Former Chief Secretary of Delhi M M Kutty was appointed as the chairperson of the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas. Arvind Kumar Nautiyal from Ministry of Environment to be a full-time member.
They have been appointed for a term of three years.
RBI to evaluate the impact of multi-media public awareness campaign RBI Kehta Hai, which was launched in 14 languages to educate the public about safe banking and financial practices. It was the first even 360-degree campaign initiated by the central bank.
RBI invited Expression of Interest from eligible companies.
Inspired by Millennial Network ICICI Bank Mine was launched. It is an instant savings account, driven iMobile application & offers investment guidance to suit the demand of millennials. It is India’s 1st full comprehensive banking programme for millennials
1st experiential branch for millennials is opened in Bengaluru.
India’s premier public sector bank, Bank of Baroda takes a pioneering step for emotional well-being – starts employee assistance program. It is a free and anonymous psychological counselling for 8,000 odd employees launched on a pilot basis.
It is being carried out in association with EAP India.
To improve the credit flow to the underserved sections, RBI issued guidelines under the co-origination model so that non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and banks can jointly lend. It is a joint lending process in which risks & rewards are shared.
NBFCs to retain at least 20% share of individual loans on books
WhatsApp Inc., the Facebook-owned messaging platform got the nod from NPCI to roll out payments feature for users across the country. It will join an already crowded market of payment services offered via the UPI network. Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm.
It will be available in 10 Indian regional languages.
State Bank of India partnered with payments platform Paytm to launch 2 models of credit cards – Paytm SBI Card& Paytm SBI Card Select. Available on VISA platform, the cards offer smart app features & also provides superior rewards & benefits for its users.
Paytm CEO: Vijay Sekhar Sharma.
SBI Chairman: Dinesh Kumar Khara
Airports Authority of India signed an MoU with an NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN), a subsidiary of NTPC, subsidiary to promote the usage of electric vehicles and set up solar power plants at its airports. NTPC will be provided land & rooftop free of cost.
The AAI owns and manages more than 100 airports across India.
Chandauli district of UP topped the rankings of aspirational districts by government think-tank NITI Aayog for September. Bokaro and Purbi Singhbhum (in Jharkhand) have been placed at second and third positions resp. Sonbhadra (UP) has been ranked fourth.
Aspirational districts programme was launched in 2018.
The central government has announced a 4-member committee to be headed by the Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati, to look into the Television Rating Points (TRP) system and recommend any changes required to make it more robust and transparent.
Currently, BARC is the primary agency that publishes TRPs.
Rachna Bisht Rawat’s collection, titled ‘Insomnia: Army Stories’ captures the emotions of men who guard the nation. It is different from other army books which tell tales of valour. Rachna’s characters are from real life, moulded with creative licence.
It is published by Ebury Press.
Pidilite Industries, the manufacturers of Fevicol brand of adhesives completed the acquisition of 100% stake in the US-based Huntsman Group’s Indian subsidiary. Huntsman Advanced Materials Solutions Private Ltd (HAMSPL) manufactures and sells adhesives.
Pidilite CEO: Bharat Puri.
Head Office: Mumbai.
Marlon Samuels is a Jamaican former cricketer who played internationally for the West Indies. He top-scored in both of their World T20 final victories. Across formats, he scored 11,134 international runs including 17 centuries and scalped 152 wickets.
West Indies includes 13 independent island countries.
Day is observed annually on November 6 across world to raise awareness about protection of environment during armed confrontations. According to UNEP, at least 40% of all internal conflicts were linked to exploitation of natural resources in last 60 years.
UNEP HQ: Nairobi, Kenya.
Head: Inger Anderson.
Army Chief Gen M M Naravane was conferred the rank of Honorary General of the Nepal Army by President Bidya Devi Bhandari. He was presented with a scroll and a sword during the ceremony attended by Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli & Indian Ambassador Vinay M Kwatra.
Chief of Nepal was earlier the same rank by Prez Ram Nath Kovind
According to the Bengal Hockey Association, former international hockey umpire Susanta Kumar Dey who had represented Bengal National team from South Eastern Railway had passed away. He was also a National Hockey Player.
He coached Bengal National Team, East Bengal Club.
After issuing certificate of registration CA0515 under Registration of Corporate Agents -Regulations by IRDAI AU Small Finance Bank entered into agreement with Care Health Insurance Co Ltd (formerly called Religare Insurance) for health insurance products.
AU Bank HQ: Jaipur.
MD & CEO: Sanjay Agarwal.
PM of India & his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte held a bilateral summit to give an opportunity to the leaders to comprehensively review the broad framework of the relationship & exchange views on major regional and global issues of mutual concern.
Italy is India’s 5th largest trading partner in EU.
5th Joint Working Group on Coal was co-chaired from the Indian side by Vinod Kumar Tiwari, Additional Secretary Ministry of Coal & Jonson Pakpahan of Indonesia. India provided an overview of coal sector in India & presented emerging scenarios for future.
Indonesia President: Joko Widodo.
Capital: Borneo Islands.
MoU was signed between Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceutical Ltd and the Serum Institute of India for priority delivery of 3 crore COVID 19 vaccine doses. The process of development of the vaccine is in final stages at University of Oxford & AstraZeneca.
Serum Institute is the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines.