Chapter 4

Current Affairs

Books and Authors 2023

Books Authors

‘Western Lane’ Chetna Maroo

Heritage Trees of Goa PS Sreedharan Pillai

"Ambedkar: A Life" Shashi Tharoor

“Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How Sanjeev Sanyal

India Won Its Freedom”

"The World: A Family History" British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore

Victory City Salman Rushdie

War & Women Dr. MA Hasan

India’s Struggle for Independence – P. Jyothimani, former Judge

Gandhian Era

Pagalkhana Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi

‘Collective Spirit, Concrete Actions’ Shashi Shekhar Vempati

The Golden Years Ruskin Bond

“Reflections” Narayanan Vaghul

A Life Well Spent: Four Decades in the Satish Chandra

Indian Foreign Service

As the Wheel Turns Ranjit Pratap

Monsoon: A Poem of Love and Longing Indian poet diplomat Abhay Kumar

Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Radhika Iyengar

Banaras,

‘Pitchside: My Life in Indian Cricket’ Cricket administrator Amrit Mathur

Drunk on Love: The Life, Vision and Songs of writer-singer Vipul Rikhi
Kabir

How Prime Ministers Decide Veteran journalist Neerja Chowdhury

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 Western Lane Chetna Maroo

Through The Broken Glass: An T.N. Seshan, the former Chief Election
Autobiography Commissioner (CEC) of India

The Gita for Children Roopa Pai

“The Book of Life: My Dance With Buddha Vivek Agnihotri

For Success”

Tennis Grand Slams 2023 Winners

Australian Open 2023 Winner

· Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic

· Women’s Singles: Aryna Sabalenka

French Open 2023 Winner

· Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic

· Women’s Singles: Iga Swiatek

Wimbledon 2023 Winner

· Men’s Singles: Carlos Alcaraz

· Women’s Singles: Marketa Vondrousova

US Open 2023 Winner

· Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic

· Women’s Singles: Coco Gauff

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 List of Cabinet Ministers of India

SL Cabinet minister Ministry

No
1 Narendra Modi Prime Minister, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space, All
important policy issues, All other unallocated portfolios.
2 Rajnath Singh Minister of Defence
3 Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs, Ministry of Cooperation.
4 Nitin Jairam Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Gadkari
5 Narayan Tatu Rane Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6 Arjun Ram Ministry of Law and Justice
Meghwal
7 Nirmala Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
Sitharaman
8 Piyush Goyal Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry
9 Narendra Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Tomar
10 Giriraj Singh Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
11 Dharmendra Ministry of Education, Ministry of Skill Development and
Pradhan Entrepreneurship
12 Jyotiraditya M. Ministry of Civil Aviation
Scindia
13 Raj Kumar Singh Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
14 Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs
15 Bhupender Yadav Ministry or Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of
Labour and Employment
16 G. Kishan Reddy Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of
Development of North Eastern Region
17 Ashwini Vaishnav Ministry of Railways
Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and
Information Technology.
18 Pashu Pati Kumar Minister of Food Processing Industries.
Paras
19 Dr. Virendra Kumar Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.

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20 Dr Subrahmanyam Minister of External Affairs.
Jaishankar
21 Sarbanada Sonowal Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Ministry of AYUSH
22 Arjun Munda Minister of Tribal Affairs.
23 Smriti Irani Minister of Women and Child Development
Minister of Minority Affairs.
24 Mansukh Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Ministry of Chemical
Mandaviya Fertilizers.
25 Anurag Singh Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Youth
Thakur Affairs and Sports
26 Piyush Goyal Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry,
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
27 Ramchandra Minister of Steel
Prasad
28 Pralhad Joshi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister
of Mines.
29 Dr Mahendra Nath Ministry of Heavy Industries.
Pandey
30 Arvind Ganpat Minister of Public Enterprise
Sawant
31 Parshottam Rupala Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
32 Gajendra Singh Minister of Jal Shakti
Shekhawat

Important appointments

New CMs

• Chief Minister of Karnataka: Siddaramaiah

• Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
• Chief Minister of Tripura: Manik Saha
• Chief Minister of Telangana: Sri A. Revanth Reddy
• Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh: Vishnu Deo Sai
• Chief Minister of Sikkim: Prem Singh Tamang
• Chief Minister of MP: Mohan Yadav
• Chief Minister of Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde
• Chief Minister of Uttarakhand: Pushkar Singh Dhami
• Chief Minister of Rajasthan: Bhajan Lal Sharma
• Chief Minister of Mizoram: Mr. Lalduhoma

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New Governors

• Governor of Andhra Pradesh: S. Abdul Nazeer

• Governor of Nagaland: La Ganeshan
• Governor of Arunachal Pradesh: Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
• Governor of Assam: Gulab Chand Kataria
• Governor of Bihar: Rajendra Arlekar
• Governor of Chhattisgarh: Biswabhusan Harichandan
• Governor of Uttarakhand: Gurmit Singh
• Governor of Maharashtra: Ramesh Bais
• Governor of Meghalaya: Phagu Chauhan

Other Appointments

• Chairman of National Human Rights Commission: Arun Kumar Mishra

• 16th Finance Commission Chairman: Nand Kishore Singh
• Finance secretary of India: T. V. Somanathan
• Home Secretary of India: Ajay Kumar Bhalla
• SEBI Chairman: Madhabi Puri Beach
• IRDAI Chairman: Debasish Panda
• Chairman of NABARD: Shri. Shaji K V
• National Stock Exchange: Mr. Ashish Kumar Chauhan (MD & CEO)
• Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC): Sanjay
Agarwal
• Chief Justice of India: Justice Chandrachud
• Chairman of DRDO: Dr Samir V Kamat
• Chairman of ISRO: S Somnath
• Chairman of Lokpal: Pradip Kumar Mohanty
• Lok Sabha Speaker: OM Birla
• President of India: Droupadi Murmu
• Vice-President of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar
• President of FTII: R Madhavan
• NGT Chairman: Justice Prakash Shrivastava
• Chief Defence staff (CDS) of India: Lt Gen Anil Chauhan

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International appointments

• Prime Minister of Japan: Fumio Kishida

• President of USA: Joe Biden
• President of South Korea: Yoon Suk-yeol
• President of Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro
• President of France: Emmanuel Macron
• President of Syria: Bashar al asad
• President of Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe
• Prime Minister of Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Prime Minister of Italy: Giorgia Meloni
• Prime Minister of Greece: Kyriakos Mitsotakis
• Prime Minister of Britain: Rishi Sunak

January 31, 2024