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| Sarkari Naukri |
1. Union Urban Development Secretary Rajiv Gauba has been named as the next Home Secretary. He will replace Rajiv Mehrishi.
2. According to Mercer’s 23rd annual Cost of Living Survey, Mumbai is the most expensive city for expatriates in India and is placed 57th on the list. Luanda, the capital of Angola, is the costliest city.
3. Economic think-tank NCAER has revised up its projection for the country’s economic growth to 7.6 per cent for the current fiscal, compared with the earlier prediction of 7.3 per cent.
4. Kenneth I Juster, a top aide of US President Donald Trump on economic affairs, will be the America’s new ambassador to India.
5. World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a loan assistance of 44 million dollars for the Assam State Public Finance Institutional Reforms (ASPIRe) Project.
6. India’s women’s softball team won the silver medal at the Asia Pacific Middle East Little League (Senior Division) Softball Championship.
7. Qatar Airways has been rated the Best Airline of 2017 by aviation website Skytrax. Two Indian airlines on the Top 100 list are IndiGo (57th) and Jet Airways (93rd).
8. China has unveiled the world’s first ‘railless train’ that runs on a virtual track.
9. Italian fashion legend Carla Fendi passed away. She was 79.
10. West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi took oath as the acting Governor of Bihar.
