Gujarat Government has announced that the benefits of 10% quota for Economically Weaker sections of the general category in educational institutions. The new quota will be applicable only for which the announcement for jobs.
Om Prakash Kohli is the governor of Gujarat.
External Affairs Minister met Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rasit Meredow on the sidelines of the India-Central Asia Dialogue which focussed on a plethora of regional issues and they discussed enhancing bilateral cooperation across sectors.
Turkmenistan: Capital – Ashgabat, Currency – Manat.
UAE & Saudi Arabia have shown interest in investing in India’s agricultural sector as both the countries want to make India a base for ensuring their food security. Government is working on bilateral trade to push export trade and make WTO more efficient.
Suresh Prabhu is the union minister of Commerce & Industry.
10-year old Abhinav Shaw became the youngest gold medallist in the shooting. He teamed up with Mehuli Ghosh to help West Bengal win the 10m air rifle mixed team event. Delhi's Devanshi Rana bagged gold in Under-21 girls 25m pistol event.
Maharashtra completed its half-century of gold medals.
Sikkim CM Chamling launched the 'One Family One Job' scheme which entitles one govt job for every family in the state. The appointment letters were awarded only to members of those families which do not have a government job at present in a Rojgar Mela.
Sikkim is India's first fully organic state.
Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of ₹ 3 crore on Citibank India for not complying with directions regarding the 'fit-and-proper criteria' for directors of the bank. the action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance.
Pramit Jhaveri is the CEO of Citibank India.
Sushil Modi will head the seven-member committee to investigate revenue shortfall being faced by the states after the GST roll-out and suggest steps for augmenting collections. Among the union territories, Puducherry is facing a maximum shortfall of 43%.
GST Council is headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Retired HDFC Bank executive and former Federal Bank board member Deepak Maheshwari has taken charge as chief credit officer (CCO) at Axis Bank. He had taken over as CCO to oversee corporate credit appraisal and disbursement.
CEO of Axis bank - Amitabh Chaudhry.
Odisha launched the ‘Ama Ghare LED’ scheme, under which about 95 L families in the State will each get 4 LED bulbs free of cost. 9-watt LED bulbs will be distributed to beneficiaries registered under National Food Security Act & State Food Security Scheme
Naveen Patnaik is the Chief Minister of Odisha.
Rohit Sharma becomes the first Indian batsman to smash five hundred in ODI cricket in Australia. He achieved this milestone while playing first ODI of the series against Australia in Sydney. He has scored his 22nd century in 194 ODIs.
Rohit Sharma now has 64 sixes in ODIs vs Australia.