Persons & Appointments in News — September 2026

1. Narendra Modi sought help from Vladimir Putin in July 2024 regarding these recruits · 30 Sept · GS2 · note
2. The meeting is chaired by the Defence Secretary of India. · 30 Sept · GS2 · note
3. State Home Minister: One of the primary leads of the high-powered committee. · 30 Sept · GS2 · note
4. Advocate General: The state's highest law officer who represented the government in the Kerala High Court. · 30 Sept · GS2 · note
5. Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India · 30 Sept · GS2 · note
6. O.P. Rawat: Former Chief Election Commissioner of India · 30 Sept · GS2 · note
7. Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Dario Amodei: AI leaders involved in the voluntary commitment · 30 Sept · GS3 · note
8. Atul Kumar Tiwari is leading the committee to review bus fare hikes in Karnataka · 30 Sept · GS3 · note
9. Signatories included Sundar Pichai, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, and Jensen Huang · 30 Sept · GS2 · note
10. Omar Yaghi: Saudi national and professor at UC Berkeley who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. · 30 Sept · GS3 · note
11. Ashish Kumar Chauhan is the CEO of NSE · 30 Sept · GS3 · note
12. S. Chockalingam is the Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra · 30 Sept · GS2 · note
13. Gyanesh Kumar is the Chief Election Commissioner of India · 30 Sept · GS2 · note
14. Alibaba, DeepSeek, and Moonshot are identified as Chinese companies whose AI agents were reviewed. · 30 Sept · GS3 · note
15. Dario Amodei: CEO of Anthropic who advocated for pacing AI development. · 30 Sept · GS3 · note
16. C. Rajagopalachari (CR) served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu during this period. · 30 Sept · GS1 · note
17. Manoj Panayamthatta Rayaroth is an Assistant Professor at GITAM School of Science · 30 Sept · GS3 · note
18. A.A. Rahim: Member of the Rajya Sabha · 30 Sept · GS3 · note
19. Randhir Jaiswal served as the spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) during the briefing. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
20. Meena Gupta: Retired IAS officer and former Secretary in Environment and Tribal Affairs Ministries · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
21. P.K. Kunhalikutty: Minister for Industries, IT and AI. · 29 Sept · GS3 · note
22. Indian delegation led by a senior MEA official · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
23. Sanae Takaichi: Prime Minister of Japan during the July 2026 visit. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
24. Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka: The head of the state's highest judicial authority. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
25. Rajnath Singh serves as the Defence Minister of India. · 29 Sept · GS3 · note
26. Tarique Rahman: Prime Minister of Bangladesh · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
27. Dinesh Trivedi: India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
28. Humaiun Kobir: State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
29. IRGC: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an Iranian military organization. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
30. Jason Kwon: Chief Strategy Officer at OpenAI facing questions from the Australian parliament. · 29 Sept · GS3 · note
31. S. Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs of India. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
32. Pravin Darekar: BJP legislator who moved the breach of privilege notice · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
33. Fei-Fei Li: Chief Scientist at AMD following the World Labs acquisition · 29 Sept · GS3 · note
34. Priyank Kanoongo: Presiding member of the NHRC at the time of the notice. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
35. Nandan Nilekani: Head of the high-powered task force tasked with recommending reforms for the exam system. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
36. Piyush Goyal: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry of India. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
37. Gyanesh Kumar is the Chief Election Commissioner of India as of September 2026. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
38. U.T. Khader is the Health Minister of Karnataka. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
39. J.P. Nadda is the Union Health Minister. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
