Amazon has enabled payments via India’s unified payments interface for customers using Android smartphones, the segment that comprises the bulk of smartphone users in the country. It has partnered with India’s Axis Bank to issue UPI IDs to its customers.
Amazon -Seattle-based ecommerce giant.
Founder and Chairman Emeritus Analjit Singh will take over as Chairman of Max India & Max Life. He would be taking over the chairmanship of the two companies from Group President Rahul Khosla.
Max Life Insurance, a subsidiary of Max Financial Services.
The attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district killed at least 37 Jawans. It is the biggest terror attack in the past five years.UN secretary general Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the militant attack.
93% rise in the number of security personnel killed.
A government-appointed expert committee has proposed doubling the national-level minimum wage for a worker in the country to Rs 9,750 a month, up from a floor of Rs 4,576 at present.
Expert committee, led by -Anoop Satpathy
India and Sweden have concluded a security protection agreement that will enable both countries to share classified information with each other. The Scandinavian country is eyeing projects worth billions of dollars under the “Make in India” initiative.
Prime Minister of Sweden is Stefan Lofven.
Scientists have found that nanoparticles of selenium, an essential micronutrient, can be used as an antibacterial agent. It is an antioxidant and immunity booster. Selenium nanoparticles were made by combining sodium selenite with vitamin C.
Selenium is found naturally in wheat,eggs, cheese & sea food etc
Wholesale prices in India eased to 10-month low of 2.76 percent in January, as compared to 3.80 percent in December, due to cheaper fuel prices. WPI, grew 3.02 percent in January 2018.
Wholesale inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra was appointed the new Election Commissioner ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, making the poll panel a three-member entity again.The other two members are CEC Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner (EC) Ashok Lavasa.
Election Commission formed on-25 January 1950
India and European Union is set to jointly take up seven research and innovations projects costing ₹320 crore to address urgent challenges in areas relating to water in India. The projects will also support transfer of European technologies to India.
Tomasz Kozlowski, EU Ambassador to India.
Indeed, the world’s number one job site, has named its president, Chris Hyams, as its new CEO, effective April 1. He will replace Hisayuki Idekoba, who has served in that role since October 2013.
Indeed’s parent company, Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.