Appointments on 5th August 2021

Current Context: Justice V M Kanade: He was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Maharashtra. He has replaced Justice M L Tahaliyani.

• Static Part: 
• CM of Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray
• Governor of Maharashtra: Bhagat Singh Koshyari
• MS Dhoni: He was appointed as the Brand Ambassador for HomeLane, which is the Home Interiors Company.
• Mini Ipe: She was appointed as MD of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
• Static Part: 
• HQ of LIC: Mumbai
• Chairman of LIC: MR Kumar
• Kumar Mangalam Birla: He has stepped down to be the Non-Executive Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Vodafone Idea (Vi). In this regard, the BoD of Vi has unanimously elected Himanshu Kapania, current Non-Executive Director, as the Non-Executive Chairman with an immediate effect.

Question: 

Q.1 Who was appointed as Lokayukta of Maharashtra?
a. Justice M L Tahaliyani
b. Justice V M Kanade
c. Justice P Lakshman Reddy
d. Justice Shyam Kishore Sharma