Mangaluru: PV Bharati takes charge as the new CEO of Canara Bank
Mangaluru: Canara bank’s executive director PV Bharathi, on Friday took charge as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) cum Managing Director of the bank, becoming the first woman to lead the bank as the CEO.
Bharathi brings 37 years vast experience in banking sector, wherein she has covered a vast spectrum of banking operations since her entry into the banking industry in 1982.
She joined Canara bank in 1982 as an officer and went on to hold several key positions of the bank in branches and administrative departments across India and Hong Kong.
On September 15, 2016, she was elevated as the executive director of the bank, and was responsible for key affairs of the bank including Human Resources, Retail Banking, Recovery, Risk Management, credit monitoring, International banking, audit and inspection, Information and Technology among others.
A post graduate in Arts, (Economics), Bharathi has also attended several training programmes at some of the most reputed institutes. She has completed an integrated course on banking and finance from NIBM Pune, and is a certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.
Bharathi, over the years has carved a reputation for herself in the banking industry, for her practical approach, quick decision and leadership skills.
Her appointment was announced earlier in December last year, following which she took over the charge on Friday February 1 and will remain on the post till march 31, 2020 the date of her superannuation.
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Trump rushed out of dinner event after shots fired; one arrested
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump and other top White House officials were evacuated unharmed from the annual dinner of White House correspondents after a man armed with multiple weapons fired shots outside the ballroom of the hotel.
The incident took place at around 8:34 PM local time when dinner was served. At that time, Trump was seen having a conversation with Weijia Jiang, the President of the White House Correspondents' Association, and mentalist Oz Pearlman, who was scheduled to present a show at the marquee event at the Washington Hilton here.
Secret Service officials and other security personnel covered the President, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President J D Vance, and the Second Lady Usha Vance, who were seated at the head table, and escorted them out of the ballroom.
Several guests at the dinner, including leaders across the political spectrum, journalists and other invitees, ducked under the table, apparently as a reflex reaction.
Putting up a brave face, President Trump later announced on Truth Social that the dinner would be rescheduled within 30 days.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom is all that I heard, and many guests ducked under the table,” a C-SPAN reporter at the dinner said.
Hours later, Trump addressed a press conference at the White House and announced that the security personnel had captured one person who hails from California.
“I heard a noise and sort of thought it was a tray going down. I've heard that many times. It was a pretty loud noise, and it was from quite far away. He (the attacker) hadn't reached the area at all. They really got him,” Trump told reporters, recalling the incident.
Trump said one security officer was shot at but saved as he was wearing a bulletproof vest.
Several protestors had lined up on the road outside the hotel, raising slogans against the Trump administration and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
A CNN reporter who was outside the ballroom at the Washington Hilton said he saw a gunman opening fire just a few feet away. He was among the dozens of attendees who took cover as law enforcement swarmed the venue.
The suspect has been identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen from California.
Asked how Saturday’s incident impacts him as the US president, Trump told reporters he is in a dangerous job but that he is no “basket case.”
“I like not to think about it. I lead a pretty normal life, considering, you know, it’s a dangerous life. I think I handle it as well as it can be handled,” Trump said.
Trump has survived two assassination attempts over the past two years – first at a presidential election campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, and later in Palm Beach, Florida, on September 15, 2024.
“I will say you had Republicans, Democrats, independents, conservatives, liberals, and progressives...everybody in that room, big crowd, record-setting crowd,” he said.
“We had some great work done by law enforcement, but in light of this evening's events, I ask that all Americans recommit with their hearts in resolving our differences peacefully,” Trump said.
