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August 8 , 2018 2222 days 901 0
  • Public sector non-life insurance firm United India Insurance Company announced the appointment of S Gopakumar as its Director and General Manager with immediate effect.
    • Earlier, Gopakumar was serving GIC Housing Finance Ltd as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
  • According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, the value of transactions made through mobile wallets touched a record Rs14,632 crores in June, the rise of 4.2% from May.
    • The number of transactions fell around 5% to 309.62 mn in June after reaching an all-time high of 325.41 mn in May.
  • PayU India has entered into a strategic partnership with Reliance Money, leading NBFC brands in India, to offer instant app-based personal loans, via LazyPay.
  • Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has integrated its MyCall and DND 2.0 apps on the Umang (Unified mobile application for new-age governance) platform for Android users.
  • Poet Magudeeswaran has been conferred with ‘Chirpi Literary’ Award of Chirpi Foundation.
  • Attorney General K K Venugopal on behalf of the center told the Supreme Court that Constitutional related judicial proceedings handled by Chief Justice of India - can be video recorded and live streamed – on a trial basis for a period of one to 3 months.
  • Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended from all forms of international cricket by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after the violations of ‘Code of Conduct’ by the player.
    • It happened during the end of the third day's play in the 2nd and final Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Colombo.
  • Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has announced that he is quitting German National football team citing Racism. Mesut Ozil has dual citizenship with Turkey as his ancestors were from Turkey, even though he was born in Germany and plays football for Germany.

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