Page-23 of Current Affairs - July, 2015

Rahul Bhatnagar named as new MD and CFO of Bharti Enterprises

July 10, 2015

Rahul Bhatnagar was named as new Managing Director (MD) and chief financial officer (CFO) of Bharti Enterprises. He succeeds Manoj Kohli, who was recently appointed as executive chairman, SBG Cleantech a Joint Venture (JV) between Bharti Enterprises, Japan’s telecom major ..

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Notable Urdu poet Bashar Navaaz passes away

July 9, 2015

Notable Urdu poet, critic and orator Bashar Navaaz passed away in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He was 80 years old. He was known as an Indo Pak shayar as his gazals are popular in India as well as Pakistan. About Bashar Navaaz ..

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India, US ink inter-governmental agreement to implement FATCA

July 9, 2015

India and United States have signed inter-governmental agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). It was signed by Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das and US Ambassador to India Richard Verma in New Delhi. The agreement will promote transparency ..

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UNESCO names 24 new world heritage sites

July 9, 2015

39th session World Heritage Committee (WHC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO) has inscribed 24 new sites into the World Heritage List. Decision in this regard was taken at WHC’s annual meeting held in Bonn, Germany. ..

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eMudhra launches eSign Services

July 9, 2015

eMudhra Limited, a leading certifying firm in the country for digital signatures launched first of its kind eSign services in the country as part of the Digital India Vision. eSign is an online electronic signature service legally valid and secure ..

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China nominates Jin Liqun for President of AIIB

July 9, 2015

China has nominated its former finance Minister Jin Liqun as the Presidential candidate for $100 billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Presently, Jin is Secretary General of AIIB’s interim secretariat. Prior to this he was chairman of China International Capital ..

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Union Government appoints Sriram Kalyanaraman as MD and CEO of NHB

July 9, 2015

Union government has appointed Sriram Kalyanaraman as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Housing Bank (NHB) for a period of five years. With this he became the first person from private sector to be appointed ..

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Lord Kamlesh Patel becomes first British-Asian appointee to ECB Director

July 9, 2015

Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel has become the first British Asian to be appointed as Director of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He succeeds Lord Morris of Handsworth, who had stepped down after 11 years as an ECB Director. Lord ..

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