Equitas Small Finance Bank has touched on a new milestone by becoming the first Small Finance Bank to offer its NRI customer segment the ease of account opening online.
The company will also be the only one in the Small Finance Bank sector to have Virtual Relationship Managers based on time zones.
The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the proposal for opening the first such consulate in the Addu City of the Maldives this year to augment the country’s diplomatic presence in the Indian Ocean archipelago.
President:- Ibrahim Mohamed Solih ,
Capital: Malé,
Currency: Maldivian rufiyaa
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has announced an increase in the variable dearness allowance (variable DA) of temporary central government employees from Rs 105 to Rs 210 per month.
The decision from the ministry will benefit over 1.5 crore casual workers & will come into effect from April 1, 2021.
For the fourth consecutive year, Gujarat has retained the top position in the country during 2020-21 in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).
Gujarat was ahead of all other states by securing 37 percent out of the total foreign investments that came in the country during 2020-21.
Gujarat received a total FDI of USD 30.23 billion in 2020-21.
The country managed to garner a total FDI of USD 81.72 billion in 2020-21.
Ashok Kumar will be the only referee from the country to officiate in wrestling matches of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
He was named in the list of officials released by the United World Wrestling (UWW).
Ashok, who will officiate in his second consecutive Olympics.
He is a UWW referees’ educator as well.
TRIFED will now be partnering with NITI Aayog to implement the Van Dhan Yojana in the districts that have been identified as aspirational districts by NITI Aayog.
These include districts in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Telangana and Tripura.
The ministry of agriculture and farmers’ welfare has announced a three-year agreement between India and Israel for cooperation in agriculture and setting up more Indo-Israel villages of excellence to create a “model ecosystem” to boost the agriculture industry.
India’s agriculture & farmers’ welfare ministry and “Mashav” -Israel’s nodal agency are the signatories.
Jagjit Pavadia, former Narcotics Commissioner of India and a retired officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs), has been elected president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
She is the first Indian to be heading the Vienna-based organization and the second woman to hold this office.
INCB:-
Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
President: Cornelis P. de Joncheere
Founded: 1968
The Punjab Government has announced to rename the Mohali International Hockey Stadium, Sector 63, after triple Olympian and Padma Shri Balbir Singh Sr.
The stadium will now be known as Olympian Balbir Singh Senior International Hockey Stadium.
He scored five goals in India’s 6-1 victory over the Netherlands in the final of the 1952 Olympic Games.
Squadron Leader Aashritha V Olety is the first and only woman in the IAF qualified for the role, and as a flight test engineer, she will be responsible for evaluating aircraft and airborne systems before their induction into the armed forces.
Aashritha V Olety, a native of Karnataka, has graduated as part of the 43rd Flight Test Course.
ICICI Bank has announced the launch of a unique facility of linking a UPI (Unified Payments Interface) ID to its digital wallet ’Pockets’, marking a departure from the current practice that demands such IDs be linked with a savings bank account.
This initiative enables users to undertake small value everyday transactions directly from their ‘Pockets’ wallet.
Harohalli Srinivasaiah Doreswamy, is known for his participation in the Quit India movement and Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan movement. He was also a familiar figure in civil society movements in Karnataka as he had campaigned to revive lakes in Bengaluru.
He was also a journalist and ran a newspaper called Paura Vani, which voiced the aspirations of an independent India.
Dr Alka Raghuvanshi was India’s first trained art curator, having trained at the Goldsmiths College, London and the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford. She has curated and designed over 25 major exhibitions many of which travelled to other parts of the country and the world.