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| Sarkari Naukri |
1. American President Donald Trump has nominated Raytheon lobbyist Mark Esper as the next Army secretary.
2. The Union Cabinet approved sale of government’s 51.11 per cent stake in oil refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to India’s largest oil producer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
3. Tamil film actor Kamal Haasan has been appointed brand ambassador of Pro Kabaddi League franchise ‘Tamil Thalaivas’, co-owned by India batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.
4. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated to the nation the state’s longest bridge and named it after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
5. The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has signed an MoU with Buffalo University of the US to promote joint research in cyber security and environment related issues.
6. The Unique Identification Authority of India has launched ‘mAadhaar’, a new app for syncing Aadhaar data on mobile phones.
7. Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani has been awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions as a Parliamentarian in the Lok Sabha.
8. Australia became the 35th country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA), an initiative launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2015 in Paris.
9. According to Forbes Middle East, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, the UAE Minister of State for Tolerance has topped a poll of the most powerful Arab women in government for 2017.
10. Country’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank will provide personal loans of up to Rs 15 lakh through its ATMs that can be availed of by select salaried customers even if they haven’t previously applied for one.
