103rd Indian Science Congress held in Mysore
Theme: Science & Technology for Indegenous Development in India
The Indian Science congress is hosted in Karnataka after 13 years and in Mysuru after 34 year
About Indian Science Congress:
- Indian Science Congress is organized by Indian Science Congress Association.
- The First session was held in 1914 at Kolkata
Two Indian city among top 30 list of the world's most powerful, productive and connected cities
According to a study conducted by International real estate consultancy JLL, India's two city i.e. financial capital Mumbai and national capital Delhi are among the list of top-30 list of world's most powerful, productive and connected cities.
In the list India's financial capital Mumbai ranked 22nd and national capital Delhi ranked 24th
The list topped by Tokyo (Japan), followed by New York (USA), Paris (France)
Mumbai is also on the top 10 list of 'improvers' which are cities whose scores in the index of 'commercial attraction' have improved the most over the past year.
other cities where commercial attraction has improved include Milan (Italy), Istanbul (Turkey), Tehran (Iran), Madrid (Spain), Cairo (Egypt), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Lagos (Nigeria), Jakarta (Indonesia), and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
Indian Rupee among best of Asian Currencies 2015
Rupee turned out to be one of the best performers in 2015 among all Asian and BRICS currencies excluding Yen
- The Indian currency's depreciation of 5% against the dollar was less than the losses of most of its other Asian peers. The Indian rupee fared better in 2014, when it weakened by only 2%
- Indonesian rupiah depreciated by 11.30% and Thai baht depreciated 9.5% against the dollar, Only the Chinese currency fared marginally better, losing only 4.6%.
- Among the BRICS nations Indian currency did well. South African 'rand' depreciated by 34.75% and Brazilian 'real' weakened by 49% against the dollar
- India's Foreign exchange reserves rose by more than $75 billion since the currency crisis of 2013.From about $274.8 billion in early September 2013, foreign exchange reserves rose to $351 billion as on 25th December 2015
- Since the currency crisis, the twin deficits- fiscal and current a/c have narrowed
- The fiscal deficit was 4.5% of the GDP, which is now seen at 3.9% for 2015-2016
About Indian Rupee:
Designed by: D Udaya Kumar
On 26th August 2010 Minister of Finance and Department of Economic affairs approved the new 'rupee' symbol.
Corporation Bank get three Awards at the National Payment Excellence Awards 2015
Corporation Bank has won three awards at the National Payments Excellence Awards 2015 by National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI)
- Corporation Bank received the winner award jointly with Indian bank for 'Cheque Truncation System' under the mid-sized category. Corporation Bank also received two runner up award for 'National Financial Switch for its performance in acquirer transactions and 'Immediate payment service'
- NPCI was founded in 2008
- Its headquarters is in Mumbai , Maharashtra
- It was incorporated as section 25 company under Company Act 1956
- Authorized Capital was Rs 300 crore and paid up capital was Rs 100 crore
- Headquarters of Corporation Bank: Mangalore ,Karnataka
- Established in: 1906
- MD and CEO of Corporation Bank: Shri Jain Kumar Garg
Website of the year India 2015 awards win by Flipkart
Flipkart named as the winner of the 'Website of the Year India 2015' in and online poll which was conducted by Marketing Analytics Company Metrix Lab.
- Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has won the 'Most Popular Website of the year India 2015' award for second time in a row in the leisure and travel category
Founder of Flipkart: Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal
Flipkart found in: 2007
About Indian Railway:
Found in: 1853
Railway board was setup in: 1905
Biggest Railway zone of India: Northern Railway
Largest Railway Platform of India: Gorakhpur Junction Railway station
Air India, as part of its plans to monetize surplus real estate, has decided to sell four residential apartments in Mumbai to State Bank of India (SBI) for Rs.90 crore. The flats located at Sterling Apartments in Peddar Road in South Mumbai used to house top executives of the national carrier
About Air India:
Headquarter of Air India: New Delhi
Established in: 1930
About SBI:
Headquarter of SBI: Mumbai
Tagline of SBI: With you all the way, Pure banking nothing else,
Present MD and CEO of SBI: Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya
India beat Afghanistan to lift SAFF cup title for 7th time
The 2015 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship has been clinched by India for the record seventh time.
- India's Captain: Sunil Chhetri
- Afghanistan's Captain: Faysal Shayesteh
- Earlier India win this competitions in the year 1993,1997,1999,2005,2009,2011
About SAFF Championship:
- It was established in 1993
- It was first hosted by Pakistan
- 2017 edition will be hosted by Bangladesh
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