People in News: October 2019 PDF

Rafael Grossi

• Rafael Mariano Grossi has been elected as the new Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
• He belongs to Argentina. He succeeds Yukiya Amano of Japan.

Datta Padsalgikar

• Former Mumbai Police Commissioner and Maharashtra DGP Datta Padsalgikar has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA).
• He had earlier served in the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

Birender Singh Yadav

• Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Iraq.
• He is an IFS officer of 1997 batch.

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde

• Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde has been appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India.
• He will replace Justice Ranjan Gogoi.

Nirmal Purja

• Nirmal Purja has created a new speed record by climbing the world’s 14 highest peaks over 8,000 metres (26,250 feet) in just 189 days.
• He is a mountaineer from Nepal.

Manohar Lal Khattar

• Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn in as the chief minister of Haryana for the second time.

Bill Gates

• Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates overtook Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person.
• The current worth of Bill Gates is $105.7 billion.

Ilham Tohti

• Ilham Tohti has been awarded with the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament.
• Ilham Tohti is an Uyghur economist and he was awarded for his attempts to “foster dialogue” between Chinese people and the Uighur.

Abhijit Banerjee

• Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has been conferred life membership to the Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.

Deepika Padukone & PV Sindhu

• Deepika Padukone & PV Sindhu has been named as the ambassadors for Bharat Ki Laxmi.
• It is an initiative by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi which aims to celebrate the contribution & accomplishments of women of the nation for the public good.

Pankaj Kumar

• IAS officer Pankaj Kumar has been appointed as the new CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
• At present, he is the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and IT.

Sourav Ganguly

• Former Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly took over as the 39th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
• Mahim Verma of Uttarakhand has been appointed as the Vice President of BCCI.

Jennifer Aniston

• Jennifer Aniston will receive People’s Icon Award 2019 at the 2019 People’s Choice Awards.
• The actress would be the 2nd-ever recipient of the title.

Rajnish Kumar

• SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as the new chairman of Indian Banks’ Association.
• He will succeed Sunil Mehta, who was the MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank.

K Parasaran

• Former Attorney General of India, K Parasaran has been awarded with the “Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award” by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.
• He was honoured with the award on the occasion of Elder’s Day celebration organized by Age Care India.

Anup Kumar Singh

• Anup Kumar Singh has been appointed as Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG).
• He is a senior IPS officer of 1985-batch Gujarat cadre.

Christine Lagarde

• Christine Lagarde has been appointed as the new chief of the European Central Bank.
• She will replace Mario Draghi of Italy.

Lionel Messi

• Barcelona captain Leo Messi received his 6th Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the European leagues.
• He has won the award for the 3rd straight year.

Anoop Kumar Mendiratta

• Anoop Kumar Mendiratta has been appointed as the new Law Secretary (Secretary, Legal Affairs) in the Union Law Ministry.

Kais Saied

• Kais Saied has been elected as the new President of Tunisia.

Priyadarshan

• Noted director and producer Priyadarshan has been conferred the Madhya Pradesh government’s National Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018-19.

Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo

• Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have jointly won the 2019 Booker Prize.
• Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet and Bernardine Evaristo is a British author.

Chandi Prasad Bhatt

• The 31st Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the years 2017 and 2018 will be awarded to the pioneer of the Chipko Movement Chandi Prasad Bhat.
• He will be awarded for his services in promoting and preserving the national integration.

K Satish Reddy

• Chairman of Dr Reddy’s, K Satish Reddy, has been appointed as President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) for 2019-2021.

Mukesh Ambani

• Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped “The Forbes India Rich List 2019”.
• He has a net worth of $51.4 billion.

Ramesh Pandey

• IFS officer Ramesh Pandey has been selected for the prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by the United Nations Environment Programme.
• He will receive the award at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok.

Ashleigh Barty

• Ashleigh Barty has been awarded Australian sport’s highest individual honour ‘The Don’ Award at the annual Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Abiy Ahmed Ali

• Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has been awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.
• He has been awarded for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.

Antonio Costa

• Antonio Costa has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of Portugal.

Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma

• The Punjab government has appointed Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma (retired) as the new Lokpal.
• The Lokpal holds the office for a term of 6 years.

Yalitza Aparicio

• Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio has been named as the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples by the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay.
• She is the first indigenous Mexican woman to be so recognized by the US Academy Awards.

Amur Lakshminarayanan

• Tata Communications has named Amur S Lakshminarayanan as Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer designate of the company.

Sushil Chandra

• Sushil Chandra has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Oil India Limited.
• He will replace Utpal Bora.

Azizbek Ashurov

• Human rights lawyer from Kyrgyzstan Azizbek Ashurov has been awarded with the 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award.

SS Mallikarjuna Rao

• SS Mallikarjuna Rao has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive of the Punjab National Bank (PNB).
• He is currently serving as chief executive of the Allahabad Bank. 

Surjit S Bhalla

• Economist Surjit Bhalla has been appointed as the executive director of the International Monetary Fund for a period of three years.

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