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Current Affairs by Sahil Sir

Topics Covered:

  • Who is who?

  • Newly Appointed Prime Ministers & Presidents

  • Budget 2025-26

  • Brand Ambassadors

  • Days and Themes

  • Sports overview

Extra Content:

  • 1000+ One-Liners for 2024-25

  • 500+ MCQs

Operations:

  • Operation Sindoor

Index:

  • Modi Cabinet 3.0 2024

  • States, Capitals, Chief Ministers, and Governors 2024-25

  • Newly Appointed Chief Justices of High Courts in India

  • Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Overview, Key Details, and Statistics

  • List of Current Top Officials

  • Prime Ministers and Presidents Newly Appointed

  • Heads of International Organizations/Institutions

  • Indian Women in International/National News 2024-25

  • CEOs of Major Global Companies

  • Chief Guests on Republic Day

  • List of Top Awards Received by PM Modi

  • Word of the Year Chosen by Dictionaries 2024

  • Tiger Census Report 2022: Findings and Key Data

  • Cyclones in India 2024-25

  • 18th India State of Forest Report 2023

  • Renamed Places/Cities/Campaigns

  • Brand Ambassadors: Schemes/Campaigns/Organizations

  • Mission-related State/Ministry

  • Central Government Schemes

  • GI Tags (Geographical Indications) 2024-25

  • Fairs and Festivals 2024-25

  • IIT Current Affairs 2025

  • First in India – 2024-25

  • First in the World – 2024-25

  • Obituaries 2024-25

  • Mobile Apps and Portals

  • Military Exercises 2025

  • List of Important National/International Conferences 2024-25

  • Important Operations by the Indian Government 2024-25

  • Economic Review 2024-25

  • Central Budget 2025-26

  • Key Government Reports of India

  • Ranking and Indices 2024-25

  • Important ISRO Missions

  • Science and Technology Insights

  • Defense and Security Developments

  • Space Technology Updates

  • Environment and Ecology News

  • Sports Overview 2024-25

  • Upcoming Sports Events

  • Awards and Honors 2024-25

  • Bharat Ratna Recipients 2024

  • Nobel Prize Winners 2024

  • Books and Authors

  • Days and Themes 2024-25

  • Upcoming Targets of the Indian Government Quick Revision

  • Miscellaneous 2024

  • 1000+ One-Liners (January 2024 - May 2025)

  • 500 MCQs

Modi Cabinet 3.0

  • Shri Narendra Modi (Prime Minister)

    • Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

    • Department of Atomic Energy

    • Department of Space

    • All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

Cabinet Ministers

  • Rajnath Singh: Defence Minister

  • Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation

  • Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs

  • Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs

  • Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways

  • Jagat Prakash Nadda: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

  • Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development

  • Manohar Lal: Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of Power

  • G. Kishan Reddy: Minister of Coal; Minister of Mines

  • Chirag Paswan: Minister of Food Processing Industries

  • C.R. Patil: Minister of Jal Shakti

  • Smt. Annpurna Devi: Minister of Women and Child Development

  • Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

  • Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry

  • Jitan Ram Manjhi: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

  • Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Labour and Employment; Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

  • Jyotiraditya M. Scindia: Minister of Communications; Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

  • Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

  • Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism

  • Prahlad Joshi: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Minority Affairs

  • Jual Oram: Minister of Tribal Affairs

  • Giriraj Singh: Minister of Textiles

  • Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

  • Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh: Minister of Panchayati Raj; Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

  • Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

  • Dr. Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

  • Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Minister of Civil Aviation

  • H. D. Kumaraswamy: Minister of Heavy Industries; Minister of Steel

  • Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Education

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

  • Rao Inderjit Singh

    • Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning (Independent Charge)

    • Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

    • Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge)

  • Dr. Jitendra Singh

    • Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office

    • Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

    • Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy

    • Minister of State in the Department of Space

    • Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology (Independent Charge)

    • Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences (Independent Charge)

  • Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice (Independent Charge); Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

  • Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao

Cabinet State Minister

  • Ajay Mishra - Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways.

  • Bandi Sanjay Kumar - Minister of State for Home Affairs.

  • Kamlesh Paswan - Minister of State for Rural Development.

  • Bhagirath Choudhary - Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

  • Satish Chandra Dubey - Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.

  • Sanjay Seth - Minister of State for Defence.

