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Indian origin Laxman Narasimhan appointed as CEO of Starbucks

Starbucks has appointed Laxman Narasimhan as the next chief executive officer and a member of the Starbucks Board of Directors. He will work closely with the interim CEO, Howard Schultz, before taking charge as CEO role. Howard Schultz will continue as interim CEO until April 1, 2023. Prior to this, he served as global chief commercial officer at PepsiCo; worked as a senior partner at the […]

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Government appoints Nagesh Singh as India’s ambassador to Thailand

Nagesh Singh has been appointed as next ambassador of India to Thailand. He is presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. He will replace ambassador, Suchitra Durai and is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Nagesh Singh is a 1995 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) who has served as Consul General of India in Atlanta.

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Subedar Major Yadav authored autobiography titled “The Hero of Tiger Hill”

Subedar Major (Honorary Captain) has written an autobiography titled “The Hero of Tiger Hill”, tells the inspiring story of Yogendra Singh Yadav. Yogendra Singh Yadav is the youngest Param Vir Chakra awardee (India’s highest gallantry award) at the age of 19 for his actions in the 1999 Kargil conflict. This book was published by Srishti Publishers. It is the true story of

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Eminent economist, Abhijit Sen passes away

Renowned economist and former Planning Commission member, Abhijit Sen has been passed away at 72 due to heart attack. In his career, he taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and hold several important government positions including the chair of the Commission of Agricultural Cost and Prices. He was a member of Planning Commission from 2004 to 2014, during the tenure

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Ananth Narayan Gopalkrishnan appointed as whole-time member of SEBI

Associate Professor of SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Ananth Narayan Gopalkrishnan has been appointed as the fourth whole-time member (WTM) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He has been appointed for an initial period of 3 years. Other WTMs: SK Mohanty, Ashwani Bhatia, Ananta Barua Prior to SP Jain, Narayan was the Regional

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Justice U U Lalit sworn-in as 49th Chief Justice of India

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit (64 years) has been sworn-in as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI), succeeding Justice NV Ramana. President Draupadi Murmu administered him oath at Rashtrapati Bhawan. He will have a short tenure of 74 days and will hold office till Nov 8, 2022. He was involved in some landmark judgements like that of Triple Talaq case Constitution grants power to the

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Awadh Bihari Chaudhary unanimously elected as Speaker of Bihar Assembly

Senior RJD MLA Awadh Bihari Chaudhary unanimously has been elected as the Speaker of Bihar Assembly under Nitish kumar-RJD led Mahagathbandhan. Election for the post of Speaker was necessitated following the resignation of Vijay Kumar Sinha from the post in the changed political scenario in Bihar. Chief Minister of Bihar: Nitish Kumar. Deputy CM of Bihar: Tejashwi Yadav

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Sourav Ganguly appointed as first brand ambassador of DreamSetGo

India’s first premium sports experiences and travel platform, DreamSetGo has appointed Sourav Ganguly as its first brand ambassador. He will play a key role in promoting DSG’s curated experiences through its key partnerships with Manchester City, Chelsea FC, ICC Travel and more. DreamSetGo became the ‘Official Travel Agent’ of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022 and

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VVS Laxman appointed as the interim head coach of India for Asia Cup 2022

The chief of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), VVS Laxman has been named interim head coach of Team India in Dubai for the 2022 Asia Cup. This decision was confirmed by BCCI, as Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach, did not travel with the team after testing positive for COVID-19. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul will lead the team as captain and vice-captain respectively for

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Former VP, M Venkaiah Naidu launches a book titled, ‘New India’

Former Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu has released a book titled, ‘New India – a compilation of selected articles 2014-19’ of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley on his death anniversary (24 August) in New Delhi. Arun Jaitley has served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan (second highest civilian

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