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NAREDCO Appoints Alok Gupta as the New Director General

National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO), an apex real estate body appointed Alok Gupta as the New Director General (DG) of the association. Gupta has taken over the charge of NAREDCO from 1st February 2022.

The National Real Estate Development Council was established self-regulatory body in 1998 under the aegis of Housing And Urban Affairs Government of India.

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Rajan Bandelkar, President, NAREDCO.

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SBI Q3 net profit jumps 62% to record Rs 8,432 crore

India’s biggest lender State Bank of India reported a jump of 62.27% year on year (YoY) in the third quarter (Q3) of the financial year 2021-22 (FY22) to Rs 8,432 crores--highest-ever quarterly figure, the bank said. SBI reported a net profit of Rs 5,196 crore in the corresponding period last year.

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SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara.

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Ms Sukla Mistry takes over as first women Functional Director on IndianOil Board

Ms. Mistry as Director (Refineries) of IndianOil shall spearhead the business & operations of nine refineries & petrochemical plants of IndianOil.

Ms Mistry is also the first woman in IndianOil to hold the position of Executive Director & Refinery Head of an IndianOil refinery unit, first at Digboi Refinery (Assam) from 1 st January 2018-7 th February 2019.

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Digboi Refinery (Assam), is the oldest operating refinery in Asia.

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Launch Vehicle specialist Unnikrishnan Nair becomes chief of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

Renowned scientist and Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) director Dr S Unnikrishnan Nair has been appointed as the director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). He was appointed as VSSC director after the post became vacant following the appointment of Dr S Somanath as ISRO chairman.

VSSC located in Thiruvananthapuram, Founded: 21 November 1963.

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Dr Brahm Prakash- First Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.

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Amazon India signs MoU with NIF incubator to fire up Indian innovators

Amazon India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the NIF Incubation and Entrepreneurship Council (NIFientreC).

NIFientreC is a technology business incubator hosted by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) to accelerate grassroots innovation, local economy, and livelihoods across rural India.

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Santishree Pandit appointed first woman VC of JNU

Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, a political science professor at Savitribai Phule Pune University, has been appointed as the first women Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

She was appointed by President Ram Nath Kovind, who is the University’s Visitor, She will hold the job for the next five years.

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She succeeds M. Jagadesh Kumar, who was appointed chairperson of the UGC.

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'Mahabharat's Bheem' actor Praveen Kumar Sobti dies

Actor-athlete Praveen Kumar Sobti, best known for playing Bheem in the TV series "Mahabharat" and for winning an Asian Games gold medal, died.

Sh. Praveen represented the country across various athletic events in hammer and discus throw and even won four medals at the Asian Games, including two gold medals in 1966 and 1970.

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Safer Internet Day: February 8

Safer Internet Day is observed every year on the second day of the second week of February with the aim of providing a safer and better internet, where every user gets to use the internet responsibly and without getting their data leaked.

This year marks the 19th edition of Safer Internet Day with actions taking place right across the globe.

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2022's Theme:- "Together for a better internet".

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Pradip Shah, ex-consultant to World Bank, appointed Pfizer India chairman

Pfizer India has appointed Pradip Shah as the chairman of its board following the resignation of R A Shah.

Pradip Shah is the ex-managing director and a founding member of Crisil.

Prior to founding Crisil, he assisted in founding HDFC in 1977.

He has also served as a consultant to USAID, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.

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Akshay Kumar appointed as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand

Akshay Kumar has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the state of Uttarakhand.

Actor Akshay Kumar also has a previously associated link with Uttarakhand. In 2017, the actor was appointed as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand for the ‘Swachhta Abhiyan‘. Apart from Akshay Kumar, cricketer Rishabh Pant was likewise established as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand.

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Chief Minister of Uttrakhand:- Pushkar Singh Dhami.

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RBL Bank partners with Creditas Solutions to automate collections

RBL Bank has partnered with Creditas Solutions for its ‘Neo Collections’ platform.

The private sector lender will utilise the SaaS-based platform to accelerate efficiency in collections across the loan cycle.

The platform can also determine the best course of action for every customer by offering customised payment plans to service debt, schedule an EMI plan.

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Visa-free entry for Indian business travellers to Maldives comes into force

Maldives has announced that the Visa-free entry for Indian business travellers to the island nation, comes into effect.

Maldives has commenced the process of granting Indian Nationals visa free entry for business purposes, for a period not exceeding the visa free period of 90 days.

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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Flags Off NITI Aayog’s Fintech Open Summit

In an effort to showcase the importance of the fintech industry, NITI Aayog, in collaboration with PhonePe, AWS and EY, has organized a three-week-long virtual summit, ‘Fintech Open’, from 7–28 February.

Fintech Open aims to create an immersive learning experience.

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Union Minister for Railways, Communications, & Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw.