Appointments on 15th September 2020

Current Context: Rajnath Singh: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is appointed to head Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to look into Corporatisation of Ordinance Factory Board (OFB).

• Static Part: 
• HQ of OFB: Kolkata
• Sameer Kumar Khare: He is appointed as Executive Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a tenure of 3 years. 
• Static Part: 
• HQ of ADB: Mandaluyong, Philippines
• President of ADB: Masatsugu Asakawa
• Takeo Konishi: Asian Development Bank has appointed Takeo Konishi as Country Director of India. He has replaced Kenichi Yokoyama. 
• Static Part: 
• HQ of ADB: Mandaluyong, Philippines
• President of ADB: Masatsugu Asakawa
• Rajesh Khullar: He is appointed as Executive Director of World Bank for a tenure of 3 years. 
• Static Part: 
• HQ of World Bank: Washington DC, United States
• President of World Bank: David Malpass
• Jane Fraser: She is appointed as CEO of Citigroup. She will be replacing Michael Corbat. She has become first female CEO for Citigroup.
• Static Part: 
• HQ of Citigroup: New York, United States
• Subhash Kamath: He is appointed as Chairman of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). He has replaced Rohit Gupta.
• Static Part: 
• HQ of ASCI: Mumbai
• NS Rajan: He is appointed as Vice Chairman of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
• Static Part: 
• HQ of ASCI: Mumbai
• Harivansh Narayan Singh: He is re-appointed as Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha. 
• Yoshihide Suga: He is appointed as Prime Minister of Japan. He has replaced Shinzo Abe. 
• Static Part: 
• Capital of Japan: Tokyo
• Currency of Japan: Yen

Questions: 

Q.1 Who is appointed as Executive Director of World Bank?
a. Subhash Kamath
b. NS Rajan
c. Sameer Kumar Khare
d. Rajesh Khullar

Q.2 Who is appointed as Chairman of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)?
a. Subhash Kamath
b. NS Rajan
c. Sameer Kumar Khare
d. Rajesh Khullar

Q.3 Yoshihide Suga, is appointed as Prime Minister of which country?
a. North Korea
b. Japan
c. South Korea
d. Malaysia