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Who has recently been appointed as the new president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)?हालही में नेशनल एसोससएशन ऑफ सॉफ्टवेयर एंड ससविसेजकंपनीज (नैसकॉम) के नए अध्यक्ष के रूप में सकसे सनयुक्तसकया गया है?

a) Raj Shukla

b) Adhir ranjan chowdhury

c) Tarun bajaj

d) UB Pravin Rao

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Vice-Chairperson Infosys' chief operating officer, UB Pravin Rao, has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) for the year 2020-21.

Nasscom Formed on:- 1 March 1988

Headquarters:- Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Members:- over 2,000 companies NASSCOM is a non-profit organization which is a trade association of Indian Information Technology (IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry.


Who has been appointed by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited as its Human Resources Director?नेशनल थमिल पावर कॉपोरेशन (NTPC) सलसमटेड ने सकसे अपनेमानव संसाधन सनदेशक के रूप में सनयुक्त सकया है?

a) Raj Shukla

b) Dilip Kumar Patel

c) Lisa Nandy

d) UB Pravin Rao


National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited appointed Dilip Kumar Patel as its Director Human resources on 1 April. He has more than three decades of experience in HR functions.

He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela. He has served as HR Head in various NTPC projects like NSPCL

Bhilai, Sipat, and Tanda for around 12 years. He also served as the Regional Head of HR in the Eastern Region-

2, before he was appointed as the Director (HR). NTPC Limited Founded on:- 7 November 1975 Headquarters:- New Delhi, India Chairman & MD: Gurdeep Singh NTPC provides services including Electricity generation and

distribution natural gas exploration, production, transportation, and distribution.


Paytm Money's Managing Director and CEO .......... resigned from the company.Paytm Money के प्रबंध सनदेशकऔर सीईओ .......... नेकंपनी से इस्तीफा दे सदया।

a) Dilip Kumar Patel

b) Lisa Nandy

c) UB Pravin Rao

d) Pravin Jadhav


Pravin Jadhav, the Managing Director and CEO of Paytm Money resigned from the company.

The reason cited for his resignation was differences over ESOPs, annual salary, and remuneration.

Pravin Jadhav: Jadhav was elevated as MD and CEO in September 2019.

Paytm Money was founded in 2019 by Jadhav. So far, the payment has around Rs.5000 crore assets under its management.

Paytm Founded on:- August 2010

Headquarters:- Uttar Pradesh, India

Founded by:- Vijay Shekhar Sharma

CEO & President:- Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vice president:- Ajay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm is an India-based e-commerce payment system and financial technology company.


Who has been appointed by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited as its Human Resources Director?हालही में भारतीय ररजवि बैंक (आरबीआई) के सडप्टी गवनिर केरूप में सफर से सकसे सनयुक्त सकया गया है?

a) Raj Shukla


c) BP Kaunungo

d) UB Pravin Rao


BP Kaunungo was reappointed as the deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

He served as an executive director of the RBI.

In April 2017, he was elevated to the post of deputy governor.

He joined the RBI in September 1982.

He has worked in several functional areas of the banks such as foreign exchange management, banking & non-banking Supervision, currency management, government and bank accounts, and public debt.


Who has recently been appointed CEO of Walmart India?हालही में वॉलमाटि इंसडया का सीईओ सकसे सनयुक्तसकया गया है?

a) Sameer Aggarwal


c) BP Kaunungo

d) UB Pravin Rao


Sameer Aggarwal is appointed as CEO of Walmart India.

He will report to Dirk Van Den Berghe, Executive Vice-President and Regional CEO of Asia and Global Sourcing, Walmart.

He received his post-graduation from the London Business School and is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

He worked as the Chief Finance, Development, and Supply Chain Officer for KFC Thailand.

Before this, he worked with Sainsbury's in its UK and China operations as Head of Strategy and then Executive Assistant to the CEO to assist with the CEO transition.


Recently the former Chief Justice of India (CJI) ………… has been sworn in as a member of the Rajya Sabha.हालही में भारत के पूवि मुख्यन्यायाधीश (CJI)............नेराज्यसभा के सदस्य के रूप में शपथ ली है

a) Ranjan Gogoi

b) Sharad Arvind Bobde

c) Dipak Misra

d) Jagdish Singh Khehar


Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi took oath as a member of RajyaSabha on 19 March 2020.

He was nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind. His nomination to the upper house was made against the vacancy created due to the retirement of senior lawyer KTS Tulsi.

He was retired on 17 November 2019.

He is the first person from the northeast region to reach the top of the judiciary.

He served as the Judge of Gauhati High Court from 28 February 2001 to 8 September 2010.

In September 2010, he was appointed as the Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court.

He then served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court on 12 February 2011.

In 2012, he served as the Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

On 3 October 2018, he replaced Justice Dipak Misra as CJI. He was appointed as CJI by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind.


Who has recently been appointed by Google as the Managing Director (MD) of Google Cloud in India?हालही में Google ने भारत में Google क्लाउड के प्रबंधसनदेशक (एमडी) के रूप में सकसे को सनयुक्त सकया है?

a) Karan Bajwa

b) Sameer Aggarwal

c) Dilip Kumar Patel

d) BP Kaunungo


Google appointed Karan Bajwa as Managing Director (MD) of Google Cloud in India.

He will advise Google Cloud's work with the local developer ecosystem and India-based Global System Integrators (GSIs).

He is a senior leader with over three decades of leadership experience.

He recently served as MD for India and South Asia for IBM.

Before that, he worked as an MD in Microsoft for nine years.

He led the company's operations in India.

He worked with Cisco Systems in India and Singapore.


Who has recently stepped down from Microsoft's board of Microsoft co-founders?हालही में Microsoft के सह-संस्थापक सकसने Microsoft केबोडि से पद छोड़ सदया है?

a) Bill Gates

b) Paul Allen

c) Brad Smith

d) Satya Nadella


Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stepped down from Microsoft's board.

Since 2004, he has served as a director of Berkshire Hathaway.

Microsoft: Founded on:- 4 April 1975

Founders:- Bill Gates, Paul Allen

Headquarters:- Washington, US

chairman:- John W. Thompson

CEO:- Satya Nadella

President:- Brad Smith


Recently Microsoft appointed its first Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)?हालही में Microsoft ने अपना पहला मुख्य वैज्ञासनकअसधकारी (CSO)सकसे सनयुक्त सकया है?

a) Eric Horvitz

b) Paul Allen

c) Tarun bajaj

d) Neeraj Dhawan


Microsoft has appointed Eric Horvitz as its first-ever Chief Scientific Officer (CSO).

He will provide cross-company leadership on advances and trends on scientific matters and on issues and opportunities arising at the intersection of technology people and society.

He who joined Microsoft in 1993.

He was a Technical Fellow and Director at Microsoft's Research Labs.

He has co-chaired the company's Artificial Intelligence and Ethics in Engineering and Research (AETHER) Committee.


Recently who has been appointed as the Deputy Director General of Defense Intelligence Agency (DG DIA) and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defense Staff (Intelligence) (DCIDS)?हालही में महासनदेशक रक्षा खुसफया एजेंसी (डीजी डीआईए) और एकीकृतरक्षा स्टाफ (इंटेसलजेंस) (डीसीआईडीएस) का उप प्रमुख सकसे सनयुक्त सकयागया है?

a) Eric Horvitz

b) KJS Dhillon

c) Tarun bajaj

d) Neeraj Dhawan


Lt Gen KJS Dhillon is appointed as the Director-General DefenceIntelligence Agency (DG DIA) and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) (DCIDS) on 9 March. The department functions under the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)

in the newly created Department of Military Affairs. He is 57-year-old age. He is from the 1983 batch of the Indian Military Academy. He served at the strategic XV Corps of Army in 2019 and handed

over the charge of XV Corps to Lt Gen BS Raju. Defence Intelligence Agency-: Upon the recommendations of a

Group of Ministers, which looked into lapses leading to the Kargilintrusion in 1999, DIA was established in 2002. DIA is the nodal agency for all defense-related intelligence that collects information technically and through satellites to safeguard the interest of the country.


