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B Govindarajan appointed as CEO of Royal Enfield

Eicher Motors has appointed B Govindarajan as the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Enfield. He will also serve as the Wholetime Director of the Board of Eicher Motors Limited.

Govindarajan played a key role in the development of the Himalayan, Continental GT 650 and Interceptor INT 650 and the recent J-platform based Meteor and Classic 350 models.

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Elisabeth Borne appointed as new France Prime Minister following Jean Castex's resignation

Elisabeth Borne was appointed France's new Prime Minister to become the second woman to hold the post in the country.

Borne is the second woman to hold the position after Edith Cresson, who was Prime Minister in 1991-1992 under Socialist President Francois Mitterrand.

She has served as Labor Minister in Macrons previous government since 2020.

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France President -Emmanuel Macron.

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India, Oman Discuss Trade, Tariff, Non-Tariff Barriers In Joint Meet

The 10th session of the India-Oman joint commission meeting (JCM) was held, co-chaired by union minister Piyush Goyal and his Omani counterpart Qais bin Mohammed al Yousef.

Fast-tracking of approvals for registration of Indian pharmaceutical products already registered by USFDA, UKMHRA, and EMA was agreed to during the deliberations.

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ATREE Chief Dr Kamal Bawa Elected to US’ National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Kamal Bawa, the chief of Bengaluru-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), has been elected to the US’ National Academy of Sciences.

Dr Bawa is also an elected fellow of the Royal Society (London) and the American Philosophical Society.

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Home Minister Flags Off Boat Ambulance to Serve Inaccessible Areas of Sunderbans

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was on a two-day visit to West Bengal, flagged off a boat ambulance and six floating border outposts at Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district.

In January, the BSF launched a boat ambulance service for the people of the erstwhile “cut-off” area in Malkangiri in Odisha. The 24X7 ambulance service facilitates emergency medical service.

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Cameroonian Activist, Cécile Ndjebet Wins Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award

A veteran Cameroonian activist, Cécile Ndjebet is the recipient of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Ndjebet is a co-founder of the African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests, established in 2009.

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Bajaj Finserv's Sanjiv Bajaj takes over as CII president

Sanjiv Bajaj, chairman and managing director of Bajaj Finserv Limited, has assumed office as the president of CII for 2022-23.Hero MotoCorp Ltd Chairman and CEO Pawan Munjal is the CII President-Designate for 2022-23, whereas TVS Supply Chain Solutions Executive Vice Chairman R Dinesh takes over as CII Vice President.

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ISRO successfully tests the human rated HS200 rocket booster for the Gaganyaan mission

Indian Space & Research Organization (ISRO) successfully completed the static test of a human-rated solid rocket booster (HS200) for the Gaganyaan Programme at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. HS200 rocket booster is the human-rated version of the well-proven S200 rocket booster of GSLV Mk III satellite launch vehicle, popularly known as LVM3

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Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship partners with Indian School of Business to further built capacity of officers

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) recently partnered with the Indian School of Business (ISB) to conduct capacity-building programs for MSDE officials. A total of 120 officers (30 per batch) across divisions under MSDE would be undergoing a comprehensive five-day-long residential training across ISB Hyderabad and Mohali campuses.

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Rajasthan's Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve

The newly notified tiger reserve in Rajasthan's Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary includes the tiger habitat between Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in the northeast and Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve on the southern side and facilitates dispersal of tigers from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.

This is Rajasthan's fourth tiger reserve after Ranthambore, Sariska and Mukundra.

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Eight MoUs signed at Incredible India International Cruise Conference

Eight MoUs were signed at the first Incredible India International Cruise Conference in Mumbai. Strategies for developing India as a cruise hub, policy initiatives and port infrastructure, the potential of river cruise tourism, and the role of technology in the post-pandemic world were some of the key issues deliberated at the event.

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The conference was organized by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and FICCI.

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NSE Academy collaborates with HDFC MF for financial awareness programme

NSE Academy Ltd (NAL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) has signed an agreement with HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd (HDFC AMC) to launch a first-of-its-kind programme, ‘Invest-verse: An Introduction to the World of Investing’. The programme will be offered to college students across India.

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This initiative is expected to be rolled out May-June.

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Siemens India appoints SAP Labs India MD Sindhu Gangadharan to its board

Siemens India has appointed Sindhu Gangadharan, senior vice-president and MD, SAP Labs India, and head, SAP User Enablement, to its board of directors as an independent director. Gangadharan also serves on the board of organisations like US-based Qualtrics, Titan Company and EverLoop by SAP.

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She became the first woman to lead SAP Labs India.

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World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2022: May 17

The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is celebrated annually on May 17 to raise awareness about the opportunities and possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) brings to nations, societies, and economies.

Theme 2022:- “Digital technologies for Older Persons and Healthy Ageing”.

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