The RBI in its fifth bi-monthly Monetary Policy has kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.15%, reverse repo at 4.90% and bank rate at 5.40%.
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by Governor Shaktikanta Das unanimously voted for a status quo policy.
Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has been awarded the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by UNICEF. She has been associated with UNICEF for the past 15 years as a Goodwill Ambassador.
The ministry of Finance & Corporate Affairs has decided to set up five benches of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal at Chennai, Jaipur, Cuttack, Kochi, Indore and Amaravati.
Tennis legend Roger Federer will become the first living person in Switzerland to have a coin minted in his honour. The Federal Mint of Switzerland, Swissmint, has created a 20-franc silver coin bearing Federer’s image.
It’s the first time in its history that Swissmint has created a commemorative coin to honour a living person.