* Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has approved the appointment of former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor SS Mundra (Public Interest Director) as the Chairman of the board of directors of the company.

* He replaced Justice Vikramajit Sen who is the current chairman.

* Mundra was appointed as Public Interest Director at BSE in January 2018.

* Naveen Srivastava, presently working as an additional secretary in the external affairs ministry has been appointed as the next ambassador to Nepal.

* He succeeded Vinay Kwatra, who has recently become the foreign secretary.

* He has played a key role in diplomatic and military talks with China to tackle the military standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

* India has won 16 medals (including eight golds, one silver and seven bronze) at the Deaflympics 2021in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.

* India has finished in the ninth position in the medal tally.

* India won three gold in shooting, three in Badminton, and each in Golf and Tennis.

* According to the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles (OICA), India has sold 3,759,398 vehicles in 2021 as compared to 2,973,319 vehicles in Germany. This shows a difference of almost 26%.

* The most number of vehicles were sold in China, but sales remained almost stagnant, followed by the US which has reported growth of 4% and Japan, market shrunk compared to both 2020 and 2019.

* According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Public sector banks have reported over a 51% dip in the amount involved in frauds to Rs 40,295.25 crore during the financial year ended March 2022.

* The 12 PSBs had reported frauds worth Rs 81,921.54 crore in the preceding fiscal 2020-21.

* The number of fraud cases has fallen slightly as a total of 7,940 frauds were reported by the PSBs in 2021-22.

* The World Bank has approved USD 350 million as financial aid for the Systems Reform Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement in Gujarat -SRESTHA-G project.

* The project will include transforming key health delivery systems in the state.

* Focus area: Improve the quality, equity, and comprehensiveness of primary healthcare, services for adolescent girls and the capacity of disease surveillance systems.

* Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has enhanced the net worth criteria and track record requirements with an aim to strengthen the regulatory framework for collective investment schemes.

* The SEBI has mandated a minimum of 20 investors and a subscription amount of at least Rs 20 crore for each Collective Investment Scheme (CIS).

* SEBI has put a cap on cross-shareholding in Collective Investment Management Company (CIMC) to 10% to avoid conflict of interest.

* PNB MetLife India Insurance Company has launched a dental health insurance plan.

* A dental health insurance plan is the first insurance plan in India that covers fixed-benefit outpatient expenses and provides financial assistance with costs related to overall dental health.

* PNB MetLife has tied up with more than 340 dental clinics to help customers to manage their dental health.

* Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC “e&" (Etisalat Group) has acquired approximately 2,766 million shares in Vodafone Group Plc aggregating to $4.4 billion.

* The shares represent 9.8% of Vodafone's issued share capital.

* The transaction is in process with e&’s ambition to be a global player in telecom and technology.

* Punjab CM, Bhagwant Mann has launched the first-of-its-kind public interaction programme Lok Milni to hear the grievances of people and issued directions for their redressal.

* Aim to provide a single-window platform to the people for redressal of their complaints.

* Previously, the Lok Milni program was named 'janta darbar'.