20th April 2024 Daily Current Affairs
National & International Appointments
1. Nalin Prabhat appointed D-G of National Security Guard
- Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Nalin Prabhat has been appointed as the Director-General of National Security Guard (NSG), the country’s counter-terrorism and counter-hijack force.
- Mr. Prabhat is a 1992 batch IPS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
- He is currently posted as Additional Director-General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Agreement
2. JERA and ReNew partner for green ammonia project in India
- ReNew Energy Global (ReNew) signed an initial agreement with JERA, Japan’s largest power generation company, to jointly evaluate developing a green ammonia production project in India.
- Under the agreement, ReNew and JERA will jointly evaluate the development of a green ammonia production project in Paradip, Odisha.
- The project will utilize around 500 megawatts (MW) of high-capacity utilisation factor (CUF) renewable energy to produce green hydrogen.