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NDDB appoints Meenesh C Shah as Managing Director

National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has appointed Meenesh C Shah as its Managing Director.

Meenesh C Shah has been functioning as the Executive Director, NDDB, and holding the additional charge of the Chairman NDDB from June 1, 2021 to November 14, 2022.

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was founded in 1965.

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National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) headquarters: Anand, Gujarat.

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Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu takes oath as new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh , Mukesh Agnihotri his deputy

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Bhagel made the announcement. He said the new Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister will be Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and Mukesh Agnihotri will be Deputy Chief Minister.

He will be the second chief minister from Hamirpur district, after Prem Kumar Dhumal.

Governor of Himachal Pradesh: Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.

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Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will be the 15th chief minister of HP.

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Bhupendra Patel to continue as Gujarat CM for second term

Bhupendra Patel took oath as chief minister of Gujarat for the second time.

BJP swept the Gujarat Assembly election with a whopping 156 out of the 182 Assembly seats, which is the highest number of seats any party has won after the formation of the state in 1960.

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Governor of Gujarat: Acharya Devvrat.

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Senior nuclear scientist K V Suresh Kumar is new BHAVINI CMD

Senior nuclear scientist K V Suresh Kumar assumed charge as the chairman and managing director of the Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI).

BHAVINI is tasked with operationalizing the Stage-II of India's three-stage nuclear programme with a focus on fast breeder reactor technology.

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BHAVINI is under the Government's Department of Atomic Energy.

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RBI shortlists 7 global consultancy firms to use AI, ML to improve regulatory supervision

7 firms are Accenture Solutions Private Limited; Boston Consulting Group (India) Pvt Ltd; Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP; Ernst and Young LLP; KPMG Assurance and Consulting Services LLP; McKinsey and Company; and Pricewaterhouse Coopers Pvt Ltd.

The Department of Supervision has been developing and using linear & a few machine-learnt models for supervisory examinations.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Goa's second international airport

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Goa's second airport, MOPA International Airport. The airport is named after former Chief Minister Manohar Parikar. The operations will begin from January 5, 2023. GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL) will manage the airport.

Manohar International Airport is built on 2,132 acres and is located at Pernem Taluka in North Goa.

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Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.

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Japan's ispace launches world's first commercial moon lander

A Japanese space startup launched a spacecraft to the moon after several delays, a step toward what would be a first for the nation and for a private company.

ispace Inc's HAKUTO-R mission took off without incident from Cape Canaveral, Florida, after two postponements caused by inspections of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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CM Pinarayi Vijayan declares Kerala Seed Farm in Ernakulam district as first carbon-neutral farm in the country

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared the State Seed Farm at Aluva in Ernakulam district as the first carbon-neutral farm in the country. The declaration was the culmination of decade-long efforts which included totally organic agricultural activities and scientific interventions to maintain soil health in the farm.

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PM Modi flags off India’s sixth Vande Bharat train on Nagpur-Bilaspur route

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India's sixth Vande Bharat Express between Bilaspur (Chattisgarh)-Nagpur (Maharashtra) route. The Bilaspur- Nagpur Vande Bharat Express will be operated by the Southeast Central Railways (SECR). Vande Bharat Express is India's first semi-highspeed train equipped with world-class passenger amenities.

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International Day of Neutrality | 12 December

International Day of Neutrality is commemorated on December 12. It is a day when people look at the possibility of a world free of armed and other types of conflicts. The day was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2017. Its focus was on advocating and campaigning for intra-state peaceful relations.

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International Universal Health Coverage Day | 12 December

On 12 December 2017, the United Nations proclaimed 12 December as International Universal Health Coverage Day (UHC Day). Universal Health Coverage Day, commemorated each 12 December, is the anniversary of the first unanimous United Nations resolution calling for countries to provide affordable, quality health care to every person, everywhere.

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The UHC Day 2022 theme is “Build the world we want: A healthy future for all,”

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9th World Ayurveda Congress: PM Modi inaugurates 3 National Ayush Institutes

The institutes inaugurated by PM Modi include the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa, National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Ghaziabad and National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Delhi.

National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh will be a satellite Centre of the existing National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore.

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NIUM will be first such institute in Northern India.

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MK Stalin launches Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin launched the Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission to protect the natural resources in the state besides restore them on a long-term basis. The state is first to launch its own Climate Change Mission to make Tamil Nadu a climate smart state. The state will achieve carbon neutrality much ahead of 2070 target.

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1st G20 Central Bank Deputies meet in Bengaluru; Finance Track in focus

The first G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies (FCBD) will be held in Bengaluru. The First Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting will be held during 23-25 February 2023 in Bengaluru. This meeting, which will mark the start of discussions on the Finance Track agenda under the Indian G20 Presidency.

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Russia remains India's top oil supplier for second month in a row in Nov

Russia has for the second month in a row remained India's top oil supplier in November, surpassing traditional sellers Iraq and Saudi Arabia, according to data from energy cargo tracker Vortexa.Russia, which made up for just 0.2 per cent of all oil imported by India in the year to March 31, 2022, supplied 9,09,403 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to India in November.

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Adani group entity operating Guwahati airport gets aerodrome licence

The Guwahati International Airport Ltd, the Adani group entity that operates the LGBI Airport, here, has been granted aerodrome licence by the DGCA for complete management of the airport. The licence was granted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The license authorises the aerodrome to be used as a public airport of the country.

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MCA Secretary Manoj Govil nominated as SEBI Board Member

The Centre has nominated Manoj Govil, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, to the Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Govil, a 1991 batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, will serve as a Member of the SEBI Board in the place of erstwhile MCA Secretary Rajesh Verma, who was appointed as part-time Member of the Board.

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