CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Santhi Kumari is a 1989 batch officer who hails from Andhra Pradesh and has become the first woman to be Chief Secretary of Telangana.

Detailed explanation-2: -Senior IAS officer A. Shanti Kumari has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana. The State government has issued orders appointing her as the Chief Secretary after Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao gave his consent for her appointment to the top bureaucratic post in the State.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Santhi Kumari, a 1989 batch IAS officer, has been appointed Chief Secretary to the Telangana Government. She will succeed Somesh Kumar, who was asked by the Telangana High Court on Tuesday to report to the Andhra Pradesh government.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rajiv Sharma joined the Indian Administrative service in 1982 and had the unique distinction of being the first Chief Secretary of the newly formed state of Telangana in June 2014.