1. Noopur Chaturvedi
- Noopur Chaturvedi is appointed as the CEO of Bharat Bill Pay.
- She currently works as an Executive of PayU.
2. Pramod Bhagat
- Pramod Bhagat is a World No 1 Para Shuttler.
- He is named as a differently-abled sportsman of the year by Indian sports honour.
3. Basavaraj S Bommai
- Basavaraj S Bommai has taken charge as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka.
- He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and succeeds B S Yediyurappa.
4. Najib Mikati
- Najib Mikati is appointed as the New Prime Minister (Designated) of Lebanon.
- He succeeds former PM Hassan Diab.
5. Sanjay Rai “Sherpuria”
- Sanjay Rai “Sherpuria” is appointed as the National Brand Ambassador for SDG Choupal.
- He was honoured for his work during COVID-19, distribution of oxygen concentrators to more than 200 institutions and individuals of Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh.
6. Vinay Badhwar
- Vinay Badhwar is honoured with the “Alexander Dalrymple Award”.
- He is the Indian Chief Hydrographer and Vice Admiral.
7. Kajal Chakraborty
- Kajal Chakraborty is honoured with ICAR Norman Borlaug Award 2021.
- He currently works as a Principal Scientist in the Marine Biotechnology Division of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR).
8. Shibaji Banerjee
- Shibaji Banerjee will be honoured with Mohun Bagan Ratna Award 2021 (Posthumously).
- He was a former Indian Footballer.
9. Rasmi Ranjan Das
- Rasmi Ranjan Das is appointed as a member of the UN Tax Committee.
- He is currently the Joint Secretary of the Minister of Finance.
10. Ariel Henry
- Ariel Henry is appointed as the Prime Minister of Haiti.
- He succeeds incumbent PM Claude Joseph.
11. Pedro Castillo
- Pedro Castillo was declared the President of Peru.
- He was a former school teacher and he succeeds Francisco Sagasti.
12. Gita Gopinath and Kamlesh Lulla
- Gita Gopinath and Kamlesh Lulla are honoured by Carnegie Corporation of Network, US foundation as “2021 Great Immigrants”.
- Gita Gopinath is the Chief Economist and Kamalesh Lulla is the Scientist in NASA.
13. Shambhu Nath Srivastava
- Shambhu Nath Srivastava is appointed as the IFUNA Chairman.
- He succeeds Mukul Sangma.
- IFUNA stands for Indian Federation of United Nations Associations.
14. Kishore Panda
- Kishore Panda is honoured with Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar 2021.
- He is a poet and novelist from Odisha.
15. Kaushik Basu
- Kaushik Basu is awarded Humboldt Research Award for Economics 2021.
- He is a Professor of Economics and Carl Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University.
16. Stefan Lofven
- Stefan Lofven is re-elected as the Prime Minister of Sweden.
- He belongs to Swedish Social Democratic Party and he serves as the Prime Minister of Sweden, since 2014.
17. Daren Sammy
- Daren Sammy is named as the Brand Ambassador for Fun 88, a leading online gaming operator.
- Daren Sammy is a former West Indies Cricketer.
18. Pawan Singh
- Pawan Singh becomes 1st Indian Juror at Tokyo Olympics.
- He is the Joint Secretary-General of the National Rifle Association of India.
19. Abiy Ahmed
- Abiy Ahmed is the New Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
- He is the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize awardee.
20. Srinivasa Murthy
- Srinivasa Murthy becomes the 1st Honorary Consul General of Vietnam from India.
- He will protect the interest and rights of Vietnamese citizens in Bangalore along with promoting Vietnamese investments, trade and tourism within Bangalore, Karnataka.
21. Sher Bahadur Deuba
- Sher Bahadur Deuba is Nepal’s Prime Minister for 5th Time.
- Sher Bahadur Deubas has served as the Prime Minister of Nepal 4 times between 1995 to 2018.
22. Sanjay Gupta
- Sanjay Gupta is appointed as the Chairman of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).
- He currently works as the Vice President and Managing Director of Google India.
23. Cleopas Dlamini
- Cleopas Dlamini is the new Prime Minister of Eswatini.
- He was appointed by the Eswatini’s King Mswati III.
