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Published on 07 Jun 2026

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  • Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar took charge as the 48th Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on May 29, 2026.
  • Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh has been given additional charge as the Secretary of DDR&D and Chairman of DRDO effective May 31, 2026.
  • Y. Balaji Kiran took charge as Chief PRO of South Coast Railway, India's 18th railway zone headquartered in Visakhapatnam, which became fully operational from June 1, 2026.
  • General NS Raja Subramani assumed charge as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on 31 May 2026.
  • Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan took charge as the Chief of the Western Naval Command on 30 May 2026.
  • Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry became the new Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command on 1 June 2026.
  • Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty assumed charge as the 20th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command.
  • Pope Leo XIV has appointed media executive Maria Montserrat Alvarado as the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, making her the first lay woman to head a Vatican dicastery.
  • Justice V. Mohana was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge, becoming the 12th woman judge in the apex court's history and the second woman lawyer to be directly elevated from the Bar.
  • Lokhande Prashant Sitaram was appointed CBSE Chairperson and Varun Bhardwaj as Secretary.
  • Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court with effect from June 5, 2026.
  • Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman was elected President of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
  • Senior IFS officer Vipul has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, moving from his current role in Qatar.
  • Economist Neelkanth Mishra has been appointed as India’s Executive Director at the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C. for a three-year term.
Source: SarkariPariksha