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AWARDS-2022
 On the eve of 73rd Republic Day, the
Government of India announced the
Padma Awards 2022. The list comprises
4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma
Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards.
 On the eve of 73rd Republic Day, the
Government of India announced the
Padma Awards 2022. This year,
President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the conferment of 128 Padma Awards,
including 2 duo cases.
 CDS General Bipin Rawat who died in a tragic helicopter crash and former Uttar
Pradesh CM Kalyan Singh have been posthumously honoured with Padma Vibhushan.
 Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institue, Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella of Bharat
Biotech, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai have been
named for the Padma Bhushan honours.
 Singer Sonu Nigam and Olympic gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra have been honoured
with a Padma Shri.
 The below list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma
Shri Awards. Of these, 34 of the awardees are women, 10 awardees from the category
of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.

PADMA VIBHUSHAN
S.No. Name Field State/Country
1. Ms. Prabha Atre Art Maharashtra
2. Shri Radheyshyam Khemka Literature
(Posthumous) and Education Uttar Pradesh
3. General Bipin Rawat
(Posthumous) Civil Service Uttarakhand
4. Shri Kalyan Singh Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh
(Posthumous)

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PADMA BHUSHAN
S.No. Name Field State/Country
1. Shri Victor Banerjee Art West Bengal
2. Ms. Gurmeet Bawa
(Posthumous) Art Punjab
3. Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Public Affairs West Bengal
4. Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran Trade and Industry Maharashtra
5. Shri Krishna Ella and
Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo) Trade and Industry Telangana
6. Ms. Madhur Jaffery Others-Culinary USA
7. Shri Devendra Jhajharia Sports Rajasthan
8. Shri Rashid Khan Art Uttar Pradesh
9. Shri Rajiv Mehrishi Civil Service Rajasthan
10. Shri Satya Narayana Nadella Trade and Industry USA
11. Shri Sundararajan Pichai Trade and Industry USA
12. Shri Cyrus Poonawalla Trade and Industry Maharashtra
13. Shri Sanjaya Rajaram
(Posthumous) Science & Engineering Mexico
14. Ms. Pratibha Ray Literature & Education Odisha
15. Swami Sachidanand Literature & Education Gujarat
16. Shri Vashishth Tripathi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh

PADMA SHRI
S.No. Name Field State/Country
1. Prof. Najma Akhtar Literature & Education Delhi
2. Shri Sumit Antil Sports Haryana
3. Shri T Senka Ao Literature & Education Nagaland
4. Ms. Kamalini Asthana and
Ms. Nalini Asthana* (Duo) Art Uttar Pradesh
5. Shri Subbanna Ayyappan Science & Engineering Karnataka
6. Shri J K Bajaj Literature & Education Delhi
7. Shri Sirpi Balasubramaniam Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
8. Srimad Baba Balia Social Work Odisha
9. Ms. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Science & Engineering West Bengal
10. Ms. Madhuri Barthwal Art Uttarakhand

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11. Shri Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat Literature & Education Ladakh
12. Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar Medicine Maharashtra
13. Shri Harmohinder Singh Bedi Literature & Education Punjab
14. Shri Pramod Bhagat Sports Odisha
15. Shri S Ballesh Bhajantri Art Tamil Nadu
16. Shri Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia Art Sikkim
17. Shri Maria Christopher Byrski Literature & Education Poland
18. Acharya Chandanaji Social Work Bihar
19. Ms. Sulochana Chavan Art Maharashtra
20. Shri Neeraj Chopra Sports Haryana
21. Ms. Shakuntala Choudhary Social Work Assam
22. Shri Sankaranarayana
Menon Chundayil Sports Kerala
23. Shri S Damodaran Social Work Tamil Nadu
24. Shri Faisal Ali Dar Sports Jammu & Kashmir
25. Shri Jagjit Singh Dardi Trade and Industry Chandigarh
26. Dr. Prokar Dasgupta Medicine United Kingdom
27. Shri Aditya Prasad Dash Science & Engineering Odisha
28. Dr. Lata Desai Medicine Gujarat
29. Shri Malji bhai Desai Public Affairs Gujarat
30. Ms. Basanti Devi Social Work Uttarakhand
31. Ms. Lourembam Bino Devi Art Manipur
32. Ms. Muktamani Devi Trade and Industry Manipur
33. Ms. Shyamamani Devi Art Odisha
34. Shri Khalil Dhantejvi
(Posthumous) Literature & Education Gujarat
35. Shri Savaji Bhai Dholakia Social Work Gujarat
36. Shri Arjun Singh Dhurve Art Madhya Pradesh
37. Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre Medicine Maharashtra
38. Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi Art Rajasthan
39. Shri Dhaneswar Engti Literature & Education Assam
40. Shri Om Prakash Gandhi Social Work Haryana
41. Shri Narasimha Rao Garikapati Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
42. Shri Girdhari Ram Ghonju
(Posthumous) Literature & Education Jharkhand

