MNRE is likely to propose to the govt. to set up a World Solar Bank. It may propose that the World Solar Bank disburse $50 billion over the first ten years. The bank will require $10 billion in equity capital and $2 billion in paid-up capital.
Ministry for New & Renewable Energy(MNRE) Incharge, R. K. Singh.
Bharti Airtel Ltd has appointed Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as chief executive officer (CEO) of the company’s enterprise business. He will succeed Ashish Arora, who has been promoted as the CEO for global business.
Bharti Airtel, the largest player in the B2B connectivity space.
The ITAT bench consisting of Justices P. P. Bhatt, President, ITAT ruled in favour of the trust in their appeal against Commissioner of Income Tax appeal order wherein a demand of more than Rs 220 crore was levied by the Income Tax Department.
ITAT, Founded: 25 January 1941.
Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister released a "Financial Management Index for Rural Development Programmes" to rank the performance of the States. It would promote the spirit of competitive, cooperative federalism amongst States.
Minister of State for Rural Development ,Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated India’s first honey testing lab set up by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) at Anand. The new lab will test honey as per the norms specified by the food safety regulator FSSAI.
National Accreditation Board for Testing& Calibration Lab(NABL).
Union Minister for Tribal Affairs inaugurated an e-Symposium on Handicrafts titled "Emergent North-East India: Strategic and Developmental Imperatives in Handicrafts" organized by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research and Analysis , IIM Shillong.
Arjun Munda, Constituency :- Khunti, Jharkhand.
Olivia de Havilland, a two-time Oscar winner and for decades the last surviving star of "Gone With the Wind," has died at the age of 104. Olivia Mary de Havilland was born July 1, 1916, in Tokyo to British parents.
Her first Oscar win -- for "To Each His Own".
The test results can be made available in a customized smartphone application for dissemination within 1 hr without requiring manual interpretation.It will cost about ₹2,000 if used at a pilot facility.This method has eliminated the need for a PCR machine.
PCR-Machines are based on Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued the formal Government Sanction Letter for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) to women officers in the Army. The order specifies the grant of PC to SSC women officers in all the 10 streams of the Army.
MoD Officeholder: Rajnath Singh (Minister).
The governing council of the 111-year-old Indian Institute of Science (IISc) formally appointed Prof Govindan Rangarajan as its new director. He will formally take charge after the incumbent director Prof Anurag Kumar superannuates on July 31.
IISc was founded by Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata in 1909.
Veteran actor John Saxon, of Nightmare on Elm Street and Enter the Dragon, died. His early projects from the 1950s include The Unguarded Moment, opposite Esther Williams, and Running Wild, opposite Mamie Van Doren.
In 1973, Saxon starred with Bruce Lee in Enter The Dragon.
Reserve Bank of India has conveyed its approval to 'SBI Funds Management Private Limited' to acquire shares up to 10 % of the paid-up capital of CSB Bank Ltd through various schemes of 'SBI Mutual Fund.' At present, SBI Funds Management holds 4.73 % stake.
CSB Bank, CEO: C.VR. Rajendran
Reliance Industries Ltd., controlled by Asia’s richest man, toppled ExxonMobil Corp. to become the world’s largest energy company. Ambani’s dealmaking has lured investments from Google to Facebook Inc. into his digital platform in recent months.
Exxon Mobil Corporation,CEO: Darren Woods.
With an aim to inculcate entrepreneurial mindset and build business skills among the agriculture students, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K) kick-started a 3-months Entrepreneurship Development Programme.
J&K LG GC Murmu is the Chancellor of the University.
India has ranked third among the top 10 countries that have gained in forest areas in the last decade, the latest Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) brought out by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Globally, 12.5 mn. people were employed in the forestry sector.