The 1991 batch IFS officer succeeds Vinay Kwatra (1988 batch).
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Dr Sudhakar Jonnalagadda takes charge as new President of AAPI
Dr Sudhakar Jonnalagadda took oath as president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI) during a virtual “change of guard” ceremony in Chicago.
UAE counts down to being first Arab country to launch Mars probe
T minus less than 12 hours till the UAE Mars Hope Probe lift-off!
Singapore’s GDP contracted 12.6% in 2020Q2
Singapore’s economy contracted by 12.6 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the second quarter of 2020, based on advance estimates, said Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).
Google’s Sundar Pichai announces USD 10 bn investment in India’s digital economy sector
Google and Alphabet’s Indian-origin CEO Sundar Pichai at the company’s sixth edition of Google for India event announced a ‘Google for India Digitisation Fund’.
After Harvard and MIT, Johns Hopkins sues Trump administration over new rule for international students
Johns Hopkins said that the decision to send international students back to their home countries if they don’t enroll for in-person classes, has “suddenly and unexpectedly” plunged the university into chaos.
UK Cabinet Ministers highlight relationship with India at global summit
The strength of the UK-India relationship was on full display at the recent India Global Week conference organised in London
MAS concludes multi-currency blockchain project, highlights commercial potential
MAS announced the successful conclusion of the fifth and final phase of Project Ubin, a blockchain-based multi-currency payments network prototype developed in collaboration with J.P. Morgan and Temasek.
Singapore Elections 2020: PAP wins 61.24% of votes, PM Lee says it’s a “clear mandate”
Singapore concluded its General Elections in the wee hours of Saturday, July 11, with People’s Action Party (PAP) claiming 61.24 per cent of the votes, and winning 83 seats out of an available 93.
Indian banks pushing for bankruptcy order against Mallya to be enforced in UK court
A consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) are pursuing a bankruptcy order against liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya in the High Court in England.