American Dialect Society has named "they" its word of the year. "They" is used in English by a growing number of non-binary individuals, who do not identify as either male or female. Other contenders included "climate" & "meme".
"google" & "web" were chosen as words of past two decades
NLC India Ltd on Saturday announced its plans to raise up to Rs 2,000 crore through commercial paper. NLC India Ltd is a Navratna company under the ministry of coal, having 5 pithead thermal power stations with an aggregate capacity of 3240 MW.
Commercial paper is an unsecured, short-term debt instrument
Khadi and Village Industries Commission inaugurated the 1st Silk Processing Plant at Surendranagar in Gujarat which would help cut down the cost of production & increase the sale & availability of raw material for famous Patola Sarees
KVIC is a statutory body formed in 1957
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nisank’ inaugurated the 28th edition of New Delhi World Book Fair 2020 (NDWBF) at PragatiMaidan in New Delhi.Theme of the event is " GANDHI: WRITERS’ WRITER". It provides a platform for B2B activities for publishers from India & abroad
2nd Oct 2019 marked 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket. He played 29 Tests, 120 ODIs & 24 T20Is. He was part of Indian team at the 2007 World Twenty20 & was the man-of-the-match in the final against Pakistan
He made his Team India debut at the age of 19 in 2003
Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has received capital infusion of Rs 4,360 crore from the Central government as contribution of the government in preferential allotment of equity shares during the financial year 2019-20 (FY20) as government’s investment
IOB is under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework of RBI
P R Seshadri, Managing Director & CEO of Karur Vysya Bank, resigned from the position citing personal reasons. He was appointed as the MD and CEO in September, 2017.
Bank HQ: Karur, Tamil Nadu; Founded: 1916
Indian Space Research Organisation set up a regional academic centre for space at the National Institute of Technology (NITK) at Surathkal in Karnataka's southwest Dakshina Kannada district to provide ₹2 crore grant annually to NIT for the R&D projects
Patent generated in projects to be jointly owned by ISRO & NITK
Indian paddler Manav Thakkar has become the world no.1 in the Under-21 men's singles category in the latest International Table Tennis Federation rankings. He became the 4th Indian to achieve the feat after Harmeet Desai, G Sathiyan & Soumyajit Ghosh.
He clinched U-21 men's singles title at North American Open
Maharashtra cyber department & district level police to conduct ‘Cyber Safe Women’ campaign in over 100 schools & colleges guiding women & girls on how to stay safe in the cyber space to commemorate the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule
Savitribai Phule is regarded as the 1st female teacher of India