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Date |
Appointment |
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11-Aug-2017 |
Venkaiah Naidu sworn-in as 13th Vice-President of India. |
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21-Feb-2017 |
President Ilham Aliyev appointed his wife Mehriban Aliyeva to be First Vice-President of Azerbaijan. |
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20-Jan-2017 |
Michael R. Pence sworn in as 48th Vice President of USA |
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Date |
Appointment |
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1-Dec-2017 |
Smita Nagaraj took the oath of office and secrecy as Member, UPSC |
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28-Jun-2017 |
Dr. Manoj Soni takes Oath as Member, UPSC |
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3-Apr-2017 |
Prof. David R. Syiemlieh takes Oath as Chairman, UPSC |
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Date |
Appointment |
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23-Dec-2017 |
UN appoints Henrietta Fore as Executive Director of UNICEF |
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28-Nov-2017 |
Quarraisha Abdool Karim chosen as UNAIDS Special Ambassador |
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4-Oct-2017 |
Dr Soumya Swaminathan appointed WHO’s deputy director general for programmes. Highest post held by an Indian in WHO. |
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13-Oct-2017 |
Audrey Azoulay nominated by UNESCO Executive Board for the post of Director-General of the Organization. She replaces Irina Bokova. |
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21-Jun-2017 |
Vladimir Voronkov appointed as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism |
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19-Jun-2017 |
UNICEF appoints Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan a 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee, as its newest and youngest Goodwill Ambassador. |
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31-May-2017 |
Miroslav Lajčák becomes President of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly |
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23-May-2017 |
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a health expert from Ethiopia, was elected as the new director-general for World Health Organization (WHO) |
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15-Mar-2017 |
N Biren Singh Takes Oath as first BJP Chief Minister of Manipur |
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1-Mar-2017 |
J.S. Deepak appointed as India’s WTO ambassador |
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29-Mar-2017 |
David Beasley of the United States appointed as Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) |
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20-Feb-2017 |
Neil Gaiman appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador |
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14-Feb-2017 |
Jean-Pierre Lacroix appointed as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations |