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Payment Banks need RBI’s Prior product approval
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified entities that have been granted a payments bank (PB) licence will need to take specific approval for products they would be offering to customers. In this regard, RBI has issued separate operating ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Maharashtra Government allocates land to LIGO India Project
Maharashtra Government has allocated 40.68 hectare land to Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to build LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) India Project at Dudhala village in Hingoli district. With this, India will join elite league of countries consisting of ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Renowned Manipuri theatre legend Heisnam Kanhailal passes away
Renowned Manipuri theatre legend Heisnam Kanhailal passed away. He was 75. He was actively been involved in threatre for the last 40 years in different roles of a playwright, director and also an actor. About Heisnam Kanhailal Born on 17 ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
India to host 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction
India is hosting the 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) from November 3 to 5, 2016 in New Delhi. This will be second time India hosting AMCDRR. The conference will be hosted by Union Government in collaboration ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates World Sustainable Development Summit
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first edition of World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The summit was organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) with the theme Beyond 2015: People, Planet and Progress. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
India seeks greater Pharma market access in Japan
India is seeking greater market access for the domestic pharmaceuticals sector in the Japanese market as India’s share in the Japanese drug market continued to be below par. It was announced by Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in seminar on ..