Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his country's long-running border conflict with Eritrea. Last year Abiy & Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki formally restored relations
Ethiopia capital-Addis Ababa; Eritrea capital-Asmara.
Yes Bank announced the appointment of former ICICI Bank chief general manager Anita Pai, as the chief operating officer (COO) and former head of marketing at Kotak Life, Jasneet Bachal, as the chief marketing officer (CMO)
Yes Bank chief executive, Ravneet Gill
The Indian Railways has launched a website www.railways.delhipolice.gov.in and the app Sahyatri.This will facilitate the railway police in addressing complaints of passengers from across India and crime detection by integrating the criminal database online
Railway Board Chairman ,Vinod Kumar Yadav
Credit Saison India, the domestic subsidiary of Japanese financial services leader Credit Saison, has received a non-banking financial company (NBFC) licence from the Reserve Bank of India, and will begin operations by month-end.
Fintech start-up Shubh Loans, recently got NBFC licence from RBI
The World Migratory Bird Day this year on the theme of 'Protect Birds: Be the solution to plastic pollution' aims to increase the level of awareness about the threats - both general and specific - that birds are facing.
Artic tern travels the most during its migration approx. 70 K Km
BOB’s asset management arm Baroda Asset Management & BNP Paribas Asset Management(BPAM) India, a wholly-owned unit of BNP Paribas AMC Asia have agreed to merge. BPAM was assisted by BNP Paribas Investment Banking as its transaction advisor.
BOB Headquarters: Alkapuri, Vadodara
C.K. Venkataraman who was the CEO of the jewellery business of Titan Company since 2005 has taken over the role of Managing Director of Titan Company upon the retirement of the former MD, Bhaskar Bhat.
Ajoy Chawla has taken over as the CEO of the Jewellery Division.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $37 million loan agreement that would finance the installation of a 47.5 MW floating solar project in Vietnam. ADB has signed the agreement with Da Nhim–Ham Thuan–Da Mi Hydro Power Joint Stock Company (DHD).
ADB established in 1966, is owned by 68 members
Legendary Milkha Singh and star batswoman Smriti Mandhana were among the winners during the second edition of the Indian Sports Honours (ISH). A total of seventeen honours were presented during the ceremony.
ISH is an initiative by Sanjiv Goenka & Virat Kohli.
M1Xchange TReDS platform has forayed into the aviation sector by bringing on board Airport Authority of India (AAI), Air India and Air India Express. The platform provides MSMEs the facility of obtaining quick easy and assured settlement of their invoices.
Trade Receivables Discounting System-TReDS
Industrialist Gautam Adani jumped 8 spots on the list to become the second richest India with net worth of $15.7 billion while Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani maintained his numero uno spot with $51.4 billion.
Mr. Ambani remains the richest Indian for the 12th year in a row