Hitendra Dave appointed new CEO of HSBC India
Hitendra Dave has been appointed as the new CEO of HSBC India for a period of 03 years.
He will replace Surendra Rosha.
Establishment of HSB India: 1853
Headquarters: Mumbai
Women’s Equality Day: 26 August
Women’s Equality Day is celebrated across the world on 26 August every year
On 26 August 1920, under the 19th Constitutional Amendment in America, women got the right to vote for the first time.
The first country in the world to give women the right to vote: New Zealand (1893)
In India, women were given the right to vote in the year 1950.
International Women’s Day: 08 March
National Women’s Day: 13 February (birth anniversary of the country’s first woman governor Sarojini Naidu)
National Rural Women’s Day: 15 October
Sonu Sood to be brand ambassador of Delhi government for ‘Desh Ke Mentors’ program
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced the appointment of actor Sonu Sood as the brand ambassador of the Delhi government’s ‘Desh Ke Mentors’ programme.
Under this program, students will be provided guidance to choose a career of their choice.
Brand Ambassador of ‘Acer India’: Sonu Sood
Brand ambassador of corona vaccination in Punjab: Sonu Sood
Brand Ambassador of Royal Green Packaged Drinking Water: Sonu Sood
“Leadership Award 2021” from Forbes: Sonu Sood
Sonu Sood’s book: ‘I Am No Messiah’
Book Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government by KJ Alphons
Former Union Minister KJ Alphons presented his book ‘Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government‘ to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Recently the Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu released the book ‘Accelerating India: 7 Years Of Modi Government’.
K J Alphons was the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture and Tourism from 3 September 2017 to May 2019.
NSG commandos conduct anti-terrorism ‘Gandiv’ exercise
National Security Guard (NSG) commandos conducted the third edition of the anti-terrorism exercise ‘Gandiv’ in various cities of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and the National Capital Region.
This exercise will continue from 22nd August to 28th August 2021.
National Security Guard (NSG) raised: 22 September 1986
Headquarters: New Delhi
“Shared Destiny-2021” military exercise to be held in China
From 6 to 15 September 2021, a military exercise named “Shared Destiny-2021” will be held in Henan province of China.
It is a multinational peace exercise in which the armed forces of China, Pakistan, Mongolia and Thailand will participate.
Military exercise between India and China: Hand in hand
Military exercise between India and Mongolia: Nomadic Elephant
Military exercise between India and Thailand: Maitree
Book “Kamala Harris and the Rise of Indian Americans” by Tarun Basu
Recently published book “Kamala Harris and the Rise of Indian Americans” is written on US Vice President Kamala Harris
The author of this book is Tarun Basu.
Kamala Harris is the first female Vice President of the United States.
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya appointed as Chairman of Stop TB Partnership Board
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya has been appointed as the Chairman of the ‘Stop TB Partnership Board’.
He will replace Dr Harsh Vardhan.
He will take over as the chairman of the board in the year 2024.
Establishment of Stop TB Partnership Board: 2000 (to end Tuberculosis (TB))
India aims to end TB by 2025
Whereas the United Nations (UN) has set a target to end TB by the year 2030.
World Tuberculosis Day: 24 March
