1. The two-day summit of the Group of Twenty (G-20) has begun at St. Peters burg in Russia on Thursday (September 5). The summit will focus on issues pertaining to the economic growth throughout the developed world.
2. President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday administered oath of office to Deepak Sandhu who became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission.
3. The Union Health Ministry today announced former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid as brand ambassador for its National Tobacco Control Campaign. The National Tobacco control program will soon be extended to all districts of the country. The programme is currently being implemented in 42 districts.
4. ICICI Bank, the country’s largest private sector bank, launched its ‘Branch on Wheels’ to offer basic banking services in remote areas which have so far been devoid of banking facilities.
5. In a big setback for Indian athletes, the International Olympic Committee or IOC has decided that India will remain suspended from the international Olympic movement.
6. The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February next year is the next tournament where Indian athletes will have to participate as independent sportspersons. In September 2014, the Asian Games will be held in Incheon, South Korea.
7. Indian national Sushmita Banerjee, whose memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban was turned into a Bollywood film, was shot dead in Afghanistan by militants, police said today.
8. New RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has announced the setting up of few committees to look into critical areas of functioning, like monetary policy and screening of applications for licences to open new bank branches.
9. The West Bengal government has decided to launch a new Savings Scheme to protect the interest of depositors from chit fund companies.
10. A consensus has been achieved between BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa on many key aspects and operational details on establishment of Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA).
2. President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday administered oath of office to Deepak Sandhu who became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission.
3. The Union Health Ministry today announced former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid as brand ambassador for its National Tobacco Control Campaign. The National Tobacco control program will soon be extended to all districts of the country. The programme is currently being implemented in 42 districts.
4. ICICI Bank, the country’s largest private sector bank, launched its ‘Branch on Wheels’ to offer basic banking services in remote areas which have so far been devoid of banking facilities.
5. In a big setback for Indian athletes, the International Olympic Committee or IOC has decided that India will remain suspended from the international Olympic movement.
6. The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February next year is the next tournament where Indian athletes will have to participate as independent sportspersons. In September 2014, the Asian Games will be held in Incheon, South Korea.
7. Indian national Sushmita Banerjee, whose memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban was turned into a Bollywood film, was shot dead in Afghanistan by militants, police said today.
8. New RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has announced the setting up of few committees to look into critical areas of functioning, like monetary policy and screening of applications for licences to open new bank branches.
9. The West Bengal government has decided to launch a new Savings Scheme to protect the interest of depositors from chit fund companies.
10. A consensus has been achieved between BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa on many key aspects and operational details on establishment of Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA).
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