Awards and Honours - Current Affairs and GK

Q1:

Who is the newly appointed Election Commissioner of India?

A Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

B Ramesh Kumar

C Amitabh Kant

D Ragupathi Venkatesh

ANS:A - Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, a retired 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service officer from the Uttarakhand cadre, was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India on March 14, 2024. He previously served as the Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand and as Secretary to the Lokpal from February 2023 to March 2024, alongside Gyanesh Kumar.