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Sep 30, 2017

Tom Alter Passes Away

Veteran film and television actor and Padma Shri awardee, Tom Alter died at the age of 67. He had been battling stage four of skin cancer.
Alter was an American-born Indian actor and was a native of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.
He was bestowed with Padma Shri in the year 2008 for his service to the field of arts and cinema.

Sep 29, 2017

New CEO of Tata Capital

In yet another top-level change at a Tata Group company, Rajiv Sabharwal will be the new CEO and MD of Tata Capital. Next April, banking veteran Sabharwal will replace Praveen Kadle, who has been at the helm of Tata Capital since its formation a decade ago.
Kadle subsequently will move into an advisory role within the Tata Group.

Infosys Senior VP Resigns

Navin Budhiraja, senior vice-president and head of technology has resigned.
He joined the IT major in August 2014.
As per reports, he had put his papers last week.

Sep 28, 2017

Sonars and Missiles for Navy

Chairing her first Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cleared a project worth Rs. 200 crore for buying indigenous sonars for Indian naval ships, and another one for missiles for the navy.
The DAC cleared an Acceptance of Necessity for the Indian Navy for procurement of upgraded sonars for its destroyers and frigates under the Buy Indian category.

Jharkhand ex-CM Barred from Contesting Elections

The Election Commission disqualified for three years former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda from contesting elections for failing to file details of expenses related to the 2009 Lok Sabha polls he fought.
He had won the polls from the Singhbhum Lok Sabha seat in Jharkhand.
Koda was elected as independent MP in 2009, and in October 2010 the Election Commission had issued a notice to him asking him as to why he should not be disqualified on the ground that he had allegedly shown the election expenses much less than the actual amount.

Sep 27, 2017

No Indian Troops in Afghanistan

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ruled out the deployment of Indian troops in war-stricken Afghanistan.
Instead, India will expand developmental activities to help stabilise the war-torn country.

Sep 26, 2017

Rajiv Mehrishi Takes Over as CAG

Former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi took over as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.
He succeeds Shashi Kant Sharma, who demitted office on September 22.
Mehrishi is a 1978 batch (retired) IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Sharma had taken over as CAG in May 2013.
Mehrishi will have a tenure of about three years.

PM Launched the Saubhagya Scheme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Saubhagya Scheme.
The major objective of the ambitious project is to provide last-mile electrification, including in the remotest pockets of the country.
The government has set an ambitious target for the Saubhagya scheme. It has asked all state governments and union territories to complete the task of complete electrification by March 31, 2019.

Tata Sons’ New CFO

Tata Sons has appointed group veteran Eruch N. Kapadia as its new chief financial officer (CFO).
Mr. Kapadia, who is vice-president at Tata Sons and a member of the audit committee at Tata Business Support Services, replaces F. N. Subedar as chief operating officer (COO).

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