40. Chief Justice Surya Kant: Presiding judge of the Supreme Court bench on the CBSE matter. · 29 Sept · GS2 · note
41. General Dhiraj Seth served as the Chief of the Army Staff during the 2026 summit. · 29 Sept · GS3 · note
42. CEMILAC: The body responsible for certifying the engine before integration into Ghatak or other platforms · 29 Sept · GS3 · note
43. Jared Isaacman: NASA Administrator who acknowledged the orbital readiness for the Artemis program. · 29 Sept · GS3 · note
44. Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Union Agriculture Minister · 28 Sept · GS3 · note
45. Rajnath Singh: Union Minister of Defence addressing the conference · 28 Sept · GS2 · note
46. Amit Shah serves as the Union Home Minister of India. · 28 Sept · GS3 · note
47. RK Singh: Minister of Defence (as of September 2026) · 28 Sept · GS3 · note
48. The dialogue involves Indian and Japanese Foreign and Defence Ministers · 28 Sept · GS2 · note
49. RK Singh is the current Defence Secretary of India. · 28 Sept · GS3 · note
50. Jared Speck and Tristan Buckmaster: mathematicians who criticized OpenAI's methodology. · 28 Sept · GS3 · note
51. Sam Altman: CEO of OpenAI who acknowledged delays in addressing AI security issues. · 28 Sept · GS3 · note
52. Justice JB Pardiwala: Presiding judge in the Supreme Court's suo motu cognizance of Delhi rape cases · 28 Sept · GS3 · note
53. Dario Amodei: CEO of Anthropic · 28 Sept · GS2 · note
54. Admiral Krishna Swaminathan: Chief of the Indian Navy. · 28 Sept · GS3 · note
55. Vikram Misri: Current Foreign Secretary of India · 28 Sept · GS2 · note
56. Marco Rubio: U.S. Secretary of State · 28 Sept · GS2 · note
57. Allison Hooker: U.S. Undersecretary · 28 Sept · GS2 · note
58. Bill Gates: Called for federal legislation to regulate AI due to insufficient self-regulation. · 28 Sept · GS3 · note
59. General NS Raja Subramani is the Chief of Defence Staff · 27 Sept · GS3 · note
60. Denis Alipov: The Russian Ambassador to India as of September 2026. · 27 Sept · GS2 · note
61. General NS Raja Subramani: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) · 27 Sept · GS3 · note
62. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi served as Election Commissioners during the Delhi SIR process. · 27 Sept · GS2 · note
63. Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India · 27 Sept · GS2 · note
64. S. Jaishankar serves as India's External Affairs Minister. · 27 Sept · GS2 · note
65. Sergey Lavrov: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia · 27 Sept · GS2 · note
66. Justice Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India as of September 2026. · 27 Sept · GS2 · note
67. Seyed Abbas Araghchi: Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister · 26 Sept · GS2 · note
68. Mandeep Bhandari appointed as Chairperson of CBSE · 26 Sept · GS2 · note
69. Petal Gahlot: First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN · 26 Sept · GS2 · note
70. Ranjana Desai: Retired Supreme Court judge heading the Maharashtra UCC committee · 26 Sept · GS1 · note
71. Donald Trump: President of the United States. · 26 Sept · GS2 · note
72. Volodymyr Zelensky: President of Ukraine. · 26 Sept · GS2 · note
73. Elon Musk and Sam Altman: Key figures supporting the initiative for space-based computing · 25 Sept · GS3 · note
74. The Australian Prime Minister expressed concern over the lack of transparency in the notification process. · 24 Sept · GS3 · note
75. Pema Khandu: Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh · 24 Sept · GS3 · note
76. Marco Rubio: Serving as the US Secretary of State. · 24 Sept · GS2 · note
77. Sergey Lavrov: Serving as the Russian Foreign Minister. · 24 Sept · GS2 · note
78. Marco Rubio: US Secretary of State · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
79. Sergei Lavrov: Russian Foreign Minister · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
80. Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukrainian President · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
81. Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood (retired) is the first secretary-general of the pact. · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
82. Wes Streeting: UK Defence Secretary · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
83. Chief Justice Surya Kant is the current presiding authority for the referral decision. · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
84. Steve Witkoff: Appointed as the US special envoy for the talks. · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
