Appointments, Obituaries and Sports in the News (October 2025 to September 2026)
Appointments, Obituaries and Sports in the News (October 2025 to September 2026)
Appointment questions ask who now holds a top post; obituary questions name a person who died and then ask what they were known for. Sports news covers the big wins and medal tables of the year. Learn names with the post number (53rd CJI, 27th Navy chief) and the predecessor; options often include the previous holder.
1. Key Appointments
| Post | Holder | From | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Justice of India | Justice Surya Kant | 24 Nov 2025 | 53rd CJI; succeeded B.R. Gavai |
| Chief of Defence Staff | Gen N.S. Raja Subramani | after 30 May 2026 | Succeeded Gen Anil Chauhan; also Secretary, Department of Military Affairs |
| Chief of the Naval Staff | Admiral Krishna Swaminathan | 31 May 2026 | 27th Navy chief; succeeded Adm Dinesh K. Tripathi |
| Chief of the Army Staff | Gen Dhiraj Seth | 30 Jun 2026 | Succeeded Gen Upendra Dwivedi |
| RBI Deputy Governor | Rohit Jain | 3 May 2026 | Replaced T. Rabi Sankar |
| Chairman and CEO, Railway Board | Satish Kumar | term extended to 31 Aug 2027 | In the post since 1 Sep 2024 |
2. Obituaries
| Date | Person | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2025 | Asrani | Hindi film comic actor, the jailer in Sholay |
| 24 Oct 2025 | Piyush Pandey | Advertising (Ogilvy), Padma Shri |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Dharmendra | Hindi film actor (Veeru in Sholay), Padma Bhushan |
| 12 Dec 2025 | Shivraj Patil | 10th Lok Sabha Speaker, Union Home Minister 2004-08 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Mukul Roy | Former Union Railway Minister |
3. Sports Results
| Date | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2025 | ICC Women's ODI World Cup final, Navi Mumbai | India beat South Africa by 52 runs; first title; captain Harmanpreet Kaur |
| 8 Mar 2026 | ICC Men's T20 World Cup final, Ahmedabad | India beat New Zealand by 96 runs; third title, first at home; captain Suryakumar Yadav |
| 19 Jul 2026 | FIFA World Cup final, New Jersey | Spain beat Argentina 1-0 (extra time); first 48-team World Cup |
| Jul-Aug 2026 | Commonwealth Games, Glasgow | India 4th with 39 medals (13 gold) |
| Sep-Oct 2026 | Asian Games, Aichi-Nagoya (Japan) | India 4th with 85 medals (21 gold); men's hockey gold retained |
✗ The 53rd CJI is B.R. Gavai | ✓ Justice Surya Kant succeeded B.R. Gavai as the 53rd CJI on 24 Nov 2025
✗ India won its first T20 World Cup in 2026 | ✓ It was India's third men's T20 title (2007, 2024, 2026) and the first won at home
हिंदी नोट: न्यायमूर्ति सूर्यकांत 24 नवंबर 2025 को 53वें मुख्य न्यायाधीश बने। 2026 में नए सीडीएस एन.एस. राजा सुब्रमणि, नौसेना प्रमुख एडमिरल कृष्ण स्वामीनाथन और थलसेना प्रमुख जनरल धीरज सेठ बने। भारत ने मार्च 2026 में तीसरी बार टी20 विश्व कप जीता।
Exam Pointer: Verified NTPC patterns: a new appointment (RBI Deputy Governor, June 2025 Graduate CBT-1), an obituary used as a hook for a static fact (June 2025 Graduate CBT-1) and a sports winner (June 2025 Graduate CBT-1). Facts were checked up to 7 October 2026.
Pariksha Pattern: Every Way NTPC Asks This Topic
Pattern 1: Who was appointed
[PYQ: NTPC Graduate CBT-1 16-Jun-2025 Shift-3]
EXAM LEVEL
Q. Who became the 53rd Chief Justice of India, and when?
Justice Surya Kant, on 24 November 2025, succeeding Justice B.R. Gavai.
Answer: Justice Surya Kant, 24 November 2025
EXAMATLAS LEVEL
Q. Who became Chief of the Naval Staff on 31 May 2026, and whom did Gen N.S. Raja Subramani succeed as Chief of Defence Staff?
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan became the 27th Navy chief. Gen Raja Subramani succeeded Gen Anil Chauhan as CDS.
Answer: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan; Gen Anil Chauhan
Pattern 2: Obituaries with a static follow-up
[PYQ: NTPC Graduate CBT-1 11-Jun-2025 Shift-2]
EXAM LEVEL
Q. Veteran actor Dharmendra died in November 2025. Which role in Sholay is he remembered for?
Veeru.
Answer: Veeru
EXAMATLAS LEVEL
Q. Shivraj Patil died in December 2025. Which number Lok Sabha Speaker was he, and which ministry did he head from 2004 to 2008?
He was the Speaker of the 10th Lok Sabha (1991-96) and Union Home Minister from 2004 to 2008.
Answer: 10th Lok Sabha; Home Ministry
Pattern 3: Sports winners and venues
[PYQ: NTPC Graduate CBT-1 14-Jun-2025 Shift-1]
EXAM LEVEL
Q. Whom did India beat in the final of the ICC Women's ODI World Cup in November 2025?
South Africa, by 52 runs, at Navi Mumbai.
Answer: South Africa
EXAMATLAS LEVEL
Q. Who won the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and where did India finish in the 2026 Asian Games medal table?
Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time. India finished 4th at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with 85 medals, including 21 gold.
Answer: Spain; 4th
Pattern 4: India's medal tables
[Pattern: syllabus-based, PYQ-style]
EXAM LEVEL
Q. Where were the 2026 Commonwealth Games held?
Glasgow, Scotland.
Answer: Glasgow
EXAMATLAS LEVEL
Q. How many medals did India win at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and at the 2026 Asian Games, and in which edition of the Asian Games did India win more?
39 at Glasgow and 85 at Aichi-Nagoya. India's best Asian Games haul remains Hangzhou 2022, with 106 medals.
Answer: 39 and 85; Hangzhou 2022
60-Second Revision
- CJI Surya Kant (53rd); CDS Raja Subramani; Navy chief Krishna Swaminathan (27th); Army chief Dhiraj Seth.
- Railway Board: Satish Kumar, extended to 31 Aug 2027.
- Obituaries: Asrani, Piyush Pandey, Dharmendra, Shivraj Patil, Mukul Roy.
- India won the Women's ODI World Cup (Nov 2025) and the Men's T20 World Cup (Mar 2026).
- Spain won FIFA 2026; India 4th at both CWG 2026 and Asian Games 2026.