14th March 2024 Daily Current Affairs

National & International Appointments

1. Gyanesh Kumar And Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Appointed Election Commissioners

• Retired IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu have been appointed as Election Commissioners.
• The Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification in this regard.
• The posts of the two Election Commissioners were vacant after the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey and the resignation of Arun Goel.
• They were appointed election commissioners by the selection panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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2. Hardeep Singh Puri Launches Alternate Auto Fuel ‘Ethanol100’

• The Unio Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched Ethanol100, an alternate auto fuel in New Delhi.
• The green fuels like ethanol 100 will play a key role in sustaining the economic growth of the country.
• Ethanol100 is a blend of 92 to 94 percent ethanol, 4 to 5 percent motor spirit to provide colour to flame and 1.5 percent Co-solvent higher saturated alcohol.
• The fuel produces lower emissions of greenhouse gases, a reduction by around 63% on well to wheel basis.

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3. Senior bureaucrat Rahul Singh appointed new CBSE chief

• The Central Government has appointed senior IAS officer Rahul Singh (1996 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Bihar cadre) the Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
• Rahul Singh will replace Nidhi Chiber in this post because Nidhi Chiber has been made an advisor in NITI Aayog.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Rahul Singh as the Chairman of CBSE.

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13th march 2024 Daily Current Affairs