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Mar 06, 2021

Glenmark Pharma Signs Rohit Sharma as Brand Ambassador for Candid Powder

Drug major Glenmark Pharma signed cricketer Rohit Sharma as brand ambassador for its product Candid Powder.
Candid Powder brand is a market leader in its category, with a market share of 64 per cent in the medicated powder category.
Glenmark's Candid Dusting Powder is used to treat four key skin problems of redness, irritation, sweat rash and fungal infections.

Muthoot Finance Chairman M. G. Muthoot Passes Away

M. G. Muthoot, the chairman of Muthoot Finance which is the largest gold loan NBFC in the country, passed away in New Delhi.
The 71-year-old Muthoot was for long based in the National Capital even though his diversified group that runs over 20 businesses from gold loans to securities, realty estate to infrastructure, hospitals to hospitality and education, is headquartered in Kochi making it one of the largest business houses in the state.
The Muthoot Group's flagship Muthoot Finance had a loan book of close to Rs. 56,000 crore in the December 2020 quarter.
The group has grown manifold under him, when he took over it had just 31 branches but now has over 5,550 branches across the country and outside today and the group.

Sheikh Hasina's Political Adviser HT Imam Passes Away

HT Imam, the political adviser to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, died at a military hospital.
He was undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.
Imam was the cabinet secretary to the 1971 wartime government.
After the Awami League headed by Hasina formed the government following the 2008 election, Imam was appointed as the public administration affairs adviser to the Prime Minister.
Following the 2014 elections, he was made the political affairs adviser to the Prime Minister.

Mar 05, 2021

V. K. Sasikala Quits Politics

Weeks ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly elections, V. K. Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and close aide of late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, announced that she will stay away from politics, but would pray for the golden rule of the late party supremo.
The sudden announcement came as a bolt out of the blue as earlier Sasikala said that she would remain active in politics after completion of her jail term. The 69-year-old had served four years of jail term in the Rs 66.65 crore DA assets case.

Mar 04, 2021

UAE's First Ambassador to Israel

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.

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