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Sajjan Jindal elected as Vice-Chairman of The World Steel Association

The World Steel Association has elected Sajjan Jindal-Chairman & MD of JSW Steel, as Vice-Chairman of the association for 1 year. It also elected YU Yong-Chairman of HBIS Group Co, as Chairman. TV Narendran & LN Mittal has been elected as its members.

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TV Narendran-Tata Steel CEO & MD, LN Mittal-ArcelorMittal Chief.

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Citigroup names Peter Babej as Asia Pacific CEO

Citigroup Inc appointed Peter Babej-the U.S. bank's global head of financial institutions group, as its Asia Pacific CEO. He joined Citi as co-head of the financial institutions group after having worked at Deutsche Bank & investment bank Lazard.

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Citigroup is headquartered in New York City.

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S M Vaidya takes over as Director (Refineries) at Indian Oil Corporation

IOC has appointed Shrikant Madhav Vaidya as the Director of IOC Refineries. He is also the Director on the board of Chennai Petroleum Corporation & the West Coast Refinery & Petrochemicals Project-world’s largest grassroot refinery project.

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West Coast Refinery project is coming up in Maharashtra.

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C-CAMP & Dutch AMR consortium ink pact

Centre for Cellular & Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Dutch AMR Consortium - AMR Global. LoI will help the firms to jointly build & nurture innovations to address the global antimicrobial resistance threat (AMR).

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C-CAMP is a Dept of Biotechnology initiative.

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Value Point partners with Cisco to set up cyber security experience centre in Bengaluru

Tech firm Value Point Systems has partnered with US-based Cisco to launch cyber security experience centre in Bengaluru. CSEC will enable Value Point customers to build & manage cyber security platforms specific to their business requirements.

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It will highlight real-time scenarios specific to customers.

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IOB in pact with Magic bricks to e-auction over 500 properties in 14 cities

Indian Overseas Bank has entered into an agreement with Magic bricks- an online property marketplace, for the e-auction of more than 500 re-possessed properties- majority located in Chennai & Coimbatore, rest in 12 other cities-worth more than ₹800 crore.

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The e-auction will be carried out in 2 phases.

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Bharat Electronics signs MoU with TEL for ammunition business

Bharat Electronics Limited has signed a MoU with Tamil Nadu Industrial Explosives Limited-a Tamil Nadu govt undertaking for co-operation in the explosives segment. They also aim to set up a Centre of Excellence for ammunition related technologies.

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BEL is an Indian state-owned aerospace & defence company.

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MG Motor India partners with eChargeBays for setting up home charging for EVs

MG Motor has partnered with eChargeBays for setting up home charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. The partnership comes ahead of the company’s launch of the its electric SUV. MG Motor has already partnered with the Fortum & the Delta Electronics.

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eChargeBays is a Delhi-based start-up.

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Shirui Lily Festival inaugurated in Manipur

Union Minister of State for Tourism & Culture Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated Shirui Lily Festival 2019, at Shirui Vangayan Ground of Ukhrul in Manipur. It is the 3rd edition of the 4-day festival. It will showcase the rich cultural heritage of the State.

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Manipur CM - N. Biren Singh.

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Kerala Start-up Mission to hold fourth edition of IEDC event

Kerala Start-up Mission will hold the the 4th edition of the IEDC (Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre) summit. 'Accelerating Ideas to Industry 4.0’ will be the theme. This gives students an opportunity to express their entrepreneurial ideas.

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Saji Gopinath is the CEO of KSUM.

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Food Safety Mitra scheme launched on World Food Day-16 October

Minister for Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan launched Food Safety Mitra Scheme, Eat Right Jacket & Eat Right Jhola on World Food Day. FSSAI introduced scheme Food Safety Mitra is the professional certified by FSSAI who assists in compliances.

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FSSAI- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.

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17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

UN celebrates International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17. It promotes people’s awareness of the need to eradicate poverty worldwide. 2019 theme is- “acting together to empower children, their families & communities to end poverty”.

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Adoption of Convention on the Rights of the Child was on 1989.