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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Viral Acharya, the lone man or the last man in RBI, who often batted for central bank’s independence from both inside and outside quarters has reportedly called it a day. This is the second top level exit after the governor Urjit Patel, also an economist who held the […]
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Narendra Modi Government has appointed senior IPS officer Samant Goel as the new Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief on June 26, 2019. In another move, government has appointed senior IPS officer Arvind Kumar as the director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Their names were finalized by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed
Samant Goel appointed as the new Chief of Research and Analysis Wing Read More »
Amit Agarwal, senior vice-president, Amazon and country manager, India, has been appointed as the new chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India [IAMAI]. He assumes office at a time when the industry is going through a growth trajectory with more than 500 million internet users in India. Commenting on his appointment, Agarwal said, “This is
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Veyil Marangal (Trees Under the Sun), directed by Bijukumar Damodaran, won the award for ‘Outstanding Artistic Achievement’ at the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival, becoming the first Indian film to win a major award at the festival. The film was one among the 3,964 entries submitted from 112 countries in the prestigious Golden Goblet Award
Universal smart card driving licences are on the anvil, the government said . “The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to modify the format of driving licences to laminated card without chip or smart card type driving licences,” Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in a written reply to the Rajya
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The Lok Sabha passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019, making a trust or any entity notified by the Central government eligible for consideration of grant of permission to set up a unit in special economic zones. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said the Bill, which would replace an ordinance, was aimed
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The Government of India, the Government of Uttarakhand and the World Bank today signed a loan agreement of $31.58 million for the Uttarakhand Public Financial Management Strengthening Project that will help improve the state’s ability to manage its finances and better utilize funds for development purposes. The project is part of World Bank’s public financial
Krishnaswamy Natarajan has been appointed as the next director general of Indian Coast Guard and would be replacing incumbent Rajendra Singh who is retiring after three and a half years of illustrious command. Natarajan joined the Coast Guard on January 18, 1984, and holds a Masters Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University.
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The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $147 million loan agreement to provide basic urban services to the people of Jharkhand and help improve the management capacity of the urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state. “The Jharkhand Municipal Reform Programme will focus on improving the municipal sector’s capacity to provide basic urban services. It
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Commemorating 20 years of the Kargil War, the IAF on Monday turned the Gwalior air base virtually into a conflict theatre, with dramatic reenactment of some of the milestones of the operation in 1999. In a symbolic ‘recreation’ of the Tiger Hill attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Drass-Kargil area, the air force used the Mirage
