1. K K Venugopal
- Kottayan Katankot (K.K.) Venugopal is reappointed as the Attorney General (AG) of India for 3 months.
- He is the 15th AG of India.
- He succeeded Mukul Rohatgi in 2017 and served as the AG till now.
- Venugopal is a Senior Advocate and he is appointed by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.
2. Eknath Shinde
- Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
- He has appointed after the resignation of Uddhav Thackeray.
- Devendra Fadnavis is as appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister.
- Eknath Shinde served as the Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Public Works (Public Undertakings) in the Maharastra State Government between 2014 – 2019.
3. Bill Ready
- Bill Ready will take the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pinterest Inc.
- He will replace Ben Silbermann who is the co-founder of Pinterest and served as the CEO for the past 12 years.
- Bill is from Google and he is the present President of Commerce & Payments at Google.
4. Ravi Shastri
- Indian Cricketer and Team Coach, Ravi Shastri has been appointed as the new ambassador for Fan Code.
- FanCode is live content, sports statistics, and an e-commerce marketplace.
5. Shahid Kapoor
- Bollywood actor, Shahid Kapoor has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of PokerBaazi.com.
- PokerBaazi is an Online Indian poker platform.
6. Tanuja Nesari
- Tanuja Nesari was awarded the Ayurveda Ratna Award 2022 by the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament.
- She is the Director of the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).
- She was awarded for her contribution to the field of growth of Ayurveda at the global and national levels.
7. Sandeep Kumar Gupta
- Sandeep Kumar Gupta is named as the next Chairman and Managing Director of GAIL (India) Limited.
- He will replace Manoj Jain.
- He has been Director for Finance of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) since August 2019.
8. Sini Shetty
- Sini Shetty takes the Crown of Femina Miss India 2022.
- She hails from Karnataka and she won the 58th Edition of Femina Miss India World 2022.
9. Yair Lapid
- Yair Lapid is appointed as the Prime Minister of Israel.
- He has officially become the 14th Prime Minister (PM) of Israel.
- He is replacing PM Naftali Bennett.
10. Gita Gopinath
- Gita Gopinath was featured on the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s “Wall of former Chief Economists”.
- She becomes First Woman and 2nd Indian to feature on the Wall of former Chief Economists.
- She is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist since October 2018.
11. Paritosh Tripathi
- Paritosh Tripathi is appointed as the New Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI General Insurance.
- He succeeded Prakash Chandra Kandpal.
- He was also the CEO of the SBI DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) branch in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
12. Maryna Viazovska
- Maryana Viazovska becomes 2nd Woman to Win Fields Medals 2022.
- She is from Ukraine and is a renowned Mathematician.
- She currently works as a Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.
13. Kaustubh Radkar
- Kaustubh Radkar is appointed as the brand ambassador of Garmin Ltd.
- He is an Indian Triathlete and an Ironman Certified Coach.
- Garmin Ltd. is a fitness segment.
14. Asit Rath
- Asit Rath is appointed as the New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Aviva Life Insurance Company India.
- He succeeds Amit Malik.
- He currently serves as the CEO of Prudential Myanmar Life Insurance.
15. Ajay Devgn
- Ajay Devgn is appointed as the brand ambassador of Insecticide (India) Ltd (IIL).
- It is a crop protection firm.
- Ajay Devgn is a Bollywood actor and he is tied up to boost the usage of agrochemicals in farming.
16. Jayanti Prasad
- Jayanti Prasad takes charge as a Whole-time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
- He has served as the Chief Auditor at the United Nations for six years.
17. Ashish Chauhan
- Ashish Chauhan is appointed as the New Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE).
- He will succeed Vikram Limaye.
- He currently serves as the Chancellor of the University of Allahabad.
18. Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Ranil Wickremesinghe is appointed as the new Interim President of Sri Lanka.
- He succeeded after the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
- Wickremesinghe belongs to the United National Party.
19. Meena Hemchandra
- Meena Hemchandra is appointed as the part-time chairman of Karur Vysya Bank.
- She held the position of an additional director of Karur Vysya Bank.
20. Madhulika Bhaskar
- Madhulika Bhaskar is appointed as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of New Indian Assurance Company Ltd.
- She was appointed for the term of 3 months.
- She succeeded Atul Sahai.
21. Bajram Begaj
- Bajram Begaj is sworn in as the new President of Albania.
- He succeeded former President Ilir Meta.
- He is a retired Military Commander and become the 8th President of Albania.
22. Indermit Gill
- Indermit Gill is appointed as the Chief Economist of the World Bank Group (WBG).
- He is also appointed as the Senior Vice President for development economics.
- He is the 2nd Indian to be appointed in this post after Kaushik Basu.
23. Sheikh Al Ahmad Al Sabah
- Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is the New Prime Minister of Kuwait.
- He replaced Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
- He was appointed by the Kuwait Emir.
24. Lleyton Hewitt
- Lleyton Hewitt was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
- He is the 34th Australian to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
- He is the former Association of Tennis Professionals' number one player and two times Grand Slam Champion.
25. Kaushik Rajshekara
- Kaushik Rajshekara wins Global Energy Prize 2022.
- He is an Indian-American Professor.
- He was awarded for his contribution to transportation electrification and energy efficiency technologies while reducing power generation emissions.
26. Draupadi Murmu
- Draupadi Murmu is elected as India’s 15th President.
- She is the first-ever tribal and second-ever woman President of India.
- She is the former Governor of Jharkhand.
27. Dinesh Gunawardena
- Dinesh Gunawardena is appointed as the 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
- He was sworn in the presence of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- He is the 73 years old Senior Sri Lanka Member of Parliament.
28. Michelle Poonawalla
- Michelle Poonawalla has received the Shiromani Award.
- She was awarded for her contribution in the field of Art.
- She is an Artist and Businesswoman.
