Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. has appointed Ranbheer Singh Dhariwal as chief executive officer (CEO) of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Max Life Pension Fund Management Ltd., effective 15 October. Dhariwal will be responsible for managing and expanding Max Life Pension Fund and lead end-to-end business operations.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for the appointment of Dr. Thamban Meloth, Scientist G', NCPOR to the post of Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa.
On behalf of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), NCPOR has been designated as the nodal agency to deal with various facets of the IODP program in India.
The Centre has appointed Bharati Das, as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. She is the 27th Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance.
The Controller General of Accounts is the principal advisor on accounting matters of the Union Government.
C.S. Swaminathan was the first Controller General of Accounts (CGA) of India.
Karim Benzema was awarded the 2022 Ballon d'Or at a ceremony in Paris after a stellar 2021-22 season saw him lead Real Madrid to a Champions League and LaLiga double.
Barcelona's midfielder Gavi won the Kopa Trophy, the award presented to the best player under age 21.
Spain's Alexia Putellas retained the women's prize of the most prestigious individual award in football.
Benzema & Putellas recently bagged Europe’s Footballer of the Year award too.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the INTERPOL General Assembly, the supreme governing body of the world’s largest international police organization.
The 90th Annual General Assembly of Interpol is taking place between October, 18-21 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) special director Praveen Sinha is Interpol's delegate for Asia.
INTERPOL President Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi.;
INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock.
India Gate, the flagship brand of KRBL, has been recognized as the world’s No. 1 Basmati Rice Brand in a market study conducted by a leading global research company.
The quantitative study by Mordor Intelligence covers research of White and Brown Basmati Rice Category across continents like Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Middle East & Africa.
Anil Kumar Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, KRBL Limited.
The Government has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices for all mandated Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24.Government has increased the MSP to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce. The absolute highest increase in MSP has been approved for lentil (Masur) at Rs.500 per quintal followed by rapeseed and mustard at Rs.400 per quintal
The MSP is fixed on the recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today dedicated a Asia’s largest Compressed Biogas Plant CBG to the people of Punjab. The plant set up in 20 acres has been commissioned with an Foreign Direct Investment of 220 crore rupees by Verbio AG one of the Germany’s leading bioenergy company.
Reliance Jio became the largest landline service provider in the country for the first time, in August. With 7.35 million landline connections as on August 31, Reliance Jio beat state-owned telecom operator and hitherto market leader BSNL’s 7.13 million connections, according to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
Third-placed MTNL provided 2.6 million connections.
The World Bank has appointed a neutral expert and a chairman of the Court of Arbitration regarding the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric power plants, in view of disagreements between India and Pakistan over the 1960 Indus Water Treaty.Michel Lino has been appointed as the Neutral Expert and Sean Murphy has been appointed as Chairman of the Court of Arbitration.
Yubi (formerly CredAvenue), a possibility platform which powers the discovery, execution and fulfilment of credit, has announced the appointment of Atanu Chakraborty as the independent chairman of its board. Chakraborty is also currently the chairman of the board of HDFC Bank.
Gaurav Kumar-founder and CEO, Yubi
Indian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea organized its much sought-after annual flagship cultural program ‘SARANG – The Festival of India in Republic of Korea’ which enthralled the South Korean art and music lovers with a fusion of Indian and Korean dance and music in a grand spectacle running over two weeks. The celebrations were organised as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’
Adani Airport Holdings has again rejigged its top management, naming Ericsson veteran Arun Bansal its chief executive, said several people close to the matter. Bansal, who spent 25 years at the Swedish telecom network company, was most recently its president for Europe and Latin America.
The Swedish parliament elected Ulf Kristersson — the conservative Moderate Party leader — as the Prime Minister at the head of a coalition that is being supported by a once radical far-right party. Mr. Kristersson, 59, was elected by 176-173 votes.Mr. Kristersson will be replacing Magdalena Andersson, who heads Sweden’s largest party, the Social Democrats.
Sweden Capital: Stockholm
Google signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support and accelerate the Government of Assam’s mission to promote digital growth and development in the State. Under this new initiative, Google will collaborate with the Assam Government’s Skill,Employment & Entrepreneurship Department to strengthen their school digitization efforts with digital learning tools.
Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship signed a MoU with DAY-National Rural Livelihood Mission to enable financial access for the growth of 10 lakh women entrepreneurs over 3 years. As per the MoU, GAME and NRLM will strengthen non-farm livelihoods by building the capacity of women entrepreneurs to access finance and grow their enterprises.
Suresh Gundappa-CEO, GAME
In the Agri Startup Conference organised during PM Kisan Samman Sammelan at Pusa Mela Ground, Delhi, the agriculture minister informed that A Rs. 500 crore accelerator programme for taking forward and popularising the successful initiatives of agri startups will be started.A cell will also be created to work as a single window agency for agri startups.