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English translation of ‘Lata: Sur-Gatha’ to release in January 2023

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: October 03, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

The English translation of award-winning book “Lata: Sur-Gatha” will be released in January 2023. The book has been translated by noted writer and translator Ira Pande. The announcemen... Read more

Govt appoints Rajendra Kumar as Director General of ESIC

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: October 03, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

IAS officer of TN cadre, 1992-batch, Rajendra Kumar has been appointed the director general of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). He is currently an additional secretar... Read more

M Srinivas appointed as the Director of AIIMS (AIIMS)

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 30, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Rajiv Behl as the Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research. He has replaced Balra... Read more

General Anil Chauhan has been appointed as the new CDS i.e. Chief of Defense Staff of the country

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 29, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

The Central Government has appointed a new CDS. In 2022, Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan, who retired on 28 September, has been appointed as the country’s new CDS i.e. Chief of Defense... Read more

Volker Turk appointed new head of Human Rights Commission

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 16, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will propose the appointment of Austria’s Volker Turk as the next High Commissioner for Human Rights. He will succeed Michelle Bachelet of Chile,... Read more

Peiter Elbers has been appointed by IndiGo as its new CEO

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 14, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

Peiter Elbers assumed the charge of Indigo’s chief executive officer, over three months after he was announced as the replacement for outgoing CEO Ronojoy Dutta. Elbers, the former chief exe... Read more

Sanjay Kumar Verma appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Canada

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 13, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

Veteran diplomat Sanjay Kumar Verma has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Canada. Sanjay Kumar Verma, 57, has replaced Acting High Commissioner Anshuman Gaur. Verma, a... Read more

Indian-origin barrister Suella Braverman appointed as Britain’s new Home Secretary

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 12, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

Indian-origin barrister Suella Braverman has been appointed as the new UK Home Secretary. It replaced Priti Patel of Indian origin. Braverman has served as Attorney General in the Boris John... Read more

Nagesh Singh has been named as the Ambassador of India to Thailand

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 06, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

An Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1995 batch, Nagesh Singh has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Thailand. He will replace the incumbent ambassador Suchitra Durai. Bilatera... Read more

Anurag Sharma has been elected as the Treasurer of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 06, 2022In: Appointment/ ElectionNo Comments

Member of Parliament from the Jhansi-Lalitpur parliamentary constituency, Anurag Sharma has been elected as the International Treasurer of the Parliamentary Association Conference (CPA) at t... Read more