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Sanjiv Puri appointed as New Chairman of ITC

The country's largest cigarette maker ITC, informed exchanges that its board of directors has appointed MD Sanjiv Puri as its Chairman with immediate effect following the death of YC Deveshwar, who was the former chairman.

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ITC- Indian Tobacco Company
ITC HQs - Kolkata, West Bengal

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A K Sikri, former Supreme Court judge appointed as the chairperson of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice A. K. Sikri has been appointed as the Chairperson of the NBSA. He will succeed Justice R. V. Raveendran. NBSA, stands for News Broadcasting Standards Authority.

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Supreme Court of India—New Delhi

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MoU Signed For Rudraksh Plantation In Ganga Basin

An MoU was signed between NMCG, HCL Foundation and INTACH for the project, ‘Plantation of Rudraksh Trees in Uttarakhand’ under the ‘Namami Gange’ Programme. The project aims at planting 10,000 Rudraksh trees in the catchment area of Ganga in Uttarakhand.

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NMCG-National Mission for Clean Ganga
Namami Gange-launched(2014

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HDFC partners with IMGC to provide mortgage-guarantee-backed home loan

HDFC has partnered with IMGC for a mortgage guarantee-backed home loan.

With this partnership, HDFC will be able to access an enlarged customer base.

This will help customers to avail loans beyond their retirement period.

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IMGC-India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation
CEO- Mahesh Misra

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6th Session of Global Platform for DRR will be held in Geneva, Switzerland 2019

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was first held in 2007. It is a biennial event. Its sixth session will take place in Geneva, Switzerland.The theme for 2019 is, “Resilience Dividend: Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Societies.”

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UNISDR-UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

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Captain Aarohi Pandit from Mumbai became 1st woman in the world to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a LSA

Captain Aarohi Pandit, a 23-year-old pilot from Mumbai, India became the world's 1st woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA), thrilling her family, friends and aviation circles.

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She took off from Scotland and landed in Canada

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Sherpa climber Kami Rita reached the top of Mount Everest ,for a 23rd time.

Sherpa climber Kami Rita reached the top of Mount Everest, for a 23rd time, thus breaking his own record for the most successful climbs of the world’s highest summit. He climbed Everest from the Nepal side.

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Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay were the 1st to conquer Everest

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Kumar Tuhin appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Bosnia & Herzegovina

Shri Kumar Tuhin, IFS-batch1991, currently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Hungary, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Bosnia & Herzegovina.

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Budapest-Capital of Hungary

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RBI releases 'Vision 2021' for payment systems for 'cash-lite' society

RBI released a vision document, 'Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 - 2021', for ensuring a safe & affordable e-payment system as it expects the number of digital transactions to increase more than 4 times to 8,707 crore in future.

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RBI was established on 1st April, 1935 in Kolkata.

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Indian Navy’s Service Selection Board Inaugurated At Kolkata

Admiral Sunil Lanba, the Chief of Naval Staff inaugurated Indian Navy’s first full-fledged SSB at Diamond Harbour, near Kolkata. It will boost the induction of officers, both men and women, into the Indian Navy.

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India’s Defence Minister-Nirmala Sitharaman