Minister of State Current Affairs, GK & News
Virendra Kumar: Pro-tem Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha
The Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) from Madhya Pradesh Dr Virendra Kumar will be the Pro-tem Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha. Key Highlights The 65 year old Virendra Kumar, is a seven-term MP. He won the 17th Lok Sabha election from Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Tikamgarh is one of the 29 parliamentary ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Article 93 • Article 94 • Minister of State • Narendra Modi • Parliament • President of India • Pro-tem Speaker • Virendra Kumar
Ajit Doval reappointed as National Security Adviser
Ajit Doval is reappointed as National Security Advisor (NSA) of India for another five year tenure. In recognition of his earlier contribution in the national security domain, he has also been elevated to rank of Cabinet Minister for this term. During his first term 2014-2019 NSA was given rank of Minister of State (MoS). About ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Ajit Doval • Balakot airstrike • Cabinet Minister • JIC • Joint Intelligence Committee • Minister of State • National Security Advisor • National Security Advisory Board • NSA • NSAB • SPG • Strategic Policy Group • Surgical Strike
Dharmendra Pradhan appointed as new Union Minister of Skill Development
Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, has been promoted as Cabinet Minister and got additional charge of Union Ministry of Skill Development after latest Union cabinet reshuffle on September 3, 2017. In the latest reshuffle, four Union ministers were promoted to Cabinet rank and nine new Ministers of state were inducted ..
Topics: Adish Aggarwala • Cabinet • Government of India • Minister of State • Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi • Narendra Modi ministry • Nirmala Sitharaman • Nitin Gadkari • Piyush Goyal • Suresh Prabhu • Union Council of Ministers • Union Government ministries of India