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Lt. General Mohan Subramanian appointed as Force Commander of UN Mission in South Sudan

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday announced the appointment of Lt Gen Mohan Subramanian of India as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). He succeeds Lt Gen Shailesh Tinaikar also from India. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment on July 5. Almost 20,000 peacekeepers serve with the […]

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Government set up FSIB, a sole entity for bank board appointments

The Central government has decided to set up Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) as a single entity for appointments of Wholetime Directors and Non-Executive Directors in public sector banks (PSBs), public sector insurers (PSIs) and financial institutions (FIs). This new entity will be headed by former Chairman of Banks Board Bureau, Bhanu Pratap Sharma for 2 years. The Cabinet

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Singapore’s T. Raja Kumar is new president of FATF

Indian- origin T Raja Kumar has been appointed as President of world’s anti-terrorism financing agency, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for two years (July 2022 -June 2024). He succeeded Dr Marcus Pleyer, who served as the chief of the FATF. He will be responsible for enhancing the effectiveness of global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures. He has a working experience in home

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PokerBaazi appoints Shahid Kapoor as its brand ambassador

PokerBaazi has appointed actor Shahid Kapoor as its brand ambassador. Aims: to create a robust ecosystem for Poker in India. According to research firm Statista, the online gaming industry across India was valued at around ₹79 billion in 2021, marking a leap from about ₹65 billion in 2020. The sector is expected to be worth over ₹150 billion by 2024, indicating a compound

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Akash Ambani named as chairman of Reliance Jio

The board of Reliance Jio Infocomm has approved the appointment of Akash Ambani (non-executive director of the company) as its chairman. He has joined the Reliance Jio in 2014. The board has also approved the appointment of Raminder Singh Gujral and KV Chowdary, as additional directors of the company. The appointment of Pankaj Mohan Pawar as MD of Jio has also been

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IWF appoints Mohammed Jalood as President 2022

Mohammed Jalood has been appointed as president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) at an event held in Tirana, Albania. Jalood is the first permanent president since Tamás Aján has stepped down in 2020 after controlling the IWF for 44 years. Earlier, he has worked as a IWF General Secretary. He has worked as spending the last five as IWF General

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Anil Khanna appointed as the acting President of IOA

The Delhi High Court has passed an order, that Narinder Dhruv Batra cannot continue as the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in a contempt proceeding. While hearing a contempt proceeding filed on behalf of former Olympian Aslam Sher Khan against Batra, IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta and Sports Secretary. The court has also appointed Anil

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IRS Officer Nitin Gupta named as the new chairman of CBDT

The government has appointed Nitin Gupta as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). A Committee of Secretaries held a meeting on June 25 and selected Gupta, a 1986 batch IRS officer, as the Chairman of the apex body of Income Tax. Gupta, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1986 batch

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Samant Kumar Goel re-appointed as Chief of RAW

Samant Kumar Goel’s contract as secretary of the intelligence agency’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was extended by the Centre on June 24 by another year. Who is Samant Kumar Goel? Samant Kumar Goel is an IPS officer from the Punjab cadre class of 1984 and will hold the position of agency secretary through June

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Parameswaran Iyer becomes new CEO of Niti Aayog

Former Secretary of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Parameswaran Iyer has been appointed as a new CEO of Niti Aayog for two years. He will replace Amitabh Kant. He is a 1981-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. In 2016, Iyer was appointed to implement government’s Swachh Bharat Mission. He resigned as Secretary of the Department of

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