  • Ravneet Singh Bittu - Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

  • Durgadas Uikey - Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

  • Raksha Nikhil Khadse - Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

  • Sukanta Majumdar - Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.

  • Savitri Thakur - Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

  • Tohana Sahu - Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

  • Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary - Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

  • Bhupathi Raju Srinivas Varma - Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

  • Harsh Malhotra - Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

  • Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhania - Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

  • Murlidhar Mohol - Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

  • George Kurian - Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

  • Pabitra Margherita - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.

Chief Minister and Governor

  • Details of Chief Ministers and Governors for various states and union territories including but not limited to Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Newly Appointed Chief Justice of High Courts

  • List of appointed Chief Justices for High Courts of India including Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Patna, Guwahati, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Calcutta, Bombay, Karnataka, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand. Also High Courts of Manipur, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala.

  • Supreme Court

    • Establishment - 26 January 1950

    • Headquarters - New Delhi

    • Indian Constitution – Part V (Article 124 -147)

    • CJI's Oath - President of the country

    • First Chief Justice - HJ Kania

    • 51st Chief Justice of India - Justice Shri Sanjeev Khanna

    • 52nd Chief Justice of India - Justice B.R. Gavai

    • Jurisdiction to issue writs - Article 32 (Right to Constitutional Remedies)

    • Note - Mohammed Hidayatullah
      *Note - Article 226 of the Indian Constitution gives the High Courts the power to issue writs for the enforcement of fundamental rights.

    • Total number of High Courts in India – 25

Lok Sabha Elections : 2024

  • The Lok Sabha election-2024 for the formation of the 18th Lok Sabha was organized across the country in 7 phases between April 19 and June 1, 2024 (44 days) after the announcement by the Election Commission of India on March 16, 2024.

  • The results of the election have been declared on June 4, 2024.

  • In which the Bharatiya Janata Party won 240 seats and the BJP-led coalition NDA (National Democratic Alliance) won a total of 293 seats.

  • Congress party won 99 seats and the Congress-led India coalition won 234 seats.

  • Other parties won 10 seats and independents won 7 seats.

  • Tagline of Election Commission - Chunav Ka Parv, Desh Ka Garv

  • Lok Sabha election-2024 order - 18th

  • The election was organized in 7 phases.

  • National Icon of Election Commission - Sachin Tendulkar

  • Youth Icon of Election Commission - Ayushman Khurana

  • Divyang Icon of Election Commission - Sheetal Devi

  • Number of seats in Lok Sabha at present - 545

  • Elections were held for how many seats - 543 (State - 524, Union Territory - 19)

  • Number of seats required for full majority - 272

  • Total number of registered voters - 96.8 crore

  • Number of male and female voters respectively - 49.7 and 47.1 crore

  • Number of voters who participated in the election - 64.2 crore

  • Number of female voters who participated in the election - 31.2 crore

  • Voter gender ratio of India at present - 948

  • What was the total percentage of voting - 65.79%

  • App released by Election Commission – VHA (Voter Helpline App) , CVigil, KYC (Know Your Candidate) App

  • Portal released by Election Commission - Suvidha

  • Number of women MPs elected in the 18th Lok Sabha - 74

  • Number of MPs elected for the first time - 280

  • Number of ministers out of 53 contesting the elections who won - 35

  • Won with the highest margin of votes - Shankar Lalwani (11.72 lakh)

  • Won with the lowest margin of votes - Ravindra Dattaram Waikar (48 votes)

  • How many heads of state of countries attended the oath taking ceremony - 7

  • Total number of parties elected in the 18th Lok Sabha - 41

  • MP elected unopposed - Mukesh Dalal (BJP, from Surat seat)

  • Oldest MP - Shalikottei Rajeswar Balu (DMK, 82 years)

  • Victory on the only seat of Ladakh - Haji Hanifa (Independent)

  • Maximum percentage of voting was in Lakshadweep (84%)

  • Minimum percentage of voting was in Bihar (56%)

  • Tribal woman to become MP at a young age - Ahidia Jarkiholi

  • Youngest MP - Pushpendra Saroj (Kaushambi seat, 25 years)

  • Maximum number of votes to Nota were received in Indore (2.18 lakh)

Present scenario: list of Key Officials

  • President - Draupadi Murmu (15th)

  • Vice President - Jagdeep Dhankhar (14th)

  • Prime Minister - Narendra Modi (15th)

