CURRENT AFFAIRS MARCH /17 / 2015
WIPRO APPOINTS NEW COO:
India’s third
largest software firm Wipro, appointed TCS VeteranAbid Ali Neemuchwala as
group president and Chief Operating Officer.
Abid Ali
Neemuchwala was working with TCS for past 23 yrs and was heading the business
process services globally.
INDIAN WOMEN TEAM WINS WORLD HOCKEY LEAGUE:
Indian women team wins Round 2
of World Hockey League.
Indian women hockey
team defeated Poland in the final of World hockey League
staged at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
India defeated
Poland by 3-1 in the final match.
Note: Ritu Rani is
Captain of Indian Women hockey team.
WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY WAS OBERVED ON 15TH MARCH:
The World Consumer
Rights day 2015 was observed on 15thMarch with the theme ‘Helping
Consumers Choose Healthy Diets’.
World Consumer
Rights Day is celebrated on 15th March every year since 1983.
SERVICES WON SANTOSH TROPHY:
Services won the 69th edition
of Santosh Trophy 2015.
Services defeated Punjab in
the final of Santosh trophy played at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana.
Services won the fourth
title of Santosh Trophy.
Note: Santosh
Trophy is an Annual Indian Football tournament which is also called Senior
National Football Championship.
CRISIL APPOINTS ASHU SUYASH:
CRISIL appoints Ashu
Suyash as the new M.D. and C.E.O. of the company.
Ashu Suyash replaced Roopa
Kudva to become the new M.D. and C.E.O. of CRISIL.
Note: CRISIL is an
Indian Unit of Standard and Poor.
CRISIL – Credit
Rating Information Services of India Limited
MD – Managing
Director
CEO – Chief
Executive Officer
Chairman of CRISIL
– Douglas Peterson
INFLATION AT RECORD LOW IN INDIA:
For the fourth
straight month, wholesale price inflation showed negative growth.
With the continuous
decrease in Inflation, it is expected that RBI would cut policy rates by 100
Basis points.