Page-72 of Archives: March, 2020

Chalasani Venkat Nageswar appointed as Deputy managing director and CFO of SBI

State Bank of India recently announced that Chalasani Venkat Nageswar has been given additional charge of Deputy managing director and Chief financial officer (CFO) of the bank. He...

March 10, 2020

Google India launches DigiPivot

Google India unveiled DigiPivot, a skill development programme for women who seek to return to their corporate careers after a break or plan to shift to digital marketing....

March 10, 2020

Moody’s revises India’s growth projections to 5.3% for 2020

Global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has revised downward its growth projections for India to 5.3% for 2020 from its earlier projection earlier this month-5.4%. The latest revision...

March 10, 2020

Australia defeats India at finals of Women’s T20 World Cup 2020

At the final match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia, India was defeated by the Australian team by 85 runs. Meg...

March 10, 2020

UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 368

123451. Consider the following: Carbon dioxide (CO2) Methane Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) Water (H2O) Which of the above is/are principal component(s) of biogas? 1 Only 1 & 2 Only...

March 10, 2020

Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal wins Dhruv Batra Awards

India men’s and women’s hockey captains Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal were awarded the top honours- Dhruv Batra Award for Player of the Year (Men and Women respectively)...

March 9, 2020

Government launches Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship programme

The Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey launched the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship programme in the Indian Institute of Management in Bengaluru. The Fellowship...

March 9, 2020

India joins IOC as the fifth observer

The Indian Ocean Commission, IOC (COI in French) is an inter-governmental organisation comprised of five African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles. Recently, India joined the Indian Ocean Commission...

March 9, 2020

Government sets up Delimitation Commission

The last delimitation (Fixing limits of territorial constituencies) was conducted across India in 2002, but the four North-eastern states namely Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland and Jammu...

March 9, 2020

Business Line Changemaker Awards 2020 held in New Delhi

During the Business Line Changemaker Awards 2020 at New Delhi, Indian athlete Dutee Chand was awarded Changemaker of the year jointly with ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) for...

March 9, 2020