Chief Justice of India
  • Justice Shri Sanjeev Khanna (51st)

  • Justice BR Gavai (52nd) (took oath as Chief Justice of India on May 14, 2025, the first Buddhist Chief Justice of the country)

Attorney General of India
  • R. Venkataramani (16th) (India's Attorney General is considered the highest law officer)

Solicitor General of India
  • Tushar Mehta (appointed as Solicitor General of India in 2018)

  • (Solicitor General is the second highest ranking law officer of the government after the Attorney General)

Judicial Chief

  • Chairman, National Green Tribunal - Justice Prakash Srivastava

Constitutional Functionary

  • Chief Election Commissioner - Gyanesh Kumar (26th)

  • Election Commissioner - Subir Sandhu, Vivek Joshi

Controller and Auditor General
  • Controller and Auditor General (CAG) - K. Sanjay Murthy (15th)

Heads of Armed Forces

  • Supreme Commander - President, Draupadi Murmu

  • Air Chief - Amarpreet Singh (28th)

  • Navy Chief - Dinesh Kumar Tripathi (26th)

  • Army Chief - Upendra Dwivedi (30th)

  • Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) - Anil Chauhan

Parliamentary Chief

  • Chairman, Rajya Sabha - Jagdeep Dhankhar

  • Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha - Harivansh Narayan Singh

  • Secretary General, Rajya Sabha - Pramod Chandra Modi

  • Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha - Mallikarjun Kharge

  • Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha - JP Nadda

  • Speaker, 18th Lok Sabha - Om Birla

  • Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha - Rahul Gandhi

  • Secretary General, Lok Sabha - Utpal Kumar Singh

Secretary and Advisor

  • Cabinet Secretary - P.K. Sinha

  • Foreign Secretary - Vikram Misri

  • Home Secretary - Govind Mohan

  • Finance Secretary - Ajay Seth

  • Defense Secretary - Rajesh Kumar Singh

  • National Security Advisor - Ajit Doval

  • Chief Economic Advisor - Anant Nageswaran

Heads of Intelligence and Investigation Agencies

  • Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) - Praveen Kumar Srivastava (19th)

  • Chief, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - Praveen Sood

  • Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) - Hiralal Samariya (12th)

  • Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB) - Tapan Kumar Deka

  • Chief, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) - Ravi Sinha

  • Director General, National Investigation Agency (NIA) - Sadanand Vasant Date

  • Director, Enforcement Directorate (ED) - Rahul Naveen

  • Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) - Anurag Gagoi

  • Air Force Vice Chief - Air Marshal Nmitdeshwar Tiwari

  • Army Vice Chief - N.S. Raja Subramaniam

  • Vice Chief of the Indian Navy - Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh

  • First CDS of the country General Bipin Rawat

Chairman and Secretary of Major Commissions

  • Chairman, NITI Aayog - Prime Minister Narendra Modi

  • Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog - Suman Kumar Bery

  • CEO, NITI Aayog - BVR Subrahmanyam

  • Chairman, 22nd || 21t Law Commission - Rituraj Awasthi || Balbir Chauhan

  • Chairman, National Women's Commission - Vijaya Rahatkar

  • Chairman, 7th Pay Commission - Ashok Kumar Mathur

Heads of Para-Military Forces

  • Director General, Armed Border Force (SSB) - Amrit Mohan Prasad

  • Director General, Border Security Force (BSF) - Daljit Singh Choudhary

  • Director General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - Gyanendra Pratap Singh

  • Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) - R.S. Bhatti

  • Director General, National Security Guard (NSG) - B. Srinivasan

  • Director General, National Cadet Corps (NCC) - Gurbirpal Singh (34th)

  • Director General, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) - S. Parmesh

  • Director General, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) - Piyush Anand

  • Director General, Railway Protection Force (RPF) - Manoj Yadav

  • Director General, Assam Rifles (AR) - Vikas Leera

Indian Board||Committee||Authority and its Chairman

  • Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) - Sanjay Kumar Agarwal

  • CEO, Central Film Certification Board (CBFC) - Ravindra Bhakar

  • Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) - Ravi Agarwal

  • Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) - Thuhin Kant Pandey

  • Chairman and CEO, Railway Board - Satish Kumar

  • Director General, Border Roads Organization - Raghu Srinivasan

  • Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) - Anil Kumar Lahoti

  • CEO, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) - Bhuvnesh Kumar

Press and Media Chiefs

  • Director General, Press Information Bureau (PIB) - Dheerendra Ojha

  • Chairman, Prasar Bharati Board - Navneet Sehgal

  • Chairman, National School of Drama - Paresh Rawal

  • Chairman, Film and Television Institute of India - R. Madhavan

  • Principal Director General, Akashvani - Mausami Chakraborty

  • Chairman, Press Trust of India (PTI) - K. N. Shanta Kumar

Heads of Scientific and Research Organizations

  • Chairman, ISRO - T. Narayanan (11th)

  • Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) - A. K. Mohanty

  • Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) - Dinesh Kumar Shukla

  • Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) - Vivek Bhasin

  • Chairman, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) - Samir V. Kamat

  • Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Nalla Thambi Kalaiselvi

Chairman and Secretary of Major Commissions

  • Chairman, International Cricket Council (ICC) – Jai Shah

  • First Independent Woman Director, ICC - Indira Nooyi

  • Chairman, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) - Mohsin Naqvi

  • Chairman, International Olympic Committee (IOC) - Christy Coventry

  • Chairman, International Hockey Federation (FIH) - Mohammad Tayyab Ikram

  • Chairman, FIFA - Gianni Infantino (Italy Switzerland)

  • Chairman, International Boxing Association (AIBA) - Leleina Borgohen

  • Q) 26th Governor of 'Reserve Bank of India' (RBI) - Sanjay Malhotra

  1. Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

  • Establishment - 1 April 1935

  • Headquarters - Mumbai (Maharashtra)

  • Nationalization of the bank - 1 January 1949

  • First Governor (British) - Sir Osborne Smith

  • First Indian Governor - C. D. Deshmukh

RBI Deputy Governors
  • M. Rajeshwar Rao

  • Swaminathan J

  • T. Rabi Shankar

  • Poonam Gupta

  • Q) Who has been elected as the 11th Chairman of 'Asian Development Bank (ADB)'?

  • Ans - Masato Kanda (Japan)

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Establishment - 1966

  • Headquarters - Manila Philippines

  • Member countries - 69 (69th member - Israel)

  • Q) Who has become the new Chairman of 'Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry'?

  • Ans - Harsh Vardan Agarwal

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
  • Establishment – 1927

  • Headquarters - New Delhi

  • Q) Who has been elected as the third Director General of 'International Solar Alliance (ISA)'?

  • Ans - Ashish Nahna

ISA - International Solar Alliance
  • Establishment - 30 November 2015

  • Headquarters - Gurugram (Haryana)

  • Q) Who has become the new chief of 'National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)'?

  • Ans - Alok Ranjan

National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
  • Establishment - 11 March 1986

  • Headquarters - Delhi

  • Original Department - Ministry of Home Affairs

  • Q) New Chairman of 'Tata Trust' - Noel Tata

  • Q) Who has been appointed as Director General (DG) of 'Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)'?

  • Ans - Rahul Rasgothra

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
  • Establishment - 24 October, 1962

  • Headquarters - New Delhi (India)

  • Ideal sentence of force - “Valor-Determination-Karma Conviction”

  • Q) Who has become the new Managing Director (MD) and CEO of 'NAFED'?

  • Ans - Deepak Agarwal

NAFED – National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India
  • Establishment - 02 October 1958

  • Headquarters - New Delhi

  • Q) Who has assumed the post of 'Chief of Personnel' of the Indian Navy?

  • Ans - Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla

  • Q) Who has been appointed as the new chief coach of the Indian men's cricket team?

  • Ans - Gautam Gambhir

  • Q) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 'National Task Force' constituted on the safety of medical professionals in the country?

  • Ans - Rajiv Gauba

  • Q) Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of ‘NASSCOM’?

  • Ans - Sindhhu Gangadharan\n### NASSCOM – National Association of Software and Service Companies.

  • Establishment - 1 March 1988

  • Headquarters - Noida (Uttar Pradesh)

  • Q) Who has been elected as the President of ‘Indian Newspaper Society (INS)’?

  • Ans - M.V. Shreyams Kumar

Indian Newspaper Society
  • Establishment - 1939

  • Headquarters - New Delhi

  • The Indian Newspaper Society is the apex body of newspapers, magazines and magazine publishers in India.

  • Q) Who has been appointed as the permanent representative of India to the 'United Nations'?

