Pakistan’s Sindh government has recruited more than 40 women in the police’s counter-terror department for combat operations and intelligence gathering.
This is the first such recruitment in the province’s history.
North Korea Rejects New Sanctions
As per North Korea’s foreign ministry, North Korea fully rejects the latest UN sanctions against its citizens and entities and will continue its nuclear weapons development without a delay.
As per reports, whatever sanctions and pressure may follow, N. Korea will not flinch from the road to build up nuclear forces which was chosen to defend the sovereignty of the country and the rights to national existence and will move forward towards the final victory.
Public sector banks, including SBI, Bank of Baroda and IDBI Bank, plan to raise Rs. 58,000 crore through equity dilution during the current fiscal to meet Basel-III norms and clean up their balance sheets.
PSU banks require capital for meeting Basel-III norms and cleaning of balance sheet as non-performing assets (NPAs) have reached unacceptably high levels.
HDFC Buys Stake in Housing Finance Co
As part of greenfield expansion outside India, country's largest mortgage lender HDFC Ltd. has acquired a 15 per cent stake in Tanzania's First Housing Finance for USD 1.5 million.
The acquisition has been done to promote a greenfield housing finance company in Tanzania.
Tie up for Cloud Connectivity Solutions
Tata Communications and Bahrain's Batelco have signed an agreement to collaborate in the field of cloud computing and connectivity solutions to their customers.
The agreement allows Tata communications to extend its data centre footprint in locations like Bahrain, Jordon, among others enabled by Batelco.
In a first, SpaceX successfully blasted off a shipment of food and supplies for astronauts at International Space Station using a recycled spaceship that had already flown once.
The refurbished Dragon cargo capsule soared into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The effort is part of SpaceX`s push to make spaceflight cheaper by re-using costly rocket and spaceship components after each launch.
Indian shuttler B. Sai Praneeth lifted his maiden Grand Prix gold title by defeating Indonesian Jonatan Christie in the men's singles final of the USD 1,20,000 Thailand Open.
This is Praneeth's second consecutive title win, following the Singapore Open victory.
The Indian army is all set to open up combat positions for women, a gender barrier broken by only a few countries globally.
According to Bipin Rawat, the process to allow women in combat role is moving fast and initially women will be recruited for positions in military police.
Currently women are allowed in a number of select areas including in medical, legal, educational, signals and engineering wings of the army.