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S.Muralidhar from Punjab&Haryana HC, Hima Kohli from Delhi HC, Sanjib Banerjee from Calcutta HC and Pankaj Mithal from Allahabad HC were appointed by the President as per clause (1) of Article 217.
Chief Justice of India - Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
Established in 1958 with just 10 labs to enhance research work in Defence & develop defence technologies for Armed Forces. DRDO Chairman declared Export as the theme for 2021 & Online Industry Partner Registration Module was launched.
DRDO Chairman - Dr G Satheesh Reddy
The ace mountaineer was instrumental in launching Operation Meghdoot & securing Siachen Glacier in 1984.He mapped the area in 1981-82. Awarded Padma Shri(1965), Param Vishisht Seva Medal , Kirti Chakra,Ati Vishisht Seva Medal & Mac Gregor Medal .
He was 1st Indian to climb Mt.Nanda Devi
Membership will provide IFSCA (regulator of financial institutions at IFSC) the platform to exchange information & learn from best practices of the regulators of other well established financial centres. IOSCO brings together world's securities regulators.
GIFT IFSC: 1st international financial services centre in India.
PRF for Himachal Subtropical Horticulture, Irrigation, and Value Addition Readiness Project will finance piloting activities, and design & capacity building for an ensuing project that aims to expand horticulture production & farm household income.
ADB:
HQ -Mandaluyong, Manila, Philippines
Established - 1966.
It is to construct 120MW HEP plant (Kopili river) & will enhance availability of electricity supplied from clean energy by 469 GigaWatt Hour by 2025. This is 3rd tranche loan for Assam Power Sector Investment Programme approved by ADB Board in July 2014.
ADB:
Members - 68 members;
President - Masatsugu Asakawa.
Soma Mondal took over from Anil Kumar Chaudhary as SAIL Chairman. A veteran in metal sector, Mondal joined SAIL in 2017 from another state-run firm Nalco as its director commercial. She was instrumental in introducing new marketing strategies & products.
SAIL:
HQ - New Delhi;
Founded - 1954.
Singapore based TPG Growth will be jointly funded by TPG (TPG Global, LLC & its affiliates) & Korean Investment Corporation. API Holdings is a company incorporated in India and is the ultimate parent entity of the API Holdings group
CCI:
Established - 2003;
HQ - New Delhi;
Chairman -Ashok K Gupta
The LHPs are constructed at Indore, Rajkot, Chennai, Ranchi, Agartala & Lucknow under Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC)-India, a programme that seeks to build over 1,000 houses each in these cities in 12 months.
GHTC was launched by Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
Entails acquiring share of MSSSL(Target) from Mukand Limited & its nominees by JSPL(Acquirer). Both JSPL & Mukand are part of the same group. JSPL is an unregistered core investment company & MSSSL is a steel manufacturing company
Approved under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002.
IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company rebranded as Ageas Federal Life Insurance Company after IDBI sold 23 of its total 48% stake to Ageas Insurance International JV(now has 49%). IFLI is a 3-way joint venture of IDBI Bank, Belgium’s Ageas & Federal Bank.
IDBI Bank:
CEO - Rakesh Sharma;
HQ - Mumbai.
First consignment of 2 tonnes of organic-certified moringa powder was sent to the United States this week.APEDA(responsible for export promotion of agricultural products) has been helping create more moringa processing units to increase exports.
APEDA:
Established - 1986;
Chairman - M.Angamuthu
It is a first of its kind & largest virtual event in history of Indian agriculture to create dialogues & accelerate innovations.With 3 elimination rounds, final 24 winners will get RS 1,00,000 along with incubation support, tech & business mentoring.
Agriculture Minister - Narendra Singh Tomar
Migsun will have 100% in Ansal IT City Park (SEZ) Tech Zone after acquiring HDFC's 37% stake and the rest of Ansal API.The real estate group plans to develop the 37.5 acre mixed-use project with 15% Commercial,50% IT & 15% Industrial.
Migsun Group:
Set up in 1992;
CMD - Sunil Miglani.
Following the govt’s vision of ‘Digital India’, Indian Railways upgraded its e-ticketing website www.irctc.co.in & Rail Connect Mobile App with features like predictive entry suggestions using AI,complete user personalization connected to user login etc.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal .
He called on Gen. Nam Yeong, Chief of Staff of Korean Army to discuss issues of bilateral defence cooperation.Gen. Naravane who was on a 3 day visit to South Korea received a Guard of Honour at Republic of Korea Army Headquarters in Gyeryong.
Guard of Honour: ceremonial welcome to an important visitor.
It will help expand India’s diplomatic footprint, deepen political relations, enable growth of bilateral trade, investment & economic engagements, people-to-people contacts, bolster political outreach & support India’s foreign policy objectives.
Capitals:
Estonia:Talinn;
Paraguay:Asuncion;
DR:Santo Domingo
SB Energy, also known as SB Energy Global, is a multinational renewable energy corporation formed in 2015 as a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp.Bharti Enterprises has 20% stake SB energy as well.
CPPIB is Canada’s largest pension fund.