'Business Week' in India to be led by Australian Trade Minister
Australia's Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo will be leading a major mission named to India - the second Australia Business Week in India (ABWI) – to India.
Messi Becomes First Ever Player to Score 350 La Liga Goals
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi scored a second-half brace against Alaves, becoming the first ever player to score 350 goals in La Liga.
Leo went on to score one more goal in Barcelona’s 2-0 win over Alaves, bringing his all-time league tally up to 351.
Sports Minister announces first edition of Gramin Khel Mahotsav
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Vijay Goel has announced that the first edition of Rural Games or Gramin Khel Mahotsav will be started from Delhi announced on 26th Aug 2017.
Microsoft launched Project Brainwave for real-time artificial intelligence
Software giant Microsoft launched its Project Brainwave in August 2017, which is deep learning acceleration platform for real-time AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik granted the Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence for the year 2016 to Prof Digambar Behera.
Tata Sons names Roopa Purushothaman as Chief Economist & Head of Policy Advocacy
Tata Sons has appointed Roopa Purushothaman as Chief Economist and Head of Policy Advocacy who will join the group with effect from 1st Sep 2017.
Kerala Government launched E-waste disposal in state schools
Kerala government has started e-waste disposal in its state schools with about 12500 kg being disposed state wide in a single day under a program aiming to clear the accumulated junk.
Dharmendra Kumar Appointed Director General of RPF
CISF ADG Dharmendra Kumar has been appointed as Director General of the Railway Protection Force.
Kumar, who is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, took charge.
Arun Jaitley launches BEML’s ultra modern metro manufacturing facility
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has launched BEML’s third Line Ultra Modern Metro Manufacturing Facility announced on 26th Aug 2017.
Nandan Nilekani has been appointed as Chairman of Infosys Board
Nandan Nilekani was appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys Board, returning to the company ten years after he stepped down as its Chief Executive Officer on 24th August 2017.
Banks to Pay 3% IGST on Gold Imports
Banks importing gold and precious metals will have to pay 3 per cent tax under the GST which can be claimed as input tax credit.
HDFC Bank Launches All-in-one PoS Machine
HDFC Bank announced a software upgrade to create a single point-of-sale machine which will accept payments through Unified Payments Interface, Bharat QR, SMS Pay and the bank’s mobile wallet, in addition to the traditional mode of swiping cards.
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