Sanjana Kapoor
- Renowned theatre artist Sanjana Kapoor has received the prestigious French honour of ‘Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters).
- She has been awarded for her outstanding contribution to the field of theatre.
Rani Rampal
- Indian women Hockey team captain Rani Rampal has been named as the World Games Athlete of the Year 2019.
- With this, Rani became the 1st-ever hockey player worldwide to win the prestigious award.
Abhijit Banerjee
- Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee has been conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by Calcutta University at its annual convocation in Kolkata.
- Banerjee is an Indian-origin economist and an academic professor.
Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdelaziz Al Thani
- Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdelaziz Al Thani has been named as the new prime minister of Qatar.
- He will succeed Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.
Taranjit Singh Sandhu
- Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed as the new Indian Ambassador to the United States.
- He will replace Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
- At present, Sandhu is the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka.
Sunil Mehta
- Sunil Mehta has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).
- He will succeed in VG Kannan.
N Ram
- Eminent journalist and the chairman of “The Hindu Group” N. Ram has been honoured with the outstanding media person by Kerala Media Academy.
Sunil Arora
- Sunil Arora has been appointed as the new chairman of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) for the year 2020.
- Arora who is the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India has replaced KM Nurul Huda.
- Huda is the present Chief Election Commissioner of Sri Lanka.
Katerina Sakellaropoulou
- Katerina Sakellaropoulou has been elected as the first female president of Greece.
Priya Prakash
- The founder and CEO of India based HealthSetGo, Priya Prakash, has won the Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award for the year 2019.
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
- Challa Sreenivasulu Setty has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the State Bank of India by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet.
- He has been appointed for a tenure of 3 years.
J. M. Bolsonaro
- Brazilian President J. M. Bolsonaro was the Chief Guest at the 71st Republic Day celebrations of India.
- This was the third time that a Brazilian president was part of the celebrations.
Arjun Munda
- Arjun Munda has been appointed as the President of the suspended Archery Association of India (AAI).
- Arjun Munda is the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs.
Nripendra Misra
- Nripendra Misra has been as the Chairman of the Executive Council (EC) of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) by the central government.
- Nripendra Misra was the former principal secretary to the Prime Minister.
Yuvraj Malik
- Lt Col Yuvraj Malik has been appointed as the Director of the National Book Trust (NBT) on deputation from the Indian Army.
- He has replaced Rita Chowdhury who is a Sahitya Akademi-awardee writer.
Vasdev Mohi
- Renowned Sindhi poet and writer Vasdev Mohi will be awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman.
- He will be awarded for his short stories collection:- Chequebook, published in 2012.
- He has also received the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Sakya Singha
- Indian scientist Sakya Singha Sen has been awarded the “Merck Young Scientist Award 2019”.
- He has been awarded for his remarkable research in chemical science.
- He is a scientist at National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) Pune.
Robert Abela
- Robert Abela has been elected as the new prime minister of Malta.
- Abela became the 14th prime minister of the country.
Bipul Behari Saha
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) have appointed Bipul Behari Saha as its bureau member for 2020-23.
- He is the 2nd Indian after CNR Rao to hold the position.
Anand Prakash Maheshwari
- Anand Prakash Maheshwari has appointed Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force.
- He is an IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
MS Swaminathan
- MS Swaminathan has been honoured as the first recipients ‘Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence’.
- The famous Agricultural Scientist has been awarded for his distinguished contribution to the field of agriculture.
- The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakhs and a citation.
Ishwar Sharma
- Indian-British yoga boy Ishwar Sharma has Global Child Prodigy Award.
- He has been chosen from the United Kingdom for the award.
Michael Patra
- Michael Patra has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
- At present, he was serving as the Executive Director of RBI.
Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al Said
- Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al Said has been appointed as the new Sultan of Oman.
- He has succeeded Sultan Qaboos bin Said who was passed away recently.
M Nagaraj
- M Nagaraj has been appointed the Chairman and Managing Director of State-owned Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco).
- The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs gave approval to his appointment.
A Sakthivel
- Apparel Export Promotion Council of India (AEPC) has appointed A Sakthivel as its new chairman of for 2020-21.
- He will replace HKL Magu.
Jasbinder Bilan
- Jasbinder Bilan has won the UK based Costa Children’s Award for the year 2019.
- She has been awarded for her debut novel ‘Asha and the Spirit Bird’.
- Jasbinder will 5,000 pounds as prize money.
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar
- Former CRPF Director-General, Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
- LG now has three advisors. Other two advisors are- KK Sharma and Farooq Khan.
Suresh Chandra Sharma
- Professor Suresh Chandra Sharma has been appointed the chairman of National Medical Commission.
- He is the chief of ENT head-neck surgery department of Delhi AIIMS.
- He will attain the position for a period of three years or till the age of 70 years.
H.K. Joshi
- Harjeet Kaur Joshi has been appointed as the new Chairperson & Managing Director of the Shipping Corporation of India.
- Along with this, she will also hold the additional charge of Director (Finance) of the company for 3 months.
Aayushi Dholakia
- Aayushi Dholakia became the Miss Teen International for the year 2019.
- She also won the titles for Best in National Costume Award and Best in Speech Award.
Abhinav Kumar
- Abhinav Kumar has extension as the Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF), up to June 27, 2021.
- This was done after the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs to extend his tenure.
