M Nageshwar Rao was appointed as the interim director of the CBI with immediate effect. Presently, He is working as the Joint Director in the investigating agency. He also worked as Additional Director General of Police (Railways), Odisha.
Central Bureau of Investigation was founded in 1963.
India, Afghanistan, Iran held their first trilateral meeting on the Chabahar port project. It assumes significance as the strategically-located port on the energy-rich Iran's southern coast was coming under the ambit of US sanctions on Tehran.
Indian delegation at the trilateral - TS Tirumurti
38 pacts worth $5 bn were signed among 20 tech. providers, capital goods manufacturers & steel producers, which will give impetus to the manufacturing of capital goods for iron & steel industry. India has a target to rise steel capacity to 300 MT by 2030-31.
Union steel minister - Chaudhary Birender Singh.
Lewis Hamilton failed to clinch a fifth world title when he finished third in a thrilling US Grand Prix. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took his first victory for more than five years in US GP. Red Bull's Max Verstappen got second place.
Spain GP, Russian GP, Italian GP, Singapore GP won by Hamilton.
Philips has launched its first start-up collaboration 12-week programme that is focused on the application of AI in healthcare. It would give 19 AI start-up companies access to Philips' health technology expertise & its ecosystem of knowledge partners.
Philips HQ – Netherlands, CEO - Frans van Houten.
Invest India has received the top UN Investment Promotion Award in recognition of its efforts to boost investments in the renewable energy sector in India. A non-profit venture of the DIPP and Invest India promotes sustainable investment.
Chief Executive Officer of Invest India - Deepak Bagla.
PNB Metlife has unveiled an AI-powered customer service app ‘Khushi’. The app is designed to be a one-stop shop providing insurance-related information such as policy features, premium due details besides providing fund value and portfolio details.
Khushi can interact with customers via text as well as speech.
The world's longest sea-crossing bridge has opened in China after 9 years of construction. The bridge spans 55km & connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. About 30km of its total length crosses the sea of the Pearl River delta.
World’s longest' hanging footbridge is in Switzerland.
The overseeing committee has set up under the inter-creditor agreement (ICA) of the Indian Banks’ Association for resolution of stressed assets having 6 members, including Janki Ballabh, MBN Rao, M Damodaran, and HR Khan.
Janki Ballabh - Former Chairman of State Bank of India
Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died. He was 90. He and 2 American scientists shared 2008 Nobel prize for the discovery & development of a jellyfish protein that later contributed to cancer studies.
His Book - Bioluminescence: Chemical Principles and Methods