BOB Financial Solutions (BFSL), a subsidiary of Bank of Baroda (BoB) has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch BoB Credit Cards (Easy and Premier variants) on the RuPay platform.
Both Easy and Premier variants of BoB credit cards have been launched on the JCB International network and both cards support global acceptance.
Union Minister of Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated the Air Pollution Control Tower prototype developed by state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd in Noida.
The tower has been set up on the traffic island between the DND flyway & the slip road to Noida Expressway as pollution is high in this area due to the high volume of traffic.
The Government has extended the tenure of Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sanjay Mishra by one year till November 18, 2022.
He became the first beneficiary of the Ordinance promulgated by the Modi government that provided the extension of the tenure of the ED as director. Mishra, a 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) cadre of the Income Tax Department.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has closed the gap to title rival Max Verstappen following a dominant victory in the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix at the Losail International Circuit, with Verstappen recovering from a grid drop that saw him start P7 to finish second, as Alpine's Fernando Alonso took the final podium position.
India bagged a total of seven medals at the Asian Archery Championships 2021 held in Dhaka. India's recurve archery teams added two silver medals and a bronze on the final day of the Championships.
India ended the week-long continental event with seven medals - one gold, four silvers, and two bronze.
In Tennis, Germany's Alexander Zverev clinched his second Nitto ATP Finals title after beating World No.2 Russia's Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 in the finals at Turin in Italy.
Zverev became just the fourth player in the tournament's history to earn semi-final and final wins over the top two players in the ATP Rankings.
For the first time in the history of All India Postal Wrestling Championship, women wrestling has been inducted in the tournament, said Postmaster General of Delhi Circle, Ashok Kumar. 34th All India Postal Wrestling championship will begin in New Delhi. Tokyo Olympic Bronze medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia and Indian Olympic Coach Anil Mann will grace opening ceremony
In cricket, Tamil Nadu lifted the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy defeating Karnataka. Batsman M. Shahrukh Khan smashed a dramatic last-ball six to help Tamil Nadu defend the T-20 title with a thrilling four-wicket win in the summit clash in Arun Jaitley Stadium Delhi
SBI Research has upgraded India's GDP growth projection for financial year 2022 to the range of 9.3%-9.6% from its earlier estimates of 8.5%-9%. The revised GDP estimate of SBI Research is in-line with RBI's projection of 9.5% GDP growth for the current fiscal year.
country recorded only 11% increase in Covid-19 cases during July-September quarter 2021
Bangladesh signed an exchange of note and loan agreement with Japan worth USD 2.66 billion for two development projects in the country. The loan will be used to implement the 1200 MW Matarbari Ultra Super critical coal fired power project as the 6th tranche of the ongoing project and the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development project
Japan Capital: Tokyo
Currency: Japanese yen
Prime minister: Fumio Kishi
Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has launched India’s first Virtual Science Lab for Children under CSIR Jigyasa Programme, which will also connect students with scientists across the country. The main aim of the Virtual Lab is to provide quality research exposure and innovative pedagogy for school students based on an online interactive medium
Virtual Lab will provide virtual tour of CSIR labs & expose students to research
A five-member expert committee of the Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce (BCIC), led by veteran investment banker PN Vijay, has called for efforts to sew up partnerships between fintech companies & banks to step up lending channels to the MSME sector.
20-page report urges the RBI to enable the MSME financing ecosystem with a long-term vision as it is rapidly evolving
OCEN - open credit enablement network
Reserve Bank has cautioned the public against co-operative societies using words “bank", "banker" or "banking" as part of their names unless specifically permitted. It also clarified that deposits with there societies are not eligible for insurance cover.
Cooperative societies cannot use the words “bank", "banker" or "banking" as part of their names.
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)
Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Shri Bhupender Yadav flagged off the first ever All All India Survey on Domestic workers being conducted by Labour Bureau, Chandigarh.Domestic workers (DWs) constitute a significant portion of total employment in the informal sector. However, there is a dearth of data on the magnitude and prevailing employment conditions of DWs
eSHRAM portal - a centralized database of unorganized workers seeded with Aadhar
India and the United States (US) are set to revive the Trade Policy Forum (TPF) after four years, in an attempt to bolster trade and investment flows between the two nations.
Established in 2005, the India-US TPF met last in October 2017. It was then replaced by negotiations between the two sides on a trade deal.