Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has selected Pramod Agarwal, a 1991 batch IAS from Madhya Pradesh cadre as the next chairman of Coal India. He will take over after the present chairman A K Jha retires in January 2020.
Its first chairman was Lieutenant General K S Garewal.
The Bimal Jalan panel of the Reserve Bank has recommended that the revised economic capital framework will be reviewed every five years. The RBI, Under the revised framework, decided to transfer 52,637 crore rupees excess provisions to the government.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was established on April 1, 1935.
India, France and Australia, in a major strategic move, plans trilaterals that will help to rebalance China in the Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of growing Indo-French & Indo-Australia & Australia-France partnership across the vast region.
France Capital- Paris, Australia Capital- Canberra.
Odisha's capital city Bhubaneswar became the first venue to get a provisional clearance for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020. Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, will become the first to host a FIFA competition in Odisha.
Ganeshi Lal is current governor of Odisha.
IRDAI nominated Sanjay Verma, DGM (Distn Dev) as the "Single Point of Contact on regulatory sandbox matters. Wherein financial technology firms can seek permission to experiment with innovative approaches for the growth of the sector.
Subhash Chandra Khuntia , current IRDAI Chairman.
Delhi and District Cricket Association decided to rename Delhi's iconic Feroz Shah Kotla, the second-oldest cricket stadium in India, as Arun Jaitley Stadium in tribute to the former Union finance minister who passed away recently.
Jaitley, was president of the DDCA from 1999 to 2013.
United States approved the USD 3.3 billion sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan.Japan will buy up to 73 of the Raytheon-made SM-3 Block IIA missiles, which are designed to be fired by the ship-board Aegis system to intercept incoming ballistic missile.
Shinzo Abe current Prime Minister of Japan.
The Odisha state women and child development department has extended benefits of the Direct Cash Benefit "Mamata" scheme to the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in the state for another five years.
Mamata was launched by the state government in September, 2011
The Indian team created history by winning one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the 45th WorldSkills Kazan 2019 competition, in Russia. It has been the country's best performance since it first participated at the event in 2007.
S Aswatha Narayana won the gold medal in water technology
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, the country’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP) passed away. She was 72. Born in Himachal Pradesh, Chaudhary was the country’s second woman IPS officer after Kiran Bedi.
She led the Uttarakhand Police force as DGP from 2004 to 2007.