GK- latest appointments from march2013

1. Amol Rajan appointed as
Independent editor.
2. Bobby Ghosh is Time International
editor.
3. Kamala Devi Harris is an American
attorney.
4. Senate approves James Comey as
new FBI director.
5. Susan Rice named as Obama's new
National Security Advisor.
6. Haryana cadre IPS Sharad Kumar to
be new NIA chief.
7. Shashi Kant Sharma, an IAS officer
of the 1976 batch from Bihar
cadre----------- CAG of India .
8. P. Sathasivam takes oath as new
Chief Justice of India
9. World Trade Organization names
Brazilian as new chief---------Roberto
Carvalho de Azevedo.
10. Antigua's Ambassador to the
United Nations, John Ashe, has been
elected President of the United
Nations General Assembly.
11. Obama Names Veteran
Troubleshooter to Afghanistan-Pak
istan Post-----------James F. Dobbins.
12. Siddha Ramaiah sworn in as new
Karnataka chief minister ------- 22nd .
13. Indian High Commissioner to
Maldives Rajeev Shahare.
14. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-
General for Economic and Social
Affairs.
15. Priyadarshini Govind appointed
director of Kalakshetra.
16. Sunil Soni appointed Director
General of Bureau of Indian
Standards.
17. Hemant Soren becomes Jharkhand
CM, heads 9th government in 13
years.
18. Jiji Thomson. Director General,
SAI.
19. NRI Sunil Chopra elected as the
Deputy Mayor of a London Borough.
20. Kushal Singh appointed as NCPCR
chairperson---National Commission
for Protection of Child Rights
(NCPCR).
21. Laxman Singh Rathore, the
Director General of Meteorology &
Permanent Representative of India
with World Meteorological
Organization.
22. Subhash Kumar appointed as the
New Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand.
23. Krishnakumar Natarajan------
------------ NASSCOM Chairman
24.Som Mittal--------------------------
NASSCOM President
25. Dr Manmohan Singh appoints
Rentala Chandrasekhar as NTRO
chief---National Technical Research
Organisation.
26. Senior IPS officer Krishna
Chaudhary --------- Director General,
National Disaster Response Force and
Civil Defence.
27. New chief of Direct Benefits
Transfer Scheme--------- S
Sundareshan.
28. Qatar's new young emir Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
29. N. R. Narayana Murthy---------
-------------(Executive Chairman) Infosys
30. S. D. Shibulal----------------------
----------(CEO & MD) Infosys
31. S. Gopalakrishnan-(Executive Vice
Chairman, former Co-Chairman)
Infosys
32. K. Vaman Kamath is the Lead
Independent Director of Infosys
Limited , Infosys
33. E.K. Bharat Bhushan has been
appointed as the Chief Secretary of
Kerala.
34. Hindustan Times has appointed
Nicholas Dawes, editor-in-chief of
Mail and Guardian (M&G), a leading
South African paper.
35. Tomas Brunegård, chairman of
Sweden’s Stampen Media Group, is
the new president of the World
Association of Newspapers and News
Publishers.
36. Foreign Minister of Argentina Mr.
Hector Marcos.
37. Pak Pong-ju served as the Premier
of North Korea since elected by the
DPRK's Supreme People's Assembly.
38. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the 25th
and current Prime Minister of Turkey.
39. Hassan Rohani is Iran's
president.
40. Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno
Rodriguez Parrilla..
41. Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti
has appointed Srinivasan
Venkatakrishnan as chief executive
officer.
42. Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib
bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is a
Malaysian politician who has been
the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia.
43. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is the 4th
and current President of Mongolia.
44. Amisha Sethi appointed chief
commercial officer at AirAsia India .
45. AirAsia's chief executive officer
Tony Fernandes .
46. AirAsia India CEO Mittu
Chandilya.
47. AirAsia India appoints TCS' S
Ramadorai as Chairman.
