Weekly Current Affairs (15 May to 20 May 2023)

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: May 21 2023

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  1. Sports company PUMA appoints PUMA’s Global Director Retail and e-Commerce Karthik Balagopalan as the new Managing Director of PUMA India
  2. PM-led panel confirms Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood as next CBI Director in place of Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
  3. Bollywood Hero Ayushmann Khurrana Titled Ambassador for Special Olympics, to Support Indian Athletes at Berlin
  4. Twitter appoints former NBC Universal ad Chief Linda Yaccarino as new CEO
  5. Vedanta appoints Sonal Shrivastava as Chief Financial Officer from June 1
  6. Air Marshal Dixit takes over as Deputy Chief of Air Staff
  7. Chairman of ICRIER Pramod Bhasin appointed as chairman of Data Security Council of India
  8. Indian multinational financial technology company Paytm elevates Bhavesh Gupta as Chief Operating Officer and President
  9. Arjun Ram Meghwal replaces Kiren Rijiju as Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijiju assigned ministry of earth sciences
  10. Manoj Soni sworn in as UPSC Chairman
  11. Ravneet Kaur appointed Chairperson of Competition Commission of India
  12. Govt. appoints A K Jain as PNGRB Chairman
  13. Amy Pope Elected Next Director General of the International Organization for Migration
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