India announced $400 million line of credit for Sri Lanka. PM Modi also announced a financial assistance of $50 mn. to deal with the challenge of terrorism. Sri Lanka & India will work closely to ensure Indian Ocean remains a zone of peace.
Sri Lanka - Official languages: Sinhala, Tamil
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has finally given approval to Amazon subsidiary NV Investment Holdings’ proposal to acquire about 49% stake in Future Coupons. It is under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002.
Ashok Kumar Gupta, CCI Chairperson
According to government, total 31,696 Mega Watt (MW) of grid connected solar power generation capacity has been set up in the country till October 2019. The government's target is to install 1,00,000 MW grid connected solar power capacity by December 2022.
Solar cell also known as "photovoltaic" cell
COCO by DHFL General Insurance announced the launch of its First Retail Health Indemnity Insurance Product COCOCure. COCOCure allows customers to customize their policy as per their varying healthcare needs, family size, ages, and lifestyle requirements.
‘COCO’ is a combination of ‘Connected’ and ‘Covers’.
Reliance Industries(RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the ninth richest person in the world, according to 'The Real-Time Billionaires List' of Forbes. The list was headed by Jeff Bezos, CEO and Founder of Amazon, with 'Real Time Net Worth' of $113 billion.
RIL Chairman's 'Real-Time Net Worth' stood at $60.8 billion.
Emirates announced the appointment of Jabr Al-Azeeby as the new vice president for India and Nepal. He will take the new role from Essa Sulaiman Ahmad who has now been promoted as Divisional Vice President USA and Canada.
Emirates, airline based in Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Indian Navy commissioned its sixth Dornier aircraft squadron INAS 314 called Raptors, in strategically located Porbandar town of Gujarat, giving a fillip to coastal security near the sea border with Pakistan.
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral M S Pawar.
According to the scientists at the 6th Asian Dendrochronology Conference held in Lucknow, Reconstructions of past responses of vegetation from different ecosystems can predict the impact of climate change on weather and other environmental parameters.
Dendrochronology is the study of tree rings.
Sports Ministry constituted a 13-member expert committee to review the Draft National Sports Code. The committee will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Mukundakam Sharma. Former sports persons Gagan Narang, Bhaichung Bhutia are part of it.
Kiren Rijiju (MOS I/C)- Sports Ministry.
IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Kharagpur & the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) have joined hands to develop Gandhipedia, an online repository of books, letters and speeches written by Mahatma Gandhi, to commemorate his 150thbirth anniversary.
NSCM, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Culture.
Bhuwan Chandra, General Manager,attached to Balance Sheet Management Department, has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Indian Overseas Bank, with effect from 01.12.2019. He is a Graduate in Agriculture.
Indian Overseas Bank HQs-Chennai.