| News headline | Detalis of the news | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sumit Mullick appointed as Chief Secretary of Maharashtra | Senior IAS officer (1982-batch) Sumit Mullick has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra. He will succeed Swadheen Kshatriya, who was due for retirement on 31st of January but was given a month's extension. | |
| 2 | OECD cuts India's growth forcast to 7% | Paris based think tank Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has cut India's growth forecast for this fiscal year (2016-2017) to 7% from 7.4% earlier (2015-2016) because of demonetization. | |
| 3 | Nand Kumar Sai takes charge as Chairperson of NCST | Sai succeeds Rameshwar Oraon, whose tenure had ended on 31st October 2016. NCST investigates and monitors all matters related to safeguards provided for Scheduled Tribes under the constitution or under law or under any order of the Government. | |
| 4 | SIDBI, CSFB agreement to help MSMEs avail loans | It is to enable it to provide loans at a concessional rate to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through a multi-pronged strategy comprising of concessional funding at MCLR of CSFB under refinance from SIDBI. | |
| 5 | American Express launched 'Buyer Initiated Payments' to eliminate cheque payments | American Express, a global leader in payment solutions has launched an electronic payment platform linked to corporate card, Buyer Initiated Payments (BIP) to eliminate payment through cheques or drafts. | |
| 6 | Tata Communications partners with HPE for roll-out of LoRa network | LoRa is essentially a wireless communication technology dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) / Machine to Machine (M2M) communications network. | |
| 7 | Lakshmi Vilas Bank ties with Centrum for its wealthy clients | Centrum will conduct the business through its wealth management arm, Centrum Wealth Management and will offer its existing portfolio of wealth management services to the bank’s HNI clients. | |
| 8 | Rangaswamy Becomes First Woman to Be Honored BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award | Former captain, Ms. Shanta Rangaswamy has been nominated for the award. She led India in 12 Test matches and in 16 ODIs. | |
| 9 | Jitu Rai wins bronze in 10m & gold in 50m shooting World Cup | Ace pistol shooter Jitu Rai staged a remarkable comeback to clinch the bronze medal in the 10 meter air pistol event for India’s fourth podium finish in the ongoing ISSF World Cup. | |
| 10 | duo Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis won the Men’s Double title | They won Uganda International Series by defeating Aatish Lubah and Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius, 21-8, 21-14 at MTN Arena Lugogo, Kampala. | |
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