  • Ans - Pittineni Harish

United Nations (UN)
  • Establishment - 24 October 1945; Headquarters – New York, America

  • Secretary General - Antonio Guterres (Portugal)

  • Member countries – 193

  • President of Indian Athletic Federation (AFI) - Bahadur Singh Saghu

  • President of Indian Paralympic Committee (IPC) - Devendra Jhajharia

  • President of Badminton Association of India (BAI) - Hemant Viswa Sarma

  • President of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) - Sanjay Singh

  • Chief coach of Indian women's cricket team - Amol Majumdar

  • President of Indian Table Tennis Association - Meghna Ahlawat

  • President of All India Football Federation (AIFF) - Kalyan Chaubey

  • President of Asian Olympic Council - Randhir Singh

  • President of Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) - Sahdev Yadav

  • Permanent Representative of India in WTO - Senthial Pandian

  • First woman president of Indian Olympic Association - PT Usha

  • President of Indian Hockey Federation (Hockey India) - Dilip Tirkey

Other Important National/International Appointments

  • Sunil Bharti Mittal has joined the World Bank's Investment Experiment Laboratory to boost employment creation.

  • Former Raw chief Alok Joshi has been appointed as the chief of the newly reconstituted National Security Board.

  • IAS Vinod Kumar Gunjiyal has taken over as the Chief Election Officer of Bihar.

  • Justice Dinesh Maheshwari has been appointed as the Chairman of the 23rd Law Commission of India

  • Mangti Lal Jat has been appointed as the Director General of ICAR.

  • Anant Ambani has been appointed as the Executive Director of Reliance Industries Limited

  • Stacy Cyser has been appointed Vice President and Managing Director of Boeing (BIECC)

  • Jitendra Mishra has been elected as the President of the International Film Center for Children and Youth for the term 2025-2027.

  • Kriti Sanon became the first Indian brand ambassador of Dream Technology.

  • Ananya Pandey became the first Indian brand ambassador of Channel.

  • Mirabai Chanu has been appointed as the Chairperson of IWLF Athlete Commission.

  • Neelam Dhungana has been appointed as the Acting Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank

  • Dr. Mohan Rajan has been elected as the Vice President of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS).

  • Satish Chawa has been appointed as CEO of Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF).

  • Seema Agarwal has been appointed as DGP of Fire and Rescue Services

  • Mohsin Naqvi has been appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)

  • Sohini Rajola has been appointed as Executive Director in NPCI

  • Kamal Haasan has been appointed as the Chairman of FICCI Media and Entertainment Committee South

  • H Shankar has assumed the charge of Managing Director of CPCL

  • Shishusubramaniam Raman has been appointed as the new Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)

  • Salila Pandey has been appointed as MD and CEO of SBI Cards from April 1, 2025.

  • Sheli Borchhe became the first African woman Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.

  • Newly Tiwari has been appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Private Secretary.

  • Indian-American scientist Jai Bhattacharya has been confirmed by the US Senate as the director of NIH.

  • SBI chief CS Shetty has been appointed as the chairman of the Indian Banks Association (IBA).

  • Steve Lowe has been appointed at the Center for the Australia-India Relationship Advisory Board.

  • L&T Finance Limited has appointed Jasprit Bumrah as the brand ambassador.

  • Sunil Karad has been appointed as a full-time director in Maruti Suzuki.

  • Rahul Bhave has been appointed as MD and CEO of Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI).

  • Canara Bank has appointed S.K. Majumdar as Executive Director.

  • Former Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has been appointed as a full-time member of NITI Aayog.

  • Sanjay Singh has been elected as a member of UWW-Asia Bureau.

  • Ahamtav Kant has been appointed as the Chancellor of NIITI University

  • Christy Coventry became the first woman and African president of the International Olympic Committee.

  • Deena Mehta has been appointed as an Independent Director of Fino Payments Bank.

  • Indraneel Bhattacharya has been appointed as Executive Director of RBI

  • Jasprit Bumrah has been signed as a brand ambassador in Skechers

  • Ayushman Khurana has been nominated by Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya as ‘Fit India Icon’

  • Intel appoints Sheelip-Burne as CEO

  • Dr. Shashi Kumar Kalyanaraman has been appointed as the CEO of the Research National Research Foundation (ANRF)

  • N Ganapathi Subramaniam has been appointed as the Chairman of Tata Communications

  • Atul Kumar Goel has taken over as the Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Banks Association (IBA)

  • Takashi Nakajima has been appointed as the new President and CEO of Honda Cars India.

