Dinesh Khara is currently the Chairman of State Bank of India, the country’s largest public sector bank.Recently, the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet has extended his tenure.Dinesh Khara will now remain the Chairman of SBI till August 2024.Earlier, Dinesh Khara was to retire in October 2023.Apart from this, the Central Government has also extended the tenure of SBI Managing Director Ashwini Tiwari by two years.In the year 1921, ‘Imperial Bank of India’ was established by merging Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bengal and Bank of Madras.The Government of India nationalized the Imperial Bank of India with the enactment of…
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Munish Kapoor has recently been appointed the Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India.Kapoor will now head the Department of Economic and Policy Research.Munish Kapoor is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.Earlier, Munish Kapoor was advisor-in-charge within the Monetary Policy Department.In his new capacity as Executive Director, Munish Kapoor will be responsible for overseeing the operations of the Department of Economic and Policy Research.This department plays an important role in formulating economic policies and conducting research critical to the decision making processes of the RBI.Munish Kapoor was an advisor to the International Monetary Fund from 2012…
Deepika Pallikal and Harinder Pal are Indian squash players.This pair has won the gold medal for India in the mixed doubles squash event in the Asian Games.This Indian pair defeated Malaysia’s Binti Azma and Mohammad Safiq in the final.With this gold medal in mixed doubles squash, India’s number of gold medals in the ongoing Asian Games in China has increased to 20.This is the highest number of gold medals ever won by India in the Asian Games.
India has recently signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates for the Domestic Card Scheme.This agreement has been signed to increase digital payments and e-commerce in UAE like RuPay card in India.This agreement was signed by Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and UAE Minister of Advanced Technology Sultan Al Jaber.This agreement was signed by NPCI of India. International Payments Limited and UAE’s Al Etihad Payments.The main objective of the Domestic Card Scheme is to facilitate the growth of e-commerce and digital transactions in the UAE, promote financial inclusion, promote alternative payment options.
According to the recent announcement, the World Congress on Disaster Management will be organized in Uttarakhand.This will be the sixth World Congress on Disaster Management.It will be organized in Dehradun, Uttarakhand from November 28 to December 1, 2023.It will be jointly organized by Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority and Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Council.Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been appointed as the brand ambassador for this conference.This meeting will bring together researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world to discuss many challenging issues related to disaster risk management.The first World Congress on Disaster Management was held in…
Anti-Terrorism Conference held on October 5 and 6, 2023.This conference was organized in New Delhi.This conference was inaugurated by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah.This was the third anti-terrorism conference.This conference was organized by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).The conference discussed making the investigation hierarchy, structure and standard operating procedure uniform across all anti-terrorism agencies in all states for better coordination between the Center and state agencies.The National Investigation Agency was formed in December, 2008.
National Dolphin Day is celebrated every year on 5 October in India.The announcement of celebrating National Dolphin Day was made by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, Environment and Climate Change in March 2022.Thus the second National Dolphin Day is being celebrated in the year 2023.Dolphin was declared the national animal in the year 2009 by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.The scientific name of dolphin is Platanista gangetica.The Ganges dolphin is one of the five main species of dolphin found in the world’s rivers.The dolphin is listed as ‘endangered’ in the IUCN Red List.
The Union Cabinet has announced to ban electric detonators from April 1, 2025.After this ban, manufacturing, trade and storage of electric detonators will be banned.This ban has been imposed in view of security concerns and public safety.The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has issued a notification in this regard.Electric detonators are devices used to initiate or trigger explosives for a variety of applications including mining, construction, excavation, and demolition.These are known as primary explosives.These trigger the main explosives.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in October, 2023.In the year 2023, 3 scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.Their names are – Maungi ji. Bawendi, Lewis E. Bruce and Alexey I. Ekimov.These three scientists have been given this award for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.Quantum dots are nanoparticles whose size determines their properties.These are the smallest components of nanotechnology, which now form the basis of various electronic devices through their processes.Maungi ji. Bawendi is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Lewis E. Bruce is a professor…
Neeraj Chopra is an Indian athletics player.Recently Neeraj Chopra has won the gold medal in the Asian Games.Neeraj Chopra has won this gold medal in javelin throw.Neeraj won the gold medal by throwing the javelin 88.88 meters.India’s teenager Jena won the silver medal.Kishore Jena also won her first international medal.Roderick Genki Dean of Japan won the bronze medal.This is Neeraj Chopra’s second consecutive gold medal in the Asian Games.