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25 February 2015 Current Affairs

Ravi Chaudhary Appointed As Executive Director at FAA

Indian-American Ravi Chaudhary has been appointed as Executive director for Regions and Center Operations at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a key federal aviation post of United States (US). As Executive director of FAA,Chaudhary would be responsible for executing a $288 million operating budget and would lead more than 2,100 federal employees in the nine regions.

Union Cabinet Approved NTPC’s 15,000 MW Solar Power Projects

The union cabinet on 25 February approved state-run power producer NTPC Ltd’s plans to set up 15,000 megawatt of grid-connected solar projects, which would be completed in three tranches. The rapidly falling cost of solar power has ignited interest in its potential in Asia’s third-largest economy, which relies on coal for three-fifths of its energy needs while solar supplies less than 1 percent. Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to make India one of the world’s largest renewable energy markets, targeting 100,000 MW of output by 2022 from just 3,000 MW currently.

D K Pandey Appointed new Jharkhand DGP

Senior IPS officer D K Pandey was appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Jharkhand. He is a 1984 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. He succeeded Rajeev Kumar who was posted as the DGP (Training). Kumar is an IPS officer of 1981 batch.

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