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SpiceJet to pay part salaries to 92% of employees, no job cuts

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Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Thursday said that it will pay part salaries to over 92 per cent of its employees and t hat there will be no job cuts at the airline. "In these extremely challenging times when no passenger flights have opera ted for over a month resulting in our primary revenue source drying up completely,  SpiceJet  has decided that there would be no job cuts at the airline at this time," the airline said in a statement. "While a number of airlines the world over have been forced to retrench employees and withhold salaries, SpiceJet with its limited cargo operations during the  lockdown  period, will pay part salaries to over 92 per cent of its employees." SpiceJet said salaries would be credited tomorrow.                                                                                                         

Here's why White House 'unfollowed' Twitter accounts of India's PM, President, PMO

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WASHINGTON  : The White House Wednesday explained why its Twitter handle had ' unfollowed ' the Twitter accounts of President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister's office, the Indian Embassy in the US, the US Embassy in India and the US Ambassador to India, Ken Juster. A memorandum of procedure White House explained that it follows the accounts of officials from host countries for a brief period during a presidential trip to retweet their messages in support of the visit. During President Donald Trump's visit to India in the last week of February, the official Twitter handle of the White House -- @ White House  -- had started 'following' the accounts of President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister's office, the Indian Embassy in the US, the US Embassy in India and the US Ambassador to India, Ken Juster. E

PNB Housing appoints Neeraj Vyas as interim MD and CEO

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  PNB Housing Finance on Tuesday said it has appointed Neeraj Vyas as its interim Managing Director and CEO. The term of incumbent Sanjaya Gupta comes to an end on May 4. Vyas will be in the new role for a period of eight months, effective from April 28, 2020, according to a BSE filing by the company. The company's board took the decision based on the recommendations of Nomination & Remuneration Committee, and is further subject to the approval of the shareholders, it added. PNB Housing Finance said the tenure of Sanjaya Gupta as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company shall come to an end on May 4, 2020. "In light of the same, Sanjaya Gupta will be stepping down from his active duties as Managing Director and CEO effective from close of business hours on April 28, 2020," it added. Vyas has resigned as an independent director (from the company's board) and would take charge as the Executive Director and interim MD and

Ex-Andhra Bank chief Suresh N Patel to take over as vigilance commissioner on Wednesday

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      Eminent Banker Suresh N Patel Takes Oath As Vigilance Commissioner        Mr Patel's name to the post was recommended by a high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February this year.                                                                        He has over three decades of banking experience, and has also work ed as the executive director in Oriental Bank of Commerce before taking over as the Managing Director and CEO of Andhra Bank in 2015. He had been member of the management committee of Indian Banks' Association, member of Bankers' Institute of Rural Development at NABARD, president, state level Bankers' Committee in Andhra Pradesh and also the president of the Bankers' Institute of Rural and Entrepreneurship Development, according to a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry. He is also a permanent invitee to the Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement Systems (BPSS) of the RBI, it

TS trimurti appointed permanent repersentative of india to UN

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                     TS TRIMURTI appointed permanent representative to the united nation.                                                He is  currently serving as Secretary in the ministry of external affairs  and was a 1985 batch foreign service officer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 He replace sayed akbaruddi n.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Govt also appointed Jaideep mazumdar as Indian ` ambassador to Austria who is presently serving as Indian envoy to Philippines.                                       

Rajiv kumar appointed as the chair man of PESB

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Former finance secretary RAJIV  KUMAR has been appointed as the chairperson  of   public enterprises selection board (PESB ) the government ` head hunter of public sector undertakings. He is a 1984 - batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The appointments committee of the cabinet  headed by pm modi has approved his appointment for three years.                                                                                                                                                                He has appointment in place of kapil dev tripathi who has recent taken over as the secretary to president ram Nath kovind.

UGC Academic Calendar, Exam Guidelines: 10 Important Points

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The  University Grants Commission (UGC) , the national higher education regulator, has released the guidelines today for the pending examinations and other academic activities along with the academic calendar for next academic session and admissions as the universities and colleges across India have been shut from March to arrest the spread of coronavirus. The  UGC had appointed two expert committees  to suggest guidelines to conduct examinations and also to formulate an academic calendar for the future in view of the time lost due to the closure of higher educational institutions in the country. UGC Academic Calendar, Exam Guidelines: 10 Important Points 1. These  UGC guidelines  are advisory in nature and the universities may chart out its own plan of

Top states in india domestic solar rooftop installations

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Gujarat state ranks first in the list for domestic solar rooftop installations, throughout the country with 64 percent of domestic solar installations.   Nearly 50,915 domestic solar rooftops have been fixed in the state of Gujarat with a capacity of 177.67 MW on 2nd March 2020.  Maharashtra is the second state to top in the domestic solar rooftop installations list with installation of 5,513 systems on 2nd March 2020. About 79,950 systems have been installed throughout the country having a capacity of 322 MW

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launched ‘Suposhit Maa Abhiyan’ in Kota, Rajasthan

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launched ‘ Suposhit Maa Abhiyan ’ in Kota, Rajasthan. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has launched ‘ Suposhit Maa Abhiyan ’ in his constituency Kota, Rajasthan, to provide nutritional support to pregnant women and adolescent girls.  Smriti Irani, Ministry of Women & Child Development & Ministry of Textiles, also presided over the function. The aim of the campaign is to preserve & maintain the health of our future generations.