The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed Siddharth Tiwari as the Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific. He succeeds Eli Remolona as Chief Representative of the Asian Office to deepen cooperation between the BIS & central banks.
Bank for International Settlements Located at Basel, Switzerland
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has set a deadline of June 2019 for the completion of the of Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) which was started 3 years ago. The task consists of scanning of 6.6 crore revenue document.
Article 35A deals with J&K Residential status.
According to the combined survey conducted by Jagaran.com, KPMG and Facebook-- Indore is India’s best city to live in and the safest city is Dehradun. Top three big cities Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru where people migrate for the job didn’t rank in the top
Indore is in Madhya Pradesh state.
Binny Bansal has announced his resignation as CEO of Flipkart Group on account of serious personal misconduct. Mr. Bansal is a co-founder of Flipkart. Ananth Narayanan as CEO of Flipkart’s fashion arms while Sameer Nigam will lead digital payment.
Walmart has acquired Flipkart in 2018.
The joint military exercise between Indian and Russia EXERCISE INDRA 2018 on combating insurgency under the aegis of UN is being conducted at Babina, Uttar Pradesh. The aim of the exercise is to practice joint planning and to enhance interoperability.
Bipin Rawat is Chief of the Army Staff (India).
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is hosting a 2nd conference on Global Digital Content Market 2018 in New Delhi. Due to the strong creative industry in the country in films,music India was selected by World Intellectual Property Org
The first conference was held in Geneva in 2016.
Goa government issued an order imposing a ban on the import of fish into the state. The decision has been taken in view of continuing uncertainty about the presence of formalin in imported fish in Goa.
formalin is a preservative that causes cancer.
Human Resource Development Ministry launched the Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) and Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT). ARPIT is a unique initiative of online professional development of 15 Lakh higher education faculty.
LEAP is a leadership development training programme.
Former England and Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole have announced his retirement from football. He made 716 appearances and scored 104 goals for seven clubs and completed his career with Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Cole has represented England in 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups.
Stan Lee, who designed Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk and a cavalcade of other Marvel Comics superheroes that became mythic figures in pop culture with soaring success at the movie box office, died at the age of 95.
Lee was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2008.