NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
India successfully test fires surface to surface
air missile: India has successfully test-fired its new, long-range surface-to-air
missile jointly developed with Israel from a defence base off Odisha coast. The
missile was launched from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Test Range (ITR)
in Chandipur.
2.
Punjabi version of PM Narendra Modi’s website launched: People can now visit the PM Modi's website in the Punjabi language
at the URL www.pmindia.gov.in/pa.The website which was initially started in English and Hindi is
now accessible in nine regional languages - Bengali,
Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi.
3. Param-Ishan supercomputer unveiled at IIT Guwahati:
The
high-performance “Param-Ishan” has computing speed of 250 teraFLOPS and
capacity of 300 tera bites (TB).
4. Railways to launch
YatriMitra for differently-abled:
The Ministry of Railways has
announced the launch of ‘YatriMitraSeva’, through Indian Railway Catering
and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide wheelchair-cum-porter services
for the differently-abled, elderly and ailing passengers at major railway
stations.
5. India’s GDP to grow by 8% over next few years: Standard & Poor's (S&P) Global Ratings
has forecasted a "relatively high quality and steroid-free" GDP
growth of 8% for India over the next few years.
6. Facebook
appoints Anand Chandrasekaran in a strategic role for its Messenger app.
7. Jubilant
Food Works CEO Ajay Kaul resigns.
8. BSE ties up with Twitter
to provide live stock updates: Investors can now track BSE updates real-time on Twitter by
following the official Bombay Stock Exchange account.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
Vladimir Putin’s big win:
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
United Russia party won a huge victory in the country’s parliamentary election.
Putin’s party had won 54% of the vote in elections for the Duma, the lower
house of parliament.
2. First
Indian music-dance festival starts in Australia: The 10-week long festival “Confluence: Festival
of India” was inaugurated by Union Tourism and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma
in Sydney, Australia.
OTHER
UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1.
Vijaya Bank rolls out three new apps: The new IT products, according to Kishore Sansi,
Managing Director and CEO of Vijaya Bank, are: VPAYQWIK, Vijaya *99# and
V-eConnect+.
2. ADB approves $631 million loan for
Vizag-Chennai industrial corridor: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $
631 million loan to develop the proposed Vishakhapatnam- Chennai industrial
corridor, the first such along a coastline in India.
3. SS Mallikarjuna Rao appointed as the
new Executive Director of Syndicate Bank.
SPORTS:
4. Deaf Shooter
Priyesha Deshmukh wins bronze in World Championship: Investors can now track BSE updates real-time on
Twitter by following the official Bombay Stock Exchange account.
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