Who took over as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau on 24 June 2022? 

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  1. Rajiv Jain
  2. Tapan Kumar Deka
  3. Arvind Kumar 
  4. Dineshwar Sharma

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Option 2 : Tapan Kumar Deka
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The correct answer is Tapan Kumar Deka.
 

Key Points

  • The Central government on 24 June 2022 appointed senior IPS officer Tapan Kumar Deka as Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB).
  • Deka, a 1988 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer, has been appointed for a tenure of two years.
  • He will succeed incumbent Intelligence Bureau Director Arvind Kumar, whose tenure ends on June 30.
  • Deka is currently the head of the Operations Desk of the IB.

Additional Information 

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  • The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries has appointed Dr D J Pandian as the Director-General of its India Regional Office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
  • Senior Diplomat Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.
  • Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on 15 June 2022 appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as the country's Prime Minister.
  • Justice Bhimanagouda Sanganagouda Patil has been appointed as the new Lokayukta of Karnataka.
  • President Ram Nath Kovind has given Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty the additional charge of the Lokpal chairperson.​
  • Dinkar Gupta, a 1987-batch IPS officer and former chief of the Punjab Police, has been appointed Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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