1. Acclaimed _____________ Indian-origin AIDS researcher Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim has been appointed as a UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Adolescents and HIV ?
2. Actress ___________ has been appointed UN (United Nations) Environment’s Goodwill Ambassador for India. ?
3. ________ appointed as an executive director of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) ?
4. Ashwani Kumar has been appointed as Chief Secretary for ___________ ?
5. Bharti AXA Life Insurance appointed _________ as its CEO ?
6. ___________ assumed charge as Director General Armed Forces Medical Service (DGAFMS) ?
7. Borut Pahor re-elected as President of ___________ for 2nd term. ?
8. Cricketer __________ has been made as a government nominee in Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) managing committee ?
9. _________ has been appointed as first Female President of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) ?
10. Defence Minister ________ is elected President of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) ?
11. Government has constituted 15th Finance Commission in pursuance of clause (1) of article 280 of Constitution, to make recommendations for the 5 years commencing on April 1, 2020. It will be headed by __________. Currently, 14th finance commission (headed by Y V Reddy) is active ?
12. __________ Has been appointed as new Finance Secretary of India. He was previously serving as Revenue secretary.
- Additionally, Binoy Kumar has been appointed as Special Secretary in Commerce Ministry.
13. India's ______________ has been appointed as global ambassador of World Packaging Organisation (WPO) ?
14. India's ______________ has been re-elected as a member of International Court of Justice (The Hague, Netherlands).
- For the First Time, Britain will not have any member at ICJ.
15. Karen Pierce became first women to be appointed _____________’s Ambassador to UN ?
16. Kenneth Juster has been confirmed as Next ______ Ambassador to India. He will succeed Richard Verma. ?
17. M Mahender Reddy has been appointed as new Director General of Police (DGP) of _________ State. ?
18. N Poonguzhali has become first woman to be appointed as a senior Deputy Director General in Telecom Enforcement Resource Monitoring (TERM) in Department of Telecommunications (DoT). She is elected for _____________ Circle of TERM (DOT) ?
19. N Sambasiva Rao has been appointed as Director-General of Police (DGP) of ___________ ?
20. Nasir Kamal has been appointed as Additional Director General in ________________, with K.K Sharma as its current Director General.
21. New Appointments Approved -
- __________ - Chairman of Newly Formed National Anti-profiteering Authority under GST.
- Pradeep Singh Kharola - Chairman and Managing Director of Air India.
- Pritam Singh - Director General in National Archives of India.
- Raghvendra Singh - Secretary in Ministry of Culture
- Upendra Prasad Singh - Secretary in Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
- Sandeep Beecha - Chief of Naval War College (Goa).
22. New PSU Appointments -
- Jatindra Nath Swain as Managing Director of Solar Energy Corporation of India.
- Sundeep Kumar Nayak as Managing Director of NCDCI (National Cooperative Development Corporation of India).
- _________ as director general of Doordarshan News.
23. Phanindra Sama (Co-founder of RedBus ) has been appointed as Chief Innovation Officer for __________ state ?
24. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated 10 days Sangai Festival in __________ ( Capital of Manipur), during his visit to 3 North Eastern States - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur. He also opened a 2 day North-East Development Summit ?
25. R K Kulshrestha has been appointed as General Manager of _____ Railway. ?
26. RBI Governor _________ has been appointed to Financial Stability Institute Advisory Board of the Bank of International Settlement (BIS), a global financial organisation owned by major central banks from across world. FSI assists financial sector authorities worldwide in strengthening their financial systems.
- BIS is based in Basel (Switzerland) with Jaime Caruana as its current Chief (General Manager).
27. Rajesh Vaishnaw has been appointed as India's next High Commissioner to Malta while Ravi Bangar has been appointed as Ambassador to ________ ?
28. ____________ has been appointed as whole-time member of SEBI ?
29. Sarah Clarke has been appointed as ____________’s first female Black Rod in its over 650-year history, to serve as Lady Usher of the Black Rod.
- The Black Rod is responsible for controlling access to and maintaining order within House of Lords.
30. Satrughana Pujahari appointed as a Judge of Madras High Court, and Ved Prakash Vaish appointed to ______________ High Court ?
31. Scientist Vijay Prasad Dimri is appointed as president of 36th International Geological Congress (IGC), to be held in ___________ in 2020. ICG is a global platform for advancement of earth science ?
32. ______________ has been appointed as chairman of BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) ?
33. _______ has been appointed as India’s G 20 Sherpa till December 31, 2018 for Development Track of G20 ?
34. Sibi George has been appointed as India's Ambassador to Liechtenstein. He is also India's ambassador to ________ ?
35. ______ has been appointed as new Secretary General of the Lok Sabha (and first woman to hold this post). She will succeed Anup Mishra ?
36. Suresh Chukkapalli has been appointed as Honorary Consul General in Hyderabad by __________ ?
37. ________ elevated Group CFO Saurabh Agrawal and Titan MD Bhaskar Bhat to its board ?
38. Tata Steel appointed __________ as global CEO and MD. ?
39. ____________ (first Hindu lawmaker in US Congress) is named as chairperson of World Hindu Congress (WHC) to be held in Chicago (USA) in 2018 ?
40. _________ government has set up a Hill Area Development Committee to be headed by Mann Ghising, to oversee work in the Hills ?