48. Tata Group chairman emeritus
Ratan Tata will be the chief advisor
to the board of AirAsia India.
49. AirAsia has been named the
World's Best and Asia's Best Low Cost
Airline .
50. Tony Fernandes announced as
new owner of Queens Park Rangers.
51. Cabinet Secretary---------------------
Shri Ajit Kumar Seth .
52. Union home secretary----------------
Anil Goswami .
53. Secretary of Defense---------------- R
K Mathur .
54. Foreign Secretary-------------------
Sujatha Singh.
55. Union finance secretary -------------
Rajiv Takru .
56. Economic Affairs Secretary----------
Arvind Mayaram .
57. Information and broadcasting
(I&B) secretary--------Bimal Julka
58. Secretary of the Department of
Telecommunications (DoT)------M F
Farooqui
59. PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq elected
Speaker of Pak Parliament.
60. Moin Khan, the former Pakistan
captain and wicketkeeper, has been
appointed the chief selector of the
Pakistan national cricket team.
61. Najam Sethi named PCB's interim
chairman.
62. Kanji Ram became only the
second Hindu to be part of the
Pakistan's Punjab assembly after Seth
Bharta Ram.
63. Pakistan High Commissioner in
India---------Salman Bashir .
64. Raja Zafrul Haq---------chairman of
PML-N.
65. TCA Raghavan is India's new
envoy to Pakistan.
66. Arunachal Pradesh--- Nirbhay
Sharma – 29 May 2013
67. Bihar-------------------------- D. Y.
Patil – 9 March 2013
68. Kerala-----------------------Nikhil
Kumar 9 March 2013
69. Meghalaya---------------------------K.
K. Paul – 1 July 2013
70. Nagaland--------------- Ashwani
Kumar – 9 March 2013
71. Odisha----------------- S. C. Jamir 9
March 2013
72. Sikkim------- Shriniwas Dadasaheb
Patil – 1 July 2013
73. Tripura----------- Devanand Konwar
– 9 March 2013
74. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Lieutenant-Governor A. K. Singh – 1
July 2013
75. Delhi---- Lieutenant-Governor
Najeeb Jung – 1 July 2013
76. Puducherry------ Lieutenant-Gove
rnor Virendra Kataria – 1 July 2013
77. Malaysian prime minister Najib
Razak.
78. Paraguayan president Federico
Franco (Colorado Party ).
79. Venezuela's President Nicolas
Maduro offered asylum to former U.S.
intelligence contractor Edward
Snowden.
80. Parliamentary Speaker Abdul
Hamid sworn in as Bangladesh
President to replace Zillur Rahman,
who died.
81. .Infosys' S Gopalakrishnan is the
new CII President.
82. Secretary in Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC) ---------- Amarjit
Singh .
83. Axis new President – Retail
Banking ----------------- Rajiv Anand
84. Shri Sunil Kumar has taken over
as Managing Director, Centre for
Railway Information Systems (CRIS).
85. Senior IAS officer Sudhir Bhargava
was Tuesday appointed as Secretary
in Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment.
86. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ
Kurien unanimously elected the
Chairman of the prestigious Asian
Forum of Parliamentarians on
Population and Development (AFPPD)
in Bangkok.
87. N. N. Vohra His Excellency
Governor of Jammu & Kashmir &
Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
University.
88. New head of the US Securities
and Exchange Commission ------- Mary
Jo White
89. N Ravi, Director of Kasturi and
Sons Limited, publisher of "The
Hindu" newspaper, has been
unanimously elected President of the
Editors Guild of India.
90. Chief Justice of Punjab and
Haryana High Court Arjan Kumar Sikri
and Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh
High Court Sharad Arvind Bobde as
new judges of Supreme Court.
91. Ajay S Shriram, chairman and
senior managing director of DCM
Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL) is
president designate of CII for the
year 2013-2014.
92. Ms. Rashida Manjoo (South Africa)
was appointed as UN Special
Rapporteur on violence against
women.
