Former SBI Chief Rajnish Kumar is Chairman of Mastercard India
Mastercard appointed Rajnish Kumar, former Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI), as the Chairman of Mastercard India. Kumar will guide Mastercard's South Asia executive leadership team led by Gautam Aggarwal, Division President for South Asia & Country Corporate Officer, India, in navigating the domestic payments landscape.
Kumar will be keenly involved in augmenting the local leadership team in its efforts to expand our domestic footprint, while bolstering Mastercard's ongoing commitment to forging strategic partnerships with stakeholders across the payments ecosystem – from banks to fintechs to governments, non-profits and more.
IndusInd Bank Launches 'Virtual Commercial Card' for Cross-border Payments
IndusInd Bank announced the launch of a 'virtual commercial card', a credit card that will redefine cross-border transactions for corporates and travel agents.
In partnership with Visa, the global leader in digital payments and Juspay, a payments operating system, the virtual card has additional layers of security that give users complete control over their international expenses, thus making it safe and hassle-free.
India Becomes 13th Country in World that Can Issue OIML Certificates
India became the 13th internationally accepted authority for issuing International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) certificates.
Domestic manufacturers of weighing and measuring equipment, like BP meters, oximeters and cloth scales, can now get the instruments tested in India itself before selling them in the international market.
An OIML Pattern Approval certificate is mandatory to sell a weight or measure in the international market, which the Department of Consumer Affairs can now issue. Domestic manufacturers can now export their weighing and measuring instruments worldwide without incurring additional testing fees, resulting in significant cost savings.
Twelve other countries, including Australia, Switzerland, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, France and the United Kingdom, are authorised to issue these certificates.
Uttarakhand's Global Investor Summit Curtain Raiser Held in New Delhi
A Global Investor Summit 2023 is to be organised in Uttarakhand on December 8-9 on the tagline of 'Peace to Prosperity'. On the occasion of the curtain raiser of the summit in New Delhi, ITC proposed an investment of Rs. 5,000 crore to the Uttarakhand government. An MoU for investment of Rs. 1,000 crore was signed with Mahindra Holidays and Resort India Limited and Rs. 1,600 crore was signed with e-Kuber.
Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd Receives Prestigious Award for 'Export Performance of Defence and Aerospace Products'
Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of Bharat Forge Ltd, was honoured with the prestigious award in the category of 'Export Performance of Defence and Aerospace Products' at the North Tech Symposium 2023 held in Jammu. The award was handed over to the company by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
KSSL's dedication to excellence, coupled with the support of the Government of India, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) enabled the company to contribute effectively towards making India 'Aatmanirbhar' in defence.
World Patient Safety Day is observed every year on September 17 to create awareness about different safety measures that should be taken to ensure patient safety. The day is celebrated to create global awareness about patient safety, increase or enhance public engagement in patient safety, and create action plans to overcome the issues of patient harm.
World Patient Safety Day was established in May 2019 when the 72nd World Health Assembly.
The theme for World Patient Safety Day 2023 is 'Engaging patients for patient safety', in recognition of the crucial role patients, families and caregivers play in the safety of health care.
Telangana CM KCR Inaugurates PRLIS with 2.4 TMC Capacity
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) inaugurated the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS).
The PRLIS scheme has increased Telangana's water storage capacity in the Krishna basin from 8 TMC to 75.94 TMC. The PRLIS, with its 67.97 TMC capacity, alongside 146 TMC from the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme is expected to take care of the various water-related requirements of the state.
Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan launched Skill India Digital (SID), a digital platform aimed at synergising and transforming the skills, education, employment, and entrepreneurship landscape of India.
SID is the digital public infrastructure (DPI) for skilling, education, employment and entrepreneurship ecosystem of India. The platform is driven by the vision to make skill development more innovative, accessible and personalised in its embodiment, focusing on digital technology and industry 4.0 skills. It aims to be a breakthrough in accelerating skilled talent hiring, and facilitating lifelong learning and career advancement.
KCR Launches 9 New Govt. Medical Colleges in Telangana, Aims for One in Each District
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurated nine new government medical colleges across the state. Addressing the event via video conference, Rao said that the number of government medical colleges in Telangana has gone up to 26 from 5 in 2014 when the state was carved out of Andhra Pradesh.
Kumrambhim Asifabad, Kamareddy, Khammam, Vikarabad, Jangaon, Rajanna Sirsilla, Nirmal, Jaishankar Bhopalpalli, and Karimnagar Medical Colleges were inaugurated by the Chief Minister.