Appointments
Kalraj Mishra
- He has been appointed as Governor of Himachal Pradesh by President Ram Nath Kovind.
- He replaced Acharya Devvrat who has been transferred to Gujarat.
Anshula Kant
- She was a managing director of State Bank of India.
- She has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Financial officer of the World Bank group.
- She is going to be the first woman CFO of the bank.
Vikas Swarup
- He is an Indian writer and diplomat.
- Previously he has served as the official spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs.
- He has been appointed as Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs by Appointments Committee of Cabinet.
Ashutosh Gupta
- He is a sales veteran having two decades of experience in IT and Software Services.
- He has been appointed as new country manager for India operations.
- He will replace Mahesh Narayanan.
Nalin Shinghal
- He is an IRTS officer.
- He has worked with Long-Range Decision Support group of Ministry of Railways.
- He has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.
Harideesh Kumar
- He was Executive Director of Canara Bank.
- He has been appointed as a Director of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS).
- He will serve for a period of three years.
Manoj Kumar Nambiar
- He is the Managing Director of Arohan Financial Services.
- He has been elected as Chairman of Microfinance Institutions Network.
P K Purwar
- He is a Chairman and Managing Director of MTNL.
- He has been appointed as CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited for a period of three months.
- His period has started from 1st July.
Vivek Kumar
- He is an Indian Foreign Service officer of 2004 batch.
- He has been appointed as Private Secretary to PM Modi.
Sanjeev Kumar Singla
- He is an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1997 batch.
- He has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Israel.
- He will succeed Pavan Kapoor.
Upender Singh Rawat
- He is an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1998 batch.
- He has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Panama.
- He will succeed Ravi Thapar who was also an IFS officer.
BS Yeddyurappa
- He is a Senior BJP leader in Karnataka.
- He has served three unsuccessful terms of CM of Karnataka.
- Recently he has taken oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Girish Bapat
- He is a BJP leader from Maharashtra.
- He has been appointed as Chairman of Estimates Committee by Speaker Om Birla.
Rajiv Kumar
- He is a senior IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre of 1984 batch.
- He has been appointed as Finance Secretary and will replace Subhash Chandra Garg.
Awards
Priya Priyadarshini Jain
- She is a social entrepreneur and philanthropist.
- Recently she has been awarded Indian Woman of Influence Award.
Sudarshan Patnaik
- He is an Indian Sand artist coming from Odisha.
- He is a Padma Shri award winner.
- Recently he won the People’s Choice Award at sand sculpting festival in the US.
S Sowmya
- She is a Carnatic music singer.
- She has been chosen for Sangita Kalanidhi award.
- She will be presiding 93rd annual conference of the academy that will be held in Dec 2019.
Azim Premji
- He is a Chairman of Wipro.
- US-India Strategic Partnership Forum recently announced that he will receive the Global Excellence Awards 2019.
- He will be awarded for his significant contribution to strengthening economic ties between India and the US.
Sports
G Sathiyan, Anthony Amalraj
- The duo is Indian pair in table tennis.
- They won bronze at the World Tour Platinum in Australian Open.
- They defeated Korean duo Lee Sangsu and Jeoung Youngsik.
Simona Halep
- She is a Romanian tennis player.
- She beat Serena Williams to win her first Wimbledon title.
Vijender Singh
- He is an Indian professional boxer.
- Recently he knocked out Mike Snider who is US professional in the US.
- Thus he won 11th consecutive pro bout.
Novak Djokovic
- He is a Serbian tennis player.
- In the recently held Wimbledon, he beat Roger Federer winning his fifth Wimbledon title.
- Thus now he levelled with Bjorn Borg as Five times Wimbledon winner.
Vinesh Phogat
- She is an Indian wrestler who plays in the 53kg group.
- She won her second consecutive gold at recently held Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul by beating Ekaterina Poleshchuk.
Kiran More
- He is a former Indian wicket keeper batsman.
- He has been appointed as interim coach of USA cricket team.
Hima Das
- She is an Indian sprinter.
- She won 5 gold medals in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic.
Shiva Thapa
- He is an Indian boxer.
- He became India’s first gold medallist at President’s Cup boxing tournament.
Rahul Dravid
- He is a former Indian captain and wicketkeeper.
- He has been appointed as head of National Cricket Academy.
Rohit Sharma
- He is an Indian opening batsman.
- In recently held Cricket World Cup he became the first batsman to score five world cup hundreds in single edition breaking the record of Kumar Sangakarra.
