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Dec 2019

Feb 08, 2020

Pranab Kumar Gogoi Passed Away

Former Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker and sitting Congress MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) Pranab kumar Gogoi, 84 years old passed away in Guwahati, Assam.
He was born on 19th August 1936 in Dibrugarh, Assam.
Pranab Kumar belongs to Indian National Congress (INC) party and was first elected as Legislator from the Assam Legislative Assembly from Sivasagar, Assam for 4 consecutive terms.
He also served as minister in the Tarun Gogoi-led cabinet from 2006-2011 and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly in 2011.
In 2015, Pranab Kumar took the definition of the term 'Assamese'.

Feb 07, 2020

Kirk Douglas, Hollywood Legend Dies

Actor Kirk Douglas, a fixture of cinema for six decades, has died aged 103.
The stage and screen actor was well-known for a range of roles, including the 1960 classic Spartacus, in which he played the titular character.
Born in New York in 1916, he rose to prominence during Hollywood's "golden age", earning his first Oscar nomination for the 1949 boxing story Champion.
He was also the father of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas.

Feb 06, 2020

Havas Media India CEO Anita Nayyar Quits

Anita Nayyar, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Havas Media India and Southeast (SEA) Asia, resigned from the agency to pursue other interests. Nayyar will exit at the beginning of May 2020 and will be replaced by group Managing Director Mohit Joshi.
Joshi will report to Rana Barua, Chief Executive of Havas Group India.

Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi Dies

Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi died aged 95, leaving behind a country still riddled by corruption that became rampant during his rule over the East African nation from 1978 to 2002. Usually pictured carrying an ivory baton, Moi was Kenya's longest serving leader. Critics described him as a virtual dictator, but despite its poverty Kenya was more stable than many other countries in the region emerging from colonial rule.

Feb 05, 2020

Central Banker of the Year for the Asia Pacific Region

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das was named the Central Banker of the Year, Asia-Pacific 2020, by the Banker magazine, a unit of Financial Times (FT).
The award is given to central bankers who have best managed to stimulate growth and stabilise their economy.
India's banks have faced a series of challenges, from non-performing loans to issues around fraud. Repeated economic slumps saw the central bank cut interest rates five times during 2019, and it was open to cutting them again if necessary. Faced with these challenges, Mr. Das has taken steps to bring banking in India up to standard via a restrained approach to governance.

Feb 04, 2020

Amitabh Bhatt is New CEO (Bangalore Complex) at HAL

Amitabh Bhatt took over as Chief Executive Officer of Bengaluru-headquartered defence PSU, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Bangalore Complex. Earlier, he was heading the Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) project in HAL as Executive Director. Bhatt is a Post Graduate in Management and earlier served in SKF India Limited for 15 years before joining HAL.

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