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IBPS PO Special - New Appointment ( From March 2013......

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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-Pakistan
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 CoChairman) 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 Brunegrd, chairman of Swedens 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 Erdoan 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-Governor 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 VicePresident-Cum-President.
102. Sikkimese woman who captained the U.S. Army-----------Former Sikkimese Chief Minister Narbahadur Bhandaris 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 AIFFs
Technical Committee
120. Aniruddha Bahal, Editor, CobraPost
121. Indias 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. PMs 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. Nepals 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. Indias IT major Wipro will enter the National Stock
Exchanges 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-----------------------Pratip Chaudhary
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 Mens 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 Reddys 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 Paraguays


256. XI Jinping New President of China (succeeded Hu Jintao).
257. Rafael Correa Ecuadors 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
ORGANISATION AND THERE HQs
1. UNO New York
2. UNICEF New York
3. UNESCO Paris
4. UNIDO Vienna
5. WHO Geneva
6. UNFPA New York
7. ILO Geneva
8. IMF Washington DC
9. WTO Geneva
10. International Court Of Justice The Hague
11. International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna
12. World Bank Washington D.C.
13. International Committee of theRed Cross -Geneva
14. International Maritime Organisation London
15. Universal Postal Union Berne
16. Food and Agricultural Organisation Rome
17. World Meteorological Organisation Geneva
18. SAARC Kathmandu
19. Amnesty International London
20. Transparency International Berlin
21. World Intellectual Property Organization Geneva
22. International Renewable Energy Agency Abu Dhabi (UAE)
(Interim Hqs)
23. Commonwealth of Nations London
24. International Standards Organisation Geneva

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