- Appointments: Krishna Srinivasan has been appointed as director of the Asia and Pacific Department (APD). It has been announced by International Monetary Fund, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
- Mayank Kumar Agrawal, director-general, Doordarshan, and Doordarshan News has been given additional charge as chief executive officer, Prasar Bharati. Agrawal takes over from Shashi Shekhar Vempati.
- Brand Ambassador: Music Maestro, AR Rahman has been appointed as ambassador of The Season of Culture, which marks the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.
- Obituaries: Nobuyuki Idei, who led Japan’s Sony from 1998 steering its growth in the digital and entertainment businesses, has died at the age of 84.
- Banking & Insurance: Fino Payments Bank has announced a partnership with Go Digit General Insurance to offer shop insurance policies to small and medium businesses.
- Books & Authors: The International Institute of Sports & Management (IISM) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, launched India’s first-ever book on Sports Marketing titled “Business of Sports: The Winning Formula for Success.
- Apps & Portals: Whatsapp launched the SMBSaathi Utsav initiative, which aims to support small businesses by helping them adopt digital mediums like Whatsapp Business App.
- Digital Currency: The Crypto Rupee Index has been launched by CoinSwitch (CRE8). It is India’s first benchmark index for measuring the performance of the Indian Rupee-based crypto sector.
- Sports: Avani Lekhara, the Tokyo Paralympics winner, won gold in the Para Shooting World Cup in Chateauroux, France, with a world record score of 250.6 in the women’s 10m air rifle.
- Ramkrishna Mukkavilli becomes the first Indian to be recognized by United Nations Global Compact as Global SDG Pioneer.
- Indian company Okinawa Autotech is the first company in the electric 2-wheeler segment to enter into a Joint Venture (JV) with an Italian company.
- It helps to design and manufacture high-performance electric motorcycles and scooters that are innovative and unique in their characteristics.
- Shreyas G. Hosur became the first officer from the Indian Railways to complete the grueling ‘Ironman’ Triathlon, considered to be the toughest single-day sports event in the world.
- Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah has inaugurated the newly built National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) in New Delhi.
- Current Account Deficit to moderate to 1.96% in Q4 FY22
- Crisil launches Benchmarks for AIFs
- India’s FDI Rank Rises to 7th Position
- Payments Infrastructure Development Fund corpus touches Rs 811 crore
- Finance Ministry launches EASE 5.0 ‘Common Reforms Agenda’ for PSBs
Questions:
Q.1 Which of the following Musicians is appointed as Brand Ambassador of The Season of Culture.a. Amit Trivedi
b. AR Rahman
c. Vishal
d. Salim Merchant
Q.2 Which of the following crypto exchange has launched India’s first benchmark index for measuring the performance of the Indian Rupee-based crypto sector?
a. Coinbase
b. Binance
c. Trust wallet
d. CoinSwitch