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43. Shri Shaibal Gupta
(Posthumous) Literature & Education Bihar
44. Shri Narasingha Prasad Guru Literature & Education Odisha
45. Shri Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan
(Posthumous) Art Andhra Pradesh
46. Shri Ryuko Hira Trade and Industry Japan
47. Ms. Sosamma Iype Others-Animal Husbandry Kerala
48. Shri Avadh Kishore Jadia Literature and Education Madhya Pradesh
49. Ms. Sowcar Janaki Art Tamil Nadu
50. Ms. Tara Jauhar Literature & Education Delhi
51. Ms. Vandana Kataria Sports Uttarakhand
52. Shri H R Keshavamurthy Art Karnataka
53. Shri Rutger Kortenhorst Literature & Education Ireland
54. Shri P Narayana Kurup Literature & Education Kerala
55. Ms. Avani Lekhara Sports Rajasthan
56. Shri Moti Lal Madan Science & Engineering Haryana
57. Shri Shivnath Mishra Art Uttar Pradesh
58. Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra
(Posthumous) Medicine Madhya Pradesh
59. Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah Art Telangana
60. Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra
(Posthumous) Civil Service Delhi
61. Shri Thavil Kongampattu
A.V Murugaiyan Art Puducherry
62. Ms. R Muthukannammal Art Tamil Nadu
63. Shri Abdul Khader Nadakattin Others-Grassroots
Innovation Karnataka
64. Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik Others - Agriculture Karnataka
65. Shri Tsering Namgyal Art Ladakh
66. Shri A K C Natarajan Art Tamil Nadu
67. Shri V L Nghaka Literature & Education Mizoram
68. Shri Sonu Nigam Art Maharashtra
69. Shri Ram Sahay Panday Art Madhya Pradesh
70. Shri Chirapat Prapandavidya Literature & Education Thailand
71. Ms. K V Rabiya Social Work Kerala
72. Shri Anil Kumar Rajvanshi Science and Engineering Maharashtra
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73. Shri Sheesh Ram Art Uttar Pradesh
74. Shri Ramachandraiah Art Telangana
75. Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao Medicine Andhra Pradesh
76. Ms. Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai Social Work Gujarat
77. Ms. Padmaja Reddy Art Telangana
78. Guru Tulku Rinpoche Others - Spiritualism Arunachal Pradesh
79. Shri Brahmanand Sankhwalkar Sports Goa
80. Shri Vidyanand Sarek Literature and Education Himachal Pradesh
81. Shri Kali Pada Saren Literature and Education West Bengal
82. Dr. Veeraswamy Seshiah Medicine Tamil Nadu
83. Ms. Prabhaben Shah Social Work Dadra and Nagar
Haveli and Daman
and Diu
84. Shri Dilip Shahani Literature & Education Delhi
85. Shri Ram Dayal Sharma Art Rajasthan
86. Shri Vishwamurti Shastri Literature & Education Jammu and Kashmir
87. Ms. Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan Literature & Education Russia
88. Shri Siddhalingaiah
(Posthumous) Literature and Education Karnataka
89. Shri Kaajee Singh Art West Bengal
90. Shri Konsam Ibomcha Singh Art Manipur
91. Shri Prem Singh Social Work Punjab
92. Shri Seth Pal Singh Others - Agriculture Uttar Pradesh
93. Ms. Vidya Vindu Singh Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
94. Baba Iqbal Singh Ji Social Work Punjab
95. Dr. Bhimsen Singhal Medicine Maharashtra
96. Shri Sivananda Others - Yoga Uttar Pradesh
97. Shri Ajay Kumar Sonkar Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
98. Ms. Ajita Srivastava Art Uttar Pradesh
99. Sadguru Brahmeshanand
Acharya Swami Others - Spiritualism Goa
100. Dr. Balaji Tambe
(Posthumous) Medicine Maharashtra
101. Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar Literature & Education Haryana
102. Dr. Kamlakar Tripathi Medicine Uttar Pradesh
103. Ms. Lalita Vakil Art Himachal Pradesh
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104. Ms. Durga Bai Vyam Art Madhya Pradesh
105. Shri Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas Science & Engineering Gujarat
106. Ms. Badaplin War Literature & Education Meghalaya
About Padma Awards
 The Padma Awards are among the highest civilian awards of India and are conferred
in three categories-- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
 The awards are conferred in various fields such as art, social work, public affairs,
science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports,
civil service, etc.
 Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, Padma
Bhushan for distinguished service of a high order, and Padma Shri for distinguished
service in any field.
 The Padma Awards are announced each year on the occasion of India's Republic Day
and are conferred every year by the President of India at ceremonial functions held at
Rashtrapati Bhawan between March and April.

NOBEL PRIZES-2021
 The Nobel Prize Committee has announced the laureates of the Nobel Prize 2021 and
the sveriges Riks Bank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfread Nobel from
Oct 4/11/2021.
 The Nobel Prize is an International Award administrered by the Nobel foundation in
stocknalm.
 Sweden, and its foundation was laid by alfred Nobel swedish inventor and
entrepreneur, in 1895.
 Six Nobel Prizes are awarded each year.
 One in each of the following categories:
1. Literature
2. Physics
3. Chemistry
4. Peace
5. Economics
6. Physiology (or) Medicine
 Economic sciences is not considered a 'Nobel Prize' but a Nobel Memorial prize.
Physiology (or) Medicine:
 The Nobel Assembly at korolinska Institute on oct 4, 2021 decided to award the Nobel
prize 2021 in physiology (or) medicine jointly.
 To professor of university of Colifornia DAVID JULIUS (USA) and professor at scripps
research ARDEM PATA POUTAIN (Lebanon).
 For their discoveries of recepto0rs for temperature and Touch.
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 These breakthrough discoveries launched intense research activities leading to a rapid
increase in our understanding of how our nerrous system senses heat, cold and
mechanical stimuli.
Physics:
 The Royal Swedish Academy of sciences on oct 5, 2021 decided to award the Nobel
Prize 2021 in physics.
 For groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems.
 With one half jointly to SYUKUROMANABE (JAPAN) and KLAUS HASSELMANN
(GERMANY) for the physical modelling of Earths climate.
 Quantifying variability and reliably predicting grobal warming and the other half to
GIORGIO PARISI (ITALY) for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations
in physical systems from atomic to planetory scales.
Chemistry:
 The Royal Swedish Academy of science on october 6, 2021 decided to award the Nobel Prize
2020 in chemistry to BENJAMAN LIST (GERMANY) and DAVIND WC MAC - MILLAN (UK)
 For the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.
 Organocatalysis uses small organic molecules that are generally both environ mentally
and inexpensive to produce.
Literature:
 The swedilsh Academy on oct 7, 2021 decided to award the Nobel Prize in Literature
to the Tanzanian Novelist ABDUL RAZAK GURNAH for this uncompromising and
compassionate penetration of the effects of colenialisn and the forte of the refugee in
the gulf between cultures and continents.
 He is best known for this 1994 Novel paradise set in colonical East Africa during world
war 1, which has shortlisted for the Booker Prizer for Piction.
Peace:
 The Norwegious Nobel committee on oct 8, 2021 decided to award the 2021 Nobel
peace prize to MARIA RESSA AND DMITRY MURATOR for their efforts to safeguard
freedom of expression, which is a pre condition for democracy and lasting peace.
 Dmitry Murator (Russia) has for decades definded freedom of speech in Russia under
increasingly challenging conditions.
ECONOMICS
 DAVID CARD (CANADA), JOSHUA D. ANGRIST (USA) AND GUIDOW IMBENS
(The netherlands) are declared as the winners of sveriges Riksbank prize in economnic
sciences in memory of alfred Nobel 2021 on oct 11.
NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED COUPLES
 Abhijit banerjee and Esther Duflo Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019.
 Edvard 1 moser and may - Brilt Moser Awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in -2014.
 Gunnar myrdal and Alva Myrdal Awarded in the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974 to
Gunnur and peace prize to Alva in 1982.
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 Carl Ferdinand Coriand Getry, theresa Cori Awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1947.
 Frederic Jolio and lrene - Joliot curic awarded in the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1935.
 Pierre curie and marie Curise Awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, 1903 with Antoine Henri Becquerel.
PADMA AWARDS-2021
 Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian awards of the countryn, are conferred in
three categories namely.
1. PADMA VIBHUSHAN
2. PADMA BHUSHAN
3. PADM SHREE Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Padma Shree

 The awards are given in various disciplines / fields of activities:

