The appointment is for 4 years. Apart from Isha Ambani, Carolyn Brehm, founder and CEO of the consulting firm Brehm Global Ventures LLC and lecturer, and Peter Kimmelman, also joined the board.
Antoine van Agtmael is the chair of the museum's board of trustees.
The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 251 million loan for climate-resilient, integrated urban flood protection and management in the Chennai-Kosasthalaiyar basin to strengthen the resilience of Chennai city to floods.
Asian Development Bank HQ: Manila, Philippines; President: Masatsugu Asakawa.
The Apple Festival is organized for the first time in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The organization of the apple festival under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav will prove to be a milestone in increasing the income of the farmers.
The Long-Range Bomb has been designed and developed by Research Centre Imarat. The DRDO confirmed that the Long Range Bomb, released from IAF fighter aircraft, hit a land-based target at a long range with accuracy within specified limits.
The Central Government has approved the appointment of former Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar as the president of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for a period of five years.
NCLT Principal Bench is in New Delhi.
Chennai – Mysore- Chennai Shatabdi Express becomes the first Integrated Management Systems (IMS) certified train of Southern Railway, first Shatabdi of Indian Railways and second mail/express train on Indian Railways. This is the first ever train service of Southern Railway to bag IMS Certification with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 Certifications.
General Manager of Southern Railway: Shri John Thomas
India's first manned ocean mission "Samudrayan" was launched in Chennai on Oct 29, 2021, by Union Minister Jitendra Singh. With this, India joins elite club of select nations USA, Russia, Japan, France & China having such underwater vehicles for carrying out subsea activities. Matsya 6000, the deep sea vehicle, will be ready for qualification trials by December 2024.
Yezdi Nagporewalla has been appointed as the new chief executive of KPMG India for a four-year term commencing February 2022 and ending December 2026. He succeeds Arun M Kumar, the current Chairman and CEO.
Bill Thomas is the global chairman and CEO of KPMG.
The program is for for Online Courses in Artificial Intelligence and other technologies. The FutureSkills Prime an aggregator learning platform offering globally competitive curriculum.
Rekha Menon is the Chairperson of NASSCOM.
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) celebrates Ganga Utsav every year to mark the anniversary of announcement of River Ganga as the ‘National River’ i.e. 4th November. This year’s Ganga Utsav is being organised from 1st to 3rd November, 2021. ‘Ganga Utsav 2021 – The River Festival’ will be celebrating not just River Ganga but all the rivers across the country.
Activities have been planned across 150 districts – 112 in the Ganga belt.
The JWG is the apex body of the defence ministries of both the countries meant to “comprehensively review and guide all aspects of Bilateral Defence Cooperation". The JWG has agreed to form a Task Force to formulate a comprehensive Ten-Year Roadmap to identify new areas of cooperation.
Israel PM: Naftali Bennett
The Blockchain and Crypto Assets Council (BACC), a part of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), has appointed Ashish Singhal, founder and CEO, CoinSwitch and Sumit Gupta, co-founder and CEO, CoinDCX, as its co-chairs.
IAMAI Chairman: Sanjay Gupta, Vice-Chairman: Ajit Mohan.