Mr. V Vaidyanathan appointed as MD, CEO of IDFC First Bank
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the appointment of V Vaidyanathan as MD and CEO of IDFC First Bank for a period of three years. Mr.V Vaidyanathan is the founder and chairman of Capital First.
Andry Rajoelina sworn in as President of Madagascar.
- The oath taking ceremony was attended by delegation from 35 countries & international organizations.
- Gurinder Singh Khalsa presented with the prestigious Rosa Park Trailblazer award
Indian-American philanthropist and entrepreneur, Gurinder Singh Khalsa(45), has been presented with the prestigious Rosa Park Trailblazer award for his campaign that forced US authorities to change their policy towards headgear of the Sikh community.
WEF Annual Meet Begins in Switzerland
- Annual meet of the World Economic Forum (WEF) had begun in Davos, Switzerland. The meeting will continue for 5 days. The theme of the event would be ‘Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’. More than 100 CEOs from India expected to be participating in the meet.
In 2020 and 2021 ISRO to launch two unmanned space missions
- ISRO announced that two unmanned space missions to be launched in the year 2020 and 2021. Country’s first manned space flight Gaganyaan will send three humans into space for seven days by December 2021, which will carry humanoids not animals. In order to boost the Space Mission in India, the Union Cabinet had approved Rs 10,000 crore budget for the proposed human spaceflight mission.
MLA Mr.Jaswinder Sandhu of INLD passes away in Haryana
- Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)’s senior leader and MLA Jasvinder Singh Sandhu passed away after Suffering from Cancer at the age of 63 in Haryana. He had been elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha from the Pehowa seat in 1991, 1996, 2000 and 2014. He had also served as the agriculture minister of the state.
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