| 1. Ajay Vipin Nanavati appointed chairman of Syndicate Bank. Ajay Vipin Nanavati was today appointed as the chairman of Syndicate Bank. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as Non-Official Director/Non-Executive Chairman in Syndicate Bank for three years, according to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training. In 2015, the government had bifurcated the posts of chairman and managing directors in public sector banks. |
| 2. Sushma Swaraj will inaugurate country’s first Videsh Bhavan in Mumbai. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will inaugurate the country's first Videsh Bhavan, assimilating all Regional Passport Offices under one roof, at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) here on Sunday.As a first pilot project, four offices of MEA - Regional Passport Office (RPO), Protector of Emigrants (PoE) office, Branch Secretariat and Regional Office of ICCR - have been assimilated and brought under one roof at the state-of-art office. |
| 3. Andhra Pradesh’s EPDCL & SPDCL have become the 1st state-owned distribution companies in India to accept payments through Bharat QR. Bharat QR is a secure, network-agnostic interface that enables customers to use their smartphones to make payments without divulging information like card no. & CVV. Bharat QR is world’s 1st interoperable quick response code acceptance solution launched by RBI. |
| 4. Rajasthan gives reservation to jats under OBC category. In Rajasthan, State Government has given reservation to Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur districts under other backward classes category. The notification issued by Social Justice and Empowerment Department stated that Jats of the two districts have been included in the list of OBC category immediately following a cabinet Decision. |
| 5. Microsoft Launches 'Project Brainwave' for Real-Time Artificial intelligence. Software giant Microsoft has announced its 'Project Brainwave' deep learning acceleration platform for real-time artificial intelligence (AI). With the help of ultra-low latency, the system processes requests as fast as it receives them. The 'Project Brainwave' uses the massive field-programmable gate array (FPGA) infrastructure that Microsoft has been deploying over the past few years. |
| 6. TRAI has Signed Deal with Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has inked an agreement with Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission to deepen bilateral cooperation in telecom & broadcasting regulation. The 2 telecom regulators signed a letter of intent, under which they will exchange information & regulatory best practices. |
| 7. CCEA has given the approval to rename SAMPADA scheme to PMKSY. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the renaming of the new Central Sector Scheme - SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) as "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) " for the period of 2016-20 coterminous with the 14th Finance Commission cycle. |
| 8. KVGB and APGB has recorded net profit of more than Rs 150 crore during 2016-17. Out Of the 56 regional rural banks (RRBs), Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank and Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank recorded net profit of more than Rs 150 crore during 2016-17. These are among the 49 RRBs that recorded a profit in 2016-17. |
| 9. Alibaba Group’s Jack Ma is the Asia’s richest man. Alibaba Group’s Jack Ma is back on top as Asia’s richest man following gains in the company's earnings and share price. Jack Ma is worth $37.4 billion, according to the Forbes real-time billionaires list. In the latest rankings, Chinese Internet billionaire- Tencent Chairman Ma Huateng, the latter has slipped to No. 2, with a fortune worth $36.7 billion. Jack Ma currently ranks as the world’s No. 18 richest man |
| 10. Wayne Rooney has retired from international football. Wayne Rooney, hailed from England retired from international football to prioritize ending his career on a high with boyhood club Everton. The 31-year-old was England captain and is the all-time record goalscorer. |
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