Persons & Appointments in News — February 2026

356 persons & appointments, for Prelims revision. Each links to its full note.

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Mehran Kamrava is a professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar. · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held the position of Supreme Leader of Iran. · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Howard Lutnick: U.S. Commerce Secretary. · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Piyush Goyal: India's Commerce Minister. · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Jayesh Ranjan: Senior IAS officer appointed to lead the digital governance reform committee in Telangana · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: President of the United States · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Emmanuel Macron: President of France · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Friedrich Merz: Chancellor of Germany · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Sir Keir Starmer: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Kristi Noem: Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Justice J.B. Koshy Commission:Commission tasked with reviewing Christian minority welfare in Kerala · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Benjamin Netanyahu: Prime Minister of Israel · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
District Election Officers: Responsible for providing hard copies of electoral rolls to political parties. · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Booth Level Officers (BLOs): Personnel who can be contacted by voters to verify names in the electoral roll. · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Sam Altman: CEO of OpenAI. · 28 Feb · GS3 · note
Akash Fundkar is the Labour Minister of Maharashtra. · 28 Feb · GS3 · note
Suresh L.M. is a plant pathologist from India · 28 Feb · GS3 · note
Bhupender Yadav is the Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister · 28 Feb · GS3 · note
Iwao Horii: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
Ashwini Vaishnaw is the Minister for Electronics and IT · 28 Feb · GS3 · note
Sam Altman: Chief of OpenAI · 28 Feb · GS3 · note
Donald Trump: Involved in ongoing negotiations/standoff regarding Iran's nuclear program. · 28 Feb · GS2 · note
The Department of Justice (DOJ) represents the administration's position in the lawsuit. · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
Jared Isaacman: NASA Administrator who announced the mission revisions. · 27 Feb · GS3 · note
CJI Surya Kant: Presiding over the petition challenging the SHANTI Act · 27 Feb · GS3 · note
Justice Lisa Gill: Currently a Judge at the Punjab and Haryana High Court. · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
The vaccination drive will be administered at designated government health facilities across India · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
Mark Carney: Prime Minister of Canada · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
OpenAI is enlisting mental health experts to refine reporting criteria · 27 Feb · GS3 · note
Marco Rubio: US Secretary of State · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
Prof. Chandra Pujari and Sangeeta Kattimanii: Economists commenting on regional industrial disparity · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
N. Siva Sankar headed the Pay Revision Commission (PRC) for Telangana. · 27 Feb · GS3 · note
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers: The Kolkata-based shipyard that built INS Anjadip. · 27 Feb · GS3 · note
Yogesh Raheja was the former Director of Raheja Developers. · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
V. Sivankutty: Kerala Education Minister · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
Howard Lutnick serves as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
Piyush Goyal is the Indian Trade Minister. · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
President Droupadi Murmu: Head of State of India. · 27 Feb · GS3 · note
Justice Lisa Gill: Transferred from Punjab and Haryana High Court to Andhra Pradesh High Court · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari: Proposed as Chief Justice of Madras High Court · 27 Feb · GS2 · note
Karnataka government has relaxed age eligibility criteria to address recruitment backlogs · 27 Feb · GS3 · note
Dario Amodei: CEO of Anthropic. · 27 Feb · GS3 · note
Sean Parnell: Pentagon chief spokesman. · 27 Feb · GS3 · note
D. Sridhar Babu: IT and Industries Minister of Telangana · 26 Feb · GS3 · note
Dr. D.K. Singh is a former scientist from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) · 26 Feb · GS3 · note
Manoj Kumar Agarwal is the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal. · 26 Feb · GS2 · note
Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan: Former Supreme Court judge appointed as chairperson of the Manipur violence inquiry commission. · 26 Feb · GS3 · note
Revanth Reddy: Chief Minister of Telangana. · 26 Feb · GS2 · note
Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India (CJI) · 26 Feb · GS2 · note
Anupama Singh: India's representative at the 61st UNHRC session · 26 Feb · GS2 · note
Supreme Court: Issued a warning of contempt for violations of the seizure order. · 26 Feb · GS2 · note
Rafael Grossi: Chief of the United Nations nuclear agency. · 26 Feb · GS2 · note
Howard Lutnick: U.S. Secretary of Commerce · 26 Feb · GS2 · note
Sergio Gor: U.S. Ambassador to India · 26 Feb · GS2 · note
Mike Fincke: Commander of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station (ISS). · 26 Feb · GS3 · note
Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India · 25 Feb · GS2 · note
K. Vijayraghavan: Former Principal Scientific Adviser included in the ISRO investigation panel · 25 Feb · GS3 · note
S. Somanath: Former ISRO Chairman included in the investigation panel · 25 Feb · GS3 · note
Jyotiraditya Scindia is the current Minister of Communications. · 25 Feb · GS3 · note
Gyanesh Kumar: Chief Election Commissioner of India. · 25 Feb · GS2 · note
Professors of Practice: New designation approved to enhance industry-academia collaboration · 25 Feb · GS2 · note
Wailadmiki Shylla is the Health Minister of Meghalaya. · 25 Feb · GS2 · note
G. Satheesh Reddy is the former Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). · 25 Feb · GS3 · note
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi: Chief of the Naval Staff attending the commissioning. · 25 Feb · GS3 · note
S. Srikantakantha Reddy is the Chief Conservator of Forest, Rajahmundry Wildlife Division · 25 Feb · GS3 · note
Siva Shankar Nayak and Subrat Majhi are Odisha Police officers with experience in anti-Naxal operations. · 24 Feb · GS3 · note
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Ltd. · 24 Feb · GS3 · note
Dakshayani Velayudhan: The only Dalit woman member of the Constituent Assembly of India · 24 Feb · GS1 · note
B Shivdhar Reddy is the Director General of Police (DGP) of Telangana · 24 Feb · GS3 · note
Dinesh Gundu Rao: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare · 24 Feb · GS2 · note
CJI Surya Kant: Presided over the Bench that closed the case on February 24, 2026. · 24 Feb · GS3 · note
Tippiri Thirupati (alias Devuji) is a Politburo Member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) · 24 Feb · GS3 · note
Supreme Court of India: The apex court that issued the notice on the EV infrastructure plea. · 24 Feb · GS2 · note
Ashwini Vaishnaw is the Minister of Information and Broadcasting · 24 Feb · GS3 · note
Kapil Sibal and C.K. Sasi: Senior advocates representing the State of Kerala in the Supreme Court. · 24 Feb · GS2 · note
Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister. · 24 Feb · GS2 · note
Yumnam Khemchand Singh: Chief Minister of Manipur. · 24 Feb · GS2 · note
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is responsible for the transport of the cheetahs to Gwalior Air Base. · 23 Feb · GS3 · note
Dinesh K Tripathi is the Chief of the Naval Staff presiding over the commissioning. · 23 Feb · GS3 · note
Eshwar Khandre: Forest Minister of the state. · 23 Feb · GS3 · note
Wendy Cutler is the senior vice-president at the Asia Society Policy Institute. · 23 Feb · GS2 · note
Shashidhar S. Kosambe: Chairperson of the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights · 23 Feb · GS2 · note
The Lok Sabha Speaker has the authority to constitute these groups. · 23 Feb · GS2 · note
Drugs Controller General of India: Rajeev Raghuvanshi · 23 Feb · GS2 · note
Vijay Sharma: Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh who acknowledged the surrender offer · 23 Feb · GS3 · note
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari: First and only Indian Governor General of independent India · 23 Feb · GS1 · note