93. Narendra Kumar has taken over as
Managing Director of Indraprastha
Gas Ltd (IGL).
94. Raninder Singh re-elected
president of National Rifle Association
of India.
95. Jeev Milkha Singh becomes Volvo
India brand ambassador.
96. Indian Direct Selling Association
(IDSA new chairman --------------
Amarnath Sengupta .
97. The Indian Direct Selling
Association (IDSA) Vice Chairman
------------- P. Devadas
98. Hockey India set to appoint
foreign goalkeeping coach------------
Greg Clarke (junior men's team
coach).
99. Sania Mirza joins Indian Tennis
Players Association as Vice President.
100. Chairman of Staff Selection
Commission (SSC) ----- Amitava
Bhattacharyya .
101. Computer Society of India
elected H.R. Mohan as its Vice-
President-Cum-President.
102. Sikkimese woman who captained
the U.S. Army------------Former
Sikkimese Chief Minister Narbahadur
Bhandari’s daughter Perilla Bhandari
Swartz .
103. Delhi-born Sunil Chopra elected
as the Deputy Mayor of London
Borough.
104. Ajay Devgn, Bangladeshi singer
Runa Laila and Oscar-winning
Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-
Chinoy have been named as SAARC
Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS.
105. Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza
gets over $10-mn pay package.
106. Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al
Khalifa will run Asian football for the
next two years after the Bahraini won
a three-way election for the
presidency of the Asian Football
Confederation (AFC).
107. P Sathasivam to be new Chief
Justice of India.
108. National President of the
Confederation of Real Estate
Developers’ Association of India
(CREDAI) --------------------------------- C.
Shekhar Reddy .
109. Chief Justice for High Court of
Himachal Pradesh -------- Ajay
Manikrao Khanwilkar .
110. Who was named ‘Philanthropist
of the Year’ at the third edition of
the annual Asian Awards-----
Narayana Murthy .
111. Professor M Aslam has been
appointed as the vice-chancellor of
the Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) .
112. Sundar Pichai, Google senior VP
of Chrome and Android.
113. Harmanpreet Kaur Named
Captain of the Indian Women's
Cricket team .
114. Tushar Arothe is coach of Indian
women's cricket team.
115. Harvard professor Ashish Nanda
is set to take over as director of IIM
Ahmedabad.
116. Italian ambassador Daniele
Mancini .
117. SAI (Sports Authority of India )
Director General Jiji Thomson .
118. Prahlad Joshi appointed
Karnataka BJP president
119. Bhaichung Bhutia Appointed as
the Chairman of the AIFF’s Technical
Committee
120. Aniruddha Bahal, Editor,
CobraPost
121. India’s new High Commissioner
to Maldives – Rajeev Shahare
122. Justice Mukul Mudgal, former
Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana
High Court
123. Julia Pearson New CIA Director
124. Indian ambassador to Egypt
Navdeep Suri
125. Chairman of CII Karnataka
------------------ Soumitra Bhattacharya .
126. Dinesh K Sarraf will be the new
Chairman and Managing Director of
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)
127. Deepak Sandhu will be
appointed as next Chief Information
Officer.
128. Indian Weightlifting Federation
president Birendra Prasad Baishya
has been appointed as the chairman
of the Ethics Commission of the
International Weightlifting Federation
in the executive board meeting of the
world body in Beijing.
129. Malala Yousafzai won 2013
International Children's Peace Prize
130. Navi Pillay, UN high
commissioner for human rights
131. Vice President of Afghanistan
Mohammed Karim Khalili
132. Rajeev Rishi took over as the
CMD of Central Bank of India
133. ZANU-PF party of President
Robert Mugabe,Zimbawe
134. Rakesh Sethi took charge as
Executive Director at the Union Bank
of India.
