Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar bagged the Most Effective Swachhata Ambassador award at the fifth edition of the Safaigiri Awards for utilizing his popularity and fame to ensure India achieves its goal of a Swachh Bharat.
Sachin was honoured with Bharat Ratna in 2014.
Bank of Baroda has signed an MoU with Indian Army to offer customized services, along with a host of facilities to account holders. It includes free personal accident insurance cover, free air accident insurance cover of ₹15 lakh to ₹50 lakh.
Overdraft up to 3 times the monthly net salary is available.
Three railway stations named Jaipur, Jodhpur & Durgapura in Rajasthan bagged top honours among 720 stations in the railways' cleanliness survey unveiled by Piyush Goyal. Andheri, Virar & Naigaon railway stations were the top 3 among 109 suburban stations.
Rank 1 railway zone – North Western Railway.
PM Narendra Modi has set a deadline to achieve the target of eradicating single-use plastic from India by 2022. The initiative will benefit the environment, decongest roads and sewer lines, and protect biodiversity.
Swachh Bharat Diwas 2019 was held at the bank of River Sabarmati
The Ministry of Tourism kick-started ‘Paryatan Parv’, a 20-day programme organized with the aim of drawing attention on the benefits of tourism, showcasing the cultural diversity of the country & reinforcing the principle of ‘Tourism for All’.
‘Adopt a Heritage’ project was launched by the President.
SEBI allowed mutual funds to invest in unlisted non-convertible debentures up to a max of 10% of debt portfolio of a scheme in a phased manner. The max investment in unlisted NCDs will be 15% of the scheme & the investment limit will be 10% from June 2020.
Sebi has reduced exposure limits to 20% from 25%.
The government-appointed P K Gupta as the new Chairman and Managing Director of NBCC. He is currently serving as the Executive Director of engineering services company RITES Limited. His appointment is proposed by the Min of Housing & Urban Affairs.
NBCC (India) Limited is headquartered in New Delhi.
ICICI Bank UK PLC announced the launch of a digital account opening facility using the ICICI Bank UK iMobile app. The App allows an Indian, moving to the UK for work, to open a personal current account in the UK while they are in India itself.
Loknath Mishra - MD & CEO, ICICI Bank UK PLC.
The World Women's Boxing Championship will begin at Ulan Ude in Russia. The best female boxers in the world will compete in the 11th edition of the championships. India will play with a ten-member squad comprising experienced and young boxers.
Terminologies like Ring, Jab, Hook, Punch are related to Boxing.
Jessye Norman whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died. She was 74. In 1990, Augusta opened the Jessye Norman Amphitheater to honour the opera icon.
She earned 15 Grammy nominations throughout her career.