DAILY GK 19 NOV

 DAILY GK 19 NOV 

1.          GOI EXTENDS MAXIMUM TENURE OF PSB CEOS AND MDS TO 10 YEARS

·            The Government of India (GoI) has issued a notification extending the tenure for the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to 10 years, from the previous 5 years, subject to a retirement age of 60 years.

·            The initial term of office must not exceed 5 years, and it may be extended up to a total period, including the initial term, of not more than 10 years, as the GoI may designate after consulting with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

 

2.          JAIPUR FOOT USA’S 1ST ‘GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD’

·            Kashmiri journalist Danish Manzoor Bhat has become the 1st person to receive Jaipur Foot USA’s inaugural Global Humanitarian Award for COVID-19 relief efforts

·            The Global Humanitarian Award was established by Jaipur Foot USA, an international non-profit organization committed to the rehabilitation of physically disabled people.

 

3.          NEW WEST BENGAL GOVERNOR

·            President of India, Droupadi Murmu, appointed Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose as a regular Governor of West Bengal.

·            He is known for his innovative ideas in the field of good governance. His ideas were acknowledged by the United Nations (UN) by selecting his initiatives ‘Global Best Practice’ four times.

 

4.          META INDIA’S NEW HEAD

·            Meta (formerly known as Facebook) appoints Sandhya Devanathan as the head of Meta India, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp

·            Sandhya Devanathan succeeds Ajit Mohan who resigned from Meta India to join rival Snap Inc(Snapchat).

 

5.          INDIA’S FIRST-EVER PRIVATE ROCKET ‘VIKRAM-S’ LAUNCHED BY ISRO

·            The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched India’s first privately built rocket – ‘Vikram-S’ (VKS), a suborbital launch vehicle, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

·            It is being developed under the mission “Mission Prarambh” (the beginning), which represents a new beginning.

·            Skyroot Aerospace, a startup based in Hyderabad (Telangana), developed the Vikram-S rocket and the Prarambh mission with assistance from ISRO and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe).