Current Affairs

Anish Sarkar

Anish Sarkar from Kaikhali in North Kolkata has made history as the youngest-rated chess player ever

Sumathi Dharmawardena

The International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed Sri Lankas Sumathi Dharmawardena as the new Independent Chairman for its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on 30 October 2024

Bollineni Rajagopal Naidu

Bollineni Rajagopal Naidu was appointed as the Chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) board on 30 October 2024

Manveen Pam Kaur

Indian-origin Manveen Pam Kaur was appointed as HSBCs Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Vipin Kumar

Senior IAS officer Vipin Kumar took charge as the Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on 28 October 2024. He is a 1996 batch officer from the Bihar cadre.

Deepak Agarwal

Deepak Agarwal was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of the National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) for a five-year term. He is a 2000-batch IAS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Amitabh Chaudhry

Amitabh Chaudhry was re-appointment as the Managing Director CEO of the Axis Bank for three more years, effective 1 January 2025. He joined the company on January 1, 2019, before which he was with HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company for over nine years.

CS Setty

SBI Chairman CS Setty received the Best Bank in India for the 2024 award on 27 October 2024. Global Finance Magazine of the US gave this award at its 31st Annual Best Bank Awards event, held during the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington.

Anant Nath

Anant Nath was elected unopposed as President of the Editors Guild of India for a second consecutive term on 26 October 2024.

Himanshu Pathak

Himanshu Pathak was appointed as Director General Designate of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Pranav Chawda

Pranav Chawda was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of JP Morgan Chase Bank India for a period of three years. He succeeds Prabhdev Singh.

Rani Rampal

Indian womens hockey legend Rani Rampal has announced her retirement as player on 24 October 2024. Rani played 254 international matches and scored 120 goals since making her debut at just 14 years old in 2008 during the Olympic qualifiers in Kazan, becoming the youngest woman to represent India at the senior level in hockey.

Arjun Erigaisi

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi crossed the 2800 Elo rating mark with a win at the ongoing European Chess Club Cup in Serbia on 24 October 2024. He became the youngest Indian and only the second from the country after Viswanathan Anand to surpass the coveted 2800 Elo rating mark.

Sanjeev Khanna

Justice Sanjeev Khanna was appointed as the 51st Chief Justice of India on 24 October 2024. He will take the oath of office on November 11. Khanna is expected to serve a six-month term, concluding in May 2025.

Prabhakar Raghavan

Prabhakar Raghavan was appointed as Googles Chief Technologist on 23 October 2024. Previously, he served as the senior vice president overseeing Google Search, Assistant, Geo, Ads, Commerce, and Payments products.

AR Anuradha

Retired IPS officer AR Anuradha was appointed the new chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) on 23 October 2024.

Luong Cuong

Luong Cuong (67) was elected as the new president of Vietnam by the countrys National Assembly on 21 October 2024. He replaced To Lam. Cuong is the fourth official to fill the role in 18 months.

Abhyuday Jindal

Abhyuday Jindal, the Managing Director of Jindal Stainless was appointed as President of industry body Indian Chamber of Commerce

Bala Devi

Bala Devi became the first Indian woman to score 50 international goals

Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar

Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar was appointed 9th National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson on 19 October 2024

Virat Kohli

Indian batter Virat Kohli became the fourth Indian batsman to score a thousand Test runs. He achieved this feat during the first match between India and New Zealand at the M.

Hormuzd Masani

Hormuzd Masani was unanimously re-elected as the President of Asia Pacific Audit Bureaux of Certification (APABC) for the fifth time on 17 October 2024.

Shubha Tole

Shubha Tole was appointed president-elect of the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO).

Akash Tripathi

Akash Tripathi was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD CEO)

National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah

National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah was sworn in as Chief Minister of the Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir on 16 October 2024.

TV Narendran

TV Narendran was elected as Chairman of World Steel Association (worldsteel) on 15 October 2024.

DG Paramesh Sivamani

DG Paramesh Sivamani took over as the 26th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on 15 October 2024.

L Satya Srinivas

The Union Government has appointed L Satya Srinivas as the additional CEO of the Government e Marketplace (GeM).

Noel Naval Tata (67)

Noel Naval Tata (67) was appointed as Chairman of the Tata Trusts on 11 October 2024.

Spains tennis legend Rafael Nadal (38)

Spains tennis legend Rafael Nadal (38) has announced his retirement from professional tennis on 10 October 2024.

Tata Group Chairman, Ratan Naval Tata

The former Tata Group Chairman, Ratan Naval Tata passes away on 9 October 2024. He was 86. He was born on 28 December 1937.

Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar announced her retirement

Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar announced her retirement from the sport on 7 October 2024

JP Nadda

Union Health Minister JP Nadda was elected as the Chairperson of the 77th session of the World Health Organization (WHO)s Regional Committee for South-East Asia on 7 October 2024

Retired IPS officer Sharad Kumar

Retired IPS officer Sharad Kumar was appointed as the new chief of the BCCIs Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on 4 October 2024.

Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin

Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin became the first woman officer to take charge as the Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services