The Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Satya Pal Singh attended a G-20 Education Ministers’ Meeting held at Mendoza, Argentina. It was the first-ever meeting of Education Ministers in the history of G-20.
G20 has 19-member states and European Union
India and France signed an agreement on “MOBILISE YOUR CITY” (MYC). It is part of an international initiative supported by France and Germany. EU has agreed to provide funds of Euro 3.5 million for it. Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad are 3 pilot cities.
MYC was launched at 21st Conference of Parties (COP21)
Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 6th International Geriatric Orthopaedic Society of India Conference on the theme “Increased Longevity with Reduced Fragility and Enhanced Mobility”.
Elderly population in India is expected to be 30 crore by 2050
A powerful typhoon Jebi has slammed into western Japan. It comes soon after parts of Japan were hit by torrential rains in July that killed more than 200 people. The storm is the strongest to hit the country in 25 years.
A typhoon is Japan's version of a hurricane
Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams in straight sets and won the women’s final of the United States Open. She became the first Japan-born woman to win a Grand Slam final.
Grand Slam tournaments are 4 most important annual tennis events
Prakash Javadekar inaugurated 4th World Summit on Accreditation (WOSA-2018) at New Delhi. It is a biennial Summit organised by National Board of Accreditation-NBA. Theme - “Challenges And Opportunities In Outcome Based Accreditation”.
NBA is an autonomous organisation under the HRD Ministry.
Walmart's acquisition of 77% stake in Flipkart has made the income tax department richer by over Rs 10,000 crore. The payment by Walmart brings to an end the uncertainty regarding tax dues related to the $16-billion transaction
Walmart is a US-based company founded by Sam Walton in 1962.
Amitabh Chaudhry will be MD & CEO of Axis Bank from January 1, 2019, for a period of three years. He is the MD & CEO of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company at present.
Shikha Sharma is the current MD and CEO of Axis Bank
The government has appointed a panel under former RBI governor Bimal Jalan to select the next chief economic adviser CEA in the finance ministry. C Chandramouli and Subhash Chandra are other members of the panel.
The CEA is under the direct charge of the Minister of Finance
State Bank of India said the Government has appointed Anshula Kant as Managing Director of the Bank. Prior to this appointment, Kant was the bank's Deputy Managing Director. With this appointment, SBI now has four MDs - PK Gupta, DK Khara and Arijit Basu.
SBI has a 23% market share in assets, 25% loan and deposits market