GK Newsboard Oct 2019

Some Highlights of GK Newsboard Oct 2019
Persons in News:
1. On October 11, 2019, Forbes India Rich List 2019 was released by Forbes India in which Mukesh Ambani, aged 62,
Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) held the top spot for the 12th consecutive year with a net worth of $51.4
billion.
2. Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel, Sajjan Jindal has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of World
Steel Association (Worldsteel). He is appointed for a period of one year. The association also elected YU Yong,
Chairman, HBIS Group Co, as Chairman. Apart from this, the board also elected a 14-member Executive Committee.
3. As per the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), Government of India(GoI), Pankaj Kumar (a 1987 batch
Indian Administrative Service -IAS officer of Nagaland cadre) has been appointed as the new CEO (Chief Executive
Officer) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He replaces Ajay Bhushan Pandey.
4. President Ram Nath Kovind has formally approved the appointment of Justice SA Bobde as the next Chief Justice of
India. Justice Bobde will be sworn in as the 47th CJI a day after the retirement of current CJI Ranjan Gogoi. CJI
Gogoi had himself recommended Justice Bobde’s name for the post.
5. The Central Government has appointed Girish Chandra Murmu as the first Lieutenant Governor of J&K UT and
Radha Krishna Mathur as the first LG of Ladakh. The current J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik has been appointed as
the new Governor of Goa.
6. Mariam Thresia, a nun from Kerala, has been given the title of saint 93 years after her death. Sister Mary Thresia
was given the title of Saint by St. Francis of Vatican, Pope Francis.
7. On October 03, 2019, The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of Government of India notified that Mr Amrit Lugun
was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Greece. He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Officer of the 1989
batch.