Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has initiated Face Recognition system on a trial basis for passengers for entry into the aerodrome by adding over 180 passengers enrolled voluntarily for the trials at the airport.
The initiative is part of Centre's Digi Yatra programme
A UN reports say India is projected to lose 5.8% of working hours in 2030 due to global warming, particularly impacting agriculture and construction sectors. India is expected to lose the equivalent of 34 million full-time jobs in 2030 in productivity
International Labour Org. HQ- Geneva, Switzerland
RailYatri obtained the IRCTC license and under it, it has now been authorised to continue its e-booking services. RailYatri provides train-related information namely, PNR status, Live Train Status, Train between stations and seat availability
139 is the call information number for IRCTC
RBI has imposed a penalty of ₹1.75 crore- PNB, Allahabad Bank & UCO Bank have been fined ₹50 lakh each, while a penalty of ₹25 lakh has been imposed on Corporation Bank for non-compliance with KYC requirement & norms for opening of CAs
PNB Headquarters: New Delhi; CEO: Sunil Mehta
Ola Electric Mobility Pvt. Ltd has raised about $250 million from SoftBank Group Corp., thus becoming the second company founded by Bhavish Aggarwal to join the coveted unicorn club of start-ups valued at more than $1 billion
Indian electric car market size was valued at $71.1 mn in 2017
European Union (EU) leaders have put forward their nominations for the bloc's top jobs, with a woman, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen proposed as European Commission Chief for the first time.
Christine Lagarde of IMF has been nominated to head ECB
Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford’s lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate folk hero when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, passed away in Bel Air, California. He was 94
First automobile car was patented by Carl Benz in 1885-86
Abu Dhabi Climate Meeting, the precursor to the upcoming UN Climate Action Summit, concluded with a clear agreement that 2019 offers perfect opportunity to embrace a new era of economic growth spurred by global collaborative investment in climate action.
UN Secretary-General: António Guterres
Schindler India appointed Ashok Ramachandran the President of Schindler India. Ashok Ramachandran joined the company in 2006 and has spent over a decade at the Company in various roles within the Schindler Group
Truecaller recently appointed Sandeep Patil as MD-India
Michael Pepper won the Isaac Newton Medal and Prize “for the creation of the field of semiconductor nanoelectronics and discovery of new quantum phenomena”. Presented by the Institute of Physics (IOP), the international award attracts a prize of £1000.
He is condensed-matter physicist.