  • Vikas Kaushal has been appointed as CMD of HPCL.

  • Anju Rani Rana appointed as the first woman law secretary

  • Ajay Bhadoo has been appointed as the CEO of Government e Marketplace (GEM)

  • Levi’s appointed Diljit Dosanjh as global ambassador

  • Senior Advocate Mann Kumar Mishra has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Bar Council of India.

  • N Chandrasekharan has been appointed as the Chairman of the Ratan Tata Endowment Foundation

  • Vijender Gupta has been elected as the Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly.

  • Sabyasachi Kar has been appointed as the Director of the Institute of Economic Development.

  • Shaktikant Das has been appointed as the Principal Secretary-2 of Prime Minister Modi

  • Kash Patel has taken oath as the ninth director of the FBI

  • The term of T Anantha Nageswaran as Chief Economic Advisor has been extended till March 2027

  • Standard Chartered has officially appointed PD Singh as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of India and South Asia.

  • Rajesh Nirwan has been appointed as the Director General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).

  • Maruti Suzuki has reappointed Hisashi Takeucchi as MD and CEO

  • Jitendra Pal Singh has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to Israel

  • Ayushman Khurana has been appointed as a brand ambassador for the 25th anniversary edition of Fifi Frames.

  • Sanjeev Ranjan has been appointed as the Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Rim Association.

  • Justice Arun Mishra: New Lokpal of BCCI

  • Bahadur Singh Saghu has been elected as the President of the Indian Athletics Federation (AFI)

  • Azimul Haque has been appointed as the CEO of Delhi Waqf Board

  • Bhuvnesh Kumar has been appointed as the CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Newly appointed President

  • India - Draupadi Murmu

  • America - Donald Trump (47th) (Vice President - J.D. Vance)

  • President of Chile - Gabriel Boric Font

  • Ecuador - Daniel Noboa

  • President of Uruguay - Imanduoorsi

  • Ukraine - Volodymyr Zelensky

  • Singapore - Thamman Shanmugaratnam

  • Mexico - Claudia Sheinbaum

  • Namibia - Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

  • Vietnam - Luongth Quongth

  • Egypt - Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

  • South Africa - Cyril Ramaphosa

  • Russia - Vladimir Putin

  • Algeria - Abdelmadjid Tebboune

  • Venezuela - Nicolas Maduro

  • Argentina - Javier Hamley

  • Nigeria - Bola Ahmed Tinubu

  • Croatia - Zoran Milanovic

  • Sri Lanka - Anura Kumara Dissanayake

  • Taiwan - Lai Ching Te

  • Pakistan - Asif Ali Zardari

  • Rwanda - Paul Kagame

  • Lithuania - Gitanas Nauseda

  • Iceland - Halla Thomásdóttir

  • Chad - Mahamat Deby

  • Panama - Jose Raul Mulino

  • China - Xi Jinping

Newly Appointed Prime Minister and President

  • India - Narendra Modi

  • Yemen - Salem Saleh Bin Breek

  • Australia - Anthony Albanese

  • Trinidad and Tobago one - Kamla Prasad Bisesar

  • Singapore - Lawrence Wong

  • 24th Prime Minister of Canada - Mark Kahni

  • Thailand - Pattongtant Shinawatra

  • France - Francois Bayrou

  • Sri Lanka - Harini Amarsayat

  • Mauritius - Naveen Ramgoolam

  • United Kingdom - Keir Stamer

  • Netherlands - Nuck Shuf

  • Tunisia - Kahmil Mahori

  • Estonia - Kristen Michelle

  • Chad - Allamaye Halina

  • Japan - Shigeru Ishiba

  • Nepal - KP Sharma Oli

  • Bangladesh - Mohammad Yunus

  • Bhutan - Tshering Tobgay

  • Pakistan – Shahbaz Sharif

  • Russia - Hmile Hshustistin

  • Italy - Giorgia Meloni

  • Israel - Benjamin Netanyahu

  • Germany’s New Chancellor - Friedrich Merz

  • United Nations Organization (Secretary General) - Antonio Guterres (Portugal)

  • President, United Nations General Assembly in 78th || 79th session - Dennis Francis

  • International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director - Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
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