Appointments 2024 | Current Affairs 2024 (Important for all competitive exams)

Who has taken charge as the new Managing Director of IRCTC?

Ans: Sanjay Kumar Jain

(Facts: IRCTC: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation

Founded- 27 September 1999

Headquarter: New Delhi)

Who has assumed charge as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau upon the superannuation of Manish Desai?

Ans: Sheyphali Sharan

(Facts: Ms. Sharan is an officer of the 1990 batch of Indian Information Service.)

Who has been taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the New India Assurance Company?

Ans: Girija Subramaniam

(Facts: New India Assurance Company is India’s premier general insurance company.

Established in 1919. It is one of the Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (DSIIs) identified by the IRDAI.

Headquarter of NIA: Mumbai)

Who has been taken charge as the Executive Director of Union Bank of India (UBI)?

Ans: Pankaj Dwivedi

(Facts: Union Bank of India

Founded- 11 November 1919

Headquarter- Mumbai, Maharashtra)

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been named whom as the ambassador for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier?

Ans: Sana Mir

(Facts: International Cricket Council (ICC)

Formation- 15 June 1909

Headquarter- Dubai, UAE

Chairman- Greg Barclay (New Zealand)

Deputy Chairman- Imran Khwaja (Singapore)

CEO- Geoff Allardice (Australia)

General Manager- Wasim Khan

Membership- 108 Members)

Who has been appointed as the new president of ASSOCHAM?

Ans: Sanjay Nayar

(Facts: He has replaced Ajay Singh.

Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)

ASSOCHAM is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group. Established- 1920

Headquarter- New Delhi)

Who has been appointed the first women vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University?

Ans: Naima Khatoon

(Facts: Naima Khatoon started her professional journey as a lecturer at AMU in August 1988.

The Aligarh Muslim University was established in 1920 under the Aligarh Muslim University Act. 1920)

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Arnab Goswamy has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Which bank in April 2024?

Ans: Punjab & Sind Bank

(Punjab & Sind Bank–

Founded- 24 June 1908

Headquarter- New Delhi

MD & CEO- Swarup Kumar Saha)

Who has been appointed as the Chief Risk Officer of Bank of Maharashtra?

Ans: Subhasish Roy

Who has been appointed as a member of World Bank Economic Advisory Panel by the World Bank Group?

Ans: Rakesh Mohan

(Facts: World Bank

Founder- 1944

Headquarter- Washington DC

President- Ajay Banda

MD & CFO- Anshula Kant

Chief Economist- Indermit Gill

Executive Director- Rajesh Khullar

Member Countries- 189)

Who has been appointed as the Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)?

Ans: Sadanand Vasant Date

(Facts: He played a very important role during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Now he has taken over as Director-General of the National Investigating Agency (NIA), succeeding Dinkar Gupta, who retired on 31 March.

National Investigation Agency:

Formed-2009

Headquarter- New Delhi)

Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL)?

Ans: Santosh Kumar Jha

(Facts: He is an Indian Railway Traffic Services (IRTS) officer of the 1992 batch)

Nidhu Saxena has been appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of which bank?

Ans: Bank of Maharashtra

(Facts: Bank of Maharashtra: Founded- 16 September 1935

Headquarter: Maharashtra, Mumbai)

Who has been appointed as the Chairman of National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd. (NCDFI)?

Ans: Meenesh Shah

(Facts: NCDFI is a national-level apex dairy cooperative registered on December 7, 1970 and is governed under the Multi state Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2023.

It has 20 Regular Members, 14 Associate Members and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) as its Institutional Member. )

Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi assumed command of the Indian Navy as the _______ Chief of the Naval Staff.

Ans: 26^th