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Published on Monday, February 15, 2021

Jay Shah

  • BCCI secretary Jay Shah has been elected as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
  • He has replaced Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief Najmul Hasan Papon.

R. S. Sharma

  • R. S. Sharma will be the new Chief Executive Officer of the Ayushman Bharat scheme or the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
  • He will be replacing Indu Bhushan.

Bhawana Kanth

  • Bhawana Kanth is to become the first woman fighter pilot to take part in the 2021 Republic Day parade.
  • She was one of the first women fighter Pilots inducted into Indian Air Force in the year 2016.

Kaja Kallas

  • Kaja Kallas became the 1st woman Prime Minister of Estonia.
  • Before this. Kallas was a member of the European Parliament from the year 2014 to 2018.

LT GEN CP Mohanty

  • LT GEN CP Mohanty took over the new Vice Chief of the Army Staff.
  • He has replaced Lt Gen SK Saini.

Joe Biden

  • Joe Biden took office as the 46th President of the United States.
  • Joe is also the oldest US President to take the oath.
  • Kamala Harris also sworn-in as first female US Vice President.

Jayant Khobragade

  • Jayant Khobragade has been appointed as the next ambassador to the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat in Jakarta.
  • Khobragade is an IFS officer of the 1995 batch.
  • Presently, he is a joint secretary in the external affairs ministry.

Nikhil Srivastava

  • Nikhil Srivastava, an Indian Mathematician has won the 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize along with two others.
  • Nikhil is an Associate Professor at the University of California.
  • Other two winners are Adam Marcus and Daniel Alan Spielman.
  • They have been awarded for solving long-standing questions on the Kadison–Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs.

Gita Mittal

  • Justice Gita Mittal has been appointed as the first woman chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC).
  • He has replaced Justice Vikramajit Sen.
  • She is the former Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court. She was also the 1st woman Chief Justice of J & K High Court.

Rajendra Kumar Bhandari

  • Rajendra Kumar Bhandari has been awarded Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar in the individual category.
  • It is an annual award given every year on January 23 on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

  • Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been appointed as the President of Portugal for a second term.
  • He won 61.5% of the vote in the election, with 98.5% of districts.

Jayati Ghosh

  • Indian economist Jayati Ghosh has been named to the high-level advisory board on economic, social affairs by the United Nations.
  • She is an Economics Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Ravi Gaikwad

  • Philanthropist Ravi Gaikwad has won the Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award.
  • He has been awarded for his absolute spirit and service of humanity.

Kiren Rijiju

  • Kiren Rijiju has been given the additional charge of the Ayush Ministry.
  • He is the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs.

Siddhartha Mohanty

  • Siddhartha Mohanty has been appointed as the new managing director of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).
  • He has replaced TC Susheel Kumar.

Ramesh Pokhriyal

  • Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has been awarded the "Sahitya Gaurav Samman" by the Hindi Writers Guild, Canada.
  • He has been awarded for his literary work.

Vishwavir Ahuja

  • Vishwavir Ahuja has been appointed as MD and CEO of RBL Bank.
  • He has been reappointed to the post for a second term of 3 years.

Yoweri Museveni

  • Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected as the President of Uganda.
  • This will be his 6th term as Uganda's President.

Sandeep Aggarwal

  • Sandeep Aggarwal has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC).
  • TEPC is a body that promotes exports of telecom equipment and services.

Preeti Pant

  • Preeti Pant has been appointed as the chair of the committee to examine the adverse findings from the National Family Health Survey-5.
  • The committee has been set up by the Health and Family Welfare Ministry.

Sadyr Japarov

  • Sadyr Japarov has won the presidential elections of Kyrgyzstan.
  • He is the new president of the country.

RS Sharma

  • RS Sharma has been appointed the head of the empowered committee for the administration of Covid-19 vaccine.
  • He is the former TRAI Chairman.

G Kishan Reddy

  • G Kishan Reddy has been appointed as the head of the committee to protect the language, culture and land of Ladakh and ensuring citizen's participation in the Union Territory's development.
  • It is a 10-member committee.

Sanjay Kapoor

  • Sanjay Kapoor has been elected as the president of the All India Chess Federation (AICF).

Raghu Ram Pillarisetti

  • Raghu Ram Pillarisetti has been included in the Queen Elizabeth II’s 2021 New Year’s honours list.
  • He has been honoured with ‘OBE-Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire’.

Soma Mondal

  • Soma Mondal took over as the 1st woman Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
  • Before this, she was the Director (Commercial) at NALCO.
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