- Go First partners with BookMyForex to provide foreign exchange services to international flyers.
- RBI appoints Neeraj Nigam as the new Executive Director.
- Google Introduces "Bard" an AI-powered Chatbot Competing with ChatGPT.
- India’s Foreign Trade Policy 2023 was launched by Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal.
- India ranks 126th in World Happiness Report 2023.
- India’s GDP growth likely to moderate to 6.3% in FY24: World Bank
- The Rajya Sabha approved the Competition Amendment Bill, 2023
- The Bill seeks to reduce the overall time limit for CCI to assess a deal from the existing 210 days to 150 days from the date of parties notifying the deal to the CCI.
- Also, the new provisions expand the scope of CCI’s merger regulation by bringing deals worth more than Rs. 2,000 crores requiring CCI clearance.
- L'Oreal announced the signing of an agreement with Brazil's Natura & Co to acquire its Australian luxury cosmetics brand Aesop in a deal valued at $2.53 billion.
- Reliance Industries Ltd and its telecom arm Jio Infocomm have reportedly raised a total of USD 5 billion in foreign currency loans. The fundraising by the group led by Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani is the largest syndicated loan in India's corporate history.
- The Californian tech giant has announced Apple BKC, its first retail store in India’s financial capital — Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex. It will likely be unveiled on 14 April, and another Apple Store in Delhi’s Select Citywalk Mall will be opened soon after.
- Appointments:
- Rajib K Mishra takes over as the Chairman and Managing Director of PTC India. He has been appointed w.e.f. 29-03-2023.
Questions:
Ques: What is the total amount of foreign currency loans raised by Reliance Industries Ltd and its telecom arm Jio Infocomm?
A. $3 billion
B. $2 billion
C. $5 billion
D. $4 billion
Ques: 2: What is India’s rank in the World Happiness Report 2023?
A. 126th
B. 1st
C. 100th
D. 50th
