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Internet panel on languages UASG ropes in Vijay Shekhar Sharma as ambassador

Internet panel on languages ropes in Vijay Shekhar Sharma as ambassador: A community-based team of industry leaders supported by global internet body ICANN has roped Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma as the Ambassador of Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG). UASG works on developing and recommending standards for languages script that are not currently used to […]

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Roberta Metsola elected as new President of EU Parliament

Roberta Metsola elected as new President of the EU Parliament

Maltese center-right politician Roberta Metsola has been elected as the new European Parliament President, a week after the body’s previous head David Sassoli died suddenly, and she immediately faced questions around her stance on abortion rights. The 43-year-old is the only third woman and the youngest president ever to run the chamber. She is also the

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Centre appoints Vikram Dev Dutt as new CMD of Air India

Senior bureaucrat Vikram Dev Dutt has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India Ltd as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on January 18, 2022. Dutt is a 1993-batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory) cadre. Prior to this, he was the

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Narendra Goenka takes charge as new Chairman of AEPC

Narendra Kumar Goenka took charge as new chairman of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) with effect from January 17, 2022. AEPC is the official body of apparel exporters in India, under the aegis of Ministry of Textiles. He replaces Dr A Sakthivel. Before this Mr Goenka was the Vice Chairman of the AEPC. AEPC is

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Shersingh Khyalia appointed as CEO of Adani Power

Shersingh Khyalia appointed as CEO of Adani Power: The Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Shersingh B Khyalia as a chief executive officer of the company with effect from 11th January 2022. Adani Power is a subsidiary of Gautam Adani-led Adani Group.

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Raghuvendra Tanwar appointed chairman of ICHR

Raghuvendra Tanwar, professor emeritus, Kurukshetra University (KU) has been appointed as chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi, for a period of three years by the Government of India (GOI). Tanwar appointment is for a period of three years from the day he assumes the office of the Chairman of the

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Rocket scientist S Somanath appointed as new ISRO Chief to replace K Sivan

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the appointment of the eminent rocket scientist Dr S Somanath as its new chairman and Space Secretary. Dr Somanath will succeed Kailasavadivoo Sivan who completes his extended tenure. Dr. Somanath replaces K. Sivan as ISRO Chief. He shall take over the charge from January 15, 2022 for a

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RBI approves appointment of Ittira Davis as MD & CEO of Ujjivan SFB

Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of Ittira Davis as managing director & chief executive officer of (MD & CEO) of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank for one tenure. He will take charge of the extended tenure from January 14, 2022. The post had been lying vacant since three-month following the sudden exit of incumbent Nitin Chugh.

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Alikhan Smailov appointed as new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

The parliament of Kazakhstan has unanimously approved the appointment of Alikhan Smailov as the new Prime Minister of the country. His name was nominated by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on January 11, 2022. Prior to this, the 49-year-old Smailov served as country’s finance minister from 2018 to 2020. He became the first deputy prime minister in the Cabinet in 2019.

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Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas appointed as next IMF’s Chief Economist to succeed Gita Gopinath

The International Monetary Fund has appointed Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas as its next economic counsellor and director of the Research Department (RES). He will succeed Gita Gopinath, who assumed the office on January 1, 2019. Gourinchas will succeed Gita Gopinath, the first woman to serve as the Fund’s chief economist. he will take over as first deputy managing

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