| 1. Suresh Sethi appointed as MD&CEO of India Post Payments Bank. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) appointed Suresh Sethi, former MD of Vodafone M-Pesa Ltd. as its Managing Director and chief executive officer, replacing AP Singh who had held the post in the interim since January 2017. Sethi had been selected by the Banks Board Bureau from amongst top contenders for the post, from both public and private sector banking and fintech professionals.His experience in the digital and mobile payments space will be of great relevance to IPPB which aims to deliver financial inclusion with special focus in rural and semi-urban India and among the under-banked segments, |
| 2. Jaipur and Srinagar Airports rated Best Airports in the World in 2-5 million Passenger category in ACI-ASQ Survey. The Jaipur and Srinagar Airport got First and Second rank respectively in the category of 2-5 million passengers in ACI-ASQ Survey. Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman, Airports Authority of India along with his team received the ACI-ASQ Award at a function held in Mauritius on 17th October 2017. The Chairman congratulated both APDs for their stupendous achievement and challenged more AAI airports to compete and win at ACI-ASQ Awards in their respective categories in future. This is for the second consecutive time that Jaipur Airport has been rated the Best Airport in the World in the traffic volume of 2 to 5 million passengers per year. |
| 3. Rakesh Asthana appointed CBI Special Director. Senior IPS officer (1984-batch: Gujarat cadre) has been appointed as the special director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Earlier, Asthana had been serving in the Central Bureau of Investigation as Additional Director. |
| 4. United Nations Day is being observed globally on 24th October. UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday. |
| 5.2nd World Congress on Marxism to be held in Beijing. The 2nd World Congress on Marxism is scheduled to be held in Peking University in Beijing next May, the organiser said on Sunday. The congress, to be held from May 5 to May 6, is expected to attract more than 300 Marxism researchers to discuss Marxism in the 21st century and its developments in China, Xinhua reported. The congress coincides with the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth and 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up, said Gu Hailiang, head of the academic board of the organising committee. |
| 6.NS Venkatesh appointed AMFI chief executive. NS Venkatesh has been appointed as chief executive of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). The post was lying vacant after CVR Rajendran stepped down from the position in December. Prior to joining AMFI, a nodal association of mutual funds across India, he was the executive director at Lakshmi Vilas Bank. |
| 7.IndusInd Bank launches m-wallet with MobiKwik. IndusInd Bank, in association with MobiKwik, on Monday announced the launch of a co-branded wallet, “IndusInd Mobikwik”, that allows its customers to pay at the MobiKwik merchant network using their accounts, with a “direct debit feature”. The direct debit feature will allow IndusInd Bank account holders to link their accounts just once and pay using the co-branded app as and when required, thereby eliminating the need to load the MobiKwik prepaid wallet separately. |
| 8.Cabinet approves Rs 2.11 lakh-cr public sector banks' capitalisation plan. The Indian government approved on Tuesday a state bank recapitalisation plan of Rs 2.11 lakh crore over the next two years, in a bid to clean banks' books and revive investment in a slowing economy. Of the planned sum, recapitalisation bonds will account for Rs 1.35 lakh crore, while Rs 76,000 crore will come from budgetary support and equity issuance, said Rajiv Kumar, India's financial services secretary. |
| 9.Jitu, Heena strike gold in ISSF air pistol mixed team event. Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu combined to give India their first gold medal of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final, clinching the top honours in the 10m air pistol mixed team event on the opening day of competitions. Rai, a Commonwealth and Asian Games gold-medallist, and Sidhu, also a former Commonwealth Games gold-winner, picked up their third gold together in the mixed team event which is being held for the first time at an ISSF World Cup. |
| 10.Cristiano Ronaldo wins Fifa player of the year award in London. Cristiano Ronaldo wins Best Fifa Men's Player Lieke Martens wins Best Fifa Women's Player Fifa XI is: Buffon; Marcelo, Bonucci, Ramos, Alves; Iniesta, Modric, Kroos; Neymar, Ronaldo, Messi Celtic win Fifa Fans Award Sarina Wiegman wins Best Fifa Women's Coach Zinedine Zidane wins Best Male Coach Gigi Buffon wins Best Goalkeeper Olivier Giroud wins Puskas Award for best goal |
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