Appointment and Resignation
APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION
Aparna appointed as Executive Director of World Bank
Justice Dipak Misra appointed as 45th Cheif Justice of India
Venkaiah Naidu elected as 13th Vice-President of India
JDU President Nitish Kumar sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bihar for 6th Time
KK Venugopal Replaces Mukul Rohatgi as new Attorney General of India
Ram Nath Kovind elected as India’s 14th President
Neeru Chadha elected as First Indian Woman Member of ITLOS
Achal Kumar Jyoti is India’s new Chief Election Commissioner
Yogi Adityanath takes oath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar sworn in as Goa Chief Minister
Nand Kumar Sai assumes charge as Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Edappadi K Palaniswami appointed as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma appointed the Director of CBI
Lt. Gen Bipin Rawat to serve as next Chief of Army Staff While Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa as Chief of Air Staff
Justice TS Thakur recommends Justice JS Khehar as 44th Chief Justice of India
Major Reshuffle in Central Bureaucracy, Gauba named new Home Secretary
Ramachandra Guha steps down as BCCI Administrator
Manipur Governor, Najma Heptulla appointed As Jamia Chancellor
Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang resigns, NPF Supremo Shurhozelie Liezietsu Elected As Next CM
Trivendra Singh Rawat sworn in as new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Ajay Tyagi to succeed UK Sinha as SEBI Chairman
5 Indian Americans takes oath as members of US Congress
Justice TS Thakur recommends Justice JS Khehar as 44th Chief Justice of India
Narinder Batra elected as new President of International Hockey Federation
Lt. Gen Bipin Rawat to serve as next Chief of Army Staff While Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa as Chief of Air Staff
IDFC MD Vikram Limaye named new CEO & MD Of National Stock Exchange (NSE)
Malala Yousafzai to become the youngest UN Messenger of Peace
British Foreign Aid Boss to be named UN Humanitarian Chief
Sanjiv Singh – new chairman of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
An Indian-Origin South African Ravi Reddy to head the International Society of Blood Transfusion – ISBT
Two Indians and an Indian- American selected for the UN Young Leaders for Sustainable Development Goals
Two Indo American Women qualified for the prestigious White House Fellow Program
Urjit R. Patel – Reserve Bank of India’s new Governor
Vijay Rupani is all set to swear in as the new CM of Gujarat on August 7
Indian-American Girl Sruthi Palaniappan becomes Youngest delegate at Democratic National Convention
19 New Ministers inducted in the expansion of the Council Of Ministers – A Consummate List
Mamata Banerjee sworn-in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the Second Consecutive Term
Sarbananda Sonowal to be sworn in as Assam CM and becomes first BJP Government in Assam
Anurag Thakur Becomes Youngest BCCI President gets elected unopposed After Shashank Manohar
United Nations Secretary appoints Mary Robinson, Macharia Kamau as Special Envoys for El Nino, Climate
UN Head Ban Ki Moon appoints Mexican Diplomat to Head UN Climate Change Office
Anil Kumble re-elected as ICC Cricket Committee Chairman for Three Years
Indian American Sikh Woman elected to key Republican Position
Congress Leader Anand Sharma and eight Other Members take affirmation of allegiance in Rajya Sabha
National Democratic Alliance nominates Members of Rajya Sabha
United Nation Chief Ban Ki Moon appoints Indian to University Council United Nation
Shashank Manohar elected unopposed as ICC’s Chairman
Left Democratic Front Party – Pinarayi Vijayan sworn-in as Kerala CM
Four New Governors appointed for the State Of Punjab, Assam, Manipur and UT Andaman Islands
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Director R S Sundar was elevated To the Post of Distinguished Scientist
Wonder Woman named Honorary UN Ambassador, staffers protest ‘Sexualised Cartoon Character’
Narinder Batra elected as new President of International Hockey Federation
Barack Obama appoints MasterCard CEO Banga to Key Administration Post
Imprisoned Novelist Ahmed Naji bagged PEN Freedom to Write Award
Indian Appointed UN Adviser on Human Rights and Businesses
UN appoints ‘Red’-The Leader of Angry Birds as the Ambassador to Climate Change
Justice H L Dattu appointed as Member of International Coordinating Committee Bureau of NHRI-ICC
Nepal to have Its First Woman Chief Justice
Michelle Yeoh appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
Ajit Singh & Satish Mittal sworn-in as Gauhati & Rajasthan HC CJ Respectively
Indian Scholar appointed VC of Canberra University
Myanmar elects its first Civilian President: A Report
Egyptian Diplomat Ahmed Aboul Gheit named Secretary General of the Arab League
Indian-American Investor Sunil Sabharwal Occupies Key IMF Position
Non Official Directors appointed to the Board of RBI
Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain takes over as Chief Of Staff, Eastern Naval Command
Dinesh Sharma designated as the Chairperson of Governing Council of IFAD, Rome
Vinay Kumar Singh accredited as the MD of NCRTC
Kalikho Pul sworn in as 9th CM of Arunachal Pradesh
Archana Ramasundram becomes 1st Woman DG of Sashastra Seema Bal
Major General Jai Shanker Menon appointed As UNDOF Head
ICSI appointed Mamta Binani as its President
Portugal nominated Ex-Refugee Chief for UN Secretary-General
Indian-American named President CEO of Bank of the West
Congress Leader Anand Sharma and eight other members take affirmation of allegiance in RajyaSabha
United Nation Chief Ban Ki Moon appoints Indian to University Council United Nation
Anurag Thakur becomes Youngest BCCI President Gets elected unopposed after Shashank Manohar
First Batch of three female Fighter Pilots commissioned in the Indian Air Force
For the 9th succession Lalu Prasad Yadav designated As RJD Chief
Asian Cricket Council (ACC) designated Sumathipala as its Chief
Filippo Grandi designated as the UNHCR Chief
Indian-Origin Politician designated to Chair S Africa’s FinMin