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Birender Singh Dhanoa Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa has taken over as the Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force. He succeeds Air Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma who demitted the office, after 40 years of service in the IAF. Dhanoa was commissioned in the IAF in June 1978 as a fighter pilot. Dhanoa, a Kargil war veteran, is an alumnus
Meena Hemchandra has taken charge as new Executive Director at the Reserve Bank of India. As the Executive Director, Meena will look after the Department of Banking Supervision, Department of Co-operative Banking Supervision and Department of Non-Banking Supervision. The appointment of Meena Hemchandra comes as a vacancy for the post was created after G Padmanabhan retired
The Reserve Bank of India has slashed the repo rate by 25 basis points. The new repo rate will be 7.25%. Consequently the new reverse repo rate will 6.25%. A rate cut by RBI would need to be accompanied by steps to boost liquidity. According to bankers tight cash conditions are preventing them from lowering lending
The government of Mauritius has designated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as the new president of the island nation. She is the first woman to hold the Presidential post of the country. Gurib-Fakim is an internationally- renowned scientist and biologist. Former president Kailash Purryag has stepped down as the island’s figurehead. He had served as president since July 2012. Tidbits The capital and
Legends of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman have been inducted to the newly-constituted advisory panel of BCCI. The main objective of the panel is to guide the board in all matters related to the game. Anurag Thakur, BCCI secretary, announced their induction through the micro-blogging site Twitter. From now on wards Thakur and president Jagmohan Dalmiya
