According to the Department of Financial Services report, PNB is ranked number one PSU bank in digital transactions in India. The bank is fully committed to the Digital India initiative. The bank is rated as 'Good' by the government with a score of 71.
PNB is 6th among overall banks in India for digital performance.
The Centre appointed renowned scientist, Dr. G Satheesh Reddy, as Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Secretary in Department of Defence Research & Development for a period of two years.
He is now working as the Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister
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India’s largest Bhamashah Techno Hub inaugurated in Jaipur.
A report by the Centre for Science and Environment - Bhopal has got the top spot for lowest overall emission and energy use from the urban commute. Delhi ranked last in overall emission and fuel use. Statistics from 14 cities in India were analyzed.
Kolkata and Mumbai are among the mega cities which emit least.
Odisha is all set to get a Legislative Council. The Council will have 49 members. The state govt set up a committee in 2015 to study the Legislative Councils in other States. The committee visited Bihar, Telangana, Maharashtra & Karnataka for the purpose.
The State will have to spend ₹35 crore annually for the Council.
DAC gave the approval for procurement of 111 Naval Utility Helicopters at a cost of ₹21000 Cr & few other proposals amounting to ₹24879.16 Cr, which included 150 indigenously developed 155 mm Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems at a cost of ₹3364.78 Cr.
Defence Minister - Nirmala Sitharaman
The 23-yr-old Tejinderpal Singh Toor clinched the men's shot-put gold to open India's medal account in athletics in the Asian Games. He threw the iron ball to 20.75m & set a national record. Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa won Bronze Medals in Squash
India is placed 8th with 29 medals (Gold-7, silver-5, Bronze-17)
ICICI Bank has agreed on a partnership with Manchester United, bringing a range of competitive co-branded credit and debit card to the club’s 35 million Indian followers. The Bank will offer Manchester United Platinum Credit Card and Signature Credit Card.
Chief Operating Officer of ICICI Bank - Sandeep Bakhshi
Former President Pranab Mukherjee launched the National Electoral Transformation or NETA mobile application, a platform where voters can review and rate their elected representatives. It is available on Android and iOS and web in 16 languages.
It piloted in by-poll of Rajasthan’s Ajmer &Alwar constituencies
Veteran Marathi actor Vijay Chavan died after a prolonged illness. He was 63. He was best remembered for his comic roles in Marathi films such as Jatra, Zapatlela, Pachadlele, Mumbaicha Dabewala and Shrimanta Damodar Panta among others.
The actor had featured in more than 350 films.