He was honoured for having "transformed the life chances" of girls at the Zilla Parishad Primary School in Paritewadi, in Maharashtra state. He also introduced digital learning tools and his system of QR Coded Textbooks is now used across India.
He won the National Innovation Foundation’s Innovator award 2018
RBI has reiterated that commercial & co-operative banks can retain FY20 profit & not make any dividend payments. Objective was to help banks conserve cash; RBI will review its stand based on financial positions of the banks for the September quarter.
Repo Rate: 4%
Reverse Repo: 3.35%
ADB has approved a USD 190 million (over Rs 1,400 cr) loan for modernisation, upgradation of power distribution system in Bengaluru, includes a $100 million sovereign loan & a $90 million without sovereign guarantee loan to Bangalore's BESCOM
BESCOM is a state-owned distribution utilities in Karnataka
PSU major NHPC Ltd said the 2,000 MW Subansiri hydropower project, which was stalled for nearly 8 years will be commissioned by March 2022. Construction work is to take place at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border on Subansiri river
Capital: Dispur
CM: Sarbananda Sonowal
Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
Nongpok Sekmai in Manipur's Thoubal district has been selected as the best performing police station in the country, followed by AWPS-Suramangalam in Tamil Nadu's Salem city & Kharsang in Arunachal Pradesh's Changlang district, as per Union Home Ministry.
Announced at the virtual 55th annual DGPs, IGPs conference.
RBI has asked HDFC Bank to temporarily stop all launches of digital business generating activities; sourcing of new credit card customers as HDFC Bank went through multiple outages in its internet banking/mobile banking/payment utilities over past 2 years
Sashidhar Jagdishan is the new CEO of HDFC Bank
15-year-old Gitanjali Rao, a "brilliant" young scientist/inventor, has been named by TIME magazine as the 1st-ever 'Kid of the Year' for her "astonishing work" using technology to tackle issues ranging from contaminated drinking water & cyberbullying
Ms Rao was selected from a field of more than 5,000 nominees
Athletics Federation of India has appointed the vastly experienced Radhakrishnan Nair as its full-time chief coach. Nair, who is also a certified Technical Official and World Athletics Level-5 coach, has been instrumental in enhancing the coaches education
1st Indian with Intern'l Coach. Enrichment Program certificate
An indigenous Karen activist who spearheaded establishing a sprawling conservation zone in eastern Myanmar has been awarded 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize. Paul Sein Twa led his people in setting up a peace park & conservation efforts in Salween basin
Capital: Naypyitaw
President: Win Myint
Currency: Burmese kyat
Narinder Singh Kapany, also known as the father of fibre optics, passed away at the age of 94. The India-born American physicist was named as one of the seven "Unsung Heroes" by Fortune in their 'Businessmen of the Century' issue of November 1999
He authored Fiber optics; principles & applications
TRS leader and former Minister Kamatham Ram Reddy passed away. He was 81.
He was a three-time MLA from Parigi Assembly segment in Rangareddy district in combined Andhra Pradesh. He served as a former state Revenue Minister.
In 2018, he joined TRS from BJP
Competition Commission of India has approved acquisition of Rivigo Services Private Ltd, a technology-enabled logistics company in trucking industry, by Spring Canter Investment Ltd through subscription of compulsorily convertible preference shares.
Preference shares holders are given priority over common stock
YES Premia, is a premium banking program that offers personalized solutions focused on the particular needs of key consumer segments - from small business owners to salaried professionals and senior citizens.
Yes Bank CEO: Prashant Kumar; HQ: Mumbai.
PNB has launched a tech-based loan management solution 'LenS-The Lending Solution', to speed up and maintain accuracy in online loan processing and sanctioning of credit proposals. It is envisaged to be implemented in a phased manner for all kinds of loans
PNB Headquarters: New Delhi
CEO: S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao