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Appointment

f Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has been nominated as the board member of the Global Alliance
for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI). The seat is currently held by Myint Htwe of Myanmar. Dr Vardhan
will represent the South East Area Regional Office (SEARO)/ Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO)
constituency on the GAVI Board. Dr Vardhan will assume the charge with effect from January 1, 2021,
and serve till December 31, 2023.
f The Central Government has approved the extension of the term of ISRO Chairman K Sivan, for a period
of one year. He was due to retire on January 14, 2021. Sivan will now continue as ISRO Chairman and
Secretary, Department of Space up to January 14, 2022.
f Soma Mondal has taken over as the new Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) with effect
from January 01, 2021. She is the first-ever womenhead of the body. She replaces Anil Kumar
Chaudhary, who superannuated on 31 December 2020.
f The appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved Suneet Sharma appointment as Chairman &
CEO of Railway Board, Ministry of Railways and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India. He
took over in his new role with effect from January 01, 2021.

f Umesh Sinha has been named as the deputy election commissioner in the Election Commission of India.
Sinha, a 1986-batch IAS officer (retired) is at present serving as secretary-general in the commission.

f Justice Pankaj Mithal has been appointed as the new Chief Justice (CJ) of the Common High Court for the
Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh in Jammu on January 04, 2021.
f Sanjay Kapoor was elected president of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) while Bharat Singh
Chauhan retained the secretary's post.
f The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the national apex body of the gems and
jewellery industry, has announced the appointment of Ashish Pethe as chairman and Saiyam Mehra as
vice chairman for a period of two years.
f Lt Gen Shantanu Dayal has been named the new Deputy Chief of Army Staff (DCOAS). Lt Gen Dayal is the
Corps Commander of the Tejpur based 4 Corps.
f Arup Kumar Goswami was sworn in as the Chief Justice (CJ) of Andhra Pradesh High Court by Governor
Biswab Bushan Harichandan in the presence of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

f The senior-most judge of Delhi High Court, Justice Hima Kohli has been appointed as the new Chief
Justice of Telangana High Court. She is the first woman to be sworn in as CJ of Telangana HC. She
replaces CJ Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, who has been appointed as the CJ of Uttarakhand HC.

f Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court informed the Ministry of
Law and Justice. The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind in the exercise of the power conferred by
clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, appointed Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge of the
Uttarakhand High Court, as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.

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