Nirbhay Sharma became the Governor of Mizoram
v Nirbhay
Sharma became the Governor of Mizoram and sworn in on 26th May 2015. Earlier,
Vakkom Purushohaman resigned from the post.
‘Snapdeal’ acquired ‘MartMobi
v ‘Snapdeal’
acquired ‘MartMobi Technologies Pvt. Ltd.’. Pramod Nair and Satya Krishna Ganni
are the founders of MartMobi. The company is situated in Hyderabad.
Manabi Bandopadhyay became 1st transgender
Principal
v Manabi
Bandopadhyay will take charge as Principal of Krishnagar Women’s College in
West Bengal on June 9.
Saurabh Kumar appointed as the next Indian
Ambassador to Iran
v Saurabh
Kumar, an IFS (Indian Foreign Service) officer of 1989 batch, was appointed as
the next Indian Ambassador to Iran.
v The
officer is currently posted as a Joint Secretary in the National Security
Council Secretariat.
Ericsson eyes tie-up with Reliance Jio
v Swedish
communication technology and services major Ericsson is in talks with Mukesh
Ambani's telecommunications venture Reliance Jio for a partnership to provide
seamless video viewing on mobile phones as it looks to scale up its market
share to 15% in the television and media space by 2017 from 10% now.
Manoj Mishra appointed as Chairman and Managing
Director (CMD) of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL).
v Union
Government has appointed Manoj Mishra as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD)
of state-run National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL).
v The
post of CMD of NFL was lying vacant since February 2014 after the retirement of
then CMD Neeru Abrol. Presently, Mishra is posted as Director Finance at State
Trading Corporation (STC).
DD Kisan, India’s first tv channel committed to
farmers launched
v Prime
Minister Narendra Modi launched Doordarshan’s 24×7 channel DD Kisan, committed
to the farmers.
India and Vietnam signed Joint Vision Statement on
Defence Cooperation 2015-2020
v India
and Vietnam signed a Joint Vision Statement on Defence Cooperation for
2015-2020 in New Delhi.
v It was
signed by the Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and the Vietnamese
Minister for National Defence General Phung Quang Thanh.
v The
assertion is an consequence of delegation degree talks held in New Delhi to
talk about cooperation on maritime safety.
Source: The Hindu, TOI