The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) added 34.22 metric tonnes of gold in the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2023, taking the total gold reserves to 794.64 metric tonnes.
RBI held 760.42 metric tonnes as of March 31, 2022, compared to 695.31 metric tonnes as of March 31, 2021.
State-owned Bank of Baroda announced the launch of electronic bank guarantee (e-BG) on its BarodaINSTA platform, in partnership with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL).NeSL is India's first and only Information Utility and is regulated by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) under the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC)
The Reserve Bank said Informal Micro Enterprises (IMEs) with an Udyam Assist Certificate will be treated as micro-enterprises under MSME for the purposes of priority sector lending classification.
IMEs are those enterprises which are unable to get registered on the Udyam Registration Portal due to a lack of mandatory required documents, such as Permanent Account Number.
Larsen & Toubro said its Non-Executive Chairman A M Naik has decided to step down from the post and will become the Chairman Emeritus.
S N Subrahmanyam, who is the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, has been re-designated as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company with effect from October 1, 2023, according to a regulatory filing.
Tungnath is the highest of the five Panch Kedar temples in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, has now been declared as a national monument.
The ancient temple which is located at an altitude of 12,106 feet is connected with the Pandavas.
Indian shooters Hriday Hazarika and Nancy Mandhotra have bagged silver medals in the men’s and women’s 10 meter air rifle events, at the ongoing ISSF World Cup 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
It was the first-ever ISSF World Cup medal for 21-year-old Hriday Hazarika as well as 19-year-old Nancy Mandhotra.
Hazarika made it to the men’s 10m air rifle final.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Saturday adopted India’s proposal to support the development and adoption of the country’s digital public infrastructure (DPI). The proposal includes platforms such as Aadhaar, United Payments Interface (UPI), and DigiLocker.
The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has set up the Centre for Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit (C-PACE) that is expected to provide timely and process-bound striking-off of companies from the MCA register.
Indian American Geeta Rao Gupta has been confirmed by the US Senate as the Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues in the State Department.
Gupta was confirmed by the US Senate by 51 to 47 votes.
Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood has been appointed as the next Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director for the next two years.
The CBI Director is selected by a committee comprising the Prime Minister, CJI and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha for a fixed tenure of two years. The tenure can be extended up to five years.
Praveen Sood will take over from current chief Subodh Kumar Jaiswal.