CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian - American Aruna Miller has made history becoming the first Indian-American politician to win the campaign and be elected as the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland . She will also be the first South Asian woman to serve at such an important position.

Detailed explanation-2: -Governor Boyd Rutherford. Boyd Rutherford is the ninth lieutenant governor of the State of Maryland. He was elected to office with Governor Larry Hogan in 2014, and re-elected in 2018. He is the first Republican lieutenant governor to ever be re-elected in Maryland.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Lieutenant Governor chairs the Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council, the Maryland Subcabinet for International Affairs, and the Commission to Modernize State Procurement.

Detailed explanation-4: -A lieutenant governor is an official in state governments of 45 out of 50 of the United States. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when they are absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated.