- The State Bank of India (SBI) has acquired a minority stake i.e. less than 50% in JSW Cement Limited with an investment of Rs 100 crore through Compulsory Convertible Preference Shares (CCPS).
- Static Part:
- HQ of SBI: Mumbai
- Chairman of SBI: Dinesh Kumar Khara
- Important Days and Themes: 24th Dec 2021: National Consumer Rights Day
- The Bank of Baroda (BoB) has grabbed the first position in overall digital transactions amongst large banks for FY20-21. In this regard, the bank was felicitated by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) during Digital Payments Utsav.
- Static Part:
- HQ of BoB: Vadodara, Gujarat
- Tagline of BoB: India’s International Bank
- Dena Bank & Vijaya Bank are Amalgamated in BoB
- Google and Mastercard have announced a tokenization method that will allow users of Google Pay to safely transact using credit cards and debit cards of Mastercard. Therefore, the users will be able to scan and pay across all Bharat QR-enabled merchants, tap-and-pay, and make in-app transactions through their credit cards and debit cards.
- Docprime Health Locker: It was launched by Docprime Technologies Private Limited. It is integrated with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. With this, users will be able to create digital health IDs, activate their ABDM integrated health lockers so that they can upload, store and manage their health records in a secure manner. These records they can share with doctors.
- Obituaries: Richard Rogers: He was Pritzker Prize-Winning British-Italian Architect.
- Vernacular Innovation Program (VIP)
- Global Unicorn Index 2021
- Central Bank of India signed Co-Lending Agreement with U GRO Capital
- India Flight Tested ‘Pralay’ Missile
- BWF World Championship 2021
Question:
Q.1 When is National Consumer Rights Day marked?
a. 24th Nov
b. 24th March
c. 24th April
d. 24th Dec
a. 24th Nov
b. 24th March
c. 24th April
d. 24th Dec