Recently who has been given additional charge of Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of State Bank of India (SBI) with immediate effect?हालही में सकसे तत्काल प्रभाव से भारतीय से्टट बैंक (एसबीआई) के उप प्रबंधसनदेशकऔर मुख्य सवत्तीय असधकारी (सीएफओ) का असतररक्त प्रभार सदयागया है?

a) Eric Horvitz

b) KJS Dhillon

c) Chalasani Venkat Nageswar

d) Neeraj Dhawan


Chalasani Venkat Nageswar was given the additional charge of Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of State Bank of India (SBI) on 9 March with immediate effect.

SBI Founded on:- 2 June 1806 (as Bank of Calcutta)

15 April 1840 (as Bank of Bombay)

1 July 1843 (as Bank of Madras)

27 January 1921 (as Imperial Bank of India)

1 July 1955 (as State Bank of India)

Headquarters:- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Chairman:- Rajnish Kumar

The public sector bank (PSB) is the largest bank in India, with a 23% market share.

GoI took control of the Imperial Bank of India (present SBI) in 1955. RBI holds a 60% stake in the bank.


Who has been sworn in as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) recently?हालही में मुख्य सूचना आयुक्त (CIC) के रूप में शपथ सकसनेली है?

a) Bimal Julka

b) KJS Dhillon

c) Chalasani Venkat Nageswar

d) Neeraj Dhawan


The former Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Secretary Bimal Julka was sworn in as the next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on 5 March.

The oath of office was administered by President Ram NathKovind.

Bimal Julka was chosen by a high-level selection panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who served as an Information Commissioner.

Central Information Commission (CIC):- formed on 12 October 2005.


Recently, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) called Induslnd Bank Ltd. Appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer?हालही में भारतीय ररजवि बैंक (RBI) ने सकसे Induslnd Bank Ltd. के प्रबंध सनदेशकऔर मुख्यकायिकारी असधकारी केरूप में सनयुक्त सकया है?

a) Bimal Julka

b) KJS Dhillon

c) Sumant Kathpalia

d) Neeraj Dhawan


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed Sumant Kathpalia as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Induslnd Bank Ltd.

He will hold the office for a tenure of three years. Kathpalia will replace Romesh Sobti.

Prior to that, he served as the India head for ABN Amro Bank.

He is a former ABN Amro employee.

The appointment of Kathpalia was nominated and remunerated by the committee of the Induslnd bank's board. It was communicated to RBI in November 2019.

IndusInd Bank Limited Founded on:- 1994

Founder:- S. P. Hinduja

Headquarters:- Pune, Maharashtra IndusInd Bank was the first bank among the new-generation private

banks across India. It offers transactional, commercial, and electronic banking products and services.


Who has been appointed the next Ambassador of India to France recently?हालही में फ्ांस में भारत का अगला राजदूत सकसे सनयुक्तसकया गया है?

a) Bimal Julka

b) Jawed Ashraf

c) Sumant Kathpalia

d) Neeraj Dhawan


Diplomat Jawed Ashraf has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to France.

The appointment comes in view of rising strategic ties between India and France.

He is a 1991-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer.

He was serving as Indian High Commissioner to Singapore.

He will replace Vinay Mohan Kwatra as India's Ambassador to France. France President:- Emmanuel Macron

Prime Minister:- Edouard Philippe

Capital:- Paris

Currency: Euro (€) (EUR)


Diplomat Jawed Ashraf has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to France.

The appointment comes in view of rising strategic ties between India and France.

He is a 1991-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer.

He was serving as Indian High Commissioner to Singapore.

He will replace Vinay Mohan Kwatra as India's Ambassador to France. France President:- Emmanuel Macron

Prime Minister:- Edouard Philippe

Capital:- Paris

Currency: Euro (€) (EUR)


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