Senior IPS officer A P Maheshwari was appointed as Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force ( CRPF) up to February 28, 2021. He would soon take over the charge from ITBP Director General S.S. Deswal who was given the "additional" charge.
CRPF,world's largest paramilitary force with 3.25+ lc. personnel
Visa has agreed to buy privately held software startup Plaid Inc in a $5.3 billion deal that will boost the payments giant's access to the booming financial technology space. Plaid's technology lets people link their bank accounts to mobile apps.
Visa Chairman and CEO Al Kelly.
Tania Sher Gill, a fourth-generation army officer led men in Army Day parade on January 15 in New Delhi. Tania was Commissioned in Mar 2017 from Officers Training Academy, Chennai. She is from the Corp of Signals.
The current COAS is General Manoj Mukund Naravane.
India signed an Memorandum of Understanding with Bangladesh for content exchange programme between All India Radio and Bangladesh Betar. India and Bangladesh team is co-producing the biopic on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Bangladesh Information Minister Muhammad H Mahmud.
Markets regulator SEBI suspended the registration of stock broker Jagruti Securities Ltd for one year for violating Stock Brokers Regulations. The probe found that the stock broker failed to pay nearly Rs 17.9 lakh to one of its clients.
SEBI also levied a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Venky Hi-tech Ispat Ltd.
A five-year-old boy Aashman Taneja has made a Guinness world record in Taekwondo for the most full contact knee strikes in one-hour non-stop. USA World Open Taekwondo Silver medallist achieved more than 1200 knee strikes.
Taekwondo or Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art.
NATHEALTH has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI) to boost information sharing, public-private partnership and advocacy to collaborate and achieve quality healthcare for all citizens in India.
AHPI President, Dr. Alexander Thomas.
Goldman Sachs has launched a mobile app for its digital banking service, Marcus. The bank launched Marcus in 2016 to diversify its revenue and funding sources by offering savings accounts and personal loans to retail customers.
David M. Solomon. Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs.
The Centre appointed Lt General Girish Kumar as the Surveyor General of India in Survey of India on contract basis for a period of one year. He was earlier appointed as Surveyor General Of India on September 30, 2017 under the Survey of India.
Survey of India is under the Department of Science & Technology.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has placed restrictions on Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank, which includes a withdrawal limit of Rs 35,000 for customers. The instructions were issued under Section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
It is Bengaluru-based private lender bank.
ICICI Bank has filed a civil recovery suit against its former CEO Chanda Kochhar for the recovery of around Rs 12 cr. She had alleged that no prior approval was sought from the banking regulator and that it was a breach of a statutory obligation.
Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India(ICICI) Bank.
FMCG company Amway India, has announced the appointment of Ajay Khanna as the chief marketing officer for India. He is a marketing veteran with over 24 years of experience in the FMCG and telecom industry.
Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG).