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Ujjivan Small Finance Bank appoints Ittira Davis as MD & CEO

The Board of Directors of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank appointed Ittira Davis as the MD and CEO of the bank.

Davis has been appointed as the MD and CEO for a period of 3 years from the date of approval of the RBI or such other period as may be approved by RBI.

Davis was the MD and CEO of Ujjivan Financial Services Limited from July 2018 from where he resigned in 2021.

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Ujjivan Small Finance Bank headquarters- Bengaluru.

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FICCI appoints Hindustan Unilever Limited Chairman, MD Sanjiv Mehta as President-Elect

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) announced that Sanjiv Mehta, the Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) will be appointed as its President on December 18.

Mehta, presently the Senior Vice President of FICCI, will be succeeding media industry veteran Uday Shankar.

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Arun Chawla ,Director-General of FICCI.

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International Civil Aviation Day 2021: December 7

International Civil Aviation Day is an annual UN observation day held on December 7 in order to recognize the socio-economic and development importance of aviation and international air travel.

International Civil Aviation Day is marked every five years by the ICAO with a special anniversary theme.

2021 theme :- “Advancing Innovation for Global Aviation Development.”

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Indian Navy launches its new large survey vessel 'Sandhayak' in Kolkata

The Indian Navy launched 'Sandhayak', the first of the four large survey vessels,in Kolkata.

The ship was launched by Pushpa Bhatt, spouse of Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, who was the Chief Guest at the event.

The primary role of these survey ships would be to conduct full-scale coastal & deep-water hydrographic survey of ports,harbours,navigation channels, etc.

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Tamil Nadu declares 5,151 hectares of Kaliveli wetlands in Villupuram as bird sanctuary

Tamil Nadu government declared 5,151.60 hectares of swamp/wetlands in Villupuram district as Kazhuveli Wetland Birds Sanctuary effectively putting brakes on some of the controversial infra projects proposed in the ecologically sensitive region.

The declaration was made in exercise of the power conferred in subsection (1) of section 18 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972

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India, Russia conclude AK-203 deal, renew 10-year pact for military cooperation

India and Russia has concluded a much awaited deal worth ₹5,100 crore for the joint production of more than 500,000 AK-203 assault rifles at a facility in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi district.

The deal was finalised at a bilateral meeting between defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu.

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Two countries also renewed their military-technical cooperation arrangement for 2021- 31.

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Prime Minister Modi to launch Rs 9,600-crore development projects in UP's Gorakhpur

The projects that the Prime Minister will inaugurate a newly-built fertiliser plant of Hindustan Urvarak Rasayan Limited (HURL), a state-of-the-art AIIMS Gorakhpur hospital, equipped with 300 beds and 14 operation theatres and a hi-tech lab at ICMR's regional unit Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) in BRD Medical College.

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UP CM:- Yogi Adityanath; Governor:- Anandiben Patel

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Govt expands SCALE committee, appoints 3 new members

Government has expanded the SCALE committee (Steering Committee for Advancing Local Value-Add and Exports) by adding 3 new members, hailing from diverse industry backgrounds, according to an industry insider.

The new appointees are:-

# Panasonic India Chairman & CEO Manish Sharma, Toyota Kirloskar,

# Vice-Chairman Vikram S Kirloskar,

# Asian Paints promoter Jala Dani.

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Currently, the 14-member committee is headed by former Mahindra CEO Pawan Goenka.

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First GPS-based app launched to define land allotted under Forest Rights Act

Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh, has launched the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) and Banadhikar app, a GPS-based mobile application for demarcation of forest 'patta' (land rights) for the landless indigenous people under the Forest Rights Act.

Tripura became the first state in the country to introduce this app.

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Tripura CM: Biplab Kumar Deb; Governor: Satyadev Narayan Arya.

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MeitY releases strategy on blockchain for its adoption in govt systems

The electronics &IT ministry has released a national strategy on blockchain for adopting the technology in government systems especially for e-governance services.

The ministry has adopted a multi-institutional approach for the national blockchain framework, which includes C-DAC for research & development of the framework.

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Tata Steel Deploys First Biofuel-powered Ship For Imported Raw Material Transportation

Tata Steel has deployed a ship powered by biofuel for transportation of its imported raw material. The initiative is in line with its sustainability objectives & efforts to reduce "scope 3" greenhouse gas emission in ocean trade. "Scope 3" emissions, refer to value chain emissions.

The bulk carrier named Frontier Sky, owned by NYK & operated by Tata NYK Shipping Pte Ltd.

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Jammu & Kashmir Bank launches revised Mobile Banking App- 'mPay Delight'

To make daily transactions of its customers more secure and easier, J&K Bank has launched its revised and refurbished Mobile Banking App - mPay Delight - for the Public.

Chairman and Managing Director of, R K Chhibber unveiled the app.

It has been made more user friendly, vibrant & easier to use with biometric fingerprint authentication for faster and more secure Logins.

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