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February 2, 2023 -_4.1

Equatorial Guinea appoints Manuela Roka Botey as first female PM

Manuela Roka Botey as first female PM Equatorial Guinea has appointed Manuela Roka Botey as prime minister. She became the first woman in the country to hold the position. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled the country since 1979, made the announcement in a decree read on state television. Ms Rotey was previously …

Babita Phogat joins Oversight Committee panel

Babita Phogat joins Oversight Committee panel formed against WFI

Babita Phogat joins Oversight Committee panel Babita Phogat, a former wrestler, joined the oversight committee established to look into the claims made against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The Oversight Committee is also looking into claims of sexual misbehaviour, harassment, and/or intimidation, as well as financial and organisational irregularities made by well-known athletes. Buy …

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V Ramachandra appointed by RBI as member of Advisory Committee of SIFL, SEFL

V Ramachandra appointed as member of Advisory Committee of SIFL, SEFL V Ramachandra, a former chief general officer of Canara Bank, was appointed by the Reserve Bank on Tuesday to the advisory committees of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL). Buy Prime Test Series for all Banking, SSC, Insurance & …

UNESCO lists Odesa World Heritage site in Danger 

UNESCO listed Ukraine’s Odesa a World Heritage Site in Danger

UNESCO lists Odesa World Heritage site in Danger  The United Nations cultural organization, UNESCO, designated the historic center of Odesa as a World Heritage Site and categorized it as being “in danger” during a committee meeting in Paris. It is in recognition of the historical significance of a Black Sea port that Russia has pounded with missiles …

February 2, 2023 -_8.1

Pakistan’s Inflation Rises To 48 Year High as IMF Officials Visit For Talk

Inflation has risen to a 48-year high in crisis-hit Pakistan, where the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is visiting for urgent talks, according to data released on February 1 by the country’s statistics bureau. Year-on-year inflation in January 2023 was recorded at 27.55 percent, the highest since May 1975, with thousands of containers of imports held …

Railways in Union Budget 2023

Union Budget 2023: Railways gets Rs 2.40 lakh crore capital outlay

2.40 Trillion Rupees to Railways in Union Budget 2023 FM Sitharaman allocated 2.40 trillion rupees to Indian Railways in the Union budget 2023-24. This is the largest capital expenditure for the railroads to date and is nine times the amount given to the railroads in 2013–2014. In 2016, the Railway Budget was combined into the …

February 2, 2023 -_10.1

IIRF releases MBA Ranking 2023, IIM Ahmedabad, Bengaluru in top 3

Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) ranking (2023) According to the latest Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) ranking (2023), the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), is the top government college in India for pursuing the Master of Business Administration (MBA) course. IIM Bengaluru (Karnataka) and IIM Kolkata (West Bengal) are ranked second and third, …

February 2, 2023 -_11.1

Adani Group Enters Israel with Haifa Port Acquisition For 1.2 Billion $

The Adani Group acquired the strategic Israeli port of Haifa for USD 1.2 billion and vowed to transform the skyline of this Mediterranean city as part of its decision to invest more in the Jewish nation, including opening an artificial intelligence lab in Tel Aviv.  Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, whose business empire was rocked …

February 2, 2023 -_12.1

RBI’s Digital Payments Index Jumps to 377.46 in Sept from 349.30 in March

Digital payments across the country registered a growth of 24.13 per cent in a year through September 2022, as per the RBI’s Digital Payments Index which measures the adoption of online transactions. The newly-constituted RBI’s Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) stood at 377.46 in September 2022 against 349.30 in March 2022 and 304.06 in September 2021. …