Frank Noronha, the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), retired on Monday. He was succeeded by senior IIS officer Sitanshu Kar on Tuesday.
Kar, who was serving as the All India Radio's News Services Division (NSD) director general, was transferred in March as the director general of the PIB, New Delhi, so as to familiarise himself, before taking charge of the bureau on 1 May 2018, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had said earlier.
Hockey India on Tuesday appointed Harendra Singh as the Chief Coach for the Indian Men’s Hockey Team – a position he takes over from Dutchman Sjoerd Marijne, who will return back to his responsibility as coach of the Indian Women’s Hockey Team.
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With 1654 rating points, Rizvi shot to the numero uno spot ahead of Russia’s Artem Chernousov (1046) and Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsuda (803).
While facial recognition technology has been creating ripples in the tech industry in smartphones or through surveillance, the Chennai police have decided to expand the use of its FACETAGR app to other Southern states as well. This step will help them to curb the movement of inter-state robbers.
According to The Hindu report, Puducherry's Crime Record Bureau has provided the criminal data. Other states which are yet to provide the details include Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Karnataka. Currently, they have data on 67,000 criminals. This app would help the police departments in finding the details of a person who belongs to a different State.
NEW DELHI: Google on Tuesday dedicated its creative doodle to mark the International Labour Day.
The day marks the victory of workers' movement for eight hours of work. It also aims to pay tribute to workers sacrifices in achieving economic and social rights all over the world
NEW DELHI: The government has started supplying electricity to every village in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced, a tall achievement that now shifts attention towards improving the quality of supply and connecting every household to the grid.
Modi said it was a historic day for India that will transform the lives of people for generations. “I am delighted that every single village of India now has access to electricity,” the PM tweeted.
Ira and Eva are going to redefine customer experience at HDFC bank. Ira welcomes customers to the bank and guides them; EVA talks to them in plain English, giving customer support on Android and Alexa devices.
The bank is betting big on voice-based digital interactions to deliver an omni-channel experience at every customer touch point like web, mobile, social, and other channels.
The board of directors of Kotak Mahindra Bank has redesignated Uday Kotak as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 May, 2018. Mr. Kotak was earlier executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director.
"The Board of Directors has re-designated Mr. Uday Kotak as Managing Director & CEO with effect from 1 May 2018, in line with good governance practice," the bank said in the notification to the exchanges.
Paytm has launched a new payment mode, Tap Card, that it is promoting as India's first "truly offline payments solution."
It is a card that uses NFC to transfer money on company-authorised Point of Sale (PoS) terminals, and is aimed at non-Internet users.
The Paytm Tap Card uses enables safe and convenient digital payments with the help of NFC, completely offline at PAYTM -issued PoS terminals in under a second, the company says. To make payments, users can add money from their Paytm account by scanning the QR code on the Tap Card and by authenticating it at any of the add value machines (AVM). It also addresses any network-related concerns at the consumers' or merchants' end.