1. Art
2. Social Work
3. Public Affairs
4. Science and Engineering
5. Trade and Industry
6. Medincine
7. Literature and Educaiton
8. Sports
9. Civil Services etc.
 The awards are announced on the action of republic day every year.
 This year the president has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards Including 1
duo case (in a duo case the award is countted as one) as per list below.
 The list comprises 7 - Padma Vibhushan
10 - Padma Bhushan and
102 - Padma Sri Awards
 2 g of the awardees one women and the list also includes 10 persons from category of
foreigners /NRI/P10/OC1. 16 posthumous awardees and 1 trans.
 Gender Awardee
PADMA VIBHUSHAN (7)
Name Field State / Country
1. Shri Shinzo Abe Public Affains Japan
2. Shri S.P.Bala Subramanyam Art Tamail Nadu
(Post Humous)
3. Dr. Belle Monappa Hedge Medicine Karnataka
4. Sri Narinder Singh Science & USA
Kapany (Post Humous ) Engineering
5. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Others Spiritualism Delhi
6. Shri B.B Lal Other Archaeology Delhi
7. Shri Sudershan Sahoj Art Odisha
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PADMA BHUSHAN (10)
Name Field State / Country
1. Ms. Krishna Nair Santhakumari Chitra Art Kerala
2. Shri Tarun Gogoi (posthumous) Public Affairs Assan
3. Shri Chandra Shekar Kambara Litarature & Karnataka
Education
4. Ms Sumitra Mahajan Public Affairs Madhya Pradesh
5. Shri Nripendra Misra Civil service UP
6. Shri Ram Velas Paswan (Poslhumons) Public Affairs Bihar
7. Shri Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous) Public affairs Gujarat
8. Shri Kalba Sadiq (posthumous) Others spritens lium UP
9. Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff Trade & Industry Naharastra
10. Shri Tariochan Singh Public Affairs Haryana
In Telugu States Padma Sri
1. Sri Ramaswamy Annaverapu - Art - (Andra Pradesh)
2. Shri Prakasarai - Litarature & Education - (Andra Pradesh)
3. Nidu More Sumathi - Art - (Andra Pradesh)
4. Sri Kanaka Raju - Art - (Telanagana)
Total Padmasri Awards - 102

ACADEMY AWARDS (OSCARS)-2021

 Chole zhar won the oscar for best director for the film nomadland
at the 93rd annual academy awards on April 25, 2021.
 She became the first woman of color first chinese woman and
second woman - ever to win the award.
 Nomadland won the oscar for "Best Picture at the 93rd academy
awards. Frances MC Dormand bagged the oscar for best Actress
for her performance in nomadland.
 While anthony hopkins won the Best Actor honour for his performance in "The father"
hopkins had previously won the oscar award for his performance in the silence of the Lambs"
List of Winners:
 Best Picture - Nomadland
 Best Actress in a Leading role - Frances MC Dormand, Nonadland
 Best actor in a Leading role - Anthony Hopking, the Father.
 Actress in a supporting role - Youn yun - Jung, Minori.
 Actor in a supporting Role - Deniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Blackmessiah.
 Best costune Design - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
 Best music (Original Score): Soul
 Best Editing - Sound of Metal
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 Best sound - Sound of Metal
 Best music (Original song): Fight for you, Judas and the black Mersian.
 Best wirting - The father (Adapted Screen Play)
 Best writing - Promissing young woman (original screen play)
 Best writing - Animated short then - if any thing happens I LOVE YOU.
 Best live action short film - Two distance strangers.
 Best documentary euture - My octopus teacher.
 Best animated feature film - Soul
 Cinematography - Mank
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize - 2021
 Biological sciences: Dr Amith Singh , Dr Arun Kumar Shukla.
 Chemical sciences: Dr Kanishka Biswas, Dr. T Govindaraju.
 Environment science: Dr. Binuy Kumar saikja.
 Engineering Sciences: Dr. Debaeep mukhopadhayay
 Mashamatical science : Dr. Anish Ghosh, Jr, Sakat sauraish
 Medical sciences : Dr. Jeemon Panniyammakal Dr. Rohit srivasava
 Physical sciences: Dr. Kanak Saha.

SPORTS
IPL-2021
 The 14th Session of the Vivo Indian Premier
League (IPL) 2021 was played between
september 19 and October 15, 2021 in the
United Arab Emirates (UAE).
 It was held in two parts, first being played from
April 9 to May 2 in India and rest being played
in UAE.
About IPL
 IPL is a professional Twenty 20 cricket league plauyed in India every year representing
players from throughout the world.
 Currently, IPL is compraised of 8 teams, consisting of players from around the world.
 Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in the Vivo Indian Premier League
(IPL 2021) final by 27 runs to clinch their record fourth IPL title on october 15, 2021,
held at Dubai International cricket stadium.
Category Winner
Orange cap (Most runs) Ruturaj Gaikwad (635 runs)
Purple cap (most wickets) Harsha Patel
Most valuable player (man of the series) Wickets Ruturaj Gaikwad

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Emerging player of the season Ruturaj Gaikwad
Fair play award Rajasthan Royals
List of All IPL Winner Teams
Seasm Winner team Runner up Team
2008 Rajasthan Royals Chennai Suer kings
2009 Deccan Chargers Royal Challengers, Bangalore
2010 Chennai Super Kings Mumbai indians
2011 Chennai Super Kings Royal Challengers, Bangalore
2012 Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai Super Kings
2013 Mumbai Indian Chennai Super Kings
2014 Kolkata Knight Riders Kings x1, Punjah
2015 Mumbai Indians Chennai Super Kings
2016 Sun Risers, Hyderabad Royal Challengers, Bangalore
2017 Mumbai Indians Raising Pune Super gaint
2018 Chennai Super Kings Sunrisers, Hyderabad
2019 Mumbai Indians Chennai Superkings
2020 Mumbai Indians Delhi Capitals
2021 Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Knight Riders
Facts about IPL:
 MS Dhoni is the first player to paly 200 or more IPL matches in the history of the
tournament.
 Delhi Daredevils is the only team in IPL to never make it up to playing the IPL final.
 Chennai super kings is the only team in IPL that has never changed its captain.
 Kings XI Punjab is the only team to chnage its captain 11 times in 11 seasons of IPL.
 Sachin Tendulkar is the first player from India to win the orange cap in IPL.
 Lakshmipathy Balaji is the first bowler who took a hat - trick in IPL 2008.
 David Warner has made the record for scoring the most half centuries in IPL (36).
 Chris Gayle has the record for making most centuries in IPL (6).
TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020
 The Tokyo Olympics 2020 Sommer Olympics, also knwon as the Games of the 32nd
Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan from July 23
to August 8, 2021.
 The 2020 Summer Olympics were Originally planned to take place from July 24 to
August 9, 2020, however, the vent was postponed to 2021 in March 2020 due to the
Covid - 19. The official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics was Miraitowa, Medals
Tally.
 There was a total of 339 Medal events in the Tokya Olympics 2020. Four new sports
have been introduced in the Tokyo Olympics. These are Karate, Skateboarding, surfing
and sport climbing.
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TOP 5 NATIONS AND INDIA
Rank Name G S B Total
1 USA 39 41 33 113
2. China 38 32 18 88
3. Japan 27 14 17 58
4. Britain 22 21 22 65
5. ROC 20 28 23 71
48 India 1 2 4 7
 Total number of countries that participated in the olympics was 206.
India's Performance:
 The Indian contingent at Tokyo Games 2020 was the largest ever at the Olympics with
125 athletes.
Medal Athlete Game
Gold Neeraj Chopra Javelin throw
Silver Ravi Kumar Dahiya Wrest ling (57 kg)
Silver Mirabai Chanu Weight lifting (49 kg women)
Bronze PV Sindh Women's Singles Bad minton
Bronze Lokvlina Borgohain Women's Welterweigh Boxing
Bronze Indian Hockey Team Hockey
Bronze Bajarang Punia Wrestling (65 kg)

TOKYO PARALYMPICS - 2020

 The 2020 Summer paralympics, officially the games of the 16th edition and branded
as Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is an international muti - sport event governed by
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The games were held in Tokyo, (Japan)
from August 24 to september 5, 2021.
 The mascot for Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 was SOMEITY. The name SOMEITY
comes from, 'Someiyoshine' which is a popular type of cheery blossom and the phrase
'So mighty'
The current Paralympics mottoo is united by Motion.
Medals Tally (Top 5 and India)
Rank Name G S B Total
1. China 96 60 51 207
2. Great Britain 41 38 45 124
3. USA 37 36 31 104
4. RPC (Russia) 36 33 49 118
5. Nether Lands 25 17 17 59
24 India 5 8 6 19

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 India had gone into the games with an unprecedented contingent of record 54 athletes.
Winner Athletics
Sumit Antil (Gold )
Nishad Kumar (Silver)
Yogesh Kathuniya (silver )
Devendra Jhajharia (Silver)
Mariyappan Thangavelu (Silver)
Praveen kumar (silver)
Sunder Singh Euyrjar (Bronze)
Sharad kumar (Bronze)
Badminton
Pramod Bhagot (Gold)
Krishna Nagar (Gold)
Suhas Lalinkaere Yathiraj (Silver)
Manoj Sarkar (Bronze)
Shooting
Avani Lekhara (Gold and Bronze)
Manish Narwal (Gold)
Singhraj dhana (Silver)
Table Tennis
Bhavina Patel (Silver)
Archery
Harvinder Singh (Bronze)
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Remark
Men's Javelin throw F 64 category
Men's high jump T47 category
Men's discus throw F 56 event
Javel in thrower (F 46 Event)
Mens High Jump T63 category
Men's High Jump T64
Men's Javelin F46 even
Men's High Jump
Men's singles SL3
Men's singles SH6
SL4 Category
Sl-3 Classification
50 m air rifle
Men's 10m Air pistol SH1
Mixed 50m pistal SH1 and Men's P1 10
metres air pistol SH1
Class 4 table tennis
Mens singles recurve archery

TENNIS GRAND SLAMS: 2020-21

Australian Open - 2021:
 Men's Single's - Navak Djokovic ( Serbia) beat Dantil Medvedev (Russia)
 Women's Singles: Naomi Osaka (Japan) beat Jennifer
Brady (US)
 Men's Doubles: Filip Polasek (Slovakia) and Ivan
Doding (croatia) beat Rajeev Ram (US) and Joe Salis
bury (UK)
 Women's Doubles: Elise Mertens (Belgian) and Aryna
Sahalenka (Belarus) beat Barbora Krejcitova (Czech) and Katerina Siniakova (Czech)
 Mixed Dobules: Barbora Krejci Krva (czech) and Rajeev Ram (US) beat matehew euden
(Australia) and Samantha Stosur (Australia)
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FRENCH OPEN - 2021
 Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat stefanos T
Sitsipas (Greece)
 Women's Singles: Barbora Krejicikova (Czech Republic)
beat Anastasia Paviyuchenkova (Russia)
 Men's Doubles: "Pierre - Huggues Herbert and Nicolas
Golubev and Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)
 Women's doubles: Barbora Krejcikova and Katernia siniakova (Czech Republic) beat
Iga Swiatek (Poland) and Bethanie Mattek - Sands (US)
 Mixed doubles: Desirae Kra wczyk (US) and Joe Salisbury (UK) beat Elena vesnina
and Aslan Karatsev (Russia)
WIMBLEDON: 2021
 Men's singles: Novak Djokovik (serbia) beat Matteo
Berrettini (Italy)
 Women's Singles: Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat
Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic )
 Men's Doubles : Nikokla Mektic and Maste Pavic
(croatia) beat Marcel Granollers (spain) and Horacio Zeballons (Argentina)
 Women's Doubles: Hsieh Suwel (china) and Elise Mertens (Belgium) beat Veronika
Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina (Russia)
 Mixed Doubles: Neal skupski (UK) and desirae krawczyk (US) beat Joe Salisbury and
Harriet Dart (UK )
US OPEN - 2020
 Men's Singles: Dominic thiem (Austria) beat Alexander
Zverev (Germany)
 Women's Singles: Naomi Osaka (Japan) beat victoria
Azarenka (Belarus)
 Men's Doubles: Mate Pavic (Croatia) and Bruno Soares
(Brazil) beat Nikola Mektic (Croatial ) and Wesley koolhof
(Netherlands)
 Women's Doubles: Laura Siegemund (Germany) and Vera Zvonareva (Russia) beat
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LATEST UNION
Government:
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet was reshuffled and
expanded on July 7, 2021. Under this 43 new ministers were
included in the Union Cabinet.
 Among the new ministers, 15 are Cabinet Ministers and 28 are
Ministers of State.
 After this expansion, now there are a total of 77 ministers in Prime
Minister Modi's Cabinet.
PRIME MINISTER
Name Other Protfolios
Narendra Modi Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of
Atomic Energy, Department of Space. All important policy
issues, and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister
CABINET MINISTERS
Minister Protfolios
Raj Nath Singh Defence
Amit Shah Home Affairs, Cooperation
Nitin Jairam Gadkari Road Transport and Higheways
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Finance, Corporate Affairs
Narendra Singh Tomar Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
S. Jaishankar External Affairs
Arjun Munda Tribal Affairs
Smt. Smriti Zubin trani Women and Child Development
Piyush Goyal Commerce and Industry, Consumer affairs,
Food and public Distribution, Textiles
Dharmendra Pradhan Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Pralhad Joshi Parliamentary Affairs, Coal, Mines
Narayan Tatu Rane Micro, Small and Medium Enterpries
Sarbahanda Sonowal Ports, Shipping and aterways, AYUSH
Mukhtar Abbas Nagvi Mionority Affairs
Virendra Kumar Social Justice and Empowerment
Giriraj Singh Rural development, Panchayati Raj
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia Civil Aviation
Ramchandra Prasad Singh Steel
Ashwini Vaishnaw Railways, Communicatyions, Electronic and IT
Pashu Pati Kumar Paras Food Processing Industries
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Gajendra Singh shekhawal Jai Shakti
Kiren Rijiju Law and Justice
Raj Kumar Singh Power, New and Renewable Energy
Hardeep Singh Puri Petroleum and Natural Gas: Housing and Urban Affairs
Mansukh Mandaviya Health and Family Welfare, Chemicals and Fertilizers
Bhupender Yadav Environment, Forest and Climate Change,
Labour and Employment
Mahendra Nath Pandey Heavy Industries
Parshottam Rupala Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
G. Kishan Reddy Culture, Tourism, development of
Norh Eastern Region
Anurag Singh Thakur Infokrmation and Broadcasting;
Youth Affairs and sports
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Minister Protfolios
Rao Inderjit singh Statistics and programme implementation (I/C)
planning (I/C) , and Corporate Affairs
Kotemdra Singh Science and Technology (I/C); Earth Sciences (I/C);
Prime Minister's Office, Personnel. Public Grievances
and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy,
Department of Space.
MINISTERS OF STATE
Minister Protfolios
Shripad Yesso Naik Ports, Shipping, Waterways, tourism
Faggansingh Kulaste Steel, Rural Development
Prahalad Singh Patel Jal shakti, Food processing Industries
Ashiwini Kumar Choubey Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,
Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Arjun Ram Meghwal Parliamentary Affairs, Culture
General (Retd) VK Singh Road Transport and Highways; Civil Aviation
Krishan Pal Power, Heavy Industries
Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Railways, Coal, Mines
Ramdas Athawale Social justice and Empowerment
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Rural
Development
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

