Star sprinter Hima Das has been appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police by the Assam government. The 21-year-old from Assam, known as 'Dhing Express' referring to the town near her native village, is currently training at the NIS-Patiala and will be aiming to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics as the athletics calendar starts in a few days.
The reigning world junior 400 m champion, who won a silver in women's 400 m in the 2018 Asian Games, was also part of the gold-winning women's 400 m relay and mixed 400 m relay quartets in the quadrennial event in Jakarta.
Feb 17, 2021
Justice Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar Sworn-in as Chief Justice of Manipur HC
President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar as the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.
Manipur Governor Dr. Najma A. Heptulla administered the oath of office to the new Chief Justice.
Kumar, was enrolled as an advocate on August 25, 1988, and practised in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in civil, constitutional and Service matters.
He was appointed as an additional judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on August 8, 2008 and as a permanent judge on January 20, 2010. He was transferred to Punjab and Haryana High Court on October 14, 2019.
Jeff Bezos Reclaims Title of World's Richest Person
Elon Musk's reign as the world's richest person was brief.
Tesla Inc. shares slid 2.4 per cent, erasing $4.6 billion from its chief executive officer's fortune and knocking him from the top spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking.
Jeff Bezos, who'd held the title for more than three years until last month, reclaimed his No. 1 position with a net worth of $191.2 billion, or $955 million more than Musk.
Eminent Jurist, Former Governor and Ex-Chief Justice, Rama Jois Passes Away
Eminent jurist and former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand, Justice (Retd) M Rama Jois, passed away.
Jois, also a noted writer and historian, was not keeping well due to old age-related ailments and suffered a cardiac arrest.
He also served as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Not only that, but he made a lasting contribution to Indian judiciary. He made great effort in restoring democracy during the 1975 emergency.
Feb 15, 2021
Indo-American Rohit Chopra Nominated as Director of Consumer Financial Protect
Indo-American Rohit Chopra's nomination has been sent to the Senate for Director of Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB).
Chopra of the District of Columbia will assume the post of the Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection for a term of five years.
Previously Chopra had served as a CFPB assistant director and as student loan ombudsman person after the agency was launched in 2011. Since 2018, he has served as a Federal Trade Commissioner and Special Advisor at the US Department of Education.
Rachel Leland Levine to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Brett Giroir; Victoria Nuland, of Virginia, to be the Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs), vice David Hale; and Julie A. Su, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Labour, vice Patrick Pizzella are some of the other nominations that have been sent to the Senate.
Volvo Cars India Elevates Jyoti Malhotra as its New MD
Volvo Cars India appointed Jyoti Malhotra as its new Managing Director with effect from March 1, 2021.
Malhotra, who currently serves as the Director of Sales and Marketing, would be the first Indian to head the company in India.
Malhotra succeeds Charles Frump who has been at the helm since October 2017.
Frump has completed a successful tenure in India and is moving over to another global assignment.
Rashmi Samant, First Indian Female President of Oxford University Student Union
Rashmi Samant has made history after she became the first Indian woman to be elected president of the Oxford University Student Union (SU), on a manifesto promising syllabus decolonization and decarbonizing the world-famous institution.
Samant, a graduate student reading for an M.Sc. in energy systems, with a focus on sustainability, at Linacre College at the university, scored a landslide win in the election earlier this week when she received 1,966 of the 3,708 votes cast for the post amid a large turnout.
The Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka, a student's Indian roots were referenced in her manifesto as she highlighted the need for greater "decolonization and inclusivity" on campus in the Oxford SU leadership election.
TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi Resigns from Rajya Sabha
In a dramatic turn of events in the Rajya Sabha, former Union Minister for Railways and Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Dinesh Trivedi, during his speech on the discussion on the budget, said that he was resigning from the Rajya Sabha saying he had reached an inflection point and that he was "feeling suffocated."
Trivedi said that he was forced to make a decision, and had to follow his "conscience" after looking at "the kind of violence taking place in his state" of West Bengal and that he would continue to work for "Bengal and the country."
Trivedi, who has been with the TMC since 1998, was both Union Minister for Railways and Union Minister for State for Health and Family Welfare, a member of parliament from Barrackpore, and then a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Feb 14, 2021
Sprinter Hima Das to be Appointed DSP by Assam Government
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in a meeting Council of Ministers (CoM) at Janata Bhawan, Guwahati decided to appoint ace sprinter Hima Das as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the state. The cabinet also amended the integrated sports policy of the state for the appointment of sportspersons as Class-I and Class-II officers in different departments of the state government.
She became the first Indian woman and also the first-ever Indian athlete to win a gold medal in any format of a global track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships when she clocked a speed of 51.46 seconds. Das had clinched five gold medals in 2019.
Feb 13, 2021
Aditya Mittal Appointed ArcelorMittal CEO
ArcelorMittal, one of the world's biggest steel producers, announced that Aditya Mittal would take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from his father, Lakshmi Mittal, who would take on the mantle of executive chairman.
Aditya Mittal was previously the president and chief financial officer (CFO) of the company, and CEO of its European arm.
Lakshmi Mittal, who founded the company in 1976, will continue to lead the board of directors and work together with the CEO and management team, while Aditya will run the company's day-to-day affairs.
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