2021 Wimbledon Championships Winners List

The 134th edition of Wimbledon Championships 2021 (Tennis) was recently held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, UK during 28th June 2021 to 11th July 2021. An Indian origin boy Samir Banerjee has won the title in Boys' Singles category.  Here is the complete winners list.

Wimbledon Championships 2021 Winners List

• Men's Singles : 
• Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 
• 6th Wimbledon title. 
• 20th Grandslam win = equaled Federer and Rafael Nadal's record of winning 20 men's singles grand slam titles.  
  
• Became the first male player to win the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles in the same calendar year after  Rod Laver in 1969.
• Won the first three Grand Slams of 2021.
  
• by defeating Matteo Berrettini (Italy)
  
• Women's Singles : 
• Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 
• maiden Wimbledon title
• second Grand Slam title 
• first Australian woman to win singles' title in 41 years (since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980).
  
• by defeating Karolína Plíšková (Czech Republic)
• Men's Doubles :
• Nikola Mektić (Croatia) / Mate Pavić (Croatia)
• by defeating Marcel Granollers (Spain) & Horacio Zeballos (Argentina)
  
• Women's Doubles : 
• Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) / Elise Mertens (Belgium)
• by defeating Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) and Elena Vesnina (Russia)
  
• Mixed Doubles : 
• Neal Skupski (United Kingdom) / Desirae Krawczyk (United States)
• It is Krawczyk's second successive Grand Slam title. She won the French Open in June along with Salisbury.
  
• by defeating Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom) and Harriet Dart (United Kingdom)
  
• Boy's Singles :
• Samir Banerjee (US - Indian Origin)  
• 17 year old.  
  
• by defeating Victor Lilov (United States)
  

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Latest List of Ministers and their Portfolios 2021

On 7th July 2021 (Wednesday), Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers has underwent a reboot with major portfolios including Railways, Law, Health and Information Technology going into the hands of new ministers. With this reshuffle, the total number of the council of ministers has now became 78 (77 ministers + Prime Minister).  The maximum limit is 81. Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, has been given charge of the Railways and IT ministry.  Kiren Rijiju has got the Law and Justice ministry. Anurag Singh Thakur will handle Information and Broadcasting ministry followed by Youth Affairs and Sports. Mansukh Mandaviya is the new health minister. 

Important Points to Note :

• Total numbr of Ministers - 78 (77 ministers + prime minister)
  
• Current cabinet ministers - 30 (earlier 21)
• Junior Ministers - 45 (earlier 23)
• Women Ministers - 7 Women inducted (11 in total)
• Youngest Minister - Nisith Pramanik (35 years)
• Oldest Minister - Som Parkash (72 years)

List of Cabinet Ministers 2021

1. Rajnath Singh    Minister of Defence
2. Amit Shah    Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
3. Mansukh Mandaviya    Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
4. Nitin Gadkari    Minister of Road Transport and Highways
5. Nirmala Sitharaman     Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
6. Narendra Singh Tomar    Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
7. Dr. S. Jaishankar    Minister of External Affairs
8. Arjun Munda    Minister of Tribal Affairs
9. Smriti Irani    Minister of Women and Child Development
10. Piyush Goyal    Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles
11. Dharmendra Pradhan    Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
12. Pralhad Joshi    Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines
13. Narayan Rane    Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
14. Sarbananda Sonowal    Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH
15. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi    Minister of Minority Affairs
16. Dr. Virendra Kumar    Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
17. Giriraj Singh    Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj
18. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia    Minister of Civil Aviation
19. Ashwini Vaishnaw    Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
20. Ramchandra Prasad Singh    Minister of Steel
21. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras    Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
22. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat    Minister of Jal Shakti
23. Kiren Rijiju    Minister of Law and Justice
24. Ra Kumar Singh    Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
25. Hardeep Singh Puri    Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
26. Bhupender Yadav    Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment
27. Mahendra Nath Pandey    Minister of Heavy Industries
28. Parshottam Rupala    Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
29. G. Kishan Reddy    Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
30. Anurag Singh Thakur    Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

• Rao Inderjit Singh   -  Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
• Dr Jitendra Singh - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space

Ministers of State

1. Shripad Yesso Naik  Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
2. Faggansingh Kulaste Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
3. Prahalad Singh Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
4. Ashwini Kumar Choubey Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5. Arjun Ram Meghwal Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
6. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
7. Krishan Pal    Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
8. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao    Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
9. Ramdas Athawale    Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti    Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
11. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan    Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
12. Nityanand Rai    Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
13. Pankaj Chaowdhary    Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14. Anupriya Singh Patel    Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
15. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel    Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice
16. Rajeev Chandrasekhar    Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
17. Shobha Karandlaje    Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
18. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma    Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
19. Darshana Vikram Jardosh    Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
20. V. Muraleedharan    Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
21. Meenakashi Lekhi    Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
22. Som Parkash    Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
23. Renuka Singh Saruta    Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
24. Rameswar Teli    Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
25. Kailash Choudhary    Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
26. Annpurna Devi    Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
27. A. Narayanaswamy    Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28. Kaushal Kishore    Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
29. Ajay Bhatt    Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
30. B. L. Verma    Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
31. Ajay Kumar    Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
32. Devusinh Chauhan    Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
33. Bhagwanth Khuba    Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
34. Kapil Moreshwar Patil    Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
35. Pratima Bhoumik    Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
36. Dr. Subhas Sarkar    Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
37. Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad    Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
38. Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh    Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
39. Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar    Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
40. Bishweswar Tudu    Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
41. Shantanu Thakur    Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
42. Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai    Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
43. John Barla    Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
44. Dr. L. Murugan    Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
45. Nisith Pramanik    Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

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8 States get new Governors - Complete List

 President Ram nath Kovind appointed new governors for 8 states. This move has gain importance ahead of the much anticipated Cabinet reshuffle. Some important names in the list include Thawarchand Gehlot, the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment as the new Governor of Karnataka. He has replaced the present governor Vijubhai Vala. Here is the complete list of newly appointed governors.

• Haribabu Kambhampati (BJP Veteran from Andhra Pradesh) - New Governor of Mizoram
• P. S. Sreedharan Pillai (Present Governor of Mizoram) - New Governor of Goa
• Thawarchand Gehlot (Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment) - New Governor of Karnataka
• Satyadev Narayan Arya (Present Governor of Haryana) - New Governor of Tripura
• Ramesh Bais (Governor of Tripura) - New Governor of Jharkhand
• Bandaru Dattatreya (Governor of Himachal) - New Governor of Haryana
• Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel - New Governor of Madhya Pradesh
• Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar - New Governor of Himachal Pradesh

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