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Nita Ambani Unanimously Re-Elected As IOCM: Paris Olympic, 2024

Paris 2024 Olympic Games: With the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games scheduled to begin this weekend, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 24 announced that Nita Ambani, has been re-elected unanimously as the IOC from India...

The First Woman Chief Justice of Lahore Takes Oath

Justice Aalia Neelum on July 11, took oath as the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC) of Pakistan (Lahore), making her the first woman to be elevated as the court’s top judge. Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan...

Rachel Reeves: Britain’s First Woman Finance Chief

Rachel Reeves has become the first woman finance minister of UK. The 45-year-old is an economist and has pledged to grow the nation’s economy. Rachel was appointed as the chancellor on June 5, after the Keir Starmer-led Labour Party won...

LIC Chairman Siddhartha Mohanty Re-Designated Managing Director & CEO

State-owned life insurer Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has redesignated its chairman Siddhartha Mohanty as chief executive officer and managing director with effect from 30 June 2024. It is not yet known if the life insurance company would appoint a new...

Vikram Misri Appointed India’s New Foreign Secretary

Deputy National Security Advisor Vikram Misri will take charge as the Foreign Secretary on July 15, the Government announced on June 28. Mr. Misri, who is a former Indian ambassador to China, will succeed current Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra....

India’s First AI University Appoints Award-Winning American Professor as VC

India’s first artificial intelligence university, Universal AI University (UAIU), has appointed international strategist and multiple award-winning professor Simon Mak as its vice-chancellor. Mak is the first non-Indian to hold the position of founding vice chancellor of an Indian institution. Academic...

J.P. Nadda Appointed as Leader of The House in Rajya Sabha

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda has been named Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha. Mr. Nadda replaces Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who recently won the Lok Sabha election and took oath on...

Sony Pictures Networks India Appoints Gaurav Banerjee As New MD & CEO

Sony Pictures Networks India on June 24 announced the appointment of former Disney executive Gaurav Banerjee as its Managing Director and CEO, effective on or before August 26, pending regulatory approvals. Mr. Banerjee will succeed N. P. Singh, who will...

ESAF SFB Chief Paul Thomas Elected Chairperson of Sa-Dhan

Paul Thomas, MD & CEO of ESAF Small Finance Bank, has been elected as Chairperson of the board of Sa-Dhan, which is an association of microfinance and impact finance institutions. Thomas so far was the co-chair of the Association. Who is...

MLA C. Ayyanna Patrudu Elected Speaker of Andhra Assembly

Telugu Desam Party's Narsipatnam MLA C. Ayyanna Patrudu was elected unanimously as the Speaker of the 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on June 22, 2024. Mr. Ayyanna Patrudu's election was a mere formality as no other MLA filed a nomination for...