State Bank of India and Vistara partnered to introduce 'Club Vistara SBI' card. This premium, co-branded credit card will let users avail benefits like free cancellations, lounge access, and extra frequent flyer points.
MD & CEO SBI Card: Hardayal Prasad
Abhishek Verma & Jyothi Surekha Vennam claim the gold in compound mixed pair event at the 21st Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok defeating Chinese Taipei opponents Yi-Hsuan Chen & Chieh-Luh Chen in the final clash
India won 1 gold, 2 silver & 4 bronze medals in the event
Union Cabinet approved the extension of term of 15th Finance Commission headed by N.K. SIngh to submit its report, setting 30 October 2020 as the new deadline. This is the 2nd extension for the Commission which was due to submit the report by 30 November
15th Finance Commission report will cover FY2021-22 to 2025-26
Moody's Investors Service has projected Centre's fiscal deficit to be about 3.7% of GDP in 2019-20, which will be slightly wider than 3.4% posted in fiscal 2019, citing that large fiscal deficits of some states would constrain Centre's medium-term target
Government fiscal deficit target for 2019-20: 3.3% of the GDP
Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the NuGen Mobility Summit 2019 at the International Centre of Automotive Technology in Manesar, Haryana. Theme of this event has been setup around new generation topics like e-mobility, Hydrogen Mobility & Connected Vehicles
Union Minister of Road Transport & Shipping: Nitin Gadkari
2-day DEFCOM INDIA 2019 seminar was organised at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi. The seminar is devoted to the seminal theme of leveraging communications for achieving jointness between the 3 services- Army, Air Force & Navy
Seminar Theme: Communications: A Decisive Catalyst for Jointness
2023 Men's Hockey World Cup will be held in Bhubaneswar & Rourkela, Odisha. Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium will host game's showpiece tournament for 2nd consecutive time after successfully conducting 2018 WC, which was won by Belgium
India Men’s Hockey Captain: Manpreet Singh; Coach: Graham Reid
India remains largest country of origin of international migrants, with 17.5 mn living abroad, followed by Mexico (11.8 million) & China (10.7 million). An estimated 52% are male, & nearly 2/3rd of all migrants (164 mn approx.) are looking for work
141 mn International migrants live in Europe & North America
8 young radio journalists from Odisha were awarded by UNICEF under the “Empowering Adolescent & Youth through Community Radios in Odisha” for their endeavours to make the youth in state more socially responsive & engaged society to bring effective changes
Odisha Governor: Ganeshi Lal; CM: Naveen Patnaik
Acclaimed cartoonist Sudhir Dar whose works graced several newspapers in a career spanning 58 years, passed away at the age of 87. Dhar began his career with The Statesman in 1961 after which he moved to Hindustan Times
His cartoons also appeared in The Independent, NY Times etc.