CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and Meta India’s director of public policy Rajiv Aggarwal have left the company, less than two weeks after the departure of Meta India’s country head Ajit Mohan.

Detailed explanation-2: -NEW DELHI: Two weeks after the departure of former India head Ajit Mohan, Facebook-parent Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as its new top executive for the country. In a statement, Meta said Devanathan will transition to her new role from 1 January 2023.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bose was appointed as the first country head for WhatsApp in any country in 2018. He was roped in to drive Whatsapp’s payments business as well as expand the messaging app’s reach in India. Bose was previously the cofounder of payments firm Ezetap before joining WhatApp as its India head.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bose, the cofounder of payments firm Ezetap, joined WhatsApp in 2018 and was the first person to be appointed as a country head for the messaging app. Meta (then Facebook) had hired Bose to expand WhatsApp’s reach in India and drive its payments business.

Detailed explanation-5: -Abhijit Bose, WhatsApp’s head of India, and Rajiv Aggarwal, Director Public Policy, Meta India, have resigned from their positions. Shivnath Thukral, Director of WhatsApp Public Policy in India, has now been made Director, Public Policy for all Meta brands in India.