Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd has appointed Naveen Uppal as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO). The appointment complied with norms of National Housing Bank (NHB), the housing finance sector regulator. His appointment will be for a period of three years with effect ...

The World Bank has agreed a loan agreement of $518 million to Pakistanfor reforms to enhance tax revenues and reduce compliance cost to provide better services to the public.  The bank approved $400 million loan for the Federal Board of ...

Bapatla MLA of the YSR Congress Party Kona Raghupathi was unanimously elected as the Deputy Speaker of AP’s 15th Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, the last day of the first session. His candidature was proposed by YSRCP MLAs and Ministers Botcha Satyanarayana, Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao, ...

The Himachal Pradesh government made it mandatory for trekkers to carry a GPS device to tackle any exigency on 18 June 2019. The decision was made in a review meeting chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Shrikant Baldi on preparedness for ...

NITI Aayog, the government's think tank, has proposed that only electric vehicles should be sold after 2030. The move is to expand the scope of the clean fuel technology beyond two- and three-wheelers.Proposal to Ministries: ♦ It also seeks to fix responsibility for different ...

According to the Randstad Employer Brand Research (REBR) 2019 reported that Amazon India, the E-commerce giant, is the most attractive employer brand in the country.  Amazon scored high on financial health, utilisation of latest technologies ...

England captain Eoin Morgan set the world record for most sixes (17) in an One Day International (ODI). He achieved this record during his 71-ball 148-run knock against Afghanistanin World Cup on 18 June 2019. Morgan was assisted by Joe Root in the 189-run partnership ...

The Reserve Bank of India had set up an eight-member expert committee under the leadership of former chairman of SEBI, UK Sinha on 18 June 2019. The aim is to review the current framework for the MSME sector.  Members of the committee: 1)Head: UK Sinha, former ...

Om Birla has been unanimously elected as the 17th Lok Sabha Speaker with the opposition Congress coming out in support of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s candidate. Birla will replace Sumitra Mahajan. Mr.Om Birla: He is a two-time Bharatiya Janata Party ...

Facebook finally unveiled the details of Libra, its cryptocurrency. Using Libra people can buy things or send money to people with nearly zero fees. It will be rolled out for use in 2020 and allow the platform’s billions of users across the globe to make financial transactions online.  The ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed Rs.1 crore penalty on private sector lender HDFC Bank for violating know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) norms. The penalty was imposed on 18 June 2019.Reason: RBI had ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is to visit North Korea for two days on 20 June.He the first Chinese leader to visit the reclusive country in 14 years. The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited the Chinese President for t a visit. Chinese President's visit: The visit by Mr. Xi to Pyongyang had ...