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Centre approves appointment of Justice DN Patel as chairperson of TDSAT

The Central Government has cleared the appointment of Delhi High Court Chief Justice DN Patel as Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), for a period of four years, or until further orders. Justice Patel will retire as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on March 12, 2022. He will replace the incumbent […]

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Singapore’s T Raja Kumar appointed as next President of FATF

Singapore’s T Raja Kumar has been appointed as the president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog. He will assume office with effect from July 01, 2022. for a fixed period of two-year term. Mr. Kumar will replace Dr. Marcus Pleyer of Germany. T. Raja Kumar is the current Head

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SBI appoints ex-Ujjivan Small Finance Bank CEO Nitin Chugh as DMD

State Bank of India (SBI) has appointed former Ujjivan Small Finance Bank CEO Nitin Chugh as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) to drive digital banking operations. He has been appointed to SBI for an initial term of three years, sources said. Nitin Chugh is a former Ujjivan Small Finance Bank CEO. He has also served as

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Vidya Balan appointed as brand ambassador of Bharti AXA Life Insurance

Bharti AXA Life Insurance has appointed National Award-winning actress VidyaBalan as its Brand Ambassador. Vidya will help the insurance company to further deepen its campaign “#DoTheSmartThing”. Bharti AXA Life Insurance is a joint venture of Bharti, India’s leading business group and AXA, one of the world’s leading organizations in financial protection and wealth management. Parag Raja is the managing director

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Sunil Agrawal appointed as the new CFO of LIC

Sunil Agrawal has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on contractual basis. Prior to this, he was serving as the CFO of Reliance Nippon Life Insurance for over 12 years. Central government is counting on LIC’s IPO to help bridge the gaping budget deficit by the end of this month and hopes

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Akshaye Widhani named as CEO of Yash Raj Films

Akshaye Widhani has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yash Raj Films. Widhani was serving as senior vice-president, finance and business Affairs and head of operations at YRF Studios. Yash Raj Films is one of India’s biggest film production houses. Aditya Chopra is the Chairman and MD of Yash Raj Films. Yash

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Madhabi Puri Buch Appointed First Woman Chairperson Of SEBI

Former ICICI Banker, Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as the new Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman, replacing Ajay Tyagi. She is the first woman chief of SEBI and also the first non-IAS to head the regulatory body. She is the first woman chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Ms Buch, the former head of ICICI Securities,

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Samiran Gupta to head public policy for Twitter in India

Samiran Gupta has been named the new head of policy for microblogging platform Twitter in India. He will lead the company’s public policy and philanthropy efforts in India and South Asia. Prior to joining Twitter, Gupta was the head of stakeholder engagement in South Asia for ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). Gupta was associated with

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Dish TV ropes in Rishabh Pant as brand ambassador

Dish TV India Limited’s DTH brand D2H, has brought Rishabh Pant on board as its new brand ambassador. The cricketer will feature in 360-degree brand communication for the next two years. “Our brands are our biggest strength. For Sugato Banerji, corporate head, marketing, D2H, Dish TV India Ltd, Rishabh Pant has developed into a distinctive entertainer

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HUL appoints Nitin Paranjpe as non-executive Chairman and Sanjiv Mehta as CEO & MD

Consumer goods company Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) announced the splitting up of positions of the company’s chairman of the board and the chief executive officer & managing director, in line with Securities and Exchange Board of India’s mandate seeking listed companies to now voluntarily split the two roles. Nitin Paranjpe has been appointed as the Non-Executive

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