Mr. S
Bhattacharya appointed as new Chairman And Managing Director of Coal India
Senior
IAS S Bhattacharya has been appointed as the Chairman And Managing Director of
Coal India Ltd (CIL). Mr. S Bhattacharya is currently the Chairman And Managing
Director of Singareni Collieries Company (The Singareni Collieries Company
Limited or SCCL is a government-owned coal mining company in India).
Good
Governance Day was observed on 25th December
Union
government was observed on 25th December Good Governance Day.The day
was observed to celebrate the 90th birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The ministry also organised Multimedia Exhibition on former Prime Minister Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee to mark Good Governance Day at the IGNCA complex.Union
Ministry of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting organised the rich
repository of archival footage on eminent personalities . The footage will be
available with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to the public
through Doordarshan, All India Radio and Social Media platforms of the New
Media Wing.
Union
government has launched ‘Mission Indradhanush’ for children vaccations
The
Union government has launched ‘Mission Indradhanush’ that aims to cover all
un-vaccinated or partially vaccinated children by the year 2020, against seven
vaccine preventable diseases. The diseases that come under the mission launched
by the Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on ‘Good Governance Day’ are
diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis
B.
ISRO's Chairman Dr.
K. Radhakrishnan is in Nature Journal's top 10 list.
Dr. K. Radhakrishnan,
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is one of the 2014
top 10 scientists chosen by the prestigious journal Nature. He is listed
along with other people like Andrea Accomazzo, the Rosetta flight operations
director, European Space Agency.The recent launch of the heaviest and tallest
GSLV Mark III and the successful re-entry of the unmanned crew module were the
other landmark achievements.
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Public Sector Units sign pacts to revive Talcher Fertilizer Facility
Coal
India Ltd. (CIL), the world’s largest producer, and state gas utility GAIL
India Ltd., on Wednesday, signed agreements to invest Rs.9,000 crore in a plant
to convert coal into gas and use this fuel to manufacture fertilizer.CIL and
GAIL, along with Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) and Fertilizer Corp
of India Ltd (FCIL), will set up an integrated coal gasification-cum-fertilizer
and ammonium nitrate complex at Talcher in Odisha by 2019.GAIL will hold 35 per
cent in the upstream venture, called GAIL Coal Gas (India) Ltd. FCIL will take
11 per cent interest while RCF and CIL will pick up 3 per cent each.
iv.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal said the use of coal gasification technology for
production of fertilizers would lead to annual subsidy savings of Rs.3,000
crore.
United
Bank of India launched three new ‘alternate delivery products' for customers
Kolkata-based
United Bank of India (UBI) recently launched three new ‘alternate delivery
products’ that will provide more convenience to the customers. This puts the
bank in the select group of banks offering the facility of online transactions
(RuPay e-commerce), with RuPay debit cards.Another product ‘TD on Missed Call’
gives the ease of investment in pre-defined Fixed Deposit (Rs10,000) by just
giving a missed call on a particular number.The other facility to have been
launched includes the online PPF account maintenance, UBI said in a press
release. The products were launched in the backdrop of the bank’s foundation
day celebrations.
Reliance
Capital ropes in Japan’s SMTB as a strategic partner
Anil
Ambani group firm Reliance Capital on Thursday roped in Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui
Trust Bank (SMTB) as a strategic partner to collaborate on various businesses,
including in its proposed banking venture.SMTB, Japan’s largest financial
institution with assets under custody of USD 1.8 trillion, will take an initial
stake of 2.77 per cent in Reliance Capital at an investment of Rs 371 crore as
part of a“comprehensive long-term strategic alliance between the two companies.”Reliance
Capital intends to establish a new bank in India, with support of Sumitomo
Mitsui Trust Bank as strategic partner, as and when RBI’s policies permit
formation of the same.As part of the agreement, SMTB will be taking an initial
2.77 per cent strategic stake in Reliance Capital, amounting to Rs 371 crore
through preferential allotment, with a lock—in period of one year.
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