Anil Agarwal, Sweta Kakkad and Deepak Anurag have been appointed to the Competition Commission of India
With these appointments, the antitrust body will now have four members, including Chairperson Ravneet Kaur.
Competition Commission of India has been established by the Central Government with effect from 14th October 2003.
CCI consists of a Chairperson and 6 Members appointed by the Central Government.
The old Parliament building will now be known as 'Samvidhan Sadan', Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said.
The Speaker also announced that henceforth, terms such as 'House', 'Lobby', and 'Galleries' used in the proceedings of the Lok Sabha will refer to the new building, which is now the Parliament House of India.
The Reserve Bank of India has greenlit the reappointment of Sashidhar Jagdishan as managing director and chief executive officer of HDFC Bank, the lender said in an exchange notice on Tuesday. The approval is for three years and will be effective from October 27, 2023 to October 26, 2026.
He took over from Aditya Puri in October 2020.
This would be Jagdishan's second term as the head of India's largest private bank.
The board of Biocon Ltd. has approved the appointment of Peter Bains as group chief executive officer.
He will be reporting directly to Biocon Group Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
Bains has stepped down from his role on the Biocon board as an independent director with immediate effect to assume this strategic executive responsibility.
Banks' credit exposure to non-banking financial companies rose 23.6% on-year to ₹13.8 lakh crore in July, pushing up their overall share to 9.3% during the month, an analysis of the RBI's monthly data by Care Edge showed.
However,NBFCs' overall borrowings on a month-on-month basis declined 3.3%, primarily due to the merger of HDFC with its subsidiary HDFC Bank from July 1.
The government launched an unified portal for agri-statistics (UPAg) that will empower stakeholders to access credible and objective data for taking informed decisions.
The UPAg, developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, is a crucial component of digital public infrastructure for agriculture.
President Droupadi Murmu has inaugurated the conference of National Human Rights Institutions of the Asia Pacific region at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
The two-day conference will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and 30 years of National Human Rights Institutions and the Paris Principles.
The government has launched a series of transformative initiatives, aimed at revolutionizing agriculture in the country in New Delhi.
The transformative initiatives, include Kisan Rin Portal (KRP), Door to Door KCC Campaign, and Weather Information Network Data Systems (WINDS) Manual.
AU Small Finance Bank introduces 'Swadesh Banking,' a dedicated unit to bolster rural banking in India, as per a recent announcement. Swadesh Banking consolidates various segments including rural branches, banking outlets, banking correspondents, financial and digital inclusion units, and small and marginal farmer lending units.
9 procurement bids totalling around Rs 45,000 crore have been approved by the defence ministry, including one to buy 12 Su-30 MKI fighter jets made by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Purchasing Dhruvastra air-to-surface missiles and upgrading Dornier planes are also included in the proposals.
Any defence acquisition project's initial approval is referred to as the AoN.
Defence Acquisition Council accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for this acquisition.
The first-ever Indian Grand Prix will be contested at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida from September 22 to 24, and Indian Oil has agreed to serve as title sponsor.
42 teams and 84 riders will compete in the MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3 categories at the MotoGP Bharat, which is being staged by Fair Street Sports in collaboration with Dorna Sports.
IndianOil is the top-ranked energy PSU in the country in the Fortune 500 of 2023.
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal (IISER-Bhopal) have carried out the genome sequencing of the medicinal plant of amla for the first time.
The genome sequencing refers to the mapping out of the order of the genetic structure of any organism. The process is key to understanding the basic structure of any organism and its evolution.
India will explore the possibility of direct listing of Indian companies at the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
The Indian government has been working on framing regulations pertaining to payments and settlements for direct listing of companies on IFSC exchanges, which is expected to be finalised in the next few months.