Appointments on 9th June 2021

Current Context: Abdulla Shahid: He was appointed as President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. He has replaced 75th President, Volkan Bozkir from Turkey. He is serving as Foreign Minister of Maldives.

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• HQ of UN General Assembly: New York, US
• Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar: He has assumed the charge of Director General Naval Operations.
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• Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh
• Anup Chandra Pandey: He was appointed as Election Commissioner by Union Government for the tenure of 3 years. He has replaced Sunil Arora.
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• HQ of Election Commission: New Delhi
• Kuwait’s Husain Al-Musallam: He was appointed as President of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) at the FINA General Congress held in Doha, Qatar.

Question: 

Q.1 Who was appointed as Election Commissioner?
a. Virendra Nanavati
b. Hitendra Dave
c. Sunil Arora
d. Anup Chandra Pandey