Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand. The chief minister of the state Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced Akshay Kumar’s appointment as Brand Ambassador of The Hill State after meeting at his residence in Dehradun. This announcement was made by the chief minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami ahead of Assembly […]
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England has appointed Paul Collingwood as the interim head coach of the team for the upcoming three-Test tour against West Indies. His appointment comes after former head coach Chris Silverwood and managing director (MD) Ashley Giles were sacked, following England’s 4-0 Ashes defeat to Australia. Paul David Collingwood: Former English cricketer, who played all three formats of the game internationally for England.
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A team of Indian scientists have developed a new technology platform for fluorometric detection of pathogens such as viruses by measurement of fluorescent light emitted. The new technology has been demonstrated for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. It can also be used to detect other DNA/RNA pathogens like HIV, influenza, HCV, Zika, Ebola, bacteria, and other mutating pathogens. This
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Fintech unicorn Razorpay has acquired a majority stake in Curlec in a deal that values the Malaysian payments startup at over $19 million. Razorpay will fully acquire the company later in 18 months. Overall this is the fourth acquisition of Razorpay and the first acquisition in a foreign country. Prior to this, Razorpay has acquired
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The Centre has appointed Sanjay Malhotra, a 1990 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, as Secretary in the Department of Financial Services in Finance Ministry. Before this, Sanjay Malhotra was Chairman and Managing Director of REC Ltd. He has succeeded Debashish Panda, who completed his term as DFS Secretary on January 31, 2022.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has emerged as the second-largest buyer of Gold among the world’s Central Banks in 2021. The largest buyer, the Central Bank of Thailand, bought 90 metric tonnes of gold while RBI bought 77.5 metric tonnes taking its total gold reserve to 754.1 tonnes at the end of December 2021. Central Bank of Thailand (Bank
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India’s first commercial-scale biomass-based hydrogen plant will come up at the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. Every day this plant will produce one tonne of hydrogen, from 30 tonnes of biomass feedstock. The plant is being put up by a joint venture of Watomo Energies Ltd and Biezel Green Energy with an investment of Rs 24 crore. “Thermally accelerated anaerobic
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NERCRMS in collaboration with Ziro Valley Charity Mission Society (ZVCMS), Arunachal Pradesh, has organized training programme on Pruning and Post-plantation Management of Apple Orchards at Apple garden in Supyu village, Arunachal Pradesh Nineteen beneficiaries were identified from various Community Based Organizations (CBOs). They were trained in pruning method of low-chilling apples as well as on how to protect plants from
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Jens Stoltenberg will be appointed as the Governor of Norges Bank i.e. the Central Bank of Norway at the end of 2022.The appointment comes amid escalating tensions between the West and Russia. Western nations fear Moscow has plans to invade Ukraine, which aspires to join the NATO alliance. Jens Stoltenberg is the Secretary-General at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and his term
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Market regulator Sebi has directed the mutual fund (MF) industry to set up an audit committee at the asset management company (AMC) level. Currently, such a committee is set up by the trustee of a fund house. The committee shall be responsible for oversight of the financial reporting process, compliance to laws and regulations. The audit committee
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