Page-3 of Current Affairs - July, 2015

Kotak bank launches 'Kotak Bharat' mobile banking app for 'un-banked' regions

Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) launched a mobile banking app ‘Kotak Bharat’ aiming to provide mobile banking services to customers in the remotest regions of India. Specifications: The Android-based app is specifically designed to provide banking service to customers in the under-banked and un-banked ..

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Procter & Gamble (P&G) appoints David Taylor as its new CEO

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has appointed its company veteran David Taylor as the new CEO by replacing A G Lafley on 29 July 2015. However, A G Lafley the existing CEO who has led the P&G from 2000 will remain as the chairman ..

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GM to invest $1 bn in Talegaon by 2020, shuts down Halol plant in Gujarat

World’s second largest automaker General Motors (GM) has announced to invest USD 1 billion (6, 400 crore rupees) in India by 2020 and has decided to close its loss making plant at Halol, Gujarat. This announcement was part of its ..

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15 Gharials to be released in Beas belt in Punjab to boost tourism

Punjab government has announced to release 15 Gharials in the Beas belt, near Harike Patan in order boost tourism. The Gharials species will be released as part of state government’s plan to make Beas belt, a natural habitat of the ..

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Sanjiv Chaturvedi, Anshu Gupta win Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015

Two Indians Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta have been awarded prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015. They are among the total five awardees have been conferred with this year’s award which is often regarded as Asia’s Nobel Prize. Recipients of ..

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Microsoft launches Windows 10

US Software giant Microsoft launched its new operating system Windows-10 with a host of new features.  It was launched by Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella at a global launch event held in Kenya. Windows 10 includes features such as Cortana: ..

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