APPOINTMENTS & ELECTED
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New Secretary of Union Ministry of Earth
Sciences = Scientist M Nair Rajeevan
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Sir VengataramanRamakrishnan assumed Presidency
of Royal Society of London
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New President of Argentina = MauricoMacri
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India’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia = Ahmad Javed
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New Chairman of World Travel and Tourism
Council, India Initiative (WTTCII) = Kapil Chopra, President of Oberoi Group
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New Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) = Arun Kumar Jain
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New President of Indian Institute of Materials
Management (IIMM) = O P Longia
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New Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) = Radha
Krishna Mathur
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New CEO of FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India) = Pravin Kumar Agarwal
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India’ new High Commissioner to Pakistan =
Gautam H Bambawale
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New CEO of NITI Aayog = Amitabh Kant. He
replaces Sindhu Shree Khullar
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New DG of National Centre for Good
Governance = Dr. Gyanendra D Bandgaiyan
DEATHS
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Former MP and Industrialist of Tamil Nadu, MAM
Ramaswamy Passed away in Chennai
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Renowed Agro – Economist Sharad Joshi Passes. He
founded Farmer’s Organisation (ShetakariSanghtana)
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India’s first indigenously developed warship INS
Godavari has been decommissioned after 32 years of service. The ship was
decommissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
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Legendary Cinematographer Haskell Wexler Passes
DEFENCE
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INDRA NAVY – 15
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8th edition of India – Russia joint
naval exercise, “INDRA NAVY – 15”, held at Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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DRAD SANKALP
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DradSankalp, is the command level exercise of
the Southern Command of Indian Army conducted in the deserts of Rajasthan
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Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared
the purchase of Russian advance S-400 Trium Air Defense Missile System at an
cost of 40000 Crore Rupees
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LSRAM Barak 8 Missile was successfully tested
from INS Kolkatta. In Hebrew language, barak means lightning.
BANKING
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Axis Bank is the First Indian Bank to launch the
new Display variant Debit Card for its Customers
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“Yes Bank” has been awarded as the Bank of the
Year
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Reserve Bank of India, introduced MCLR (Marginal
Cost of Funds based Lending Rate) to calculate banks lending rate to borrowers