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BENGALURU: Ola Electric Mobility on Monday said it has appointed Deepak Rastogi as its chief financial officer, effective January 20, after incumbent CFO Harish Abichandani resigned from the role citing personal reasons, according to exchange filings.In a disclosure to stock exchanges, the company said its board approved Rastogi’s appointment at a meeting held on January…
Donald Trump has appointed Mora Namdar as Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, placing her in charge of US passport issuance and visa approvals. The role gives Namdar significant authority over who is allowed to enter or remain in the United States, at a time when immigration and travel rules are again a central…
Starbucks said on Friday it appointed an Indian national Anand Varadarajan as its new Chief Technology Officer, effective January 19. The move supports CEO Brian Niccol’s push for a tech revamp in stores to make labour more efficient. Varadarajan will replace Deb Hall Lefevre, who stepped down in September, after which Starbucks named Ningyu Chen…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo on Friday appointed an external aviation specialist to investigate the “root cause analysis of the recent operational disruption,” the airline’s Board said in a statement. The decision follows the recommendation of the Crisis Management Group (CMG) set up by the IndiGo Board shortly after the operational disruptions began in the first week…
Celina Jaitly has filed a plea in court as her brother Major Vikrant Jaitly has been detained in the UAE for th last 14 months. She filed a request so that the Indian Government can help rescue him. A hearing took place in court today and the Delhi High Court has directed to facilitate communication…
Financial services firm Equirus Group on Thursday announced the appointment of Manishkumar Jain as the chief executive officer of Equirus Finance, its newly launched non-deposit-taking NBFC, days after receiving approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).Jain will lead the NBFC’s expansion and build a diversified lending franchise focused on high net-worth individuals (HNIs), family…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Thursday appointed seven new secretary-rank officers, including the new heads for oil, telecom and agriculture ministries.A late evening order said that the appointments committee of cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided to appoint Neeraj Mittal, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, as petroleum secretary, replacing Pankaj…
Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan bin Abdullah Al-Fawzan appointed as Saudi Arabia’s new Grand Mufti by royal decree/Image: X Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan bin Abdullah Al-Fawzan as its new Grand Mufti, the highest religious position in the Kingdom, succeeding the late Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh who passed away in September. This appointment by…
NEW DELHI: It was 11 years ago that Supreme Court recognised transgender people as the ‘third gender’ and upheld their fundamental right to equality and dignity.Observing that discrimination still continued, however, the court on Friday appointed a committee headed by a retired Delhi HC judge to frame a comprehensive equal opportunity policy for the community…
