1) Manohar Parrikar appointed Goa chief minister
•Defence minister Manohar Parrikar was appointed Goa chief minister on Sunday after BJP concluded hectic negotiations with regional parties and independents to stitch up the numbers to form a government.
•Governor Mridula Sinha invited Parrikar to form the government after he staked claim and showed the support of 21 MLAs. The governor has asked Parrikar to prove majority in the assembly within 15 days of assuming charge. Parrikar's candidature was cleared by the BJP parliamentary board on Sunday evening. He will take oath as the chief minister on 14th March.
2) Exhibition “Revolutionary Patriots (1905-1947)” was Inaugurated
•On the occasion of 127th Foundation Day of National Archives of India (NAI), an exhibition entitled “Revolutionary Patriots (1905-1947)” was inaugurated by Shri N.K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture in the presence of Shri Raghvendra Singh, Director General of NAI and many dignitaries.
•Addressing on the occasion, Shri N.K. Sinha praised the initiative of NAI and opined that the Digital Technology can make a lot of difference in collection and preservation of historical treasures in NAI.
•Shri Raghvendra Singh in his address said that the efforts are being made to make NAI more accessible not only for researchers but also for students and others.
3) Pakistan set to conduct its first census in 19 years
•Pakistan is set to conduct its first national census in 19 years which will begin on Wednesday with the assistance of over 200,000 troops.
•Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor and Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb addressed a joint conference about preparation for the sixth census, which will be conducted in two phases and will be completed on May 25. Islamabad last conducted a census in 1998, which recorded a national population of approximately 180 million at that time.
4) ACC Appointments
•B P Kanungo was on Friday appointed Deputy Governor in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for three years.He has been appointed in place of R Gandhi. Kanungo was in March last year appointed as executive director in the central bank.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the following appointments:
Name
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Designation
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Department
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1.
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Shri B.P. Kanungo
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Deputy Governor
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
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2.
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Shri U. Venkateswarlu, IAS
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Joint Secretary
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Department of Social Justice & Empowerment
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3.
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Shri Vinod Kumar Tiwari
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Joint Secretary
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Ministry of Tribal Affairs
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4.
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Ms. Ruby Srivastava
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Joint Secretary
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Department of School Education & Literacy
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5.
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Shri Venudhar Reddy Nukala
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Joint Secretary
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Department of Investment & Public Asset Management
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6.
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Ms. Niva Singh
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Joint Secretary
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Ministry of Minority Affairs
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7.
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Ms. Vandita Kaul
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Joint Secretary
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Department of Financial Services
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8.
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Shri Raman Kant Mishra
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Additional DG (JS level)
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National Museum under the Ministry of Culture
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9.
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Ms. Sandhya Shukla
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Financial Commissioner
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the Ministry of Labour & Employment
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10.
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Shri Bhanu Pratap Yadav
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Joint Secretary
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Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
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11.
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Shri Ashok K. R. Parmar
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Joint Secretary
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
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12.
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Ms. Aparna S. Sharma
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Joint Secretary
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Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals
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13.
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Sh. Shri Prakash
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Joint Secretary
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Ministry of Home Affairs
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14.
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Shri Mihir K. Singh
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Joint Secretary
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
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15.
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Shri Manoj K. Pingua
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Joint Secretary
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Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
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16.
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Shri Chandrakar Bharti
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Joint Secretary
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Department of Defence Production
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5) ICICI Bank, SBI top bank frauds list: RBI
•RBI data says, ICICI Bank topped the list of banks that witnessed most number of frauds during April to December period of 2016 with state-owned SBI taking the second spot. During the first nine months of the current fiscal, as many as 455 fraud cases, involving 1 lakh rupees and above, were detected in ICICI Bank, closely followed by SBI with 429, Standard Chartered with 244 and HDFC Bank with 237.
However, in value terms, frauds involving 2,237 crore rupees were reported in SBI, followed by Punjab National Bank with 2,250 crore rupees and Axis Bank with 1,998 crore rupees.
6) Golf: Chawrasia clinches second successive Indian Open title
•SP Chawrasia has become only the second Indian golfer to successfully defend the Hero Indian Open title. He clinched a seven-stroke win at the redesigned DLF golf and country club in Gurgaon yesterday. This was his sixth win on the Asian Tour and overall sixth international victory.
Chawrasia pocketed a winner's cheque of 291,660 US Dollars. Chawrasia, who was sharing the lead with Spain's Carlos Pigem and England's Eddie Pepperell after day 3, emerged as the sole leader after 42 of the 69 golfers who made the cut returned to complete the third round yesterday.
Chawrasia is the third player to win back-to-back Indian Open. The other two golfers who did so earlier are Jyoti Randhawa who won in 2006 and 2007 and Japan's Kenji Hosoishi who won in 1967 and 1968.
