28 May 2014 Current Affairs
Sachin Tendulkar is Goodwill Ambassador of the 35th National Games
Sachin Tendulkar was selected as the goodwill ambassador of 35th National Games that is scheduled to be held in Kerala from January-February 2015. The games will be held in seven cities of the state. Sachin was selected as the ambassador during his meeting with Oommen Chandy, the Chief Minister of Kerala. Besides, Oommen Chandy also announced the name of the Kochi franchise team owned by Sachin Tendulkar in the Indian Super League Football Tournament. The team owned by Sachin will be called Kerala Blasters Football Club.
SBI’s Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI’s Chanda Kochhar Among Forbes’ Most Powerful Women
State Bank of India Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya and ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar are among the five women from India featured in Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world, a list topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Bhattacharya is ranked 36th on the power list, while Kochhar is 43rd. Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is ranked 92nd on the list. PepsiCo’s India-born Chief Indra Nooyi is 13th on the list while Cisco’s Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior is ranked 71st on Forbes. Merkel, who retained her numero uno spot this year, has made the list 10 times out of the past 11 editions and nine times as No.1.