| 1. Tata Motors has appointed PB Balaji as its new group chief financial officer. Tata Motors, India biggest automobile company has appointed PB Balaji as its new group chief financial officer. He will take over the reins from CR Ramakrishnan. Balaji, who will take over this year has been working with HUL as its CFO since 2014 |
| 2. Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank has Bagged Best Performer Award. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has conferred the ‘best performance award’ for 2015-16 and 2016-17 to Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB) for its work in the field of credit-linking joint liability groups (JLGs). |
| 3. Melbourne topped the World’s most liveable cities 2017. The 2017 Global Liveability Ranking was released today by the Economist Intelligence Unit The EIU Liveability index scores 140 of the world’s major cities in healthcare, education, stability, culture, environment and infrastructure. Melbourne tops the index for the 7th time in a row with perfect scores for health, education and infrastructure |
| 4. Mitali Madhumita became the first woman officer to receive a gallantry award in the Army. She was honoured along with 21 Army personnel for acts of bravery and distinguished service at the military station here during the South Western Command Investiture Ceremony. Major Madhumita became the first woman officer to get the Sena Medal (Gallantry Two Yudh Seva medals, nine Sena medals (Gallantry), two Sena medals (Distinguished) and eight Vishisht Seva medals were presented by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Command, Lieutenant General S. K. Singh. |
| 5. Rahul Gandhi has launched the ‘Indira Canteen’ scheme in Bengaluru. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi launched the ‘Indira Canteen’ scheme, dedicated to former Prime minister Indira Gandhi- a state government initiative to provide food at low cost to cater to the urban poor. |
| 6. India's first museum on Partition of the Indian subcontinent will open in Amritsar ,Punjab. India's first museum on Partition of the Indian subcontinent will open this week in Amritsar Punjab, as India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years as independent nations. The museum will include photographs, newspaper clippings, donated personal items, and screens showing video interviews with survivors. |
| 7. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched a new website 'PlanYourGoal'. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched a new website 'PlanYourGoal.com' to help users plan their investments according to their future financial goals. The website guides the users to plan their big spends, tax investments as well as the corpus required during retirement. |
| 8. Odisha will launch DAMON Programme to Prevent Spread of Malaria. Odisha Government will soon launch “Durgama Anchalare Malaria Nirakaran” (DAMON), a special programme to prevent the spread of malaria in remote areas of Ganjam district. Under this programme, camps will be held in remote areas for mass test for malaria. |
| 9. Australia to get biggest single tower solar thermal plant. Australian state government has approved the world's biggest single tower solar thermal power plant, a 150-megawatt structure to be built in South Australia by 2020. Solar thermal technology uses mirrors to concentrate the Sun's light at the top of a tower. This heats the stored molten salt and the heat is then used to operate steam turbines |
| 10. Alexander Zverev has won Rogers Cup championship. German Alexander Zverev (20-year) has won fifth Rogers Cup championship He defeated Swiss Roger Federer in straight set 6-3, 6-4 at the Rogers Cup final to claim his second Masters 1000 title in Montreal, Canada. |
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