Telecom player Bharti Airtel Ltd and Hughes Communication India Ltd (HCIL) have agreed to merge their broadband satellite or VSAT business to improve operational efficiencies and target new customers in areas such as in-flight connectivity.
VSAT stands for very small aperture terminal. VSATs use geosynchronous orbit satellites to communicate with other terminals around the world and can be used to provide services such as high-speed internet and video-conferencing services.
After a merger, Hughes Communication will own 67% share of new entity and the remaining 33% will own by Bharti Airtel.
About Bharti Airtel
Headquarters - New Delhi
CEO - Gopal Vittal
The 15th Finance Commission held a detailed meeting with the Governor and Deputy Governors of RBI in Mumbai.
The commission, chaired by N K Singh.
Key issues raised by RBI Governor, Shri Shaktikanta Das and Finance Commission Chairman, Shri N.K. Singh were discussed in detailed at the meeting.
These issues included the following:
About RBI
Headquarters - Mumbai
Governor - Shaktikanta Das
About Maharastra
Capital - Mumbai
Chief Minister - Devendra Fadnavis
Governor - C. Vidyasagar Rao
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Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Chandoli National Park
Navegaon National Park
Tadoba National Park
Gugamal National Park
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) under the Ministry of Human Resource Development and National Health Mission of Public Health Department (NHMPH) of Government of Maharastra signed MoU in Mumbai.
The MoU focused on offerings of vocational programmes to the Health Service Providers of National Health Mission (NHM) with the help of National Institute of Open Schooling.
About NIOS
Headquarters - Noida, U.P
Chairman - Prof C B Sharma
Visa has announced the appointment of Sujatha V Kumar as Head of Marketing for India and South Asia.
She will be driving overall marketing strategy and execution including consumer, retail and digital marketing initiatives for India and the emerging markets of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Maldives.
She will succeed Manmeet Vohra,
Prior to this, Kumar worked with Google as Head - Brand & Reputation Marketing and Strategy.
About Visa
Headquarters - Foster City, California, United States
CEO - Alfred F Kelly Jr
India's Jagjit Pavadia has been re-elected by the UN Economic and Social Council to a five-year term on International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
Pavadia got 44 of the 54 votes, while China's candidate got only half with 22 and China's candidate Hao Wei lost.
The INCB, established in 1968, monitors the implementation of UN's international drug control conventions. Pavadia has been a member since 2015 - each of the 13 members is elected for a five-year term.
About International Narcotics Control Board
Founded - 1961
President - Viroj Sumyai
Rakesh Sharma, Bajaj Auto Executive Director and also a representative of SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers) has been elected as Vice President of Geneva-based International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA).
Rakesh Sharma has a wide range of experience in two and three-wheeler industry and he is expected to efficiently direct IMMA towards being the trusted motorcycle manufacturers worldwide.
IMMA's president is Johannes Loman.
About Bajaj Auto Company
Headquarters - Pune
The Standard Life has divested 1.78% of its stake in HDFC Life Insurance Company for Rs 1,404 crore.
The divestment was done through the offer for sale route and the issue sailed through successfully with both qualified institutional investors and retail investor quotas.
The reason behind this move is to achieve the minimum public shareholding in the company as per Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regulations.
About HDFC Life Insurance
Headquarters - Mumbai
CEO - Vibha Padalkar
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