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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Visits India
iii. India and Malaysia signed their strategic partnership in 2010. India has trained Malaysian pilots for the Russian SU-30 aircraft.
Japan commits 371 bn yen assistance for infra projects in India
Kanha tiger reserve becomes first in India get official mascot
82nd Establishment Day of RBI- 01st April 2017
i. The Reserve Bank of India is the central bank of the country. The Reserve Bank of India was set up on the basis of the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission. The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (II of 1934) provides the statutory basis for the functioning of the Bank, which commenced operations on April 1, 1935.
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IIT-Madras signs MoU with Indian Army
ii. The objective of the agreement is to identify and enhance the critical technological areas that can be enhanced in the armed forces.
Vanaja Sarna appointed as CBEC’s new Chairman
ii. She has replaced Najib Shah after his retirement. Prior to becoming Member of the CBEC, she held the charge of Director General of Vigilance and Chief Vigilance Officer of the Department.
SBI gets new logo and enters in the league of top 50 Global Banks
iv. With The merger, State Bank of India will enter the league of Top 50 Global Banks with a balance sheet size of Rs. 41 trillion.
Axis Bank ties up with Wells Fargo for US remittances
ii. Customers will be able to open an account on the 811 banking app with zero balance. Only Aadhaar and PAN card would be required to open 811 account which would provide access to over 100 features on mobile. The account offers up to 6 percent interest rate on savings deposits.
Railway Minister released Book Titled ‘Indian Railway- The weaving of a National Tapestry’
Important Takeaways from above GK Update are as follows-
- Government launched two mobile apps named echallan and mParivahan
- Apps are available on Google Playstore
- Prime Minister of Malaysia is Mr.Najib Razak
- Tunku Abdul Rahman is Malaysia’s father of independence
- Capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur and its Currency is Malaysian ringgit
- Japan has committed an ‘Official Development Assistance’ (ODA) of 371.345 billion yen
- Kenji Hiramatsu is the Ambassador of Japan to India
- Currency of Japan is Japanese yen and its Prime minister is Shinzō Abe
- Kanha tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh becomes first in India get official mascot
- Name of the mascot is ‘Bhoorsingh the Barasingha’
- Barasingha or Swamp Deer is the State animal of Madhya Pradesh
- RBI was set up on the basis of the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission.
- Reserve Bank of India was established on 01st April 1935.
- Sir Osborne Smith was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
- Urjit Ravindra Patel is present and 24th Governor of RBI.
- The Reserve Bank of India was nationalized on 1st January 1949.
- C. D. Deshmukh was the first Indian governor of RBI.
- The headquarter of RBI is in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- IIT-Madras has signed an MoU with the Indian Army
- The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) is General Bipin Rawat
- Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) is Lieutenant General Sarath Chand
- Director of IIT- M is Bhaskar Ramamurthy.
- Vanaja N. Sarna is now the new chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)
- She has replaced Najib Shah
- CBEC has been renamed as Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) under GST Regime
- Public Lender State Bank of India gets a new logo
- State Bank of India will enter in the league of Top 50 Global Banks with a balance sheet size of Rs. 41 trillion
- SBI will be written in a new font called Effra
- Chairman of SBI is Mrs. Arundhati Bhattacharya
- Axis Bank has tied up with Wells Fargo for US remittances
- Wells Fargo is the third largest American bank by assets
- Wells Fargo & Company WFC is a diversified, community-based financial services company
- WFC was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in San Francisco
- Axis Bank is Headquartered in Mumbai and its CEO is Shikha Sharma.
- Kotak Mahindra Bank launched the ‘811 banking app
- Headquarter of Kotak Mahindra Bank is in Mumbai and was founded in 2003
- Uday Kotak is the executive vice-chairman and MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank
- Railway Minister released the book titled ‘Indian Railway- The weaving of a National Tapestry’
- Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is the Railway Minister of India
- He launched Hi-speed free Wi-Fi services for the visitors at National Rail Museum, New Delhi.