Weekly Current Affairs (14 November to 19 November 2022)

Weekly Current Affairs (14 November to 19 November 2022)

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: November 20 2022

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  1. Indian athlete and gold medalist Neeraj Chopra becomes ‘Friendship Ambassador’ of Switzerland Tourism
  2. Centre appoints ex-CEA Arvind Virmani as full-time member of NITI Aayog
  3. Center again extends the term of Dr V G Somani as Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) by three months
  4. IIM Ahmedabad appoints chairman of Zydus’ Pankaj Patel as Chairperson of the Board of Governors
  5. Greg Barclay of New Zealand unanimously re-elected as ICC Chairman for two-year term
  6. Senior IAS officer Gaurav Dwivedi appointed as Prasar Bharati CEO, succeeds Mayank Agrawal
  7. Financial Services Secy Vivek Joshi nominated as director on RBI's central board
  8. Bandaru Wilsonbabu, the current Indian Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, will be the next Indian Ambassador to Comoros
  9. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) appoints Suraj Bhan as chairman of National Pension System Trust with effect from Nov 12
  10. Sandhya Devanathan becomes Meta’s India head, replaces Ajit Mohan
  11. BPCL's former chairman Arun Kumar Singh to be next chairman of India's top oil and gas producer ‘ONGC’
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