Nimesh Chandan appointed as head of investment-equity in Canara Robeco
Mutual Fund
Canara
Robeco Mutual Fund elevated Nimesh Chandan as the Head – Investment, Equity
with immediate effect. This position has been newly created. In this role,
Nimesh Chandan will guide the equity team in providing a strategy for equity
funds.
Arshdeep Singh
wins top Wildlife Photo award in junior category
Arshdeep
Singh, a 10-year-old boy from Punjab, has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in 10 Years and Under category given by UK's Natural History Museum.
He won the award for the picture titled 'Pipe Owls', which showed two spotted
owlets sitting inside an old waste-pipe in Punjab's Kapurthala. Arshdeep has been taking photographs since he was six.
Prime Minister chaired 6th
meeting of NDMA
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi chaired the sixth meeting of National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA) at New Delhi. Other delegates present in the
meeting were: Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and officials of NDMA.
Global
Competitiveness Report 2018: India Ranks 58th, US Top
The
World Economic Forum released the Global Competitiveness Report 2018. According
to the report, India has jumped five spots to become the 58th most competitive
economy on the Global Competitiveness Index 2018 (GCI 4.0). India witnessed the
largest gain among the G20 nations. The index covers 140 nations and it
measures national competitiveness.
Canelo Alvarez signs
richest contract in Sports History, Worth $365 Million
Professional
Boxer Canelo Alvarez has signed the largest contract in the history of sports,
agreeing a five-year, 11-fight deal worth at least
$365
million with streaming service DAZN.
Under the deal, Alvarez will participate in 11
fights, starting December 2018. The previous richest contract was the
13-year, $325-million deal signed by New York
Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton in 2014.
RBI issues
guidelines to facilitate payments among PPI
In
a move aimed at promoting digital transactions, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
has released operational guidelines to facilitate payments among prepaid
instruments (PPI) such as mobile wallets. The guidelines elaborate on
requirements for achieving interoperability for mobile wallets and cards, and norms
for customer protection and grievance redressal.
BankBazaar appoints
former RBI deputy governor SS Mundra as advisor
BankBazaar
appointed former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor S S Mundra as an
advisor. S S Mundra will help BankBazaar achieve 100 percent paperless and
presence-less financing in India.
Suheil Tandon
wins International Olympic committee award
Social
Entrepreneur Suheil F. Tandon has won the International Olympic
Committee's Sport and Active Society Commission Grant Award for his
contribution to sports development. Suheil is the Founder of Pro Sport
Development (PSD) and Executive Director of Martha Farrell Foundation.
QUIZ
1)
Nimesh Chandan appointed as head of investment-equity in which Company?
A) Weizmann Forex
B) Muthoot Finance
C)
Canara
Robeco Mutual Fund
D)
Rel Capital
Answer: C
2)
Who wins top Wildlife Photo award in junior category?
A) Arshdeep Singh
B) Andy Rouse
C)
Peter Chadwick
D)
Daniel Beltra
Answer: A
3)
Who
has Chaired 6th meeting of NDMA?
A)
Inder
K. Gujral
B)
Atal
Bihari Vajpayee
C)
Manmohan Singh
D)
Narendra Modi
Answer: D
4)
Which Country Ranks 58th according to Global Competitiveness
Report 2018?
A) China
B)
India
C)
Russia
D)
USA
Answer: B
5)
Who signs richest contract in Sports History, Worth $365 Million?
A) Canelo Alvarez
B)
Julio
Cesar Chavez
C)
Juan
Manuel Marquez
D)
Erik Morales
Answer: A
6)
Which Bank issues guidelines to facilitate payments among PPI?
A) YES Bank
B) SBI
C)
RBI
D)
Andhra Bank
Answer: C
7)
Which former RBI Dy Governor has
appointed BankBazaar as an advisor?
A) M. K. Jain
B) SS Mundra
C)
B.P. Kanungo
D)
N.
S. Vishwanathan
Answer: B
8)
Who wins International Olympic committee award?
A) Kapil Dev
B)
Milka Singh
C)
Mukesh Ambani
D)
Suheil Tandon
Answer: D
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