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Daily Current Affairs 30 March 2022
Shashi Sinha appointed as new Chairman of BARC India
The board of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has elected Shashi Sinha as the new chairman.
He will take over from Punit Goenka, who served as chairman of the TV viewership measurement agency for the last three years. Sinha is the chief executive officer (CEO) at IPG Mediabrands India and also a representative and board member of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAI).
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma re-elected as President of Badminton Association Of India
Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma was re-elected unopposed as the president of Badminton Association of India (BAI) for another four years term from 2022 to 2026 at the general body meeting held in Guwahati on March 25, 2022. He was first elected as BAI chief in 2017.
Museum of all former Prime Ministers of India to be inaugurated on April 14 in Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the All Former Prime Ministers Museum in New Delhi on April 14, 2022. PM Modi made an announcement on the same at the BJP Parliamentary Meeting at the Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi. A museum of all former Prime Ministers, Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya (the Museum of Prime Ministers) , has been built at Teen Murti Estate, in Delhi.
The Rs. 270 crore project will be inaugurated on April 14, 2022 at Teen Murti Bhavan complex which was residence of ex-PM Jawaharlal Nehru. The Museum will showcase the life, times and contribution of all 14 Prime Ministers of India so far, except for the collections and works on Jawaharlal Nehru, who has a separate Nehru Memorial Museum, which was also his residence.
The PMs Museum project was approved in 2018, and deadline for its completion was October 2020, but faced delays due to pandemic-related lockdowns, as well as civil works and content-curation issues.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurates Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre building in Dubai
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal inaugurated the Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre (IJEX) building in Dubai, UAE on March 29, 2022, during his visit to Dubai to participate in the India Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020. Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal called upon the G&J Industry to triple their exports target from about $35 billion exports at present to go for a 100 Billion Dollar target worldwide.
IJEX will be a one-stop destination for the world to source Indian jewellery in Dubai and the platform will enable GJEPC members to display goods and book orders throughout the year.
Uday Kotak to step down as the Chairman of IL&FS
Uday Kotak has announced to step down as the Chairman of the board of the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), after his term ends on April 2, 2022.
According to Kotak, around Rs 55,000 crore of debt has been resolved, which represents nearly 90% of the expected resolution. Kotak also announced the sale of IL&FS’s iconic headquarters to Canadian private equity investor Brookfield for Rs 1,080 crore. He estimated the realisation at 62% of the total debt of Rs 99,000 crore.
Following this, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has named CS Rajan, the Managing Director of IL&FS to serve as Chairman and Managing Director of the company for six months with effect from April 3, 2022.
Inox Leisure to merge with PVR in an all stock amalgamation
The respective Board of Directors of multiplex chains PVR Ltd and Inox Leisure (INOX) have approved an all stock amalgamation of Inox with PVR. Cinema theatre owners PVR and Inox Leisure on Sunday announced merger of their businesses to create the largest multiplex chain in the country with a network of more than 1,500 screens in 109 cities. After the merger, PVR promoters will hold 10.62 percent stake in the combined entity and Inox promoters, 16.66 percent stake.
As per the deal, the shareholders of Inox will get three shares of PVR for every 10 shares held in the company. Post-merger, the combined entity will be named as PVR INOX Limited and the new cinemas opened post the merger will be branded as PVR INOX. Ajay Bijli would be appointed as the Managing Director of the merged entity.
ICRA cuts India’s GDP growth forecast in FY23 to 7.2%
Ratings agency ICRA has lowered India’s FY23 GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent from an earlier projection of 8 per cent.
The ICRA Ltd. has projected the GDP growth forecast for 2021-22 (FY22) at 8.5%, which is modestly lower than the National Statistical Office’s (NSO’s) second advance estimate of 8.9 per cent.
Gilbert Houngbo elected as new Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Gilbert Houngbo from Togo as the next Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the organization announced on Friday. Mr. Houngbo, who is the former Prime Minister of Togo, will be the 11th Director-General of the ILO and the first African to hold the post. He will take on the new role from October 2022, for a period of 5 years.
Currently, Houngbo is serving as the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The incumbent Director-General of ILO, Guy Ryder (United Kingdom), is serving the office since 2012.
India has 4th highest self-made Billionaires under 40; the US tops: HURUN Global U40 Self-Made Billionaires 2022
Hurun Research Institute has released the Hurun Global Forty and Under Self-Made Billionaires 2022, which ranks the self-made billionaires in the world (in terms of US dollars) aged 40 years and under. The Hurun Report 2022 lists 87 Self-Made Billionaires in the world aged 40 and under, which is up by 8 from last year.
The USA leads the list with 37 self-made billionaires. China is second with 25 billionaires, followed by United Kingdom (8), India (6) and Sweden (3) respectively in top five.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the world’s richest self-made billionaire aged 40 and under with a total wealth of $76 billion. He is followed by ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, respectively.
