Current Affairs - Awards and Honours - Discussion

Dinesh Sharma has been appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by President Droupadi Murmu. The appointment was announced through a Rashtrapati Bhavan notification issued on September 5, 2026. Sharma, a senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP, previously served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He will replace Admiral D K Joshi (retd.), who had served as the Lieutenant Governor since October 8, 2017. Sharma’s new role involves overseeing the administration of the strategically important Union Territory.