85. S. Jaishankar: India's External Affairs Minister · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
86. Andrii Sybiha: Ukraine's Foreign Minister · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
87. Randhir Jaiswal: Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
88. Recep Tayyip Erdogan: President of Turkey · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
89. UK military aircraft deployment: Requested by Saudi Arabia for refueling fighter jets on defensive missions. · 23 Sept · GS2 · note
90. Mohammed bin Salman: Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. · 22 Sept · GS2 · note
91. AWS: Partnering with TBC to provide access to biological-based AI models to select customers · 22 Sept · GS3 · note
92. The Union Council of Ministers is chaired by the Prime Minister. · 22 Sept · GS2 · note
93. Asad Alam Siam: Bangladesh's Foreign Secretary and incoming High Commissioner to India · 22 Sept · GS2 · note
94. M Riaz Hamidullah: Outgoing High Commissioner to India, moving to Geneva as Permanent Representative to the UN · 22 Sept · GS2 · note
95. Alexander Avi Davidson: The first participant in the University of Utah clinical trial for sensory-feedback bionic limbs. · 22 Sept · GS3 · note
96. Mojtaba Khamenei: Supreme Leader of Iran. · 22 Sept · GS2 · note
97. Masoud Pezeshkian: President of Iran. · 22 Sept · GS2 · note
98. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) is the authority responsible for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process · 22 Sept · GS2 · note
99. Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya administered the oath · 21 Sept · GS2 · note
100. He Lifeng: Vice-premier of China · 21 Sept · GS2 · note
101. Zabihullah Mujahid: Spokesperson for the Taliban · 21 Sept · GS2 · note
102. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: Speaker of the Iranian Parliament. · 20 Sept · GS2 · note
103. Esmail Baghaei: Spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry. · 20 Sept · GS2 · note
104. Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister for Electronics and Information Technology · 20 Sept · GS3 · note
105. Anant Nag: recipient of the 2024 Dadasaheb Phalke Award · 20 Sept · GS1 · note
106. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh: Judge of the Madras High Court · 20 Sept · GS2 · note
107. P-Cure Ltd. is an Israeli medical technology company; Michael Marash is its CEO. · 19 Sept · GS3 · note
108. V. Mohan is the chairman of Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre in Chennai. · 19 Sept · GS2 · note
109. Ashish Kundra: Chief Secretary of Ladakh who confirmed the amendments to Article 371. · 19 Sept · GS2 · note
110. Child Welfare Police Officer (CWPO): The designated officer responsible for operating the help desks. · 19 Sept · GS2 · note
111. Donald Trump signed the legislation as US President · 19 Sept · GS2 · note
112. Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence of India · 19 Sept · GS3 · note
113. Boris Pistorius: The German Defence Minister who attended the delivery ceremony. · 19 Sept · GS2 · note
114. Rajnath Singh: Union Minister of Defence · 18 Sept · GS3 · note
115. K Rammohan Naidu: Union Minister of Civil Aviation · 18 Sept · GS3 · note
116. David Baker: 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry recognized for protein design. · 18 Sept · GS3 · note
117. The research was conducted by Sara Webb and Rebecca Allen from Swinburne University of Technology. · 18 Sept · GS3 · note
118. Scott Bessent: US Treasury Secretary · 17 Sept · GS2 · note
119. He Lifeng: Chinese Vice Premier · 17 Sept · GS2 · note
120. Nidhi Khare serves as the Consumer Affairs Secretary. · 17 Sept · GS3 · note
121. OpenAI's framework aims to set industry standards for disclosing AI safety incidents. · 17 Sept · GS3 · note
122. Tukaram Mundhe is the Maharashtra FDA Commissioner. · 17 Sept · GS3 · note
123. Min Aung Hlaing is the military ruler of Myanmar who seized power in 2021 · 16 Sept · GS2 · note
124. Mir Osman Ali Khan: The Nizam of Hyderabad who resisted integration into India. · 16 Sept · GS1 · note
125. The Pakistani envoy was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for an explanation. · 16 Sept · GS2 · note
126. Charge d'Affaires: The diplomatic rank of the Pakistani official summoned by India in New Delhi · 16 Sept · GS2 · note
127. Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel: Bhutan's Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade · 16 Sept · GS2 · note
128. The plea was mentioned before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. · 16 Sept · GS2 · note
129. Asad Alam Siam: Nominated by Bangladesh as High Commissioner to India · 16 Sept · GS2 · note
130. Maulana Masood Azhar is a UN-designated terrorist and the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed. · 15 Sept · GS2 · note
131. Troy Meink: US Secretary of the Air Force. · 15 Sept · GS2 · note
132. Justice V. Kameswar Rao: Chief Justice of the Patna High Court as of September 2026 · 15 Sept · GS2 · note
133. Ministry of Power is the nodal authority for the export approval · 15 Sept · GS2 · note
134. Wang Yi: Foreign Minister of China · 15 Sept · GS2 · note
135. Chief Justice Surya Kant: Presiding head of the Supreme Court of India · 15 Sept · GS2 · note
136. Sam Altman: CEO of OpenAI · 15 Sept · GS3 · note
137. Dario Amodei: Chief Executive of Anthropic · 14 Sept · GS3 · note
138. Abiy Ahmed Ali: Prime Minister of Ethiopia · 14 Sept · GS2 · note
139. Cyril Ramaphosa: President of South Africa · 14 Sept · GS2 · note
140. Evariste Ndayishimiye: President of Burundi · 14 Sept · GS2 · note
141. Kashim Shettima Mustapha: Vice-President of Nigeria · 14 Sept · GS2 · note
142. Antonio Guterres is the Secretary General of the United Nations. · 14 Sept · GS2 · note
143. Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the 'Seafarers' Emergency Support Network' at the BRICS summit. · 14 Sept · GS2 · note
144. Ronald Ramola: Minister for International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa · 14 Sept · GS2 · note
145. Dinesh Trivedi: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh. · 14 Sept · GS2 · note
146. Jacob Coxon: Former Anthropic researcher who resigned over AI risk concerns. · 13 Sept · GS3 · note
147. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. · 13 Sept · GS2 · note
148. Masoud Pezeshkian: Advisor to the President of Iran · 13 Sept · GS2 · note
149. District Magistrate (DM): Executive head of a district in India · 13 Sept · GS2 · note
150. Shapoorji Pallonji Group is identified as a minority shareholder advocating for an IPO. · 13 Sept · GS3 · note
151. C. Damodar Raja Narasimha: Health Minister of Telangana · 13 Sept · GS2 · note
152. Rishi Sunak, Demis Hassabis, and Dario Amodei are key figures calling for AI development slowdown. · 13 Sept · GS3 · note
153. Vladimir Putin: President of Russia · 13 Sept · GS2 · note
154. Osama bin Laden was the former leader of al-Qaeda · 13 Sept · GS3 · note
155. Howard Lutnick: US Commerce Secretary · 12 Sept · GS2 · note
156. Steven Strogatz is a professor at Cornell University. · 12 Sept · GS3 · note
157. Gyanesh Kumar: Chief Election Commissioner of India · 12 Sept · GS2 · note
158. Justice Arun Dev Choudhury, Gauhati High Court · 12 Sept · GS2 · note
159. Sardar Taranjit Singh Sandhu: Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. · 12 Sept · GS2 · note
160. Justice Arun Dev Choudhury of the Gauhati High Court · 11 Sept · GS2 · note
161. Milind Sathe: Advocate General of Maharashtra · 11 Sept · GS2 · note
162. Friedrich Merz is the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany · 11 Sept · GS2 · note
163. Prince Rahim Aga Khan V: The 50th Imam of Ismaili Muslims · 11 Sept · GS2 · note
164. Chris Lehane: Spokesperson for OpenAI calling for federal AI safety frameworks. · 11 Sept · GS3 · note
165. Jacob Coxon: A researcher who worked at OpenAI and Anthropic. · 10 Sept · GS3 · note
166. Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu is the Civil Aviation Minister of India · 10 Sept · GS2 · note
167. Xi Jinping: President of China · 10 Sept · GS2 · note
168. Amitabh Kant: Former G20 Sherpa · 10 Sept · GS2 · note
169. Rajnath Singh: India's Defence Minister · 9 Sept · GS2 · note
170. Anura Kumara Dissanayake: President of Sri Lanka · 9 Sept · GS2 · note
171. Justice Pushpendra Singh: Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh High Court · 9 Sept · GS3 · note
172. Justice Ravindra Ghuge: Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court · 9 Sept · GS3 · note
173. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati: Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court · 9 Sept · GS2 · note
174. Rafael Grossi: Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency · 9 Sept · GS2 · note
175. Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge: 45th Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court · 9 Sept · GS2 · note
176. Vinai Kumar Saxena: Lieutenant-Governor of Ladakh · 8 Sept · GS2 · note
177. Manoj Sinha: Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir · 8 Sept · GS2 · note
178. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati: Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh · 8 Sept · GS2 · note
179. Codelco and Freeport-McMoRan Inc.: major global copper producers · 8 Sept · GS3 · note
180. Ed Miliband: UK Foreign Minister · 8 Sept · GS2 · note
181. Rafael Grossi: Head of the IAEA · 8 Sept · GS2 · note
182. Garima Gupta serves as the Chief Electoral Officer of Mizoram. · 8 Sept · GS3 · note
183. Francesca Albanese: UN Special Rapporteur reporting on the situation. · 8 Sept · GS2 · note
184. Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal: 44th Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court · 8 Sept · GS2 · note
185. Rajnath Singh: Head of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC). · 7 Sept · GS3 · note
186. Hariram Gupta (82), Urmila Gupta (75), and Mahesh Gupta (52) were arrested for running an unlicensed PG. · 7 Sept · GS2 · note
187. Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India as of September 2026 · 7 Sept · GS3 · note
188. Nandan Nilekani: Appointed to lead a high-level task force to recommend reforms for exam conduct. · 7 Sept · GS2 · note
189. V. Radha: Additional Chief Secretary (Services) and Chairperson of the recruitment reform committee. · 7 Sept · GS2 · note
190. V Narayanan: Chairperson of ISRO · 7 Sept · GS3 · note
191. Pawan Goenka: Chair of IN-SPACe · 7 Sept · GS3 · note
192. Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh: VK Saxena. · 7 Sept · GS2 · note
193. S. Jaishankar: Indian Foreign Minister · 6 Sept · GS2 · note
194. Denis Alipov: Russian Ambassador to India · 6 Sept · GS2 · note
195. The research was conducted by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. · 6 Sept · GS3 · note
196. Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff: US envoys sent to negotiate the Russia-Ukraine war. · 6 Sept · GS2 · note
197. President Droupadi Murmu: Appointing authority for High Court Chief Justices · 6 Sept · GS2 · note
198. Registrar General of India: The official responsible for announcing and overseeing the census enumeration. · 6 Sept · GS1 · note
199. Dr. Dinesh Sharma appointed as Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands · 6 Sept · GS2 · note
200. Dr. Dinesh Sharma serves as the Vice Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha · 6 Sept · GS2 · note
201. CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper issued the statement regarding the strikes. · 5 Sept · GS2 · note
202. Drugs Controller General of India: The official who requested strict vigilance over the seized vaccine batch. · 5 Sept · GS2 · note
203. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner: US envoys proposing peace talks to Ukraine · 5 Sept · GS2 · note
204. Volker Turk serves as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. · 4 Sept · GS2 · note
205. Dr. Vaibhav Chaturvedi is a CEEW fellow who linked these changes to India's Mission LiFE. · 4 Sept · GS3 · note
206. Shisir Khanal: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal · 4 Sept · GS2 · note
207. Narendra Modi is India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister · 4 Sept · GS2 · note
208. S. Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs, Government of India · 4 Sept · GS2 · note
209. U.T. Khader serves as the Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the Union Cabinet. · 4 Sept · GS2 · note
210. Om Birla is the current Speaker of the Lok Sabha. · 3 Sept · GS2 · note
211. Manoj Joshi serves as the Secretary of the Department of Pharmaceuticals. · 3 Sept · GS3 · note
212. Justice Sachin Datta: Presiding judge in the maternity protection ruling. · 3 Sept · GS2 · note
213. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. · 2 Sept · GS2 · note
214. Dr. Mark Thomson: Current Director General of CERN. · 2 Sept · GS3 · note
215. Vladimir Putin: President of Russia; Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India. · 2 Sept · GS2 · note
216. Rafael Grossi: Current Director General of the IAEA. · 2 Sept · GS2 · note
217. Masoud Pezeshkian: The current President of Iran. · 1 Sept · GS2 · note
218. Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal serves as the President of the NCLT. · 1 Sept · GS3 · note
219. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) currently heads the Supreme Court Collegium. · 1 Sept · GS2 · note

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