135. Special Envoy of India for Sudan
and South Sudan,PS Raghavan
136. Ms Runa Laila, SAARC Goodwill
Ambassador for HIV/AIDS made
Maiden Visit to India
137. Ali Asghar Soltanieh is Iran's
ambassador to the International
Atomic Energy Agency in Geneva.
138. Nishi Vasudeva was today
selected to head Hindustan
Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), the first
woman ever to head a Navranta PSU.
139. Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd CEO
--------- Usha Anatha Subramanyam.
140. Executive Director of the Union
Bank of India-------- Rakesh Sethi.
141. US ambassador to United
Nations---------- Samantha Power.
142. PM’s Special Envoy to visit Japan
---------------------- Ashwani Kumar.
143. My Journey: Transforming
Dreams into Actions------------ APJ
Abdul Kalam.
144. Director General of CRPF (Central
Reserve Police Force) -------------- Dilip
Trivedi.
145. Retirement announced Microsoft
CEO----------- Steve Ballmer.
146. UNICEF (United Nations
International Children's Emergency
Fund) Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh
Bachchan.
147. Chairperson of the National
School of Drama Society -------- Ratan
Thiyam.
148. Nepal’s new Indian
ambassador----------------- Ranjit Rae.
149. Youngest member of the present
Parliament ------------------ Ramya
150. Foreign Minister of Tuvalu---------
-------- Taukelina Finikaso.
151. Prime Minister of Bhutan---------
----------- Tshering Tobgay
152. New Chief Justice of the Delhi
High Court ------------------ Justice
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana.
153. Foreign Minister of
Nicaragua------------------- Samuel
Santos Lopez.
154. Amitabh Bachchan joined UN
Campaign The World Needs More.
155. D.Bala Venkatesh Varma
appointed Ambassador to UN
Conference on Disarmament.
156. First case of human to human
Transmission of H7N9 Bird Flu Virus
reported in China.
157. Raghuram Govind Rajan
Appointed as the 23rd Governor of
RBI.
158. Bhim Sain Bassi Took Charge as
the 20th Delhi Police Commissioner .
159. United Bank of India: Ms.
Archana Bhargav (Chairman & MD)
160. Allahabad Bank: Ms
Shubhalakshmi Panse (Chairman &
MD)
161. ICICI Bank: Ms.Chanda Kochhar
(MD & CEO)
162. Axis Bank: Ms Shikha Sharma
(MD & CEO)
163. UN secretary general Ban Ki-
moon has appointed a Pakistani army
general, Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, as
the Military Adviser for United
Nations Peacekeeping Operations.
164. L C Goyal has been appointed as
the new Secretary in the ministry of
Rural Development.
165. India’s IT major Wipro will enter
the National Stock Exchange’s 50-
share Nifty index.
166. Chief Executive Officer of
Microsoft Corp, Steve Ballmer,
announced his retirement as chief
executive. Microsoft may consider
Satya Nadella, India-born executive,
as next Microsoft CEO.
167. V Kannan Chairman & Managing
Director of Vijaya Bank.
168. Suresh N Patel as Executive
Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce
169. Pumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, of
South Africa, took over as the new
head of the the UN Entity for Gender
Equality and Empowerment of Women
(UN Women).
170. Yahoo Inc has appointed veteran
technology executive and Silicon
Valley investor Maynard Webb as its
new chairman.
171. Syndicate Bank has appointed
"Sankaran Bhaskar Iyer" as workmen
employee director on the board of
directors.
172. Brand ambassadors of the
Indian Badminton League (IBL)
------------ Deepika Padukone and
Aamir Khan.
173. Chairman of selection committee
for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and
Arjuna award--- Billiards legend
Michael Ferreira.
174. RBI Governor-------------
Raghuram Govinda Rajan.
