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As announced in the Budget earlier, FM launched the facility for instant allotment of PAN card using Aadhaar-based e-KYC. The facility is now available for all applicants who possess a valid Aadhaar number and a mobile number registered in UIDAI database.
Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a 10-character alphanumeric.
The United States has joined an international panel for setting ethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence. The Trump administration had been the lone holdout among leaders of the Group of Seven in setting up the Global Partnership on AI.
White House’s chief technology officer: Michael Kratsios.
UP govt to sign MoUs Indian Industries Association and the National Real Estate Development Council to ensure employment. NAREDCO to employ 2.5 lakh people in realty sector, IIA to employ 500,000 migrant workers in MSMEs, and CII to employ 200,000 workers.
Uttar Pradesh has seen an inflow of around 26 lakh migrants.
AP has launched a web portal on schools and colleges will have to upload details regarding their infrastructure and other facilities. Students’ parents may visit the institutes and complain if the facilities provided do not match the information provided.
Decided during the ‘Our Governance, Your Suggestion’ session.
The cabinet headed by CM Jai Ram Thakur launched of a portal for registration of people who returned to the state due to job-loss and are either in need of employment or upgrade of skills and decided to formulate a scheme for working capital requirements.
Governor of Himachal Pradesh: Bandaru Dattatreya.
Nilesh Sathe, former IRDAI member and veteran Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has joined National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) as Financial Advisor. The government is looking to raise funds for road development from foreign institutional investors.
NHAI Chairman: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
Jonathan Karp, who has worked with authors ranging from Sen. Edward Kennedy to Susan Orlean, has been named the new CEO of Simon & Schuster. Karp joined the company in 2010 and served as the president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing.
He replaces Carolyn Reidy who passed away recently.
Wipro has appointed Thierry Delaporte as its CEO & MD. Delaporte, the co-Founder and President of the not-for-profit organization Life Project 4 Youth, was working as the Chief Operating Officer of Capgemini Group and a member of its Group Executive Board.
He will replace the present CEO Abidali Neemuchwala.
Maruti Suzuki has partnered with HDFC Bank to offer Flexi EMI options under which a customer can avail low EMI for 3 months every year, up to 100 per cent on-road funding and instalments starting from Rs 899 per month, per lakh, for the first six months.
CEO of Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest Carmaker: Kenichi Ayukawa.
The Asian Development Bank and the Government of India signed a $177 million loan to upgrade 450 kilometres of state highways and major district roads in the state of Maharashtra. This could improve the connectivity between rural areas and urban centres.
Project to upgrade 2 major districts and 11 State Highways.
Adding to a mounting number of AI-related acquisitions, Apple recently purchased Ontario-based Inductiv to work on Siri and machine learning initiatives. Inductiv developed a system that relies on AI to automatically identify and correct errors in data.
Apple CEO: Tim Cook. Headquarters: California, USA.
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), as an initiative to improve digital financial inclusion, launched an artificial intelligence (AI) based chatbot, PAi, to create awareness around its products like FASTag, RuPay, UPI, AePS on a real-time basis.
PAi is developed by Bengaluru based startup CoRover Pvt Ltd.
Facebook’s internal R&D group, NPE Team launched a new app called CatchUp that makes it easier for friends and family in the U.S. to coordinate phone calls or set up group calls with up to 8 people. CatchUp does not need a Fb account to use the service.
CatchUp is an audio-only service and uses phone’s contact list.
International Day of UN Peacekeepers is celebrated every year on 29 May. On this day, UN commemorates peacekeepers. People pay tribute to all the women and men who have served as military, police or civilians in UN Peacekeeping programs and operations.
The theme for 2020 is "Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace".
M P Veerendra Kumar, the Managing Director of Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi and a member of PTI’s Board of Directors, passed away. Veerendra Kumar, a Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala and a former union minister. He was the chairman of Press Trust of India thrice.
He was also the director of a news agency.
Archaeological Survey of India recently discovered a monolithic sandstone Shiva linga from 9th century CE, during an ongoing conservation project at My Son, a cluster of abandoned & partially ruined Hindu temples in Quang Nam province in central Vietnam.
It is believed to be from the Champa Civilization.
Leading FMCG player ITC has tied up with Amway India with a focus on products in the health and nutrition space. It has been kicked-off with the launch of ‘B Natural+’ fruit beverage range, developed by ITC, and positioned in the immunity-boosting space.
Anshu Budhraja - CEO, Amway India.
Foreign direct investment in India grew by 13% to a record of $ 49.97 billion in the 2019-20 FY. Foreign direct investment in India grew by 13% to a record of $ 49.97 billion in the 2019-20 financial year. Singapore emerged as the largest source of FDI.
Services sector attracted the maximum inflows ($7.85 billion).