17 April 2014 Current Affairs
Admiral RK Dhowan Takes Over As new Navy Chief
Admiral Robin K Dhowan on 17 April took over as the 22nd Chief of Indian Navy. He is a successor of Admiral DK Joshi, who resigned on 26 February 2014 taking moral responsibility of the accident on INS Sindhuratna in Mumbai. Joshi was the first Defence forces Chief to resign, since independence. Dhowan will have tenure of 25 months and will retire in May 2016.
Narendra Kothari Appointed As new Chairman of NMDC
Narendra Kothari has been appointed as the new Chairman of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Limited on 17 April . Narendra Kothari is currently the CEO of SAIL’s Burnpur plant in West Bengal. The country’s biggest iron ore miner NDMC has been functioning without a full-time chairman and managing director ever since incumbent Rana Som retired in December 2011.