175. SEBI-------------------------U.K. Sinha
176. NABARD--------------------Prakash
Bakshi
177. FICCI----------------------Naina Lal
Kidwai
178. NASSCOM----------------Krishna
kumar Natrajan
179. ASSOCHAM---------------Rana
Kapoor
180. SBI-----------------------Arundhiti
Bhattacharya
181. IRDA----------------------T.S.Vijayan
182. World Bank----------------Jim Yong
Kim
183. National Stock Exchange-------
----------Chitra Ramkrishna
184. Bombay Stock Exchange-------
----------- Ashish Chauhan
185. CAG-------------------------------Shashi
Kant Sharma
186. Chief Economic advisor and Vice
President of IMF------Kaushik Bas
187. Union Finance secretary-------------
Rajiv Takru
188. Union Economic secretary----------
Aravind Mayaram
189. First women MD in SBI
-------------- Arundhathi Bhattacharya.
190. First women Bank CEO----------
Usha Anathasubramanian
191. Standard Chartered-------------
Sandeep Das
192. National Spot Exchange Limited
(NSEL)---------Saji Cherian
193. Rakesh Sethi ------- Executive
Director of Union Bank of India .
194. Rajeev Rishi-----------------------
CMD of Central Bank of India.
195. Institute of Cost Accountants of
India new president------- Suresh
Chandra Mohanty.
196. New Chairman of GST
Panel--------------Abdul Rahim Rather.
197. Indian Banks' Association (IBA)
President-------- K R Kamath.
198. President of Asian Development
Bank Board ----- Takehiko Nakao
199. S Gopalakrishnan-----------
President of the industry body (CII)
200. Rajan Bharti Mittal ------------
President of International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) India.
201. MRP Rao------------------- Chief
Vigilance Officer (CVO) in NTPC
202. CBDT chief---------------- Sudha
Sharma
203. Lic Chairman ------------ S K Roy.
204. LIC MD------------- S.B. Mainak .
205. A.K. Roy -----------Chairman cum
Managing Director, GIC.
206. M.V. Tanksale---------Chairman &
Managing Director, Central Bank of
India .
207. Sh. Sharad Kumar, IPS has
joined NIA as the Director.
208. Dilip Trivedi appointed Director
General of the CRPF.
209. Justice Nuthalapati Venkata
Ramana Appointed New Chief Justice
of the Delhi High Court
210. Vinay Mittal appointed as Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC)
member
211. Suresh Chandra Mohanty Elected
as the New President of ICAI
212. Arvind Sharma Re-Elected as the
President of Advertising Agencies
Association of India
213. Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
appointed new Governor of Sikkim
214. Sunil Soni appointed Director
General of Bureau of Indian
Standards
215. Anil Chait, took over as Chief of
Integrated Defence Staff to the
Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
(CISC)
216. Darren Lehmann appointed
Coach of Australian Cricket Team
217. Susan Elizabeth Rice Appointed
as the National Security Adviser to
Obama
218. Avinash Chander appointed as
the New chief of Defence Research
Development Organiastion(DRDO)
219. Kushal Singh Appointed as the
Chairperson of NCPCR
220. Laxman Singh Rathore Elected as
the Member of Executive Council of
WMO
221. Brazil's Roberto Azevedo
appointed Head of World Trade
Organization
222. Staffan de Mistura appointed as
Italian Special Envoy to India in
Marines Case
223. Subhash Kumar appointed as
the New Chief Secretary of
Uttarakhand.
224. Ramsar Convention appointed
Dr. Christopher Briggs as its new
Secretary General.
225. Subhash Kumar appointed as
the New Chief Secretary of
Uttarakhand
226. Giorgio Napolitano Re-elected as
the President of Italy to serve a
Second Term
227. Aruna Bahuguna became First
Women Special DG of CRPF
228. H.R. Mohan elected as the New
Vice President of Computer Society
229. Sunil Kumar Took Over as the
Managing Director of CRIS
230. Uhuru Kenyatta Sworn-In as the
President of Kenya.
231. Narendra Kumar Verma
appointed Director for Exploration of
ONGC
232. United Nation (UN) Women chief
---------------- Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka
233. New High Commissioner of
Singapore to India------------- Lim
Thuan Kuan.
234. Depty Head of UN Mission in
Mali ----------------- Abdoulaye Bathily.
235. President of Mali -----------------
Ibrahim Boubacar Keits
236. National Spot Exchange Limited
(NSEL) appointed Saji Cherian.
237. Prime Minister of Italy----------
-----------------Enrico Letta.
238. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
for the second term-------------N N
Vohra.
239. Coach of the Junior Hockey
Men’s National Team------------------
Gregg Clark.
240. Vice Chairman of Indian Direct
Selling Association (IDSA) for fiscal
2013-14----------P. Devadas
241. President of the National Rifle
Association of India (NRAI)--------------
Raninder Singh.
242. Chairman Indian Direct Selling
Association (IDSA)-----------Amarnath
Sengupta
243. Secretary in Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC)------------------
Amarjit Singh
244. Director (Personnel) of
Electronics Corporation of India
Ltd-------------V.S.B. Babu
245. Next Ambassador/Permanent
Representative of India to the United
Nations in New York--------------Asoke
Kumar Mukerji
246. Head of the Securities and
Exchange Commission---------------------
Mary Jo White.
247. Managing Director of
Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL)----------
-----------Narendra Kumar
248. Chairman of Dr Reddy’s
Laboratories Ltd---------------------------
--------G V Prasad
249. Governor of the Bank of
Japan------------------------------------------
Haruhiko Kuroda
250. John Ashe elected as the
President of UN General Assembly:
251. Elbegdorj Tsakhia new Mongolia
President
252. New Bangladesh President:
Abdul Hamid
253. New King of Netherlands:
Willem-Alexander
254. Nicolas Maduro – New President
of Venezuela
255. Horacio Cartes – New President
of Paraguay’s
256. XI Jinping – New President of
China (succeeded Hu Jintao).
257. Rafael Correa – Ecuador’s
President
258. Indian-American Nisha Biswal to
be US assistant secretary of state for
South Asia
259. "Regional Director" for WHO
South-East Asia Region---------------------
Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh
260. Hun Sen is the Prime Minister of
Cambodia and leader of the
Cambodian People's Party
261. Syria's Opposition National
Council elected Ahmad Toameh as its
Interim Prime Minister
262. President of Mali ---------------
------------ Ibrahim Boubacar Keits
263. New United states ambassador
to the united nations --------------
Samantha Power
264. Head of Atomic Energy
organisation in Iran----------------Ali
Akbar Salehi
265. Commissioner-General of the
United Nations Relief and Works
Agency (UNRWA), Mr. Filippo Grandi
266. iGate names former Infosys
board member Ashok Vemuri as CEO
267. Cabinet Secretary---------------------
Shri Ajit Kumar Seth .
268. Union home secretary----------------
Anil Goswami .
269. Secretary of Defense----------------
R K Mathur .
270. Foreign Secretary-------------------
Sujatha Singh.
271. Union finance secretary
------------- Rajiv Takru .
272. Economic Affairs Secretary----------
Arvind Mayaram .
273. Information and broadcasting
(I&B) secretary--------Bimal Julka .
274. Former Railway Board Chairman
Vinay Mittal has been appointed as
member of Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC).
275. Germany's Thomas Bach
-------------- IOC president
276. Bal Sekhar, the new secretary
general of Lok Sabha
277. Cabinet ministers:
• Oscar Fernandes gets roads and
highways ministry
• Girija Vyas becomes housing and
urban development and poverty
alleviation minister
• Sis Ram Ola becomes labour and
employment minister
• K S Rao gets textiles ministry
278. Ministers of state:
• EMS Natchiyappan takes oath as
MoS commerce and industry
• J D Seelam becomes MoS finance
• Manikrao Gavit gets social justice
and empowerment
• Santosh Chowdhury gets health &
family welfare