Kotak Mahindra Bank recently notified that after providing for 1st 30 UPI transaction as free of cost, the amount charged after 30 free UPI fund transfers will be Rs. 2.50 per transaction for below or equal to Rs. 1,000 and so on
Kotak Mahindra Bank HQ: Mumbai; Founded: 2003
In 2008, The United Nations General Assembly had unanimously declared 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day. Theme for 2019 is “Assistive Technologies, Active Participation” focussing on leveraging the use of assistive technologies for persons with autism
UN Secretary-General: António Guterres
India cricket team finished at the top of the ICC Test team rankings on the cut-off date of April 1 while New Zealand team ensured 2nd place. India achieved the feat for a third year running after a memorable season
ICC chief executive: Manu Sawhney
In eLearning training, Telangana state was ranked number one by reaching to 20,000 field staff during 2018-19, a feat achieved for second time by the state for over training over 40, 000 field staff belonging to different departments in Telangana state
Telangana Chief minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao
RBI mandated banks to disclose divergence when the additional provisioning for NPAs assessed by RBI exceeds 10% instead of the earlier rule of 15% of the reported profit before provisions & contingencies for the reference period.
RBI Governor: Shaktikanta Das
Under the landmark Indo-US COMCASA pact, Indian and US Navies have successfully set up the 1st ever secure communication link between their respective naval headquarters which would allow both sides to share real-time operational intelligence
Chief of the Naval Staff (India): Admiral Sunil Lanba
The collection of Rs 1,06,577 crore GST revenue during March 2019 has been the highest recorded since introduction of GST. The revenue in March 2018 was Rs. 92,167 crore, hence a growth of 15.6% over last year same month has been recorded
Monthly average of GST revenue in 2018-19 is Rs. 98,114 crore
India team of contingent with 16 shooters finished with 16 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals at the Asian Airgun Championships held in Taoyuan, Taipei. The total medal tally thus stood at 25. It was the 12th edition of championships
Taiwan (Capital: Taipei) is NOT a UN member state
India and Chile recently agreed to work together to strengthen the global response to defeat and destroy terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. MOUs were also signed for cooperation in the fields of mining & culture
Chile (South America) Capital: Santiago
Influential director of Tamil film industry, J. Mahendran recently passed away after brief hospitalisation. He also headed the filmmaking and direction course in Blue Ocean FIlm and Television Academy(BOFTA) in Chennai
He got Best Director at Filmfare South awards in 1972