With this new Bill, the central government aims to bring cooperative banks under the supervision of RBI. It will bring 1,482 urban and 58 multi-state cooperative banks under the supervision of the central bank. The amendments do not apply to PACS.
The bill proposed amendments to Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
To safeguard customers from frauds and to minimize unauthorised transactions OTP-based withdrawals of ₹ 10,000 and above will be available 24x7 at SBI’s ATMs with effect from September 18. SBI which introduced this for 12 hours on Jan 1 is extended now.
Applicable to debit card holders withdrawing Rs 10000 and above.
The Bill provides for the establishment of a state-of-the-art Ayurvedic institution called the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA) at Jamnagar, Gujarat and conferment of the status of Institution of National Importance (INI) to it.
ITRA to be 1st institution with INI status in the AYUSH sector.
DCOC/JA is a grouping on maritime matters comprising 18 member states adjoining the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, the East Coast of Africa and Island countries in Indian Ocean Region. India has joined Japan, Norway, the UK and the US as Observers to the DCOC/JA.
DCOC established in 2009 aims to repress piracy against ships.
HCL & Google Cloud partnered to bring HCL’s Actian portfolio starting with Actian Avalanche to Google Cloud. Actian Avalanche is a high-performance hybrid cloud data warehouse designed to power an enterprise’s most demanding operational analytics workloads
HCL Technologies is an Indian multinational IT Services Company
Lionel Messi has retained his place at the top of Forbes' list of highest-paid footballers after earning $126million over the past year, with Cristiano Ronaldo closely behind him in second. Neymar and Kylian Mbappe are third and fourth, respectively.
FIFA HQ: Zürich, Switzerland.
President: Gianni Infantino.
Titan & SBI launched a range of stylish new watches with contactless payment functionality for the 1st time in India. With this SBI account holders can tap their Titan Pay watch on contactless payment POS machine without swiping or inserting SBI bank card.
Payments up to Rs 2,000 can be made without entering a PIN.
During the 10th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative, DTTI Group Virtual Meeting, India and the US signed a Statement Of Intent (SOI) to strengthen the bilateral dialogue on defence technology co-operation and co-development of military equipment.
It was signed by Raj Kumar - Secretary of Defence Production.
External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar chaired the meeting of IBSA Foreign Minister. IBSA emphasized the need for international community to redouble efforts to achieve tangible progress for accelerated & comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council
IBSA was founded in June 2003 in Brasilia, Brazil.
Recognizing patient safety as a global health priority, all 194 WHO Member States at 72nd WHA, in May 2019, endorsed the establishment of World Patient Safety Day to increase public awareness to promote patient safety. 2020 – 2nd edition of the day.
2020 Theme: Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety.
Scholar, author and connoisseur of arts Kapila Vatsyayan who was awarded the Padma Vibhushan was the founding director of Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts. A former nominated member of Rajya Sabha, she was also chairperson of the Asia Project at IIC.
IIC – Indian International Centre is located in Delhi.
Sadashiv Raoji Patil, the allrounder of the 1950s and 1960s who represented India in one Test match in 1955, died. In a 36-match first-class career he captained in the Ranji Trophy - between 1952 and 1964, Patil scored 866 runs and took 83 wickets.
Patil mostly played for Maharashtra.
Tirupati MP and YSRCP leader Balli Durga Prasad Rao passed away after testing positive for COVID-19. Rao had been a three-term MLA in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and a minister in the Chandrababu Naidu Cabinet in undivided Andhra Pradesh.
AP CM: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
Governor: Biswabhusan Harichandan