Chief Justices Appointed To 4 High Courts; Justice N Kotiswar Singh Made Chief Justice Of High Court of J&K and Ladakh: Four judges, including two who will retire later this month, were appointed as chief justices of high courts. Justice Sonia Giridhar Gokani, senior-most judge of the Gujarat High Court, was appointed its chief justice.… Read More »
Ramesh Bais Appointed as the New Governor of Maharashtra, Takes Over Koshyari: After Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s resignation, Ramesh Bais was appointed the new governor of Maharashtra. Bhagat Singh Koshyari stepped down after a sour relationship with Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray. Formerly, Ramesh Bais was the governor of Jharkhand. President Droupadi… Read More »
Indian Air Force: The Indian Air Force’s next Vice Chief has been named as Air Marshal A P Singh. When Air Marshal Sandeep Singh leaves the military, he will take his place. Air Marshal A P Singh is currently serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command. On February 1st 2023, he… Read More »
Bank of Singapore: Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) subsidiary Bank of Singapore (BoS) has announced the appointment of Jason Moo as its new CEO. Following an article from Bloomberg on December 26, 2022, BoS made an announcement. Moo will succeed Bahren Shaari officially from March 6 onwards. January 2023 Current Affairs Quiz Past career of Jason… Read More »
Dinesh Kumar Shukla appointed as new chief of AERB: Dinesh Kumar Shukla, Former Executive Director, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, has been appointed to the post of Chairperson, Atomic Energy Regulator Board (AERB). According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Saturday (17.12.2022), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has… Read More »
Ashok Leyland Appoints Shenu Agarwal as MD and CEO: Shenu Agarwal has been named the new MD & CEO of renowned truck and bus manufacturer Ashok Leyland, effective immediately. Agarwal will spearhead Ashok Leyland’s technological advancement, business expansion, and long-term strategy as it works to realise its goal of ranking among the top 10 Commercial… Read More »
NABARD named Shri Shaji KV as Chairman: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s new chairman is K V Shaji. Prior to May 21, 2020, he was the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of NABARD. He is an agricultural graduate with a PGDM in Public Policy from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad.… Read More »
National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC): Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, a former Union minister, is now in charge of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). According to a statement from the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, he is an agriculturist by profession. He had been elected four times Member of Parliament from Parliamentary Constituency… Read More »
IIT Guwahati director T G Sitharam named as chairman of AICTE: The next Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education is Professor TG Sitharam, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) (AICTE). The Ministry of Education has approved the appointment of Professor Sitharam as the new AICTE Chairman for a… Read More »
Adidas appoints Bjorn Gulden as CEO of the company: Adidas has named rival Puma CEO Björn Gulden as its new chief executive, who will take over the German sportswear brand as a company in January. Gulden will replace Kasper Rorsted, Adidas’ CEO since 2016, whose departure was announced in August. Puma, which like Adidas is based in… Read More »