PSC Current Affairs - October 23, 2021

  • Prominent director and producer who has been appointed as Ambassador of Russian Film Festival in India in October 2021

              Imtiaz Ali

  • Former American President who is going to launch a new social media platform after  facing a ban  from prominent social medias 

                   Donald Trump (TRUTH Social)

  • Country that became second in the world in COVID-19 vaccination in October 2021 after completing vaccination in 100 crore citizens

       India (First-China, 223 crores)

  • India’s position in 10th Global Food Security Index 2021 published by London based Economist Impact

       71 (First position - Ireland)

  • India’s position in Rule of Law Index 2021 published by World Justice Project

       79 (First position - Denmark)

  • Person who is to be appointed as the Chairman of Federal Bank in November 2021

       C. Balagopal

  • Person who was appointed as Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) in  October 2021

       A. Balasubramanian (CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management)

  • Indian Navratna company that won Gold Award of Sustainable Development Foundation in Environment Sustainability category in October 2021

       National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.

       (Platinum Award for Environment Management category was won by - Kumaraswamy Iron Ore Mine (Karnataka))

  • Institution that had achieved a landmark by successfully transferring a pig’s kidney to a human body

                   New York University Langone Health (US)

  • Indian origin and first woman Chief Economist of IMF who completes her tenure in January 2022

            Gita Gopinath

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