In a bid to prepare for future outbreaks & sensitise people about epidemics on all levels, the United Nations & World Health Organization marked December 27 as the International day for Epidemic Preparedness.
The day was first observed in 2020.
UNGA had emphasised on the need to advocate the importance of the preparedness for, prevention of & partnership against epidemics.
Paytm Payments Bank, an associate entity of Paytm, and Nasdaq-listed MoneyGram, a global leader in digital P2P payments, have entered into a partnership to enable MoneyGram customers globally to send money in real-time to a Paytm Wallet user in India.
This is MoneyGram’s first mobile wallet partnership in India.
MoneyGram:- an American cross-border P2P payments &money transfer company.
BOB Financial Solutions Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, and Indian Navy have launched a co-branded credit card for navy personnel. The credit card will be equipped with contactless features and will be offered on the RuPay platform.
A navy personnel up to the age of 64 years will be eligible to choose from three variants of the co-branded credit card.
Former India goalkeeper Sanath Sett, who was part of the 1954 Asian Games squad, died after prolonged illness.
Known for his acrobatic saves under the bar, Seth began his journey at the Eastern Railway FC in 1949 before moving to Aryan Club in 1951.
He then moved to East Bengal in 1957 and the next year he joined their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan, where he played for six years.
Indian skier Anchal Thakur won her second international medal in alpine skiing at the FIS Alpine Ski Competition in Kolasin in Montenegro, keeping alive her hopes of qualifying for the next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Aanchal won third place in the giant slalom section of the FIS Alpine Ski Competition.
Montenegro is a Balkan country ;Capital: Podgorica; Currency: Euro.
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Bengal government to develop its MSME ecosystem.
SIDBI is the country’s principal financial institution engaged in the promotion, financing and development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME).
Aarati Krishnan, Editorial Consultant with BusinessLine, has been inducted as a member of the Securities & Exchange Board of India’s Advisory Committee on Mutual Funds.
The committee, chaired by Usha Thorat, former Deputy Governor of RBI, advises SEBI on matters related to mutual fund regulation to ensure investor protection, development of the industry.
Narandran 'Jody' Kollapen, who is Indian origin, has been appointed to South Africa's highest judicial bench, the Constitutional Court.
The appointment of 64-year-old Kollapen &Rammaka Steven Mathopo as the latest additions to the Constitutional Court after a lengthy process of public interviews. Both will take office from January 1, 2022.
Capitals: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein.
President: Cyril Ramaphosa; Currency:- rand.
Gujarat has topped the composite ranking in the Good Governance Index (GGI), followed by Maharashtra and Goa while Uttar Pradesh showed an incremental growth of 8.9 per cent in the indicators launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the occasion of the Good Governance Day.
As many as 20 states have improved their composite GGI scores in 2021.
Delhi has topped the union territories category composite ranking.
Former England captain Ray Illingworth has died at the age of 89, his county, Yorkshire.
He had been undergoing radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer.
Illingworth played 61 Tests for England between 1958 and 1973 and captained the country 31 times, winning 12 matches and an Ashes series in Australia in 1970-1.
India Yamaha Motor (IYM) Pvt Ltd. has announced that Eishin Chihana has taken charge of the Group’s India operations as its new Chairman.
He has replaced Mr. Motofumi Shitara. Chihana has been associated with Yamaha Motor Company and its group companies across the globe since 1991.
He is an expert in different verticals like Sales, Marketing & Business Management.
James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary instrument designed to provide mankind with the first-ever glimpse into an infant universe as it existed when the earliest galaxies are believed to have been formed.
Named after James Edwin Webb, the chief of the American space agency during most of the agency's formative decade of the 1960s.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa`s struggle against white minority rule, has died aged 90.
He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1984 for his role in the struggle to abolish the apartheid system.