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YES Bank has appointed Rama Subramaniam Gandhi as an additional independent director of the bank for a period of five years, effective from July 23, 2022. He is currently serving as a financial sector policy expert and adviser. He was a Deputy Governor of the RBI for three years from 2014 to 2017. He had a three-year secondment to the SEBI […]
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China has successfully launched the Wentian laboratory module (23-tonne), second space module to its permanent space station. This has been launched on the Long March 5B from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan. This module will help astronauts to carry out their scientific experiments, along with the other lab module. First space module was Tianhe, was
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The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has signed a gas-selling agreement with GAIL India and Assam Gas Company Ltd (AGCL) at Khubal under Panisagar of North Tripura. The ONGC will supply 50,000 standard cubic metres (per day) of gas to GAIL and AGCL and a total 0.1 million standard cubic metres per day (MSCMD) gas will be supplied from ONGC’s
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Ennarasu Karunesan has been named as the official representative of the International Association of Ports and Harbors’ (IAPH) in India. He has started his career in the port industry with the Mumbai port and later worked as the general manager of operations and CEO of the Westport Container Terminal in Port Klang, Malaysia (from 2001 to 2004).
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Actor, Kamal Haasan has received the prestigious Golden Visa from the UAE government for 10 years. Prior to Kamal Hasan, several actors including Nasser, Mammootty, Mohanlal, Tovino Thomas, Parthiepan, Amala Paul and Shah Rukh Khan have received this honour. The UAE Golden Visa is a long-term residence visa system, extending from five to 10 years. It is granted
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A book titled “Dilip Kumar: In the Shadow of a Legend” by Faisal Farooqui– Faisal Farooqui has released a new book on the legendary actor of Indian cinema, Yusuf Khan, better known as Dilip Kumar titled “In the Shadow of a Legend: Dilip Kumar”. the book tributes to Dilip Kumar the man more than Dilip Kumar
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India’s Neeraj Chopra, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics javelin throw champion, won the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships 2022 in Oregon on Saturday to end India’s 19-year-long wait for a medal at the worlds. In his fourth attempt, he managed to record a throw of 88.13m, with this historic performance he became the only second Indian Athlete to win a medal at World
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Union home minister, Amit Shah has launched an e-FIR filing system in Gandhinagar to enable citizens to file FIRs online, without visiting a police station. With the help of this system, citizens will not need to go the police station to register a complaint for a vehicle theft or mobile phone theft. The e-FIR service has been linked with the Gujarat state
Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) has defeated two-time defending champion, Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia by three minutes and 34 seconds to win his first Tour de France title. Last year, Vingegaard has finished second after Pogacar. The Tour de France is a prestigious multistage bike race, held annually in France. The race, also known as Le Tour or La Grande Boucle, includes 21 stages
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Vodafone Idea has appointed Akshaya Moondra as new chief executive officer with effect from August 19, 2022 for a period of three years. He will succeed Ravinder Takkar. Takkar will continue to be a non-executive and non-independent director of the company post completion of his term as the MD & CEO. Moondra has over 30 years of international experience and over
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