Current Affairs

Nidhi Tewari

Nidhi Tewari was appointed as the private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She is a 2014-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer.

Shirley Botchwey

Shirley Botchwey assumed office as the 7th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth on 31 March 2025. With this, she became the first woman from Africa to hold this office.

Anil Chauhan

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, inaugurated Techkriti 2025, Asias largest intercollegiate technical and entrepreneurial festival, at IIT Kanpur.

Challa Sreenivasulu Setty

State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Challa Sreenivasulu Setty was elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks Association for financial year 2025-26.

Ashok Singh Thakur

Ashok Singh Thakur was elected as the new Chairman of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) for a period of three years.

Rajiv Gauba

Former cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba was appointed full-time member of the NITI Aayog on 25 March 2025.

Gopal Vittal was elected as the new Chairman

Bharti Airtels Vice Chairman and Managing Director Gopal Vittal was elected as the new Chairman of the GSMA board on 24 March 2025.

Sanjay Singh was elected a Bureau Member of United World Wrestling

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president, Sanjay Singh was elected a Bureau Member of United World Wrestling (UWW)-Asia.

First woman president of the southern African nation of Namibia

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (72) was sworn in as the first woman president of the southern African nation of Namibia.

International Olympic Committee

Kirsty Coventry was elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 20 March 2025, for an eight-year term of office.

Lip-Bu Tan

Lip-Bu Tan was appointed as Chief Eexecutive Officer of Intel on 18 March 2025.

Chief Executive Officer of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation

Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) on 17 March 2025.

Justice Joymalya Bagchi was sworn in as a judge

Justice Joymalya Bagchi was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court on 17 March 20205.

Harmanpreet Singh

India captain Harmanpreet Singh and senior goalkeeper Savita Punia won the Hockey India Balbir Singh Senior Player of the Year (2024) award in the mens and womens categories respectively on 15 March 2025.

N Ganapathy Subramaniam

N Ganapathy Subramaniam was appointed as Chairman of Tata Communications on 14 March 2025.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam announced on 11 March 2025 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be conferred with The Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean, the highest national honour of Mauritius.

Justice Joymalya Bagchi

Justice Joymalya Bagchi of the Calcutta High Court was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court on 10 March 2025.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh

Defence minister Rajnath Singh visited the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 9 March 2025.

Sivaprasad Reddy Rachamallu

Sivaprasad Reddy Rachamallu was elected as Chairman of the Telangana state council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2025-26.

Vikas Kaushal

Vikas Kaushal was appointed as the new chairman and managing director (CMD) of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) for a period of 5 years on 7 March 2025.

Amitava Mukherjee

Amitava Mukherjee was appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state-owned iron ore miner NMDC on 6 March 2025.

Ajay Bhadoo

Ajay Bhadoo was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM).

The new Union law secretary on 5 March 2025

Anju Rathi Rana was appointed as the new Union law secretary on 5 March 2025.

Uruguays new President

Yamandú Orsi took office as Uruguays new President. He is a former mayor and history teacher.

Manan Kumar Mishra

Manan Kumar Mishra, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India was re-elected unopposed as the Chairman of the Bar Council of India for a historic seventh consecutive term.

Priyadarshini Gaddam

Priyadarshini Gaddam was appointed as Director (Personnel) at NMDC by the Ministry of Steel on 1 March 2025.

Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Tuhin Kanta Pandey assumed charge as the 11th Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a tenure of three years on 1 March 2025.