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Surekha Marandi has been appointed as the new Executive Director (ED) of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). She succeeded U S Paliwal, who retired on December 31, 2016.

UNODC is abbreviated as United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. It is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNODC operates in all regions of the world through an extensive network of field offices.

Madurai is one of the major cities in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. It is the 25th most populated city in India, located on the banks of River Vaigai.

In the Indian history, Madurai was the capita of Pandyas.

Achal Kumar Jyoti (64), a retired 1975 IAS Officer batch of Gujarat Cadre, is the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), who took over as the head of the Election Commission in New Delhi on today. He succeeded Dr Nasim Zaidi. Jyoti will continue as the Chief Election Commissioner till January 17, 2018. Prior to this appointment, he was Election Commissioner of India. A CEC or an EC can have a tenure of six years or hold office till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.

Green land is the largest of all the Islands.It is a part of North America

The largest proportion of federal revenues comes from personal income taxes. Almost half of all federal revenue (47 percent) comes from individual income taxes.