Daily News

Image

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan dedicates 56 CNG stations to the nation

Dharmendra Pradhan dedicated 56 CNG stations to the nation.These stations are spread over 11 states and UTs. He said that 72% population of India will soon be covered through the City Gas Distribution network, with spread over 53% of the geographical area.

Did you Know

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

Image

PFC board clears R S Dhillon's appointment

State-run Power Finance Corporation (PFC) under the Ministry of Power announced the appointment of Ravinder Singh Dhillon, currently its Director, as Chairman and Managing Director from June 1 following superannuation of Rajeev Sharma this month.

Did you Know

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has headquarters in New Delhi.

Image

Finance Ministry appoints PR Jaishankar managing director of IIFCL

Ministry of finance appointed PR Jaishankar as the managing director of the India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL).He has served as the executive director of the National Housing Bank prior to this after the recommendations of Bank Boards Bureau.

Did you Know

Harsha Bangari appointed deputy managing director of Exim Bank.

Image

Prof Sonajharia Minz appointed as VC of Sido Kanhu Murmu University

Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Sonajharia Minz, who was also the President of JNU Teachers’ Association, was appointed vice-chancellor of Sido Kanhu Murmu University (SKMU) in Jharkhand’s Dumka, becoming the first tribal women to head a university.

Did you Know

Jharkhand Governor: Draupadi Murmu.

Image

IIT-IIM alumnus S Gopalakrishnan appointed as additional secretary in PMO

S Gopalakrishnan, a senior Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as additional secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office. Gopalakrishnan’s appointment was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Did you Know

He is currently serving at the Ministry of Electronics.

Image

UK PM appoints Indian-origin academic as Natural History Museum Trustee

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Indian-origin academic Yadvinder Malhi as a new Trustee of the Natural History Museum in London. His appointment has been made in accordance with the UK Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments.

Did you Know

Malhi is Professor of Ecosystem Science at University of Oxford.

Image

IndiGo appoints Venkataramani Sumantran as independent director

Venkataramani Sumantran, the chairman and managing director of Chennai based Celeris Technologies, has been appointed as the Independent Director of IndiGo, the Indian airline company headquartered in Gurgaon. He will hold the post for the next five years.

Did you Know

IndiGo is the largest airline in India by passengers carried.

Image

TCS Wins Two Stevie Awards for 2019 TCS New York City Marathon App

Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT service, consulting and business solutions organization, has won two Steviesin the 2020 American Business Awards, the nation's premier business awards program, for the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon app.

Did you Know

With this, TCS has so far received 2 gold and 2 silver Awards.

Image

Cisco acquires ThousandEyes for around $1 billion to make deeper push into software

Cisco continued its software acquisition spree, announcing the purchase of ThousandEyes, founded by Mohit Lad, whose technology helps companies monitor their network for outages. Cisco has been focused on expanding its portfolio of cloud-based software.

Did you Know

Cisco CEO: Chuck Robbins. HQ: California, USA.

Image

NHPC Board Approves Foray Into Solar Energy Business

State-run hydro power giant NHPC has announced that its board has approved the proposal to foray into the solar energy business. The firm is mainly into hydropower generation. NHPC presently has an installation base of 7,071.2 MW from 24 power stations.

Did you Know

NHPC Chairman: Abhay Kumar Singh. HQ: Faridabad.

Image

RBI stops selling 7.75% govt savings bonds

The Reserve Bank India stopped selling the 7.75% (Taxable) government savings bond, the most sought-after investment by retail investors in recent times. With this, options have come down for retail investors, looking for high guaranteed-return products.

Did you Know

These bonds had a seven-year lock-in period.

Image

RBI slaps penalty on BoI, Karnataka Bank & Saraswat Bank

RBI imposed the penalty of Rs. 5 cr on Bank of India, Rs. 30 lakh on Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd and Rs. 1.20 cr on Karnataka Bank. The RBI has imposed the penalty on the ground of non-compliance with certain provisions of the directions issued by RBI.

Did you Know

Saraswat Co-operative Bank Limited Headquarters: Mumbai.

Image

Ajit Jogi, First Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Dies At 74

Ajit Jogi, the former Congress leader, who became the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh when the state was born in 2000, has passed away after being hospitalized for three weeks. He was a Veteran Indian Police Service and Indian Administrative Service.

Did you Know

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister: Bhupesh Baghel.

Image

Veteran lyricist Yogesh, who penned songs for ‘Anand’ and ‘Rajnigandha’, dies at 77

Veteran lyricist Yogesh Gaur, who penned the famous ‘Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaaye’ and ‘Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli" in "Anand", passed away. He was 77. Known by his first name in film circles, Yogesh was a prominent lyricist in ’70s Hindi cinema.

Did you Know

Gaur’s evergreens include ‘mili’, ‘Ek Chhoti Si Baat’, etc.,