Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Khaja was sworn in as the new UAE ambassador to Israel.
Al-Khaja took the oath in front of UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid.
The ceremony comes after the cabinet approved the setting up of an embassy in Tel Aviv last month.
The UAE and Israel signed a US-brokered deal on Sept. 15, known as the Abraham Accords, which established diplomatic relations between the two countries for the first time.
Rajesh Vaishnaw India's next Ambassador to Morocco
Diplomat Rajesh Vaishnaw has been appointed India's next Ambassador to Morocco.
Vaishnaw, a 1996-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently the High Commissioner of India to Malta.
He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
The appointment comes at a time when India-Morocco ties are witnessing an upswing.
Mar 03, 2021
Jaideep Bhatnagar Takes over as Principal DG, PIB
Mr. Jaideep Bhatnagar took over as Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau.
Mr. Bhatnagar is an Officer of the Indian Information Service belonging to 1986 Batch.
He has earlier served in Doordarshan as Head of the Commercial, Sales and Marketing Division.
He also served as Prasar Bharati Special Correspondent in West Asia.
Furthermore, he later went on to head the News Services Division of All India Radio.
BJP MP Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan Passes Away
Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan, the BJP Lok Sabha member from Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, passed away.
The six-term MP was suffering from COVID-19.
The leader started his political career in 1978 from the Shahpur Municipal Council and was later elected as member of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.
He was an MLA from 1985 to 1996.
Lufthansa Appoints Elise Becker as Vice-president for Asia-Pacific
German airliners group Lufthansa has appointed Elise Becker as its vice-president for Asia-Pacific.
Becker, who succeeds Alain Chisari, will assume her new position at the Lufthansa Group's regional headquarters in Singapore from May 1.
Chisari has been assigned a new role within the Lufthansa Group sales organization.
She will be responsible for directing all commercial activities of the Group's premium airlines Lufthansa, SWISS, Brussels Airlines and Austrian Airlines. Becker's new role includes managing and strategically developing all airline joint ventures and partnerships in the region.
Mar 02, 2021
Matam Venkata Rao New Managing Director & CEO of Central Bank
The Centre has appointed Matam Venkata Rao as Managing Director & CEO of Central Bank of India for a period of three years.
Prior to this he was an Executive Director of Canara Bank.
Rao replaced incumbent Central Bank of India MD & CEO Pallav Mahapatra, who superannuated on February 28.
With this appointment, Canara Bank will only have two executive directors, although the bank can have as many as four such directors.
AU Small Finance Bank Names Sharad Goklani as President and CTO
AU Small Finance Bank has named Sharad Goklani as its new President and CTO. He was earlier associated with Equitas Small Finance Bank as its EVP and Chief Technology Officer. As a part of his new appointment, Goklani will be based in Jaipur Rajasthan. Prior to Equitas, he was associated with Bharti Airtel and Bharti Telesoft. He holds a Master degree in computer application from Jaipur University.
AU was started 25 years ago by Sanjay Agarwal, a merit holder Chartered Accountant and a first-generation entrepreneur.
As per the official website, it was founded in Jaipur in 1996 as Au Financiers, a non-deposit taking Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC), it effectively worked on funding economic growth, especially for the under-served and un-served low & middle-class individuals.
Manpreet Vohra India's Next High Commissioner to Australia
Senior diplomat Manpreet Vohra has been appointed as India's next High Commissioner to Australia.
Mr. Vohra, a 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is presently Ambassador of India to Mexico. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Mr. Vohra's appointment comes at a time India-Australia ties are at an upswing and the two countries are stepping up cooperation particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.
Mar 01, 2021
Ligia Noronha Appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General
UN chief Antonio Guterres has appointed leading Indian economist Ligia Noronha as Assistant Secretary-General and head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Noronha will succeed fellow Indian and development economist Satya Tripathi to whom Secretary-General Guterres is grateful for his leadership and dedicated service during his tenure.
Noronha is an economist with over 30 years of international experience in the field of sustainable development.
She has worked since 2014 as Director of UNEP's Economy Division based in Nairobi, leading UNEP's work on climate mitigation and energy transitions; on inclusive green economies, sustainable consumption and production, as well as on trade and sustainable finance, and the nexus of environment, pollution and health.
Tarun Bajaj Gets Additional Charge of Revenue Secretary
Department of economic affairs secretary Tarun Bajaj has been given the additional charge of revenue secretary.
Present revenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey retired on February 28.
The change takes place amid the Budget session in Parliament, which is currently in recess. The second part of the session will begin March 8 and go on till April 8 during which the Finance Bill will be discussed.
Pandey, a 1984 batch IAS officer from the Maharashtra cadre, was appointed finance secretary last year in March, more than a year after he was appointed as revenue secretary in December 2018.
Feb 26, 2021
Vijay Sampla Assumes Charge of Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Former Union Minister Vijay Sampla, who assumed the charge of Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, said, that he would be adopting a three-tier priority to resolve all the issues being faced by the Dalit community.
Sampla served as Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment from 2014 to 2019. He is counted amongst the prominent Dalit faces of the BJP in Punjab.
Sampla joined BJP in 1998.
After winning the Lok Sabha election from Hoshiarpur, he served as THE Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment from 2014 to 2019.
Osamu Suzuki to Retire, Become Senior Adviser
Suzuki Motor Corp said that its 91-year old chairman, Osamu Suzuki, is retiring in June.
Suzuki who served as the Japanese carmaker's chief executive for 22 years and then as chairman for another two decades will step down from his current role following a shareholders' meeting in June.
The chairman will be appointed as senior adviser upon retirement.
With almost half a century at the helm, Suzuki is widely credited with turning the carmaker into what it is today.
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