YouTube Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki will be stepping down after nine years at the helm of the world's largest online video platform.
YouTube's chief product officer, Neal Mohan, will be the new head of YouTube.
Wojcicki, who was previously a senior vice president for ad products at Google, became CEO of YouTube in 2014.
Notably, David Malpass was selected as the 13th President of the World Bank Group by its Board of Executive Directors on April 5, 2019.
The World Bank, a group of 189 nations, lends money to developing countries to help reduce poverty. Former US President Donald Trump appointed Malpass as World Bank chief in 2019 for a five-year period.
Eugene Meyer was nominated and elected as the World Bank's first president in June 1946.
Reflecting presence of huge market barriers in the country, India stood at 47th position in Services Trade Restrictiveness Index(STRI) conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the year 2022. However, there was an improvement from last year's ranking by one position.
OECD, Headquarters: Paris, France;
Founded: 30 September 1961.
The 2nd Indian Rice Congress-2023 was inaugurated in Cuttack today by the President Smt. Draupadi Murmu in the presence of Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar.
The rice production in the country was only 89 million tonnes in 2010, which has increased by 46 percent to 130MT in 2022.
Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Secretary, DARE and Director General of ICAR.
Indian Railways has launched Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service to provide seamless logistics for the services sector in the country.
The cargo Service is an initiative of partnership between Indian Railways and India Posts.
Railway Minister- Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw
The Tourism Ministry will organise 1st Global Tourism Investors' Summit from the 17th to 19th of May this year in New Delhi to showcase opportunities in the Tourism and hospitality sector.
The Summit will deliberate on potential opportunities for investment across tourism segments including hotels and restaurants, adventure and eco tourism, cruise and other related tourism
Tourism Minister- G Kishan Reddy
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has invoked restrictions, including a ban on diesel generator sets, under Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in view of an increase in air pollution levels in Delhi.
GRAP is a set of anti-air pollution measures followed in the capital and its vicinity according to the severity of the situation.
Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) has concluded a sale of 10-year non-convertible debentures (NCDs) worth Rs 25,000 crore, marking the largest domestic rupee bond issuance by a corporate in India.
The housing financier’s bonds carry an annualized coupon or the rate of interest periodically paid out to investors of 7.97 per cent.
Mr. V. Srinivasa Rangan, Executive Director, HDFC
The US has announced a transition to a shorter T+1 (trade plus one day) settlement cycle. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided to shorten its settlement cycle to one day by May 28, 2024.
The T+1 settlement cycle means that trade-related settlements must be done within a day, or 24 hours, of the completion of a transaction.
Lexi, a ChatGPT-powered AI chatbot, has arrived in India. Velocity, a financial technology firm, launched the chatbot to assist e-commerce owners by presenting them with business information in a simplified manner.
The combination of ChatGPT with Velocity Insights enables eCommerce entrepreneurs by giving AI-powered business insights in a conversational way.
Abhiroop Medhekar, CEO and co-founder of Velocity.
India-Japan joint training exercise “Dharma Guardian" has begun today at Camp Imazu in the Shiga province of Japan from 17 February - 2 March.
It is the 4th edition of the joint military exercise “Dharma Guardian" between India and Japan.
This joint exercise will help develop inter-operability, bonhomie, camaraderie and friendship between the two armies.
Tokyo, Capital of Japan and Yen is the official currency of Japan
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)has recently launched a new AI backed up chatbot which will help people with their Aadhaar-related queries. Dubbed as 'Aadhaar Mitra', the AI/ML-based chatbot will take up Aadhaar-based queries like tracking Aadhaar PVC status, registering and tracking grievances etc and is aimed to offer a 'better resident experience.'
Dr. Saurabh Garg, CEO UIDAI.
HDFC Bank and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that HDFC Bank customers can now use their RuPay Credit Card on UPI with BHIM App and other UPI-enabled apps.
With this linkage, HDFC bank has become the first private sector bank in the country to go live on UPI with its RuPay Credit Card.
The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has conferred the private sector lender Karnataka Bank with two 'Digidhan awards' for achieving the target with highest percentage in BHIM–UPI transactions under the private sector bank category consecutively for the past two fiscal years.
Mahabaleshwara MS, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Karnataka Bank,