1.IPS officers Arvind Kumar & Samant Kumar Goel were appointed chiefs of the IB & RAW respectively .Arvind Kumar will take the charge of the IB from Rajiv Jain, while Goel will succeed Anil K Dhasmana as the chief of RAW.They have been appointed for a fixed 2-year tenure.
2.Rachna Khaira of The Tribune bagged the RedInk Award for 'Journalist of the Year' for her expose during 2018 on the functioning of UIDAI and its Aadhaar data cache.Khaira confirmed that personal data of millions of citizens was at a risk of being hacked.UIDAI:Unique Identification Authority of India.
3.RBI issued guidelines for setting up of FBA for administering "significant benchmarks" in the markets for financial instruments.It means any benchmark notified by the RBI taking into account, its use, efficiency & relevance in domestic financial markets.FBA: Financial Benchmark Administrator.
4.Government plans to provide broadband connectivity under BharatNet Project to all gram panchayats in the country. According to Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad 128870 gram panchayats have been connected with optical fibre till date.Wi fi spots have been installed in 44,140 gram panchayats.
5.The ISTA will hold its 32nd Congress in Hyderabad. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and the Telangana gov. are jointly hosting the 8-day conference, to be attended by stakeholders from across the globe.ISTA: International Seed Testing Association.
6.The Ministry of MSME is organizing an international convention on the theme “Indian MSMEs, Global Aspirations” in New Delhi to observe the International MSME Day. It will be inaugurated by Shri Nitin Gadkari, UM for MSME & Road Transport & Highways.It will be held from 28th - 29th June.
7.Oracle announced OFSAML Express Edition targeted at small- and mid-sized banks. It provides a unified platform to efficiently detect, investigate & report suspected money laundering & terrorist financing activity to comply with evolving reg. & guidelines.OFSAML: Oracle Financial Services Anti Money Laundering.
8.Adani Power will acquire GCEL as the consortium of lenders has approved its resolution plan.The consortium of lenders, led by Axis Bank, to GCEL, has approved Adani Power's resolution plan to acquire controlling equity stake & restructure debt in GCEL.GCEL: GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Ltd
9.Airtel Africa Ltd's planned IPO on the London Stock Exchange is expected to price at 80 pence, the bottom end of its indicated price range. A unit of India's Bharti Airtel Ltd, it is expected to raise 595 mn pounds.IPO: Initial public offering.
10.Veteran freedom fighter Mohan Ranade, who participated in the Goa liberation movement, died at the age of 90 years. He was arrested by Portuguese police in 1955 and incarcerated at the Fort of Caxias near Lisbon in Portugal for 6 years.Ranade was released in January 1969.
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