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Mrugank Paranjape appointed as MD & CEO of MCX

Mrugank Paranjape has been appointed as managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), country’s largest commodity exchange. This appointment is subjected to...

March 3, 2016

Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain appointed as Chief of Staff of Eastern Naval Command 

Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain took over as the Chief of Staff of the Visakhapatnam headquartered Eastern Naval Command. He succeeds Vice Admiral Bimal Verma who has been...

March 2, 2016

Former CJI HL Dattu takes over as Chairman of NHRC

Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu took charge as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). With this, he becomes the seventh Chairman of...

March 1, 2016

Rozle Prezelj elected as new Chairman of IAAF Athletes' Commission

Slovenian high-jumper Rozle Prezelj (36) has been elected the new chairman of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes’ Commission. He will replace Namibian Frank Fredericks with...

March 1, 2016

Dinesh Sharma elected as Chairperson of IFAD

Dinesh Sharma has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Council of International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD). He was unanimously elected as the Chairperson of...

February 29, 2016

Rajendra Singh appointed as DG of Coast Guard

The Union Government has appointed Rajendra Singh as the Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), country’s coastal protection force. With this appointment, Rajendra Singh becomes first...

February 26, 2016

Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee sworn-in as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court

Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee has sworn-in as the 28th Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka. He was administered oath to the office as per provision of...

February 25, 2016

Yoichiro Ueno appointed as President and CEO of Honda cars India

Yoichiro Ueno has been appointed as new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Honda Cars India by its parent Honda Motor Company. He will succeed Katsushi Inoue...

February 25, 2016

Michael Pesch appointed as CEO of Infosys Consulting Holding

Michael Pesch has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys Consulting Holding, a subsidiary of India’s second largest software company Infosys. He will be responsible for...

February 25, 2016

Ex-CJI HL Dattu selected as new Chairman of NHRC

Union Government has selected former Chief Justice of India (CJI) H L Dattu as new Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He will succeed Mr. K.G. Balakrishnan...

February 24, 2016

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