New World Bank President: Ajay Banga, the former Mastercard CEO

David Malpass, the former World Bank President resigned before his term was completed due to climate-related controversies. After his resignation, US President Joe Biden recently nominated the former Master Card CEO Ajay Banga as the new World Bank President. Ajay ..

Tags: Ajay Banga • IIM Ahmedabad • New appointment • US news • World Bank

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News

Vivek Ramaswamy launches US Presidential bid

Vivek Ramaswamy is an Indian American. He is a republican (Joe Biden and Barack Obama are all from the Democratic Political party) and an anti-environment activist. Anti-environmentalists are those people who believe that environmental regulation is unnecessary. He established a ..

Tags: Anti environmentalist • elections in the US • US elections 2024 • US president election • Vivek Ramaswamy

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • International / World Current Affairs • Persons in News

Eknath Shinde the new Chief of Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena party of Maharashtra recently elected the Maharashtra Chief Minister as its new Chief. The decision was made during the National Executive Meeting of the party. Shiv Sena Party The party is a right-wing Marathi regionalist. It was ..

Tags: BJP • Devendra Fadnavis • Eknath Shinde • Shiv Sena • Uddhav Thackeray

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • India Nation & States Current Affairs • Persons in News • States Current Affairs

BVR Subrahmanyam appointed new CEO of NITI Aayog

The National Institution for Transforming India is a public policy think tank. It succeeded Planning Commission in 2015. The council has all the chief ministers of the state and Lieutenant Governors of UTs. Apart from them, there are temporary members ..

Tags: BVR Subrahmanyam • CEO of NITI Aayog • NITI Aayog

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News

World Bank President Malpass to step down

David Robert Malpass is an economist from the USA. He has been serving as the President of the World Bank since 2019. He served as Economic Advisor to former US President Donald Trump. He recently announced that he is resigning. ..

Tags: Climate change • climate denier • David Malpass • Donald Trump • World Bank President

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News

Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?

Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian American is the CEO of Anti-Woke Inc. The Republican is planning to contest in the 2024 US elections. He is 37 years old and his worth is 500 million USD. He has been propagating socially responsible ..

Tags: US elections 2024 • US president elections • Vivek Ramaswamy

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News