1.Milkbasket, India’s first and largest micro-delivery platform has been recognised as ‘Startup of the Year’ 2017 at the 7th Small Business Awards.The startup of the year award is dedicated to young SMEs, aged 7 years or less, with great potential to become big in local/international markets.
2.The Centre has constitued a committee headed by the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar to study the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and neighbouring states. Assam Water Resource minister Keshab Mahanta has informed this.
3.Debashish Mukherjee & Murali Ramaswam have been appointed as the executive directors of Canara Bank & Vijaya Bank respectively.Mukherjee is at present the general manager of United Bank of India & Ramaswami is the GM of Vijaya Bank.Mukherjee’s appointment is initially for 3 yrs but it is extendable by 2 yrs after review of his performance while Ramaswami will have tenure till Dec 31, 2020.
4.Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary in Chattisgarh in India located in the Raigarh district. It is situated near Sarangarh. There are a lot of hilly terrains in the region. Spread over 275 sq km it is one of the ideal destination for the adventure seekers.
5.Following the biggest scam in the country’s banking sector to the tune of Rs 11,340 crore at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB), credit ratings agency Moody’s placed the lender under review for downgrade.The agency has a Baa3/P-3 rating on the Delhi-based lender now while it has a Baa3 rating on its foreign currency issuer rating. The bank overall has a Baa2 rating with a stable outlook now from Moody’s.Fitch has placed the bank on ‘Rating Watch Negative’ (RWN). “Fitch Ratings has placed Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) Viability Rating of ‘bb’ on Rating Watch Negative (RWN), following the large fraud reported by PNB,” the US-based agency said.
6.Jaipur’s Gandhinagar railway station has become the country’s only non-suburban railway station to be entirely run by women.The station is fully operated by 28 women employees, including ticket checkers, RPF, operations staff and reservation and booking supervisors.The station has a footfall of nearly 7000 passengers per day and of the 50 trains which pass by, 25 trains halt here.
7.Saudi Arabia will debut with its first ever Arab Fashion Week in Riyadh in March this year. The move is another example of the opening up of the country under Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s ambitious transformation programme. The Dubai-based Arab Fashion Council said the fashion week will be held in Riyadh from March 26 to March 31, with a second edition already scheduled for October.
8.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visited Mumbai as part of his week-long visit to India.Mr Trudeau is scheduled to attend Canada – India Business Forum at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. He will have separate meetings with business leaders as well as film personalities to explore future opportunities.To promote Canada-India cooperation on a range of issues, Mr Trudeau will be joined by a delegation of six Canadian ministers, including Canada’s Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministers.
9.Renowned cardiologist & Padma Vibhushan awardee Dr BK Goyal passed away after he suffered a cardiac arrest.In recognition of his public service & pioneering work, he was appointed as Sheriff of Bombay in 1980.
10.The UK- India Joint research projects on Water Quality Research and Energy Demand Reduction in Built Environment were launched in New Delhi.The projects were jointly launched by NITI Aayog member Dr V K Saraswat, Department of Science and Technology Secretary Ashutosh Sharma and Research Councils UK- India Director Daniel Shah.The Water Quality Research programme has eight projects and Energy Demand Reduction in Built Environment programme has four projects, with a total joint investment of up to 15 million British Pound.
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