Delhi High Court: The judicial body that delivered the ruling on homemaker labor. · 23 Feb · GS2 · note
Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India · 23 Feb · GS1 · note
Nirmala Sitharaman is the current Finance Minister of India. · 23 Feb · GS3 · note
V.P. Joy: Former Chief Secretary of Kerala · 23 Feb · GS2 · note
Union Ministries involved: Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Power. · 23 Feb · GS3 · note
MEA: Ministry of External Affairs is the nodal ministry for issuing travel advisories. · 23 Feb · GS2 · note
Archana Patnaik: Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu · 23 Feb · GS2 · note
Lim Chow Kiat: CEO of GIC (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation) · 23 Feb · GS3 · note
Tan Su Shan: CEO of DBS Group · 23 Feb · GS3 · note
Teo Chee Hean: Chairman of Temasek Holdings · 23 Feb · GS3 · note
Yao Wen: Ambassador of China to Bangladesh. · 22 Feb · GS2 · note
The statement was issued by the External Affairs Ministry spokesperson. · 22 Feb · GS2 · note
Chief Justice Sujoy Paul: Presiding judge of the Calcutta High Court. · 22 Feb · GS2 · note
Pranay Verma: India's High Commissioner in Dhaka · 22 Feb · GS2 · note
Alexander Proll is the State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery of Austria. · 22 Feb · GS2 · note
K. Rammohan Naidu: Union Minister for Civil Aviation. · 22 Feb · GS3 · note
Shabbir Ahmad Lone is identified as a former terrorist handler based in Bangladesh. · 22 Feb · GS3 · note
Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted AI use in blending tradition with technology for agricultural productivity · 22 Feb · GS3 · note
Sushanta Chowdhury is the Tripura Transport and Tourism Minister · 22 Feb · GS2 · note
Biram Wahge chairs the Regional Committee for Pakke Kessang. · 22 Feb · GS3 · note
Gita Gopinath: Former IMF Chief Economist. · 22 Feb · GS2 · note
Security agencies issued the alert regarding unauthorized satellite communication devices. · 22 Feb · GS3 · note
V. Balakista Reddy: Chairman of the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TGCHE). · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
P.W.C. Davidar is the advisor for the SimpleGov initiative. · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
Sujoy Paul: Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
C.P. Radhakrishnan: Vice President of India · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
Mike Waltz: US Ambassador · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
Ujjal Bhuyan: Judge of the Supreme Court of India · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
Aparesh Kumar Singh: Chief Justice of India · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
Sachith K.K. is the former panchayat president who presented the model. · 21 Feb · GS3 · note
Shantmanu: Appointed as the State Election Commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
Admiral Dinesh Tripathi: Chief of Naval Staff · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
Abbas Araqchi: Iran's Foreign Minister · 21 Feb · GS2 · note
Amitav Acharya is an international relations scholar. · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Nemcha Kipgen: First woman Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur · 20 Feb · GS3 · note
The committee is headed by the Deputy Registrar General of the Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. · 20 Feb · GS3 · note
General Upendra Dwivedi: Chief of the Army Staff (India) · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Lieutenant General Simon Stuart: Chief of Australian Army · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
G.R. Anil is the Food and Civil Supplies Minister of Kerala · 20 Feb · GS3 · note
Rathan U. Kelkar: Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Kristalina Georgieva: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) · 20 Feb · GS3 · note
Tarique Rahman: Prime Minister of Bangladesh · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Navinchandra Ramgoolam: Prime Minister of Mauritius · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Antonio Guterres: Secretary-General of the United Nations · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Poonam Gupta is the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) · 20 Feb · GS3 · note
Dharmendra Pradhan: Union Education Minister of India · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Judicial officers: Serving and retired officers to be deployed to hear voter appeals. · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Priyank Kharge is the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister of Karnataka. · 20 Feb · GS3 · note
B. Ashok serves as the Principal Secretary of the Agriculture department and Agricultural Production Commissioner in Kerala · 20 Feb · GS3 · note
Piyush Goyal is the Minister of Commerce and Industry of India · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Chief Justice of India: Surya Kant · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Harsh Sanghavi is the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: U.S. Secretary of State · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
President Droupadi Murmu reviewed the ships during the International Fleet Review · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Brent Christensen: US Ambassador to Bangladesh · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Tahir Andrabi is the spokesperson for Pakistan's Foreign Office. · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Khawaja Asif is the Defense Minister of Pakistan. · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
Firefighter: Proposed gender-neutral title for the department · 20 Feb · GS2 · note
K. Rajan is the Revenue Minister of Kerala. · 19 Feb · GS3 · note
Guy Parmelin: President of Switzerland · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Namgya Khampa represented India as Chargé d'affaires at the inaugural meeting. · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
The White Knight Corps is the Indian Army unit that responded to the infiltration. · 19 Feb · GS3 · note
Vipin Nair: Appointed as the nodal counsel for the suo motu reference by the Supreme Court. · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
D. Sridhar Babu: India's IT and Industries Minister · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Nezar Patria: Vice Minister for Communications and Digital Affairs of Indonesia · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd. (TCCIL) is the agency handling the helpline operations · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar: Governor of the state (implied context of meeting) · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
General Manoj Mukund Naravane (retd.) is a former chief of the Indian Army · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Antonio Guterres is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations. · 19 Feb · GS3 · note
Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti): Leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
The Supreme Court dismissed the petition as the matter was rendered moot by the publication of the rolls. · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India at the time of the Supreme Court stay. · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google · 19 Feb · GS3 · note
António Guterres: Secretary-General of the United Nations · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Emmanuel Macron, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Tshering Tobgay attended the summit as world leaders · 19 Feb · GS3 · note
Ashwini Vaishnaw is the Union Minister overseeing the IT and energy sectors. · 19 Feb · GS3 · note
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana: UN Under-Secretary-General and ESCAP executive secretary · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: Secretary of State (USA) · 19 Feb · GS2 · note
Chief Justice Surya Kant: Presiding judge of the Supreme Court during the proceedings. · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
R. Venkataramani: Attorney General of India. · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Anagani Satya Prasad: Minister for Revenue, Registration and Stamps in Andhra Pradesh. · 18 Feb · GS3 · note
N. Chandrababu Naidu: Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. · 18 Feb · GS3 · note
Nirmala Sitharaman: Finance Minister of India. · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Karur Vysya Bank (KVB): Funded the lab through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Anam Ramnarayana Reddy: Endowments Minister of Andhra Pradesh · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
P.P. Chaudhary is the chairperson of the JPC examining the simultaneous elections bill · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI · 18 Feb · GS3 · note
