Page-12 of Current Affairs - March, 2017
ICICI Bank launches Mera iMobile app for rural customers
India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has launched the Mera iMobile app, India’s first one stop banking app for a range of digital services for rural customers. The multi-lingual app allows electronic transfer of funds through multiple payment mechanisms. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Airtel acquires 4G business of Tikona Networks
Airtel has acquired 4G business of Tikona Networks including the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) business for Rs 1600 crore. With this acquisition, Airtel will be second company after Reliance Jio to have pan-India presence in 2300 Mhz band. The 2300 ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
5th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) held in Arunachal Pradesh
The 5th edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) – 2017’ was held in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. It was organized by the Union Ministry of Culture to preserve, promote and popularize the heritage and cultural diversity of Indian culture and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Conference of Auditors General of Commonwealth Countries and British Overseas Territories held in India
The 23rd edition of Conference of Auditors General of Commonwealth Countries and British Overseas Territories was held in New Delhi, India. The theme of the conference was “Fostering Partnerships for Capacity Development in Public Audit”. The conference was attended by ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Ankur Khanna appointed as CFO of ICC
Ankur Khanna has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of International Cricket Council (ICC). Prior to this appointment he was the CFO of the Air Asia India. Prior to that, he had worked in senior roles at ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Upendra Tripathy appointed as IDG of ISA
Senior IAS officer Upendra Tripathy was appointed as the full-time Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). He is former secretary, Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. ISA is a coalition of the solar resource rich ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
International Conference on Alternate Fuels and Raw Materials in Cement Industry held in New Delhi
The third edition of International Conference on Alternate Fuels and Raw Materials in Cement Industry -Towards Realising Swachh Bharat Dream” was held New Delhi. It was organized by the Cement Manufacturer’s Association India (CMA). The 2-day conference aimed to facilitate ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Madhabi Puri Buch appointed as Whole-Time Member of SEBI
Madhabi Puri Buch was appointed as the new Whole-Time Member (WTM) of the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). This is the first time that a women and a person from private sector has been chosen for ..