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The Union Government has appointed NS Vishwanathan as deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. NS Vishwanathan will shall have term will be for three years and will succeed Harun R Khan, who will superannuates on July 7, 2016 on turning 62. About NS Vishwanathan Prior to this appointment, Vishwanathan was executive director in the RBI since April 2014. He was oversing banking and non-banking regulation departments. Earlier he had served as Principal Chief General Manager in the Department of non-banking supervision at RBI. He also had served as Chief General Manager of Vigilance at IFCI Ltd, Delhi-based government owned finance company. He also had served as a Director of Punjab National Bank (PNB) from September 2012 to May 2013. He was also nominee director at Dena Bank Ltd. from May 2011 to September 2012. Appointments of RBI’s Deputy Gove

The Assam Government has granted district status to Majuli, a 400 square kilometres island in the Brahmaputra River. With this it becomes India’s first island district. Decision in this regard was taken by the state cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati. With this erosion-troubled Majuli island will become the 34th district of Assam. Earlier it was sub-division of Jorhat district. About Majuli island Geographical occurrence: The fluvial riverine island is formed by the Brahmaputra river system. It is the world’s largest mid river delta (island) system. The island is surrounded by Subanisri River in the North, main Brahmaputra River on the South and kherkatia Suli, split channel of Brahmaputra River in northeast. People and Culture: Majuli island is mostly inhabited by Mishing tribal people. It has been the hub of Assamese neo-Vaishnavite culture initiated by saint-reformer Srimanta Sankardeva in 15th century. The island had some 65 satras (monasterie

Hello Friends UPSC has released the Annual Calender for the year 2017. Important changes has been made in the dates of Prelims and Main Examination for 2017.   Prelims  Examination to be conducted on-  18th June 2017   Main Examination  to be conducted from-  28th October 2017   Notification  to be released-  22nd February 2017   Click here for details Aspirants preparing for 2017 should take notice of this and prioritize their preparation.  IASbaba will publish about 2017 program in due time. All the very best 

Gktoday 15 june Who is the newly appointed Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC)? [A]M Radhakrishnan [B]G Kalyanakrishnan [C]N Saibaba [D]Anupama Parameswaran G Kalyanakrishnan G Kalyanakrishnan is the newly appointed Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC). He succeeded N Saibaba. Prior to this assignment, Kalyanakrishnan was the Deputy Chief Executive of NFC. The NFC is a major industrial unit of India’s Department of Atomic Energy, for the supply of nuclear fuel bundles and reactor core components. It has its headquarters at Hyderabad.