Dennis Hassabis is the CEO of Google DeepMind · 18 Feb · GS3 · note
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is in charge of the finance portfolio for the 17th Budget · 18 Feb · GS3 · note
Governor: Currently holds the role of Chancellor in many State universities as per the committee's critique. · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Gyanesh Kumar: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Sundar Pichai: CEO of Alphabet (Google's parent company) · 18 Feb · GS3 · note
The partnership was elevated during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Delhi. · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Demis Hassabis: CEO of Google DeepMind · 18 Feb · GS3 · note
Microsoft and Google are identified as major tech giants investing in India's AI infrastructure. · 18 Feb · GS3 · note
President Droupadi Murmu presided over the IFR event. · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
N. Sanjiva Reddi: Served as the President of India during the 1980 assembly dissolutions. · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Tarique Rahman: Newly sworn-in Prime Minister of Bangladesh · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Birla: Speaker of the Indian Parliament · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Antonio Guterres: Current UN Secretary-General · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting. · 18 Feb · GS3 · note
K.V. Sundaresa Iyer: Advocate who proposed immunity for communal customs to the Constituent Assembly · 18 Feb · GS2 · note
Rustem Umerov: Head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council. · 17 Feb · GS2 · note
Reciprocal Deployment Officers will be stationed at Indian Army and French Land Forces establishments. · 17 Feb · GS2 · note
Abbas Araqchi: Iranian Foreign Minister. · 17 Feb · GS2 · note
Samir V. Kamat: Chairman of DRDO and Secretary of Defence R&D. · 17 Feb · GS3 · note
Om Birla: Speaker of the Lok Sabha · 17 Feb · GS2 · note
The summit involves policymakers and tech executives from emerging economies. · 17 Feb · GS3 · note
Balaraman Ravindran: Expert appointed by Guterres for the International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence · 17 Feb · GS2 · note
Aloshious Xavier: President of Kerala Students' Union and petitioner in the PIL. · 17 Feb · GS2 · note
Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman are among the expected attendees from over 20 countries. · 17 Feb · GS3 · note
Suraj Mandhare: Agriculture Commissioner of Maharashtra · 17 Feb · GS3 · note
Admiral Samuel J. Paparo: Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command · 17 Feb · GS2 · note
Ajay Kumar Sood: Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India · 16 Feb · GS3 · note
K. Santhanam: A prominent voice during the Constituent Assembly deliberations who cautioned against excessive centralization. · 16 Feb · GS2 · note
Darpan Jain is the chief negotiator for the India-US trade deal · 16 Feb · GS3 · note
Nirmala Sitharaman: Union Finance Minister of India · 16 Feb · GS3 · note
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology · 16 Feb · GS2 · note
N. Kalaiselvi: Director General of CSIR · 16 Feb · GS3 · note
Soumya Swaminathan: Former Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization · 16 Feb · GS2 · note
C.V. Sridhar is the Mission Director of the Amaravati State Quantum Mission. · 16 Feb · GS3 · note
Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence of India · 16 Feb · GS2 · note
Catherine Vautrin: Minister of Defence of France · 16 Feb · GS2 · note
Gorang Goyal: An empanelled legal aid counsel with the New Delhi District Legal Services Authority. · 16 Feb · GS2 · note
Auxiliary Nurse Midwives are the designated personnel trained to administer the vaccine. · 16 Feb · GS2 · note
Rahman: Leader of the interim government of Bangladesh · 16 Feb · GS2 · note
Ministry for New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is the nodal ministry for solar subsidies · 16 Feb · GS3 · note
David Lammy: Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · 16 Feb · GS2 · note
