Persons & Appointments in News — April 2026

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

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Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence of India · 30 Apr · GS2 · note
Guido Crosetto: Minister of Defence of Italy · 30 Apr · GS2 · note
S. Sadagopan: Former director of IIIT-B and head of the Expert Committee · 30 Apr · GS2 · note
Vinai Kumar Saxena: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh who welcomed the relics · 30 Apr · GS1 · note
S. Krishnan: Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). · 29 Apr · GS3 · note
Xu Zewei: Chinese national accused of state-backed hacking. · 28 Apr · GS2 · note
Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari: Chief Justice of the Madras High Court · 28 Apr · GS2 · note
Govind Mohan: Union Home Secretary · 28 Apr · GS3 · note
Abbas Araghchi: Iran's Foreign Minister. · 28 Apr · GS2 · note
Dinesh Trivedi: Appointed as India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh · 27 Apr · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: President of the United States (as of April 2026). · 27 Apr · GS2 · note
Lovelock is the CIO of IBM. · 27 Apr · GS3 · note
Vinai Kumar Saxena: The current Lieutenant-Governor of Ladakh. · 26 Apr · GS3 · note
Baraguru Ramachandrappa: Head of the committee making the recommendations · 26 Apr · GS2 · note
Piyush Goyal is the Commerce Minister of India. · 26 Apr · GS3 · note
Todd McClay is the New Zealand Minister for Trade & Investment. · 26 Apr · GS3 · note
NASA is the primary US government agency for space exploration. · 26 Apr · GS3 · note
Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India (as of April 2026) · 26 Apr · GS2 · note
Preferred enumerators include teachers and local officials familiar with the area. · 25 Apr · GS2 · note
Ashok Kumar Lahiri: Appointed as Vice-Chairperson of Niti Aayog in April 2026 · 25 Apr · GS3 · note
Alexander De Croo: Administrator of the UNDP · 25 Apr · GS2 · note
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner: US envoys dispatched for Iran negotiations · 25 Apr · GS2 · note
Pete Hegseth: US Secretary of Defense · 25 Apr · GS2 · note
Aishwarya Bhati is the Additional Solicitor General of India. · 24 Apr · GS2 · note
Adrian Monck: Senior adviser on AI and technology to the United Nations · 24 Apr · GS3 · note
Abbas Araghchi: Foreign Minister of Iran · 24 Apr · GS2 · note
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner: US envoys sent for nuclear program talks · 24 Apr · GS2 · note
Meta's policy: Automatic removal of content flagged through the Sahyog portal even if legally improper. · 24 Apr · GS3 · note
Gyanesh Kumar served as the Chief Election Commissioner during the 2026 elections. · 23 Apr · GS2 · note
Justice Lisa Gill: Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court as of April 25, 2026 · 23 Apr · GS2 · note
Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad: Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN · 23 Apr · GS2 · note
Jiang Zaidong: Ambassador of China present at the meeting with PM Shehbaz Sharif · 23 Apr · GS2 · note
Solicitor General: Tushar Mehta appeared on behalf of the ED before the Supreme Court. · 23 Apr · GS2 · note
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: President of Ukraine · 23 Apr · GS2 · note
Karambir Singh Nalwa was appointed as the Special Public Prosecutor for the trial. · 23 Apr · GS3 · note
Justice Bela M. Trivedi is the chairperson of the MWDT · 23 Apr · GS3 · note
P.A. Suresh Babu: Distinguished Scientist of the Department of Atomic Energy and former Director (HR) of NPCIL · 23 Apr · GS3 · note
Mukesh Mangal: Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. · 22 Apr · GS2 · note
Asim Munir is the Army Chief of Pakistan. · 22 Apr · GS2 · note
Rajnath Singh: Union Minister of Defence of India · 22 Apr · GS2 · note
Francesca Albanese: UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories · 20 Apr · GS2 · note
Shehbaz Sharif: Prime Minister of Pakistan mediating the conflict · 20 Apr · GS2 · note
Vikram Misri: India's Foreign Secretary · 19 Apr · GS2 · note
The evacuation was coordinated by the Indian embassy in Iran. · 19 Apr · GS2 · note
C.P. Radhakrishnan: Vice-President of India · 19 Apr · GS2 · note
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: Iran's parliament speaker and senior negotiator · 18 Apr · GS2 · note
Eshwar B. Khandre is the Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment. · 18 Apr · GS3 · note
Vikram Misri: Serving as India's Foreign Secretary. · 18 Apr · GS2 · note
Shabir Shah: Chief of the banned Democratic Freedom Party · 18 Apr · GS3 · note
Abhay S. Oka: Retired Supreme Court Judge · 18 Apr · GS3 · note
Govind Mohan: Union Home Secretary who emphasized inter-agency coordination for coastal security. · 18 Apr · GS3 · note
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare guided the consultation · 17 Apr · GS2 · note
Andrew Bailey: Governor of the Bank of England. · 17 Apr · GS3 · note
Harivansh: Elected as Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha · 17 Apr · GS2 · note
Ranjan Gogoi: Former Chief Justice of India whose retirement created the vacancy · 17 Apr · GS2 · note
Valdis Dombrovskis is the Economy Commissioner of the European Union. · 17 Apr · GS2 · note
The ceasefire was brokered by US President Donald Trump. · 16 Apr · GS2 · note
Candidates or their authorized representatives and general observers are permitted to witness the commissioning process. · 16 Apr · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: US President (as of April 2026). · 16 Apr · GS2 · note
Asim Munir, Pakistan army chief, arrived in Tehran for mediation · 16 Apr · GS2 · note
The petition was signed by 488 advocates from across India · 16 Apr · GS2 · note
Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi is the commander of the Iranian armed forces' operational headquarters. · 15 Apr · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: US Secretary of State · 15 Apr · GS2 · note
Rajnath Singh: India's Defence Minister · 14 Apr · GS2 · note
Boris Pistorius: Germany's Defence Minister · 14 Apr · GS2 · note
Yogi Adityanath: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. · 14 Apr · GS1 · note
A. Revanth Reddy: Chief Minister of Telangana · 14 Apr · GS1 · note
Ponnam Prabhakar: Transport Minister of Telangana · 14 Apr · GS1 · note
Marco Rubio: Serving as the US Secretary of State as of April 2026. · 14 Apr · GS2 · note
Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India as of the court's consideration of the petition · 13 Apr · GS2 · note
Blue Origin: A private space exploration company founded by Jeff Bezos. · 13 Apr · GS3 · note
Karthik Raman is the principal investigator leading the development of India's first quantum computer. · 13 Apr · GS3 · note
Mark Hammond: Chief of the Navy of Australia. · 13 Apr · GS2 · note
JD Vance served as the Vice President during the failed negotiations. · 13 Apr · GS2 · note
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is the nodal ministry for India's foreign relations · 12 Apr · GS2 · note
Jared Isaacman: Administrator of NASA. · 12 Apr · GS3 · note
S. Jaishankar: India's External Affairs Minister · 12 Apr · GS2 · note
JD Vance: Vice President of the United States · 12 Apr · GS2 · note
Jared Isaacman: Appointed by President Trump to lead NASA. · 12 Apr · GS3 · note
Prakash Gupta serves as the Consul General of India in Seattle · 12 Apr · GS2 · note
JD Vance: Serving as the US Vice President leading the delegation. · 11 Apr · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: Criticized the UK-Mauritius deal as an 'act of total weakness'. · 11 Apr · GS2 · note
Chris Wright: U.S. Energy Secretary · 11 Apr · GS2 · note
S. Jaishankar: External Affairs Minister of India · 10 Apr · GS2 · note
Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas · 10 Apr · GS2 · note
V. Sivankutty is the Minister for General Education in Kerala. · 10 Apr · GS2 · note
Gyanesh Kumar serves as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India. · 10 Apr · GS2 · note
Jane Kaushik: A transgender teacher who appealed to the Supreme Court regarding employment discrimination. · 10 Apr · GS2 · note
Navdeep Rinwa serves as the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh · 10 Apr · GS2 · note
Mojtaba Khamenei: The Supreme Leader of Iran. · 10 Apr · GS2 · note
Chief Justice Surya Kant presided over the ruling regarding temple rituals. · 10 Apr · GS1 · note
JD Vance is the Vice President of the United States. · 9 Apr · GS2 · note
Reuven Azar: Israeli ambassador to India. · 9 Apr · GS2 · note
Pakistan: Acted as the mediator/broker for the ceasefire between Iran and the US-Israel coalition. · 9 Apr · GS2 · note
Eshwar Khandre: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment in Karnataka · 9 Apr · GS3 · note
Vikram Misri: Current Foreign Secretary of India · 9 Apr · GS2 · note
Meril Life Sciences is the developer of the robotic platform used for the surgery. · 9 Apr · GS3 · note
S. Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs, India · 8 Apr · GS2 · note
Khalilur Rahman: Foreign Minister of Bangladesh · 8 Apr · GS2 · note
Humayun Kobir: Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh · 8 Apr · GS2 · note
Droupadi Murmu: President of India · 8 Apr · GS2 · note
Justice Biswanath Rath: Retired Orissa High Court judge heading the Odisha State Law Commission · 8 Apr · GS1 · note
Prof Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick is the lead author of the Australian National University study. · 8 Apr · GS3 · note
Anthropic: A San Francisco-based AI startup · 8 Apr · GS3 · note
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta represented the Union government in the matter. · 8 Apr · GS2 · note
Asim Munir is the current army chief of Pakistan. · 8 Apr · GS2 · note
Pakistan acted as the mediator for the ceasefire between Israel and Iran. · 8 Apr · GS2 · note
Charalambos Antoniades is a professor of cardiovascular medicine at Oxford University. · 8 Apr · GS3 · note
Keir Starmer: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. · 8 Apr · GS2 · note
Yvette Cooper: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom. · 8 Apr · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: US President who announced the suspension of bombing attacks. · 7 Apr · GS2 · note
Seyed Abbas Araghchi: Iran's Foreign Minister who confirmed the tentative agreement. · 7 Apr · GS2 · note
Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir: Pakistani leaders credited for mediating the settlement. · 7 Apr · GS2 · note
Christiana Figueres: Former UN climate chief and co-chair of the Lancet Commission on sea-level rise health impacts · 7 Apr · GS3 · note
Samir V Kamat: Chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) · 7 Apr · GS3 · note
Marcos Orellana: UN special rapporteur on toxics and human rights · 7 Apr · GS2 · note
Humayun Kobir: Foreign Affairs Adviser of Bangladesh. · 6 Apr · GS2 · note
Pranay Verma: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh. · 6 Apr · GS2 · note
Christina Koch is the first woman and Victor Glover is the first person of color on the Artemis II mission. · 6 Apr · GS3 · note
Amar Preet Singh: Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) · 6 Apr · GS2 · note
Vinay Mohan Kwatra: Indian Ambassador to the United States · 6 Apr · GS2 · note
Samuel J. Paparo: Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command · 6 Apr · GS2 · note
Elbridge Colby: U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy · 6 Apr · GS2 · note
Al-Hakim-Sukoor is identified as an alleged handler from Pakistan. · 6 Apr · GS3 · note
Michel Danino, Suparna Divakar, and Alok Prasanna Kumar were blacklisted by the Supreme Court. · 6 Apr · GS2 · note
S. Irudaya Rajan is the Chair of the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD). · 6 Apr · GS3 · note
Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India · 5 Apr · GS3 · note
Director-General of Police (DGP): The highest-ranking officer in a state's police force. · 5 Apr · GS2 · note
Police Commissioner Rashmi Perumal issued warnings against illegal sand transportation · 5 Apr · GS3 · note
Crew members: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch (NASA), and Jeremy Hansen (Canadian Space Agency). · 5 Apr · GS3 · note
The policy mandates human oversight and verification for all judicial decisions. · 5 Apr · GS3 · note
Laxminarayan Tripathi: Activist who spearheaded the fight for transgender rights in India · 4 Apr · GS2 · note
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the plan ahead of the 2029 general election. · 4 Apr · GS2 · note
Justice B.V. Nagarathna: Judge of the Supreme Court of India · 4 Apr · GS2 · note
S. Krishnan: Secretary of the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology · 4 Apr · GS3 · note
Rafael Grossi: Director General of the IAEA · 4 Apr · GS2 · note
V. Narayanan: Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) · 4 Apr · GS3 · note
Piyush Goyal is the Commerce and Industry Minister. · 4 Apr · GS3 · note
Denis Manturov: Deputy Prime Minister of Russia · 3 Apr · GS2 · note
IAF Institute of Aerospace Medicine: Partnered with ISRO for the high-altitude study in Leh. · 3 Apr · GS3 · note
Rajasthan High Court: The judicial body that modified the ruling on transgender rights. · 3 Apr · GS2 · note
António Guterres: Secretary-General of the United Nations · 3 Apr · GS2 · note
Denis Manturov: First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government · 3 Apr · GS2 · note
Piyush Goyal serves as the Commerce and Industry Minister of India. · 3 Apr · GS3 · note
Pete Hegseth: US Defense Secretary · 3 Apr · GS2 · note
Artemis II crew: Comprises three American astronauts and one Canadian astronaut. · 3 Apr · GS3 · note
Deepam Seth: Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttarakhand · 2 Apr · GS3 · note
Rajeshwar Singh is the Election Commissioner of Rajasthan. · 2 Apr · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: President of the United States. · 2 Apr · GS2 · note
Yvette Cooper: UK Foreign Secretary chairing the meeting. · 2 Apr · GS2 · note
Jitendra Singh: Union Minister of State for Personnel · 2 Apr · GS2 · note
Raja Ravi Varma: 19th-century Indian painter known for depicting mythological subjects. · 2 Apr · GS1 · note
Louis Mosley: Head of Palantir for UK and Europe. · 2 Apr · GS2 · note
Jeremy Hansen: Canadian Space Agency astronaut participating in the Artemis II mission. · 2 Apr · GS3 · note
Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Launched the initiative to align civil services with the 'Viksit Bharat' goal. · 2 Apr · GS2 · note
Piyush Goyal: Commerce and Industry Minister who supported the bill. · 1 Apr · GS2 · note
Youssef Hashem: Identified as a senior Hezbollah commander killed in the attacks. · 1 Apr · GS2 · note
Reid Wiseman: Mission Commander for Artemis II. · 1 Apr · GS3 · note

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