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Nityanand Rai Home Affairs
Pankaj Chowdhary Finance
Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel Commerce and Industry
SP Singh Bahel Law and Justice
V Muraleedharan External Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs
Rajeev Chandrasekhar Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Electronics
and Information technology
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Micro Small and Medium Enterprises
Smt Darshana Vikram Jardosh Textiles, Railways
Smt Meenakashi Lekhi External Affairs, Culture
Som Parkash Commerce and Industry
Smt Enuka Singh Saruta Tribal Affairs
Rameswar Teli Labour and Employmenbt, Petroleum and Natural Gas
Kailash Choudhary Agriculture and Farmers Wellare
Smt Annapurna Devi Education
A. Narayanaswamy Social justice and Empowerment
Kaushal Kishore Housing and Urban Affairs
Ajay Bati Defence, Tourism
BL Verma Development of North Eastern Region, Cooperation
Ajay Kumar Home Affairs
Devusinh Chauhan Communications
Bhagwanth Khuba New and Renewable Energy; Chemicals and Fertilizers
Kapil Moreshwar Patil Panchayati Raj
Sushri Pratima Bhoumik Social Justice and Empowerment
Subhas Sarkar Education
Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad Finance
Raj Kumar Ranjan Singh External Affairs, Education
Bharati Pravin Pawar Health and Family Welfare
Bishweswar Tudu Tribal Affairs, Jal Shakti
Shantanu Thankur ` Ports, Shipping and waterways
Munjapara Mahendrabhai Women and Child development, AYUSH
John Barla Minority Affairs
L. Murugan Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, information
& Broadcasting.
Nisith Pramanik Home Affairs, Youth Affairs & Sports
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MINISTERS OF EARLIER CABINET RESIGNED
Minister Protfolios
DV Sadananda Gowda Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Law and Justice, Communications,
Electronics and IT
Thaawarchand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ramesh Pokhriya Nishank Educaiton Minister
Dr. Harsh Vardhan Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Science and
Technology, Earth Sciences
Prakash Javadekar Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate change,
information and Broadcasting, Heavy Industries
Santosh Kumar Gangwar Minister of State for Labour and Employment -
Independent Charge
Babul Supriyo Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate
change
Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao Minister of State for Education, Communication,
Electronics and IT
Ratan Lal Kataria Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Social Justice and
Empowerment
Pratap Chandra Sarangi Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying
Mr. Debashree Choudhary Minister of state for women and child Development
HEADS OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Constitutional Head
Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla
Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
CAG Girish Chandra Murmu
Controller General of Accounts Deepak Das
Armed Forces Officials
Supreme Commander President (Ram Nath Kovind )
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat (former Army Chief)
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhary
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh

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Chief of Army Staff
Director General Military
Operations (DGMO)
Secretaries and Advisors
Principal Secretary, PM
Advisor, PM
Additional Secretary, PM
Joint Secretary, PM
Private Secretary, PM
Defence Finance Secretary
Cabinet Secretary
Foreign Secretary
Home Secretary
Finance Secretary
Defence Secretary
Revenue Secretary
DEA Secretary
National Security Advisor
Principal Scienctific Adviser
Chief Economic Adviser
Intelligence and Investigative Organisations
Central Vigilance Commissioner
Director, CBI
Chief Information Commissioner
Director, IB
Chief, RAW
Director, NIA
Chief, ED
Director General, Directorate of Revenue intelligence Balesh Kumar
Paramilitary Forces
DG, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
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General Manoj Mukund Naravane
Lt. General BS Raju
PK Mishra
Amit Khare and Bhaskar Khulbe
S. Gopalal Krishnan, Arvind Shrivastava
and P. Amudh
RG Shresth, C. Sridhar Rohit Yadav
and Meera Mohanty
Hardik Satishchandra Shah and Vivek Kumar
Gargi Kaul
Rajiv Gauba
Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Ajay Kumar Bhalla
TV Somanathan
Ajay Kumar
Tarun Bajaj
Ajay Seth
Ajit Doval
K. Vijay Raghavan
Krishnamurthy Subramanian
Suresh N. Patel
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
Arvind Kumar
Samant Kumar Goel
Kuldiep Singh
Sanjay Kumar Mishra
Kumar Rajesh Chandra
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DG, Border Security Force (BSF) Pankaj Kumar Singh
DG, Central reserve Police Force (CRPF) Kuldiep Singh
DG, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) MA Ganapathy
DG, National Security Guard (NSG) MA Ganapathy
DG, Special Protection Group (SPG) Arun Kumar Sinha
DG, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Sanjay Arora
DG, National Cadet Corps (NCC) Gurbirpal Singh
DG, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) K. Natrajan
DG, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Satya Narayan Pradhan
DG, Railway Protection Force Sanjay Chander
DG, Assam Rifles (AR) Pradeep Chandran Nair
DG, Home Guard (HG) Virender singh
Important Commissions
Chairman, NITI Aayog PM Narendra Modi
Vice - Chairman, NITI Aayog Dr. Rajiv Kumar
CEO, NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant Das
Chairman, National Medical Commission Suresh Chandra Sharma
Chairman, Union Public Service Commission Pradeep Kumar Joshi
Chairman, 21st Law Commission Balbir Singh Chuchan
Chairman, National Commission for women Rekha Sharma
Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes Dr. Bhagwan Lal Sahni
Chairman, SSC Sujata Chaturvedi
Chairman, 7th Pay Commission Ashok Kumar mathur
Chairman, 15th Finance Commission NK Singh
Chairman, CCI Ashok Kumar Gupta
Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes Vijay Sampla
Chairman, National Human Rights Commission Arun Kumar Mishra
Chairman, National Commission for
Protection of Child Rights Priyank Kanoongo
Chairman, National Commission for Monorities Iqbal Singh Lalpura
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Kamlesh Neelkanth Vyas
BOARDS/ COUNCILS / AUTHORITIES
Chairman, Railway Board Suneet Sharma
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Chairman, Airport Authority of India (AAI) Sanjeev Kumar
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of india (SEBI) Ajay Tyagi
Chairperson, Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Board of India (IBBI) Navrang Saini
Chairman, Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) Manoj Ahuja
Chairman, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Prasoon Joshi
Chairman, Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) Astha Saxena Khatwani
Chairman (Interim), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) JB Mohapatra
Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes
and Customs (CBIC) M. Ajit Kumar
Chairman, National Dairy Development
Board (NDDB) Meenesh Shah
Chairman, Comapny Law Board (CLB) Mahesh Mittal Kumar
Chairman, Petroleum and Natural Gas
Regulatory Board (PNGRB) Sanjiv Nandan Sahai
Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory
Board (AERB) Nageshwara Rao
Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India (TRA ) PD Vaghela
CEO, Unique Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI ) Saurabh Garg
Chairman, National Health Authrity (NHA) Ram Sewak Sharma
Chairman, National Highway Authority of
India (NHAI) Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
Maharatna CPSEs
CMD, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) Ravinder Singh Dhillon
CMD, National Thermal Power Corportional (NTPC) Gurdeep Singh
CMD, Oil and Natural Gas corporation (ONGC) Subhash Kumar
CMD, Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) Soma Mondal
CMD, Gas Authority of India Ltd, (GAIL) Manoj Jain
CMD, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) Shrikant Madhav Vaidya
CMD, Coal India Limited (CIL) Pramod Agarwal
CMD, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Arun Kumar Singh
CMD, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Nalin Shinghal

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CMD, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) MK Surana
CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India Kandikuppa Sreekant
Navratna CPSEs
CMD Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) V. Kalyana Rama
CMD, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) PK Purwar
CMD National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) PK Gupta
CMD, Engineers India Limited (EIL) Vertika Shukla
CMD, NALCO Sridhar Patra
CMD, Oil India Limited (OIL) Sushil Chandra Mishra
CMD, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) MV Gowatma
CMD, Hindustan Acronautics Ltd. (HAL) R. Madhavan
CMD, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Sumit Deb
CMD, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) Atul Bhatt
CMD, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) HK Joshi
CMD, Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (RECL) Sanjay Malhotra
CMD, Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) Rakesh Kumar
Educational And Academic Institutions
Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC) Dhirendra Pal Singh
Chairman, National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Saroj Sharma
VC. Delhi Univeristy (DU) Yogesh Singh
VC. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Prof. Nageshwar Rao
VC Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) M. Jagdish Kumar
VC. Banaraj Hindu University (BHU) Rakesh Bhatnagar
Chancellor, Nalanda University Dr. Vijay Bhatkar
VC. Nalanda University Sunaina Singh
VC. Jaamis Millias Islamia (JMI) Prof. Nazma Akhtar
Director, National Council of Educational
Reserarch and Training (NCERT) Sridhar Srivastava
Chairman, Sahitya Akademi Chandrashekhara Kambar
Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi Uttam Pachanc
Press and Media
Chairman, Prasar Bharati Board Dr. A. Surya Prakash
CEO, Prasar Bharat Board Shashi Shekhar Vempati
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Chairman, Press Council of India Chandramouli Kumar Prasad
Principal Director General, PIB Jaideep Bhatnagar
Chairman, Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Shekhar Rapoor
Director, Akshvani Jaideep Bhatnagar
Chairman, Press Trust of India (PTI) Aveek Sarkar
Chairman, United News of India (UNI) Vishwas Tripathi
Chairman, Indian Newspaper Society (INS) I. Adimulam
Scientific and Research Organisations
Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K. Sivan
Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Ajit Kumar Mohanty
Chairman, DRDO G. Satheeth Reddy
Director, ICMR Baltam Bhargava
DG. Council of Scientfic and Industrial Research (CSIR) Shekhar Mande
Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre S. Somnath
CMD, National Research Development
Corportional (NRDC) Sunil Kumar
Bank (Designation) Dignitary
Bank of Maharashtra (MD & CEO) AS Rajeev
Canara Bank (MD & CEO) LV Prabhakar
Central of Bank of India (MD & CEO) Matam Venkata Rao
IDBI Bank (MD & CEO) Rakesh Sharma
Indian Bank (MD & CEO) Shanti Lal Jain
Indian Overseas Bank (MD & CEO) Partha Pratim Sengupta
Punjab National Bank (MD & CEO) SS Malikarjuna Rao
Punjab and Sind Bank (MD & CEO) S. Krishnan
UCO Bank (MD & CEO) Atul Kumar Goyal
Union Bank of India (MD & CEO) Rajkiran Raj G.
Private Banks
Bank (Designation) Head
IDFC First Bank (MD & CEO) V. Vaidyanathan
Yes Bank (MD & CEO) Prashant Kumar
City Union Bank (MD & CEO ) N. Kamakodi
Dhanlaxmi Bank (MD & CEO) Shivan JK
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Federal Bank (MD & CEO) Shyam Srinivasan
Lakshmi Vilas Bank (MD & CEO) Subramanian Sundar
DCB Bank (MD & CEO) Murali M. Natrajan
Axis Bank (MD & CEO) Amitabh Chaudhary
Bandhan Bank (MD & CEO) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
Kotak Mahindra Bank (MD & CEO) Uday Kotak
IndusInd Bank (MD & CEO) Sumant Kathpalia
ICICI Bank (MD & CEO) Sandeep Bakhshi
HDFC Bank (MD & CEO) Sashidhar Jagdishan
Karur Vaishya Bank (MD & CEO ) Ramesh Babu Boddu
Designation, institution Dignitary
CMD, New India Insurance Company Limited (NIACL) Atul Sahai
Director, United India Insurance Company (UIICL) SL Tripathy
Chairman, National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) Tajinder Mukherjee
CEO & MD, SBI Life Mahesh Kumar Sharma

ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS / ORGANISATIONS

Designation, Institution Dignitary
President, FICCI Uday Shankar
President, ASSOCHAM Vineet Agarwal
Secretary general, ASSOCHAM Deepak Sood
Chairman, Association of Mutual Funds in India (AmFI) Nilesh Shah
President, confederation of Indian Industry (CII) TV Narendran
Chairperson, NASSCOM Rekha M. Menon
MD & CEO, IFCI Shivendra Tomar
CMD. Small Industries Development Bank of India S. Ramann
Chairman, National Stock Exchange (NSE) GC Chaturvedi
MD & CEO, National Stock Exchange (NSE) Vikram Limaye
Chairman, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Vikramajit Sen
MD & CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Ashish Kumar Chauhan
MD, India EXIM Bank Harsha Bangari
Chairman, NABARD Dr. GR Chintala
Chairman, Indian Banks' Association (IBA) AK Goel
MD. National Housing Bank (NHB) Sarda Kumar Hota
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Designation, institution Dignitary
President, All India Tennis Association (AITA) Ani Jain
President, Board of Control for Cricket in india (BCCI) Sourav Ganguly
President. Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) Dushyant Chautala
President, Hockey India Gyanendro Nigombam
President, Boxing Federation of India (BFI) Ajay Singh
President, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Narinder Batra
President, Badmintion Association of India (BAI) Himanta Biswa Sarma
Pesident, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

