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Ajay Tirkey appointed as Secretary of Women and child development ministry.

May 1, 2020
Ajay Tirkey
  • 1987 batch IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre, Ajay Tirkey has been appointed as secretary of Women and Child development Ministry.

Tarun Bajaj is the new economic affairs secretary

May 1, 2020
Tarun Bajaj
  • 1988 batch IAS officer and former additional secretary in Prime Minister’s office, Tarun Bajaj  has been appointed as economic affairs secretary. 
  • He will succeed Atanu Chakraborty who retired on April 30, 2020.

Well-known footballer Chuni Goswamy passed away

May 1, 2020
Chuni Goswami
  • Legendary football player of India Chuni Goswami passed away at the age of 82 due to a cardiac arrest. He had captained the 1962 Asian Games gold-winning team.

Social worker and Padma Shri awardee Hema Bharali passed away

May 1, 2020
Hema Bharali
  • Padma Shree Gandhian, freedom fighter and a social worker Hema Bharali passed away at the age of 101.  The then President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam gave away the National Communal Harmony Award-2005 to  Ms. Hema Bharali, in New Delhi on May 1, 2006.
  •  She is known for her contributions for the empowerment of women and efforts towards the upliftment of the socially and financially challenged sections of the society.

#Wewillwin campaign launched by FIFA

May 1, 2020
FIFA
  • #WeWillWin campaign has been launched by Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to support and motivate all those corona warriors who are working at the front line to stop COVID-19 pandemic.

Nikkei Asia Prize 2020 award to IIT madras professor T. Pradeep

May 1, 2020
T. Pradeep Nikkei Asia Prize 2020
  • IIT Madras professor, Thalappil Pradeep has been conferred with the prestigious Nikkei Asia prize for his contribution to the development of nanotechnology based water filters. 
  • He received this award under “Science and technology” category.

Order of Rising Sun award conferred by Japan to Manipuri doctor Thangjam Dhabali Singh

May 1, 2020
  • Japan has conferred Order of the Rising sun award to the Thangjam Dhabali Singh for his service towards strengthening ties between both the countries.

Shikha Sharma appointed as the new advisor of Google Pay India.

May 1, 2020
Shikha Sharma
  • One of the leading payments platform Google pay has appointed Shikha Sharma as advisor to the Google Pay India. Google pay is a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) based platform for online transactions.

T. S. Tirumurti appointed as ambassador of India to UN

April 30, 2020
T. S. Tirumurti
  • Government of India (GoI) has appointed T. S. Tirumurti as India’s ambassador to United Nations Organization(UN). He will be replacing Sayyad Akbaruddin.

Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) appoints Rajiv Kumar as new Chief

April 30, 2020
Rajiv Kumar PSEB
  • 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) .
  • He will succeed the incumbent Kapil Dev Tripathi, a 1980 batch retired Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS official.