Abbas Araghchi: Iran's Foreign Minister · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Rafael Grossi: Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Admiral Samuel J. Paparo: Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDO-PACOM) · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: U.S. Secretary of State as of February 2026 · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Supreme Court: Directed FSSAI to respond within four weeks · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Danasari Anasuya is the Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development in Telangana. · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Nandini Chakraborty: Chief Secretary of West Bengal · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Tarique Rahman: Leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Maxim Oreshkin: Deputy Chief of the Kremlin staff and economic aide to President Putin · 15 Feb · GS3 · note
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner: US envoys expected at Geneva talks · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
R.S. Chauhan: Retired High Court Judge appointed as head of the judicial probe. · 15 Feb · GS3 · note
Himanta Biswa Sarma: Chief Minister of Assam. · 15 Feb · GS3 · note
Andrii Sybiha is the Foreign Minister of Ukraine · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
S. Jaishankar is the External Affairs Minister of India · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Paul Kapur: Assistant Secretary of State (USA) · 15 Feb · GS2 · note
Piyush Goyal is the Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry. · 14 Feb · GS3 · note
Samir V. Kamat: Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) · 14 Feb · GS3 · note
Jitendra Singh: Union Minister of State for Science and Technology · 14 Feb · GS3 · note
IPS: Indian Police Service officers are currently being reviewed for deputation levels to CAPFs · 14 Feb · GS3 · note
S. Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs of India · 14 Feb · GS2 · note
Payyavula Keshav: Finance Minister of Andhra Pradesh · 14 Feb · GS3 · note
Pinarayi Vijayan: Chief Minister of Kerala. · 14 Feb · GS3 · note
VAdm Curt A. Renshaw: Commander of CMF and U.S. NAVCEN/U.S. Fifth Fleet. · 14 Feb · GS2 · note
Surya Kant: Served as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) as of February 2026. · 14 Feb · GS2 · note
Nicolas Maduro: Former President of Venezuela. · 14 Feb · GS3 · note
Pandey: Current Chief of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). · 14 Feb · GS3 · note
S. Krishnan: Secretary at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). · 14 Feb · GS3 · note
The MoU was signed in the presence of Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin. · 13 Feb · GS3 · note
DGP: The highest-ranking police officer in a state, also serving as the Head of Police Force (HoPF). · 13 Feb · GS2 · note
Muhammad Yunus: The figure who delivered on the promise of holding elections in Bangladesh. · 13 Feb · GS2 · note
The CJI and High Court Chief Justices are the authorized bodies to receive and handle complaints against judges. · 13 Feb · GS2 · note
Anil Chauhan: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India · 13 Feb · GS2 · note
Indranil Sinha is the invited expert leading the training program. · 13 Feb · GS3 · note
Sheikh Hasina: Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh · 13 Feb · GS2 · note
Crew-12 Mission Commander: Jessica Meir (NASA). · 13 Feb · GS3 · note
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: Central body overseeing medical admissions · 13 Feb · GS2 · note
Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi is identified as a JeM leader who established a women-only wing. · 13 Feb · GS3 · note
Nandan Nilekani is the Founding Chairman of UIDAI (Aadhaar) · 13 Feb · GS3 · note
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan is the Chairperson of MSSRF · 13 Feb · GS3 · note
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Rajya Sabha regarding India's foreign policy. · 13 Feb · GS2 · note
The white paper was authored by Prof Sangeeta Khorana, Prof Pawan Budhwar, and Manish Tiwari · 12 Feb · GS2 · note
S. Paul Kapur: Assistant Secretary of State in the United States · 12 Feb · GS2 · note
Tufan Erginbilgic: CEO of Rolls-Royce · 12 Feb · GS3 · note
Sarita Yolmo: First woman TTE on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway · 12 Feb · GS1 · note
Dharmendra Pradhan: Union Education Minister overseeing the AI integration initiative. · 12 Feb · GS3 · note
R.V. Karnan is the Commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. · 11 Feb · GS2 · note
Pradeep Rawat: Indian Ambassador to China · 11 Feb · GS2 · note
David Perdue: U.S. Ambassador to China · 11 Feb · GS2 · note
Vikram Misri: India's Foreign Secretary · 11 Feb · GS2 · note
Ma Zhaoxu: China's Executive Vice Foreign Minister · 11 Feb · GS2 · note
Foreign Secretary: The highest-ranking civil servant in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). · 10 Feb · GS2 · note
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is the primary body expanding China's blue-water fleet and shipbuilding capacity. · 10 Feb · GS2 · note
B. Manikuttan: Soldier entitled to disability pension by Kerala High Court · 10 Feb · GS3 · note
Ajit Lal: Appointed as the Northeast Adviser to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs · 10 Feb · GS3 · note
Gen Maruli Simanjantak is the army chief of staff of Indonesia. · 10 Feb · GS2 · note
Narendra Jadhav: Head of the eight-member committee on three-language formula in Maharashtra · 10 Feb · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: President of the United States (as of Feb 2026). · 9 Feb · GS2 · note
R. Bindu is the Higher Education Minister of Kerala. · 9 Feb · GS2 · note
Nikolaos-Georgios Dendias: Minister of National Defence of Greece · 9 Feb · GS2 · note
Surya Kant served as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) during the proceedings. · 9 Feb · GS2 · note
P. Swaroop: State Industries Commissioner of Gujarat. · 9 Feb · GS3 · note
Vikram Misri is the Foreign Secretary of India · 9 Feb · GS2 · note
CBI: Directed to identify digital arrest cases and seek state sanctions for investigations · 9 Feb · GS3 · note
The merger proposal was initiated by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget speech. · 9 Feb · GS3 · note
Kapil Sibal: Senior advocate representing the parties in the privacy policy case. · 9 Feb · GS2 · note
Elon Musk: Leader of SpaceX · 9 Feb · GS3 · note
Department of Space is the primary body for India's space research and astronomy · 9 Feb · GS3 · note
Thanya Nathan: First visually impaired woman judge in Kerala · 8 Feb · GS2 · note
Nikos Dendias: Greek Defence Minister · 8 Feb · GS2 · note
The platform falls under the aegis of the Ministry of Cooperation · 8 Feb · GS3 · note
Mr. Doval: India's National Security Advisor · 8 Feb · GS2 · note
Ms. Drouin: Canada's National Security Advisor · 8 Feb · GS2 · note
AMMOI: Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers Organisation of India · 8 Feb · GS3 · note
N. Muruganandam: Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu. · 8 Feb · GS2 · note
Supriya Sahu: Environment and Forests Secretary of Tamil Nadu. · 8 Feb · GS2 · note
Veterinary teams are responsible for conducting surveillance and establishing rapid response teams for suspected cases. · 8 Feb · GS3 · note
General Upendra Dwivedi is the current Chief of the Army Staff (Army Chief). · 8 Feb · GS3 · note
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Union Minister for Information Technology, Electronics, Railways, and Information & Broadcasting · 7 Feb · GS3 · note
Thaawarchand Gehlot: Governor of Karnataka who lauded the policy · 7 Feb · GS2 · note
United States Trade Representative: The body responsible for sharing the map and trade agreement · 7 Feb · GS2 · note
Krishna Byre Gowda is the Revenue Minister who launched the software. · 7 Feb · GS1 · note
Gajula Adenna: State Information Commissioner who launched the initiative · 7 Feb · GS3 · note
Dinesh Gooli Gowda serves as the State Guarantee Authority vice-chairman. · 7 Feb · GS2 · note
Anwar Ibrahim: Prime Minister of Malaysia · 7 Feb · GS2 · note
Sheikh Nahyan: Leader of the UAE. · 7 Feb · GS2 · note
V.K. Saraswat is a member of NITI Aayog. · 7 Feb · GS3 · note
Ashwini Vaishnaw is the Union Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting. · 7 Feb · GS3 · note
President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Black Swan Summit India 2026 · 7 Feb · GS2 · note
Ursula von der Leyen: President of the European Commission · 7 Feb · GS2 · note
SFC: Strategic Forces Command is the body responsible for the missile launch. · 7 Feb · GS3 · note
Abbas Araghchi: Foreign Minister of Iran · 6 Feb · GS2 · note
Steve Witkoff: US envoy participating in Oman talks · 6 Feb · GS2 · note
Admiral Brad Cooper: Head of the US Central Command · 6 Feb · GS2 · note
B.N.N. Murthy is the Chief Conservator of Forests of Rajahmundry · 6 Feb · GS3 · note
Amit Shah: Union Home Minister of India · 6 Feb · GS3 · note
Dmitry Peskov: Spokesperson for the Kremlin. · 6 Feb · GS2 · note
S Jaishankar: India's External Affairs Minister · 6 Feb · GS2 · note
B.V.R. Subrahmanyam is the CEO of NITI Aayog. · 6 Feb · GS3 · note
Omar Abdullah: Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir · 6 Feb · GS2 · note
Y. Khemchand Singh: Chief Minister of Manipur as of February 2026 · 6 Feb · GS2 · note
EMBRACE: A CSR initiative focused on multi-disciplinary and broader radio applications for community empowerment. · 6 Feb · GS3 · note
Gyanesh Kumar: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) · 5 Feb · GS2 · note
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi: Election Commissioners · 5 Feb · GS2 · note
Steve Witkoff served as Donald Trump’s special envoy for the peace talks. · 5 Feb · GS2 · note
GE Aerospace: Supplier of engines for the Tejas Mk-1A aircraft · 5 Feb · GS3 · note
Randhir Jaiswal serves as the spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). · 5 Feb · GS2 · note
Piyush Goyal: Serving as the Commerce Minister of India. · 5 Feb · GS2 · note
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant: Presided over the bench that overturned the High Court's order. · 5 Feb · GS2 · note
Yumnam Khemchand Singh: Sworn in as the Chief Minister of Manipur in February 2026 · 4 Feb · GS2 · note
Sonam Wangchuk: Climate activist detained following violence in Leh city. · 4 Feb · GS3 · note
Prof. S. Sadagopan: Former director of the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB). · 4 Feb · GS2 · note
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin is the former head of Britain's armed forces · 4 Feb · GS2 · note
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: President of Ukraine · 4 Feb · GS2 · note
Dr. Santhosh Kumar S.S. is the director of the UN emergency medical team in Gaza · 4 Feb · GS2 · note
Nirmala Sitharaman: Union Finance Minister · 4 Feb · GS3 · note
Ishaq Dar: Pakistan's deputy prime minister and foreign minister · 4 Feb · GS2 · note
Abbas Araghchi: Iranian foreign minister · 4 Feb · GS2 · note
Steve Witkoff: US envoy · 4 Feb · GS2 · note
Lyonpo Gem Tshering is the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Bhutan. · 4 Feb · GS2 · note
Rajesh Kumar Singh: Defence Secretary of India · 3 Feb · GS3 · note
Samir V. Kamat: Chairman of DRDO and Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development. · 3 Feb · GS3 · note
Ajit Doval holds the position of National Security Advisor (NSA). · 3 Feb · GS3 · note
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Union Minister of Railways. · 3 Feb · GS3 · note
Sonam Wangchuk: A climate activist currently in detention in Ladakh. · 3 Feb · GS3 · note
Chief Justice Surya Kant presided over the oral observations regarding consumer data privacy. · 3 Feb · GS3 · note
Key actors: President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. · 3 Feb · GS2 · note
Sarfraz Bugti: The Chief Minister of Balochistan. · 3 Feb · GS3 · note
Rajnath Singh is the current Defence Minister of India · 2 Feb · GS3 · note
Jitendra Singh: Minister of State for Science and Technology · 2 Feb · GS3 · note
India and Afghanistan: Countries that have rejected Pakistan's claims of foreign involvement in the BLA's activities. · 2 Feb · GS2 · note
Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi: Bench presiding over the petition · 2 Feb · GS2 · note
Supreme Court: The apex court which noted that census exercises are regulated by existing laws and established mechanisms. · 2 Feb · GS2 · note
Trump administration: Implementing immigration and trade policy shifts · 2 Feb · GS2 · note
Nirmala Sitharaman served as the Finance Minister presenting the budget. · 2 Feb · GS3 · note
Rajnath Singh: Union Minister of Defence · 1 Feb · GS3 · note
V. Sivankutty is the General Education Minister of Kerala. · 1 Feb · GS2 · note
The Finance Minister emphasized policy consistency as a driver for manufacturing growth. · 1 Feb · GS3 · note
Kirill Dmitriev: Top envoy for Vladimir Putin who held talks with US officials in Florida. · 1 Feb · GS2 · note
Sikha Surendran: Director of Kerala Tourism · 1 Feb · GS2 · note
Preeja Rajan: UN Women State Coordinator · 1 Feb · GS2 · note
Christina Z. Chongthu: Telangana Health Secretary · 1 Feb · GS2 · note
Varsen Aghabekian Shahin: Palestinian Foreign Minister of State · 1 Feb · GS2 · note

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