INTERNAITONAL
Designation, Institution Dignitary
President, World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) Witold Banks (Poland)
President, International Cricket Council (ICC) Greg Barclay (New Zealand)
High Court Estd. Territorial Jurisdiction
Bombay 1862 Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and
Daman and Diu
Calcutta 1862 West Bengal, Andanab and Nicobar Islands
Madras 1862 Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
Allahabad 1866 Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka 1884 Karnataka
Patna 1916 Bihar
Madhya Pradesh 1936 Madhya Pradsh
Jammu & Kashmir 1928 Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
Punjab & Haryana 1947 Panjab, Haryana and Chandigarh
Odissa 1948 Odisha
Gaihati 1948 Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
Rajasthan 1949 Rajasthan
Kerala 1956 Kerala and Lakshadweep
Designation, Institution Dignitary
President, Internaitonal Tennis Federation (ITF) David Flaggerty (USA)
President, International Table Tennis Federation Thomas Welkert (Germany)
Chairman, FIDE Arkady Dvokrovich (Russia)

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President, International Gold Federation (IGF) Annika Sorenstam (Sweden)
President, World Athletic (WA) Sebastian Coe (Britain)
President, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach (Germany)
President, FIFA Gianni Infantino (Italy-Switzerland)
President, International Swimming Federation (FINA) Husain Al - Mussaliam (Kuwait)
President, International Hockey Federation (FIH) Narinder Batra (India )
President, International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Michael Irani
President, International Boxing Association (AIBA) Umar Kremlyov (Russia)
President, World Squash Federation (WSF) Zena Wooldridge (England)
Seat Chief Justice
Mumbai (Bench at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad) Dipankar Datta
Kolkata Bench at Port Blair and Jalpaiguri Prakash Sanjib Banerjee
Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow) Rajesh Bindal
Bangalore (Bench at Dharwad and Gulbarga) Rituraj Awasthi
Patna Sanjay Karol
Jabalpur (Bench at Gwalior and Indore) Ravi Vijay Kumar Malimath
Srinagar and Jammu Pankaj Mithal
Chandigarh Ravi Shankar Jha
Cuttack S. Muralidhar
Guwahati (Bench at Kohima, Aizawl and Itangar) Sudhanshu Dhulia
Jodhpur (Bench at Jaipur) Akil Abdul Hamid Kureshi
Kochi S. Manikumar
High Court Estd. Territorial Seat Chief Justice
Jurisdiction
Gujarat 1960 Gujarat Ahmedabad Arvind Kumar
Delhi 1966 National Capital
Territory of Delhi New Delhi Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel
Himachanl Pradesh 1971 Himachal Pradesh Shimal Mohammad Rafiq
Sikkim 1975 Sikkim Gangtok Biswanath Somadder
Chhattisgarh 2000 Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Arup Kumar Goswami
Uttarakhand 2000 Uttaraikhand Nainital Raghvendra SinghChauhan
Kharkhand 2000 Jharkhand Ranchi Dr. ravi rajan
Tripura 2013 Tripura Agartala Indrajit Mahanty
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Manipur 2013 Manipur
Meghalaya 2013 Meghalaya
Andhra Pradesh 2019 Andhra Pradesh
Telangana 2019 Telangana
HEADS OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS &
ORGANISATIONS
United Nations Organisation (UNO)
Designation
Secretary General
Deputy Secretary General
President, UNGA (76th Session )
UN Specialised Agencies
Designation, Agency
President, IBRD
Managing Director, IMF
Director General, UNIDO
Director General, UNESCO
President, IFAD
Secretary General, ITU
Director General, FAO
Director General, ILO
Director General UPU
Director General, WHO
Secretary General, WMO
Secreary General, ICAO
Secretary General, UNWTO
Director General, WIPO
Secreary General, IMO
INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Designation, Organisation
Director General, WTO
Secretary General, UNCTAD
Executive Director, UNICEF
Administrator, UNDP
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Imphal PV Sanjay Kumar
Shillong Ranjit Vasantrao More
Amaravati Prashant Kumar Mishra
Hyderabad Satish Chandra Sharma
Dignitary
Antonio Guterres (Portugal)
Amina J. Mohammed (Nigeria)
Abdulla Shahid (Maldives)
Dignitary
David Malpass (USA)
Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
Li Yong (China)
Audrey Azoulay (France)
Gilbert Houngbo (Togo)
Houlin Zhao (China)
QU Dongyu (China)
Guy Ryder (UK)
Masahiko Metoki (Japan)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ethiopia)
Patteri Taalas (Finland)
Fang Liu (China)
Zurab Pololikashvili (Georgia)
Daren Tang (Singapore)
Kitack Lim (South Korea)
Dignitary
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala (Nigeria)
Rebeca Grynspan (Costa Rica)
Henrietta H. Fore (USA)
Achim Steiner (Brazil)
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Secretary, General, Commonwealth Patricia Scotland (UK, Dominica)
Secretary General, SAARC Esala Ruwan Weerakoon (Sri Lanka)
President, European Union Ursula Gertrud vander Leyen (Germany)
Chairpersion, African Union Felix Tshishekedi (DR. of Congo)
Secretary General, OPEC Md. Sansui Barkindo (Nigeria)
Secretary General, NATO Jens Stoltenberg (Norway)
Secretary General, ASEAN Doto Lim Jock Hoi (Brunei)
President, ADB Masatsugu Asakawa (Japan)
Secretary General, INTERPOL Jurgen Stock (Germany)
President, INTERPOL Kim Jong Yang (South Korea)
President ICI Joan E. Donoghue (USA)
High Commissioner, UNHCR Filippo Grandi (Italy)
Director General, IAEA Rafael Grossi (Argentina)
Vice-President & CEO (Interim), IFC Stepharie Von Friendeburg (USA)
STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES OF INDIA
State Capital Laguage Ested. Chief Minister Governor
Andhra Pradesh Amaravati Telugu Nov 1, 1956 YS Jaganmohan Biswa Bhusan
Reddy Harichandan
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar English Feb 20, 1987 Pema Khandu BD Mishra
Assam Dispur Assamese, Jan 26, 1950 Himanta Biswa Jagdish Mukhi
Bodo, Bengali Sarma
Bihar Patna Hindi, Urdu Jan 26, 1950 Nitish Kumar Phagu Chauhan
Chhattisgarh Raipur Hindi Nov 1, 200 Bhupesh Baghel Anusuiya Uikey
Goa Panaji Kothkani, Eng May 30, 1987 Pramod Sawant PS Sridharan Pilla
Marathi
Gujarat Gandhi Gujarati May 1, 1960 Bhupendra Acharya Dev Vrat
nagar Patel
Haryana Chandigarh Hindi, Punjab Nov 1, 1966 Manohar Lal Bandaru
Khattar Dattatreya
Himachan Pradesh Shimla Hidi, Sanskrit Jan 25, 1971 Jai Ram Thakur Rajendra
Vishwanath Arickar
Jharkhand Ranchi Hindi, Urdu Nov 15, 2000 Hemant Soren Ramesh Bais

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Karnatak Bengaluru Karnada, Nov1, 1956 , Basavataj Thawarchand
English Bommai Gehiot
Kerala Thiruvanatha Malayalam, Nov1, 1956 Pinarayi Arif Mohammad
puram English Vijayam Khan
Madhya Pradesh Bhupal Hindi Nov1, 1956 Shivtaj Singh Mangubhai
Chouhan Chhaganbhai Patel
Manipur Imphal Manipuri Jan 21, 1972 N Biren singh La. Ganesan
Meghalaya Shillong English, Khari Jan 21, 1972 Contrad Sangma Satya Pal Malik
Mizoram Aizawl Mezo, English Feb 20, 1987 Pu Zoram Hari Babu
Kohima Hindi thanga Hambhampati
Nagaland Kohima English Dec 1, 1963 Neiphiu Rio Jagdish Mukhi
Odisha Bhubaneswar Odishi Jan 26, 1950 Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal
Punjab Chandigarh Punjabi Nov 1, 1966 Charanjit Singh Banwarilal Purohit
Channi
Rajasthan Jaipur Hindi, English Nov 1, 1956 Ashok Gehiot Kairat Mishra
Sikkim Gangtok English, Lepeha May 16, 1975 Prem Singh Ganga Prasad
Tamang Bhutia
(P.S Golay)
Tamil Nadu Chennai Tamil, English Nov 1, 1956 MK Stalin RN Ravi
Telangana Hyderabad Telugu, Urdu June 2, 2014 K.Chandrasekhar Tamilisai
Rao Soundararajan
Tripua Agrtala Bengali, Englih Jan 21, 1972 Biplab Kumar Deb Satyadeo
Kokborok Narain Arya
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Hindi, Urdu Jan 24, 1950 Yogi Adityanath Anandiben Patel
Uttarakhand Dehradun Hindi, Nov 9, 2000 Pushkar Singh Gurmit Singh
(Wimter) Dhami
Gairsaim Sanskrit
(Summer)
West Bengal Kolkata Bengali, Hindi Jan 26, 1950 Mamata Benerjee Jagdeep Dhankhar
Union Territory Capital Language Estd. Chief Minister Lt. Governor/Administrator
Andaman and Port Blair Hindi, English Nov. 1, 1950 Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lt. Gov)
Nicobar Islands
Chandigarh Chandigarh Hindi, English Nov. 1, 1966 Banwarilal Purohit (Administrator)
Punjabi
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Dadra & Daman Gujarati, Hindi, Jan 26, 2020 Praful Khodabhai Patel (Administrator)
Nagar Haveli and English
Daman & Diu
Delhi (NCT) New Delhi Hindi, English Feb. 1, 1922 Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal (Lt. Gov.)
Jammu & Kashmir Jammu(winter) Urdu, Kashmir, Oct, 31, 2019 Manoj Sinha (Lt. Gov)
Srinagar English, Dogri (Summer)
Ladakh Leh Laddakhi, Oct, 31, 2019 Radha Krishna Mathur (Lt. Gov)
English, Urdu
Lakshadweep Kavaratti Malayalam, Nov, 1, 1956 Praful Khodabhai Patel
English (Administrator)
Puducherry Pondicherry Tamil, English Aug 16, 1962 N. Ranga Swamy Tamilisai Soundararajan
(Lt. Gov), (Add.charge)

NEW MEMBERS IN ANDHRA PRADESH CABINET

Name Department
1. Dharmana Prasada Rao Revenue, Registrations & Stamps
2. Seediri Appala Raju Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development & Fisheries
3. Botcha Sathyanarayana Education
4. Rajanna Dora Peedika - Dy CM Tribal Welfare
5. Gudivada Amarnath Industries, Infrastructure, Investment, & Commerce;
Information Technology
6. Budi Mutyala Naidu - Dy CM Panchayat Raj & Rural Development
7. Dadisetti Ramalingeshwara Rao Roads & Buildings
8. Pinipe Viswarupu Transport
9. Chelluboyina Srinivasa Backward Class Welfare; Information & Public
Venugopal Krishna Relations; Cinematography
10. Taneti Vanitha Home & Disaster Management
11. Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
12. Kottu Sathyanarayana - Dy CM Endowments
13. Jogi Ramesh Housing
14. Merugu Nagarjuna Social Welfare
15. Vidadala Rajini Health, Family Welfare & Medical Education
16. Ambati Rambabu Water Resources
17. Audimulapu Suresh Municipal Administration & Urban Development
18. Kakani Govardhana Reddy Agriculture & Cooperation, Marketing, Food Processing

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19. Peddi Reddi Ramachandra Reddy
20. RK Roja
21. K Narayana Swamy - Dy CM
22. Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari
23. Buggana Rajendranath
24. Gummanur Jayaram
25. KV Ushasri Charan
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Energy, Forest, Environment, Science & Technology;
Mines & Geology
Tourism, Culture & Youth Advancement
Excise
Minority Welfare
Finance & Planning, Commercial Taxes, Legislative
Affairs, Skill Development & Training
Labour, Employment, Training & Factories
Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citi-
zens Welfare

TELANGANA STATE
Name Department
K. Chandrasekhar Rao Chief Minister: Medical & Health, Family Welfare.
Other departments not allocated to any minister
Mohammad Mahamood Ali Home, Prisons, Fire Services
T. Harish Rao Finance
A. Indrakaran Reddy Forest & Environment and S&T, Endowments, Law
Talasani Srinivas Yadav Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development
Corporation, Cinematography
G. Jagadish Reddy Energy
K. T. Rama Rao Information Technology & Communication, Industries.
Municipal Administration & Urban Development
V. Srinivas Goud Excise & Prohibition, Sports and Youth Services,
Archaeology
Ch Malla Reddy Labour & Employment, Factories, Skill development.
S. Niranjan Reddy Agriculture, Co-operation, Marketing
Sabitha Indra Reddy Education
E. Dayakar Rao Panchayati Raj, Rural development, Rural Water Supply.
V. Prashanth Reddy Roads & Buildings, Housing, Legislative Affairs.
Koppula Eshwar SC Welfare, Minority welfare, Disabled welfare,
Senior citizens welfare
Gangula Kamalakar Backward Classes Welfare, Food & Civil Supplies,
Consumer Affairs, Legal Metrology
Satyavathi Rathod ST Welfare, Women & Child Welfare
Puvvada Ajay Kumar Transport

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