'iMobile Pay' app offers a unique combination of facilities of a payment app - such as enabling customers to pay to any UPI ID or merchants, pay bills and do online recharges among others -with instant banking services like savings account, investment etc.
ICICI bank
CEO: Sandeep Bakhshi;
HQ: Mumbai
IMC 2020 is being organized by the Department of Telecommunications, and the Cellular Operators Association of India. It will be held from 8 - 10th December. PM's vision to promote ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, 'Digital Inclusivity’ etc.
Theme 2020: "Inclusive Innovation - Smart, Secure, Sustainable".
Senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi has been unanimously elected to Rajya Sabha.Byelection was nessitated following the death of Lok Janshakti Party founder and union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
Rajyasabha Dep. Chairman: Harivansh Narayan Singh.
The award recognizes and celebrates the outstanding achievements and best practices of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) across the globe. The evaluation was based on UNCTAD’s assessment of work undertaken by 180 Investment Promotion Agencies.
UNCTAD
HQ: Geneva, Switzerland;
Formed: 1964
SJVN Limited, a PSU under the Ministry of Power has entered an MoU with Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), a PSU under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, will provide its services to SJVN for Green Energy projects.
SJVN :- Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd
The project aims to establish an incentivisation mechanism to maintain sustainable landscape practices in Narmada basin.The program is partnership with a grant in aid from NTPC Ltd & USAID in equal Proportion.
USAID: United States Agency for International Development
National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited will be adopting LiDAR using Laser enabled equipment mounted on a Helicopter for conducting a ground survey for the preparation of a Detailed Project Report for the Speed Rail Corridor.
LiDAR:- Light Detection and Ranging Survey technique
The newly-built Majerhat bridge in Kolkata as "Jai Hind" bridge to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose.The new bridge, which has been built in the place of an old one that collapsed in September 2018.The bridge is 650-metre-long.
Nickname of S.C.Bose: Netaji.
Government has launched the QRMP scheme for small taxpayers under GST system. Taxpayers with aggregate annual turnover of up to Rs 5 crore in the preceding financial year and have filed their October GSTR-3B (sales) return by November 30, 2020,are eligible
GST was introduced in the year 2017.
The application brings Universal Sompo one step closer to its aim of offering a digitally seamless experience to its customers. It is a conscious effort on its part to make the platform more versatile, customer-friendly making it hassle-free.
Universal Sompo General Insurance Com.
HQ: Mumbai; formed: 2007
Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas are the 2020 Male and Female World Athletes of the Year.They are their countries' first recipients of the prestigious athletics award announced during the virtual awards.
Mondo Duplantis: the youngest ever winner of the male Athlete
Former deputy speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly and Congress leader Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri died at the Max Hospital in Dehradun. Mr Maikhuri was the deputy speaker of the state assembly from 2012 to 2017.
Present Dep.Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly: Raghunath S.Chauhan
An out-of-competition sample provided by the Belarusian on July 29 2019 was found to contain LGD-4033.Also known as ligandrol, it is ordinarily used to treat conditions such as muscle wasting and osteoporosis and is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
World Anti-Doping Agency HQ: Montreal, Canada; formed:1999
He was well versed in Sanskrit and Telugu and penned several books including Sri Lalithyam - a poetic commentary on Lalitha Sahasranamam. His book Amaruka Satakamu was published by Sadhana Grandha Mandali. Translated Shiva, Vishnu,etc stotrams to telugu
He is a native of Medak district, Telangana
Patwardhan had been a familiar face in Marathi cinema and television since the late seventies with character roles, often playing the judge, lawyer, etc.His Marathi outings include projects like Umbartha, Maphicha Sakshidar etc.
He was last seen in the TV show Aggabai Sasubai.
ADB approved a TA of USD 2.5 mn to support advanced biofuels development and address energy security, waste recycling, climate change and air pollution. It aligns with the National Policy on Biofuels to harness waste, promote advanced biofuel market etc.
ADB
HQ: Manila
President: Masatsugu Asakawa
Oldest and the largest administrative service of the Army, Army Service Corps (ASC) is celebrating its raising day.8th December 1950, the word 'Royal' was dropped from the nomenclature of the Army Service Corps since the day been celebrated as raising day.
Army Chief General: MM Naravane.
WEF's annual gathering of academics, political and business leaders will move from Davos to Singapore, making its debut in Asia, due to coronavirus concerns. It is the second time the event will be held outside of Switzerland since its start in 1971.
Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the WEF.
Indian-origin global health expert Anil Soni has been appointed as the first CEO of The WHO Foundation, an independent grant-making agency, which works alongside the World Health Organization to address most pressing health challenges across the world.
WHO foundation
Chairman: Thomas Zeltner
HQ: Geneva
Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Soil Science was awarded the King Bhumibol World Soil Day 2020 Award by the Food and Agricultural Organisation. It is to recognize its contribution in 'Soil health awareness'.
Award is named after King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
Money Mitra is in-line with the purpose of building banking behavior, specifically among micro banking customers. It will facilitate entrepreneurs running local businesses.The bank has established over 100 Money Mitra outlets across the country and plans.
Ujjivan SFB
Founder: Samit Ghosh;
Founded: 2017
She is the wife of late V.G.Siddhartha, the founder of Coffee Day Global Ltd and Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Co. Ltd.. H. Vasudhara Devi, Giri Devanur and Mohan Raghavendra Kondi have been appointed as additional directors.
Coffee Day Enterprises :- a bengaluru-based firm founded in 1993
