Zurich Airport International AG was selected as the concessionaire for developing the Noida International Airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh.

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Arvind Saxena

Former Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar passed away due to illness. He was 79-years-old. Sushil Kumar, who led the Indian navy during the Kargil War, was a specialist in hydrography and amphibious warfare.

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• RBI :- Bank rate: 6.25%
• Interest on reserves: 4.00% (market-determined)
• Headquarters: Mumbai
• Founder: British Raj
• Governor: Shaktikanta Das.

• Recently, Mauritius called the UK an “illegal colonial occupier” after it ignored a UN mandated deadline to return the Chagos Islands, to Mauritius.
• The United Nations had given UK six months to process the transfer, a move the UK and the US have bitterly resisted.
• Chagos Archipelago or Chagos Islands are a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands located  in the Indian Ocean.
• Mauritius has argued that the Chagos Islands has been a part of its territory since at least the 18th century, till the UK broke the archipelago away from Mauritius in 1965.
• After Mauritius gained independence from the UK in 1968, the United Kingdom refused to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The government has constituted a 13-member expert committee constituted by the Ministry of Sports to review the controversial draft National Sports Code 2017.

Seu Jorge has won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Carlos Marighella in the Brazilian movie Marighella. Pema Tseden won the special jury award for his film ‘Balloon’.

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The Board of Tata Communications (Tata Comm) appointed Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan as the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of the telecom company for a term of five years with effect from 26 November 2019.

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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) will integrate the operations of the three forces:
• Indian Army
• Indian Air Force
• Indian Navy

The CDS is meant to be a single-point military advisor to the government. He is expected to coordinate long-term planning, procurements, training and logistics of the three services.