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Challa Sreenivasulu Setty appointed as MD of SBI
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, who is currently serving as the Deputy managing director of the country’s largest lender, has been appointed as the managing director of the State bank of India for a period of three years as per the official ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Paperless licensing for Petroleum Service Stations launched
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi led government announced a gift by launching Paperless licensing for petroleum service stations. The gift is in terms of Digital India and Ease of Doing Business towards paperless and green India that will ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
UN report on Global Unemployment released
The United Nations specialized agency International Labour Organization in its report has mentioned that Global Unemployment is projected to rise by 2.5 million in 2020. The report also mentions that about 165 million people will not have enough paid work ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
MD & CEO of BOI, Canara, and BOB Appointed
As per an order issued on Monday, 20th January 2020 by the Ministry of Personnel, Sanjiv Chadha, who was serving as the Deputy Managing Director in the State Bank of India has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Global Social Mobility Index launched at World Economic Forum: India ranks 76th
On January 20, 2020, the World Economic Forum released the Social Mobility Index. The index measures social mobility of the population world wide. What is Social Mobility? Social Mobility is the upward or downward movement of an individual in personal ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
GoI launches paperless licensing of petroleum service stations
On January 20, 2020, the Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) announced that it has launched paperless licensing process for petroleum service stations. The paperless licensing has been launched under Petroleum Rules, 2002. The implementing agency of the order ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Carbon Disclosure Project: India ranks 5th
On January 21, 2020, the Carbon Disclosure Project, an annual report on carbon reduction activities of different countries and their firms was released by a non-profit organization Global Reporting Initiative. According to the report, the countries were ranked based on ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
“TIGERSHARKS”, First Squadron of Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft inducted by IAF in Tamil Nadu
On January 20, 2020, the 222 Squadron of Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets was inducted by the Indian Air Force in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The squadron has been named “Tiger Sharks”. Highlights The squadron has been inducted with modified Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
UNCTAD releases Global investment Trend report: India among top 10 recipients of FDI
On January 20, 2020, the United Nation Conference on Trade and Development released its report on Global Investment Trend Monitor Report for the year 2019. The Global FDI of the year 2019 was 1.39 trillion USD. This has declined by ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Roh Tae-moon appointed as Smartphone CEO of Samsung
South-Korea based leading Multinational Electronics Company, Samsung Electronics recently appointed Roh Tae-moon as the new head of its smartphone division amid the shakeup of the executives in the company in which the 52-year old, Samsung’s youngest President, Roh, who has ..