Current Affairs - Appointment & Resignation
President signs Appointment of 9 SC Judges
- The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind on 26 August 2021 signed the warrants of the appointment of nine judges, including three women, to the Supreme Court who will be sworn in on August 31.
- The new judges include Justice B.V. Nagarathna, who will be in line to be the first woman Chief Justice of India in September 2027.
- The other women judges who have been elevated are Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Hema Kohli.
- The other appointees are Justices C.T. Ravikumar, M.M. Sundresh, Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Vikram Nath and Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, and former Additional Solicitor-General P.S. Narasimha.
- With the appointments, the working strength of the Supreme Court goes up to 33, against the sanctioned strength of 34.
La Ganesan appointed as the Governor of Manipur
- La Ganesan has been appointed as Governor of Manipur on 22nd August 2021.
- Ganesan replaced Najma Heptulla, who retired earlier this month.
- A former Rajya Sabha MP, La Ganesan is the 17 Governor of Manipur.
Ismail Sabri Yaakob becomes Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as the 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia on 21 August 2021.
- He succeeded Muhyiddin Yassin, who resigned from the post after losing majority support in the lower house of parliament.
- He served as the 13th Deputy Prime Minister from July 2021 to August 2021 as well as the Minister of Defence.
Dr Dhriti Banerjee: First Female Director of ZSI
- Dr Dhriti Banerjee has been appointed as the director of the Zoological Survey of India.
- She is the first female to lead the organization in over 100 years history of the Zoological Survey of India.
- She has been an eminent scientist conducting research in zoogeography, taxonomy, morphology among others. Since 2012, Dhriti has been engaged with ZSI's digital sequence information project.
- On the occasion of its centenary celebrations in 2016, Banerjee had co-authored the “The Glorious 100 Women’s Scientific Contribution in ZSI”, which chronicled the contributions of women scientists in the domain of animal-related groups.
- Started in July 1916, the ZSI is headquartered in Kolkata with 16 regional centres under the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change.
Ariel Henry becomes new PM and Acting President of Haiti
- Ariel Henry has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Haiti.
- He has also given the charge of acting president of Haiti since 20 July 2021 after Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated.
Sher Bahadur Deuba becomes Nepal’s Prime Minister
- On 13th July 2021, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed as Prime Minister for the fifth time.
- Earlier, on 12th July 2021, the Supreme Court of Nepal overturned Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's 21 May decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and ordered the appointment of Deuba.
Canada appoints First Indigenous Governor General
- Canada on 6th July 2021 appointed the first Indigenous governor general in its 154-year history.
- Mary Simon, the 30th Governor General will serve as the Queen Elizabeth II’s representative in Canada.
- Simon, an Inuit from northern Quebec and a former diplomat who has served as an ambassador for the Arctic, has been a champion for her people's rights.
- The governor general's role is mainly ceremonial, but she is the queen's representative to Canada and she does have power, but in reality she follows the direction of the prime minister.
- About Inuits: They are an Indigenous people, the majority of whom inhabit the northern regions of Canada. An Inuit person is known as an Inuk. The Inuit homeland is known as Inuit Nunangat, which refers to the land, water and ice contained in the Arctic region.
India’s Latest Who’s Who
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Portfolios: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space
Cabinet Ministers
- Minister of Defence: Rajnath Singh
- Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation: Amit Shah
- Minister of Road Transport and Highways: Nitin Gadkari
- Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs: Nirmala Sitharaman
- Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: Narendra Singh Tomar
- Minister of External Affairs: S Jaishankar
- Minister of Tribal Affairs: Arjun Munda
- Minister of Women and Child Development: Smriti Zubin Irani
- Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship: Dharmendra Pradhan
- Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs:Hardeep Singh Puri
- Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment: Bhupender Yadav
- Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment: Virendra Kumar Khatik
- Minister of Minority Affairs: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
- Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj: Shandilya Giriraj Singh
- Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH: Sarbananda Sonowal
- Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers: Mansukh L Mandaviya
- Minister of Heavy Industries: Mahendra Nath Pandey
- Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines: Pralhad Joshi
- Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles: Piyush Goyal
- Minister of Civil Aviation: Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Minister of Law and Justice: Kiren Rijiju
- Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports: Anurag Thakur
- Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying: Parshottam Rupala
- Minister of Jal Shakti: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology: Ashwini Vaishnav
- Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region: G Kishan Reddy
- Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Narayan Rane
- Minister of Steel: Ramchandra Pratap Singh
- Minister of Food Processing Industries: Pashupati Nath Paras
Ministers of State
Sr No |
Name of Minister |
Portfolios |
1 |
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and |
2 |
Shri Faggansingh Kulaste |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and |
3 |
Shri Prahalad Singh Patel |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and |
4 |
Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and |
5 |
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and |
6 |
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and |
7 |
Shri Krishan Pal |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and |
8 |
Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; |
9 |
Shri Ramdas Athawale |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
10 |
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and |
11 |
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
12 |
Shri Nityanand Rai |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
13 |
Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
14 |
Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
15 |
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice |
16 |
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and |
17 |
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
18 |
Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
19 |
Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and |
20 |
Shri V. Muraleedharan |
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and |
21 |
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi |
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and |
22 |
Shri Som Parkash |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
23 |
Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
24 |
Shri Rameswar Teli |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and |
25 |
Shri Kailash Choudhary |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
26 |
Smt. Annpurna Devi |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
27 |
Shri A. Narayanaswamy |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
28 |
Shri Kaushal Kishore |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
29 |
Shri Ajay Bhatt |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and |
30 |
Shri B. L. Verma |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and |
31 |
Shri Ajay Kumar |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
32 |
Shri Devusinh Chauhan |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications |
33 |
Shri Bhagwanth Khuba |
Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and |
34 |
Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
35 |
Sushri Pratima Bhoumik |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
36 |
Dr. Subhas Sarkar |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
37 |
Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
38 |
Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh |
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and |
39 |
Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
40 |
Bishweswar Tudu |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and |
41 |
Shri Shantanu Thakur |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
42 |
Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and |
43 |
John Barla |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs |
44 |
Dr. L. Murugan |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and |
45 |
Nisith Pramanik |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and |
46 |
Rao Inderjit Singh |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; |
47 |
Dr. Jitendra Singh |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; |
Eight States get New Governors
Here is a list of new governors in eight states:
- Goa: PS Sreedharan Pillai, Governor of Mizoram, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa.
- Tripura: Satyadev Narayan Arya, Governor of Haryana, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Tripura.
- Jharkhand: Ramesh Bais, Governor of Tripura, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.
- Karnataka: Union minister Thawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the Governor of Karnataka.
- Haryana: Bandaru Dattatraya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Haryana.
- Mizoram: Hari Babu Kambhampati has been appointed as the Governor of Mizoram.
- Madhya Pradesh: Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel has been appointed as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
- Himachal Pradesh: Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is now the Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Shambhu Nath Srivastava appointed Chairman of IFUNA
- Former Allahabad HC Judge Shambhu Nath Srivastava has been appointed Chairman of Indian Federation of United Nations Associations (IFUNA).
- Justice Srivastava succeeds Mukul Sangma, a former chief minister of Meghalaya.
- IFUNA is a non-profit organisation, affiliated to the Geneva-based World Federation of United Nations Associaions (WFUNA), to promote objectives of the United Nations and its specialised agencies in the country.