* A K Mittal - Appointed as the new chairman of Railway board.
* Steven Gerrard - Liverpool captain announced that he was leaving the club at the end of the season.
* Virat Kohli - Becomes first cricketer to cross 5 million followers on Twitter, Surpassed Dravid's record for most runs in a series in Australia.
* R Koteeswaran - Took charge as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Overseas Bank.
* Vasant Gowarikar - Space veteran and eminent scientist passed away.
* Kumar Sangakkara - Becomes fastest cricketer to score 12,000 Test runs, Scored his 11th Test double century to move one behind Australia legend Don Bradman's all-time record, Broke the world record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one-day internationals.
* Mashrafe Mortaza - Will lead a 15-member Bangladesh squad in the ICC World Cup 2015.
* Upendra Trivedi - One of the most renowned Gujarati actors of stage and cinema, passed away.
* Arvind Panagariya - Indian-American economist, appointed as the first vice chairman of the Niti Aayog.
* Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir - Appointed as acting Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
* Habib Essid - Nominated as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia
* Sindhushree Khullar - Appointed as CEO of the newly formed NITI Aayog.
* Keshari Nath Tripathi - Sworn in as Meghalaya Governor (Additional Charge)
* Sutirtha Bhattacharya - Took charge as Coal India Limited’s full-time Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).
* Amitabh Bachchan - Appointed brand ambassador for the medical and health department of Andhra Pradesh.
* Larry Page - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and co-founder of Google, emerged as the 'business person of the year' for 2014.
* Dinesh Oraon - Unanimously elected as the Speaker of Jharkhand Assembly.
* Atul Khare - Indian diplomat, Named head of the UN department that provides dedicated support to peacekeeping missions around the world.
* Krishna Kant Paul - Sworn in as Uttarakhand Governor.
* Maithripala Sirisena - Sworn in as the sixth president of Sri Lanka.
* Yu Min - Father of China's H-bomb, won top science award of China.
* Stan Wawrinka - Won Chennai Open Tennis Tournament.
* Thomas Kurian - New president of Oracle company.
* M Y S Prasad - Distinguished scientist, Awarded the Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award for 2014-15
* Cristiano Ronaldo - Won FIFA Ballon d'Or award 2014.
* A.S. Kiran Kumar - Appointed as new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. (Prepared by: www.currentaffairs4examz.com)
* Justice S K Sinha - Appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh to become the first Hindu to hold the highest judicial post in the Muslim-majority country.
* Anirban Lahiri - Golf Player, Voted the 2014 Players’ Player of the Year.
* Raghuram Rajan - Named Governor of the Year in Central Banking Awards 2015.
* Ramesh Abhishek - Government extended his term as, chairman, Forward Markets Commission (FMC).
* Avinash Chander - Government removed him from the post of DRDO Chief.
* Air Marshal Anil Khosla - Took charge as Director General Air Operations.
* H.S. Brahma - Appointed new Chief Election Commissioner of India.
* Giorgio Napolitano - Resigned as President of Italy.
* Bhakti Sharma - Open water swimmer, Set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature at Antarctic Ocean.
* Anupam Shrivastava - Appointed as CMD of BSNL.
* Baba Ramdev - Appointed brand ambassador of Haryana.
* Brett Lee - Australian Cricketer, retired from all formats of cricket.
* Stephen Constantine - Appointed head coach of Indian men's football team.
* Leela Samson - She resigned as Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification.
* Kiran Bedi - She joined BJP.
* Stephen Hawking - Biopic movie on him named ‘The Theory of Everything’ released in India.
* Ashok Srinivasan - He won The Hindu Prize 2014 for "Book of Common Signs".
* Pankaj Advani - He won National Billiards title.
* AB de Villiers - He scored fastest hundred in One Day Internationals. He also scored fastest half century in ODI in the same match.
* Faten Hamama - Egyptian iconic actress, she passed away.
* Pahlaj Nihalani - Filmmaker, he was appointed chairperson of the censor board.
* Rajni Kothari - Eminent political scientist and theorist, he passed away.
* Frank Islam - He won Martin Luther award.
* Krishna Tirath - Ex-Minister in UPA, she joined BJP.
* Bibek Debroy - Joined as full time member of NITI Aayog.
* Jhumpa Lahiri - She won DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015.
* Sunil Sood - Vodafone named him as India CEO.
* Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki - He took over the additional charge of Governor of Punjab.
* King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz - Saudi Arabia King, he passed away.
* M.S. Narayana - Telugu comedian, he passed away.
* Yingluck Shinawatra - Former PM of Thailand, Present govt. impeached her.
* Saraswathi Menon - Appointed member of the UN Advisory Group to review peace building architecture.
* Arundhathi Subramaniam - She won inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize.
* Barack Obama - Arrived in India, Chief Guest of India's Republic Day Celebrations 2015, First American President to visit Indian twice.
* Pooja Thakur - Wing Commander Pooja Thakur became the first woman to lead the ceremonial Guard of Honour at Rashtrapti Bhavan.
* Edgar Lungu - New President of Zambia.
* Saina Nehwal - Defeated Carolina Marin to retain Syed Modi Badminton Grand Prix title. (
* R K Laxman - Eminent cartoonist, he passed away.
* Durga Prasad - He was appointed special DG of CRPF.
* Paulina Vega - She was crowned Miss Universe title.
* Major Mukund Varadarajan & Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh: Posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra.
* Alexis Tsipras: He was sworn in as new prime minister of Greece.
* Steve Smith - New test captain of Australia, He won Allan Border Medal 2015 & Australian player of the year.
* Reverend Libby Lane - She was consecrated as first woman bishop by Church of England.
* Sujatha Singh - Government removed her as foreign secretary.
* S Jaishankar - He was appointed as the new foreign secretary of India.
* Justice Shirani Bandaranayake - Sri Lanka’s first woman Chief Justice, new govt. reinstated her.
* Kalyan Singh - He took additional charge as Himachal Governor.
* Mala Aravindan - Veteran Malayalam actor, he passed away.
* Justice Narayanan Nadar Paul Vasanthakumar - He was appointed as new Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
* Shekhar Sen - He was appointed as the new chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi.
* Hanumanthu Purushotham - Assumed charge as the new Chairman and Managing Director of National Research Development Corporation (NRDC).
* Col. MN Rai - He was martyred in an encounter with militants a day after he got his gallantry award on Republic Day.
* Subhash Ghisingh - Gorkha National Liberation Front founder, he passed away.
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