Bharti AXA General Insurance, a private non-life insurer to be the 1st company in India to use Whatsapp chatbot. Through this service, the company initialized delivering policies and renewal premium to its customers.
Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar started “Baroda Startup Banking”. It is an initiative targeted at making the Bank of Baroda (BoB) a preferred banking partner for the start-up community and establishing link with at least 2,000 start-ups over the next two years.
The Airtel Payments Bank has released the Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS). The facility has been started by the payment bank at over 2,50,000 banking points across India.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the new Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Production Hangar at Helicopter Division in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Complex at Bengaluru, Karnataka. LCH is a 5.5-tonne class combat helicopter designed and developed by HAL.
The 6th Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) “VAJRA” has been released in Chennai. The Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Vessel is expected to strengthen the efforts Indian Coast Guard in securing the vast coastline of over 7500 km, including a special economic zone (EEZ) of over 20 lakh sq kms.
Sreekar Prasad, an expert editor has made place in the Limca Book of Records for ‘films edited in the most number of languages’. Sreekar Prasad has received the certification from the Limca Records for editing films in seventeen languages.
The Raja Ravi Varma State Award was conferred on veteran painter from Kalaburagi, Prof. J.S. Khanderao (for the year 2019) and senior artist from Mumbai, Vasudev Kamath (2020). The award comprises of cash prize of Rs.10,000 and a citation.
The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC Ltd) has signed an agreement with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). According to an agreement, NTPC Ltd will give financial aid of Rs 80 Crore for installation and commissioning of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS).
Chinese tech major Xiaomi will bring ISRO’s Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, NavIC technology to its smartphones. The capability has been presently enabled by Qualcomm Technologies Inc on several of their Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platforms and will be made accessible across multiple Xiaomi smartphones in India.
Maharashtra government has finalized to undertake the genetic study for the conservation of the native species of domesticated animals. The genetic study targets to conserve the native species of domesticated animals in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.