15/05/2024 - Video

 Dileep Sanghani – re-elected – Chairman – IFFCO

Balvir Singh – re-elected – Vice Chairman – IFFCO
{IFFCO – Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd. – 1967; New Delhi}

 Vinay Firake – CEO - Wipro’s APMEA Strategic Market Unit

APMEA – Asia Pacific. India, Middle East, & Africa ; (Re – Anis Chenchah)

 Idashisha Nongrang – DGP – Meghalaya (1st Women DGP)

 HDFC Bank + AIM empower Social Sector Startups with Rs 19.6 Cr Grant
AIM – Atal Innovation Mission, under NITI Aayog
7th “HDFC Bank Parivartan Startup Programme” (Start in 2017)– 170 Social Startups
– Rs 19.6 Cr through 41 incubators;
Startups from (MH, UP, TN, KN, RJ, DL, Haryana)
Over 50% of 170 – from tier-II/Tier-III Cities

 Bank of India + Indian Coast Guard – for “BOI Rakshak Package”

Defence Service salary package through “BOI Rakshak/Pension Savings Scheme”
Min Balance – Zero / nil
{BOI – 1906; Mumbai; Relationship Beyond Banking; MD&CEO – Rajneesh Karnatak}

 Retail Inflation (CPI) – April – 4.8% (11 month low) – (March CPI – 4.85%)
Rural Inflation – 5.4 % & Urban Inflation – 4.1% : Data by NSO

 15 NBFC relinquish their Certificate of Registration to RBI

Cancelation – under Section 45 – IA (6) of the RBI Act 1934
9 NBFC – Amalgamation, Merger, Dissolution, voluntary strike-off
6 NBFC – surrendered their certificates of registration
{RBI – 1 April 1935; Mumbai; GOV. – 25th – Shaktikanta Das}

 India + Moldova – Visa Waiver Agreement for holders of diplomatic & official
passport

 Kochi Metro Rail + Google Wallet – for ticketing ease (1st metro to do this)

 MSDE + Mahindra & Mahindra launch 2 Pilot Project to Empower Women in Drone
Technology under “Drone Didi Yojana” (2023 – to train 15,000 women)
Hyderabad & Noida – National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) for this project
partnership aim to employ 500 women in batches of 20 women each at NSTI – 15
day curriculum approved by DGCA
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 India to extend $50 mn budgetary support to Maldives for another 1 yr
SBI subscribed $50 mn Treasury Bill (Gov. Securities) of Maldives

 India + Oman – on Shark & Ray Research in Arabian Sea

 Anandana (Coca-Cola India Foundation) + Hockey India – to empower Women’s

Hockey for National Women’s Hockey League 2024 – 3 Yr Agreement
To provide essential resources & Support to players
under Gender equality – “#SheTheDifference” Campaign

 Doha Diamond League

Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) – Gold - 88.38 m
Neeraj Chopra – Silver - 88.36 m

 PSU Samarpan Award – Hindustan Shipyard Ltd.’s CMD – Hemant Khatri

 NASA – JAXA ‘XRISM Mission’ discovered Iron Fingerprints in NGC 4151

XRISM – X-Ray Imaging & Spectroscopy Mission

 Renowned Chess trainer & Kerala’s 1st International Master(1993) - Varugeese Koshy
- Passed away

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