothari will be the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
- At present, he is the Secretary to the President.
- Kothari will replace K. V. Chowdary.
Bimal Julka
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- Bimal Julka will be appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.
- At present, he is the Information Commissioner. He is also the former Information and Broadcasting Secretary.
- He has replaced Sudhir Bhargava.
Sachin Tendulkar
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- Indian former international cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s 2011 World Cup-winning moment has been voted the Laureus Sporting Moment of 2000-2020 at the Laureus World Sports Awards 2020.
- It was 20th edition of the award and was held at Berlin, Germany.
Barry O’Farrell
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- Barry O’Farrell has been appointed as Australia's next high commissioner to India.
- He is the former NSW (New South Wales) premier.
- He has succeeded Harinder Sidhu.
Radhakishan Damani
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- DMart’s Founder Radhakishan Damani became India’s 2nd richest person after Mukesh Ambani.
- As per Forbes ‘Real-Time Billionaires’ Index, Damani has a net worth of $17.8 billion.
Rishi Sunak
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- Indian origin Rishi Sunak has been named new Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
- He has succeeded Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid.
Gita Sen
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- Indian feminist scholar and activist Gita Sen has won the prestigious Dan David Prize 2020 under “present” category.
- She has been awarded for her path-breaking work in the fields of population policies, reproductive and sexual health, women’s rights, poverty, labour markets and global governance.
Manpreet Singh
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- Manpreet Singh Pawar became the first Hockey player to be awarded the FIH player of the year award.
- He has been awarded for the year 2019.
- He is the captain of India men’s national field hockey team.
Rajiv Bansal
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- Rajiv Bansal has been appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director of Air India.
- He has succeeded Ashwani Lohani.
Arvind Kejriwal
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- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) party leader Arvind Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi for the 3rd time.
Robin Singh
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- Former India all-rounder Robindra Ramnarine Singh has been appointed as the Director of Cricket of the UAE (United Arab Emirates).
- He was appointed by Emirates Cricket Board after the dismissal of head coach Douglas Robert Brown.
Pullela Gopichand
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- Pullela Gopichand has received the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award in Male Category of the year 2019.
- The Chief National coach for the Indian Badminton team was awarded on the 3rd edition of International Olympics Committee Annual Awards.
- He is the 1st Indian coach to be honoured with this Lifetime award by the Olympics Committee.
Manoj Das
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- Famous Odia and English writer Manoj Das has received the Mystic Kalinga Literary award.
- The award recognizes and celebrates inspiring writers, poets and performers.
Philip Barton
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- Diplomat Philip Barton has been appointed as the next high commissioner of Great Britain to India.
- He will replace Sir Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith KCMG.
Vinod Shukla
- Noted Hindi poet-novelist and 1999 Sahitya Akademi honouree Vinod Kumar Shukla has won the 1st Mathrubhumi Book of the Year award 2020.
- He has been awarded for his translated book ‘Blue Is Like Blue'.
Shaktikanta Das
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- RBI governor Shaktikanta Das has been named the ‘Central Banker of the year 2020, Asia-Pacific’ award.
- He has been named by the Banker magazine which is a British English-language monthly financial affairs publication owned by The Financial Times Ltd.