Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked 2nd on Brand Finance’s annual report on the world’s top CEOs for the year 2023.
The Brand Guardianship Index 2023 saw the rise of Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang to 1st position. They both now rank above last year’s leader Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, who now ranks third.
Red Fort Capital Finance, an Investment Grade Non-Bank Finance Company that specialises in providing Quick Business Loans to MSME’s, announced that the State Bank of India has sanctioned it a Rs 20 crore term loan. The money will be used for onward lending to the country’s SMEs, representing a Rs 40 trillion credit opportunity.
Parry Singh, CEO of Red Fort Capital Finance.
SBI General Insurance has partnered with the Doers NGO to assist Himachal Pradesh police in reducing the number of traffic accidents. Under the CSR initiative, SBI General has donated a well-equipped ambulance which would provide timely medical care to the road accident victims in Mandi district within the ‘Golden hour’.
Kishore Kumar Poludasu, MD & CEO, SBI General Insurance.
The Delhi High Court has appointed retired Supreme Court judge Arjan Kumar Sikri as administrator to oversee the utilisation of funds for the ISSF World Cup to be held in India in March while allowing release of money by the Centre to the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) to be used for the event.
A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) bulletin said that India will maintain its position as the fifth-largest economy in 2023. It further said that India will become a USD 3.7 trillion economy in 2023 and will continue to maintain its lead on the United Kingdom, stressing that the macroeconomic stability is getting entrenched.
The National Health Authority (NHA) is in the process of integrating the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
This is aimed at creating digital health identification of CGHS beneficiaries and storing their digital health records, thus ensuring quick treatment to the needy, the official said requesting anonymity.
The three day Conference, being held from January 20 to 22, 2023, would be held in hybrid format. About 100 invitees including DGP of States/UTs and Heads of Central Armed Police Forces and Central Police Organizations will attend the Conference physically, while the remaining invitees will participate virtually from across the country.
Coaching Beyond reflects primarily on R. Sridhar’s seven-year coaching tenure with the Indian cricket team as its fielding coach. This book isn’t as technical as it is anecdotal. It throws light, for instance, on how Virat Kohli overcame a dismal Test series in England in 2014 to smash four hundreds in as many matches in his next overseas outing, in Australia.
Apples from Moldova, an east European nation, will now be available in India taking on the likes from the US, New Zealand, Turkey, Iran, Chile, Italy and other such exporting nations.
Moldova, a part of the erstwhile Soviet Union, got permission to ship its apples to India in 2018 on a trial basis. It was given a five-year window to complete the trial shipments.
Moldova:
Currency: Moldovan leu;
Capital: Chisinau.
Uttar Pradesh has received investment commitments worth approximately Rs 2 lakh crore in solar energy and related sectors, according to state energy minister A K Sharma.
The state has launched the 'Uttar Pradesh Solar Energy Policy 2022,' which aims to establish 22 gigatonnes (GW) of green energy projects in the state by 2027.
The Internet and Mobile Association of India has announced the appointment of a new chair and two co-chairs to its TravelTech Committee. Sanjay Mohan, group CTO, MakeMyTrip India will be the committee’s new chair and Rikant Pittie, co-founder of EaseMyTrip, and Yang Li, head-public affairs (APAC), Booking.com, will be the new co-chairs.
Committee members: MakeMyTrip, Airbnb India,ConfirmTkt,Zophop Technologies & Booking.com
Netflix Inc co-founder Reed Hastings will be stepping down as chief executive, handing the reins of the streaming service to longtime partner and co-CEO Ted Sarandos and the company's chief operating officer, Greg Peters.
Sarandos and Peters will share the title of chief executives, with Hastings serving as executive chairman.
Mumbai-based Sun Pharma will acquire US-based biotech firm Concert Pharma for $576 million to advance the potential treatment of alopecia areata, an autoimmune dermatological disease.
Concert Pharmaceuticals is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company that is developing deuruxolitinib for the treatment of alopecia areata.
Dilip Shanghvi is the founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Department of Science and Technology has announced the Geospatial Hackathon in Delhi to promote innovation and Start-Ups in India’s geospatial ecosystem.
The Hackathon will conclude on March 10, 2023, with two sets of hackathon challenges to determine 4 winners for the “best solutions” to the geospatial select problem statements: Research challenge and Start-Ups challenge.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved an ambitious project worth Rs 91 crore for the revival and revitalization of the silk industry in the Union Territory through technological interventions.
The region is known for its high-quality bivoltine silk and has the potential to become a major silk-producing hub in the country.
Meghalaya, Tripura & Manipur separately celebrated their 51st Statehood Day.
The erstwhile princely states of Tripura and Manipur were merged into the Indian Union in October 1949 and became full-fledged states on January 21, 1972. Meghalaya was part of Assam before becoming a full-fledged state on the same day.