Former Guyanese housing minister Irfaan Ali was sworn in as president of the newly oil-producing South American country. The looming oil boom raised the stakes of the country’s ethnically divided politics. Current President David Granger will resign.
Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America.
National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) a statutory institution under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has achieved tremendous success with cumulative financial assistance to cooperatives to the tune of Rs.1,54,000 crore.
NCDC has a major role in formation of FPOs in cooperative mode.
According to the statistics data released by National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), Unified Payment Interface (UPI) has clocked 1.49 billion transactions in the month of July marking it as yet another highest rate since its launch in 2016.
Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) also seen increased usage.
It will enable the digitization of their end-to-end card issuance and processing cycle and support the unveiling of several new and high-tech products namely contactless credit cards, tokenisation & integration with branded wallets, & virtual credit cards.
Shailendra Singh, MD and CEO at BOB Financial Solutions Limited.
The device monitors four critical parameters including temperature, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate and heart rate. The device is self-contained, portable, wireless and can be "clipped on to a patient's finger and data is streamed to a mobile phone.
Union Minister of Jal Shakti and Union Minister of Textiles and Women & Child Development launched the book "The Swachh Bharat Revolution". The book edited by Parameswaran Iyer has been translated into Hindi and published by as the Swachh Bharat Kranti.
Parameswaran Iyer,Secy of Deptt. of Drinking Water & Sanitation.
Geojit Financial Services Ltd announced the appointment of Alice G. Vaidyan as Independent Non- Executive Director to the Company's Board of Directors.Ms Vaidyan started her career with New India Assurance Co. Ltd in 1983.
C J George, Founder and Managing Director of Geojit.
A new book on the inspirational story of Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, India’s youngest basketball team captain, will hit stands on August 29, the National Sports Day, announced publishing house Bluerose.It is written by sportswoman-turned-author Nirupama Yadav.
29-year-old Bhriguvanshi hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.
The Project was sanctioned under the Integrated Development of New Eco Tourism under Swadesh Darshan- North East Circuit at Thenzawl & South Zote, District Serchhip and Reiek, Mizoram with a sanctioned amount of Rs.92.25 Crores.
Union Min. of State for Culture & Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel.
Project aims at developing the predictive models which can analyze the cause of grievances, provide insights into the nature of grievances, infer any Spatio-temporal trends in the data and predict the quality or severity or sentiment of the grievances.
Minister of State for Personnel Dr Jitendra Singh.
Former Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas officially announced the end of his playing days.Casillas played 725 matches with Madrid's first team over 16 seasons, winning 19 titles. He joined the club at age 9.
Iker Casillas played 167 matches for Spain.
Considered the father of modern Indian theatre, Ebrahim Alkazi, the first Director of National School of Drama (NSD) passed away. He was 94. Also an art connoisseur, collector and gallery owner, he founded Art Heritage Gallery in New Delhi.
He was recipient of the Padma Vibhushan (2010).
John Hume, the visionary politician who won a Nobel Peace Prize for fashioning the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland, has died at 83.He ultimately relented and became pivotal in peacemaking efforts.
1st Nobel Peace Prize awardees Frederic Passy and Henry Dunant.