24 April 2014 Current Affairs
Narendra Modi , Kejriwal On Time’s 100 Most Influential People List
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal are among the world’s 100 most influential people, according to a list published by the Time magazine on 24 April. The Time has named the 100 most influential people in the world without ranking them and four Indians have made it to the list. Apart from Modi and Kejriwal, author Arundhati Roy and Coimbatore-based health activist Arunachalam Muruganantham are also on the list.
Suresh Kumar Reddy Appointed As The First Ambassador To ASEAN
Union Ministry of External Affairs (MoEA) appointed Suresh Kumar Reddy as India’s first Ambassador to the separate Indian Mission to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) & East Asia Summit. Suresh Kumar Reddy, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1991 batch, is currently serving as Ambassador of India to Iraq.