***NATIONAL***
1. The Sex ratio has come down in Gujarat placing it at 22nd
rank in the Nation
The Sex ratio in Gujarat has fallen significantly from 920
in 2001 to 919 in 2011.It is a
fall against the overall 10 points increase in the average
of sex ratio of the Nation.
The socio-economic review presented
in the state assembly revealed that the
sex ratio of Gujarat was 919 against the National sex ratio
which is 943
With 919 females for every 1000 males, Gujarat ranked 22nd among
28 states
as per the 2011 Census
Gujarat
Capital: Gandhi nagar
CM: Anandi Ben Patel
Governor: Om Prakash Kohli
State Bird: Greater Flamingo
2. Mumbai to host BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave in April
The financial capital
of India to
host BRICS Friendship
Cities Conclave in
April
involving top Urban Policy makers and Planners from BRICS
Nations.
The BRICS Friendship Conclave is a joint initiative of Ministry of External
Affairs and Maharashtra Government to be held between April
14 and 16 this
year.
BRICS
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
7
th
BRICS summit held at
UFA in Russia
India will host the 8
th
summit this year.
****BUSINESS****
3. Third phase of Gyan Sangam to focus on consolidation of
banks
The government told that it has started the second edition
of Gyan Sangam and in the
third phase of Gyan sangam it has planned to focus on
Consolidation of banks.
Gyan Sangam is a retreat for banks and financial Institutions. It was
held for
the first time last year.
4. Oil Ministry laid out the foundation stone of Octomax
unit at Mathura
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid out the foundation
stone for Octomax unit
in the oil refinery at Mathura.
Octomax unit is the country’s first high octane gasoline production unit
It is a part of the oil refinery at Mathura
5. Axis bank better placed than ICICI and other PSU Banks
Nomura reports reveal
that Axis bank
is better placed
than ICICI and
other
public sector bank in terms of corporate book profitability.
Global financial services firm Nomura said that the third largest
private
sector bank in
India-Axis bank is
better placed than
ICICI and other
PSU’s in terms of corporate book profitability
Axis Bank
ESTD: 1990 (Initially as UTI Bank)
Headquarter: Mumbai
MD & CEO: Shikha Sharma
Nomura
ESTD: 1925
Headquarter: Tokyo
CEO: Koji Nagai
6. Freecharge Partners With Mexico-Based Movie Theatre Chain
Cinepolis
To provide secure
and easy digital
payments, Freecharge has
partnered with
Mexico based movie theatre chain Cinepolis.
Cinepolis claims to be world’s fourth largest chain of movie theatre.
Free Charge is the first digital wallet partner for Cinepolis
Freecharge:
ESTD: 2010
Headquarter: Mumbai
Owner: Snapdeal
7. Thomas Cook India inks pact with Western Union, DCB Bank
Travel Solutions giant
Thomas cook India
has signed pact
with Western Union
Business Solutions and DCB bank to enable international
trade payments by small
and medium sized enterprises.
This Pact by
the Thomas cook
to penetrate the
high growth Indian
SME
sector for its international trade payment needs.
Thomas Cook:
ESTD: 2007
Headquarter: Peterborough
CEO: Peter Fankhauser
Western Union
ESTD: 1851
Headquarter: Meridian, US
CEO: Hikmet Ersek
DCB Bank
ESTD: 1930
Headquarter: Mumbai
MD & CEO: Murali Natarajan
8. 27 Government Banks May Be Merged Into Just 6
Finance Minister of India
Mr. Arun Jaitley has indicated that the Government may
merge 27 public sector banks into just six.
Because PSB is
working under pressure
to tackle their
dismal bad loan
scenario and consolidation is the way forward to handle this
situation. This
has been said in the recently held Gyan Sangam in
Gurgaon.
9. Tata Housing ties up with SBI for Women's Day offer
Real estate developer Tata Housing has partnered with the
country's largest lender,
State Bank of India, on the occasion of the International
Women's Day.
Tata Housing will allow its women customers to pay only 20 per cent of
the agreement value while the
balance can be paid on taking possession of the property, a
company statement said here today.
On its part, SBI will be offering home loans to its women
customers at a special interest rate of 9.5 per
cent per annum under the SBI Her Ghar scheme as part of the
International Women's Day, which will
be celebrated between March 8 and March 13, it said.
Moreover, the SBI has waived processing fees on the home loan
under the scheme, it added.
10. Investors' summit Begins in Gurgaon
The first two-day 'Happening Haryana Global Investors Summit
2016' has kicked
off in Gurgaon, which has see participation from 12
countries.
Besides several Union Ministers, a number of leading
entrepreneurs and
MNCs have taken part.
The summit comes
close on the
heels of the
Jat quota agitation
in
Haryana, in which
30 people were
killed and property
worth crores of
rupees was destroyed.
The participating countries
are Czech-Republic, Japan,
Mauritius, New Zealand,
China, Korea,
Malawi, Peru, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and Tunisia.
Finance Minister ArunJaitley is the chief guest at the inaugural session
while Khattar has delivered the
keynote address.
***DEATHS***
11. American Actress Nancy Reagan died at 94
Nancy Davis Reagan, the veteran American actress and the
former First lady of US
died at the age of 94 following a cardiac arrest.
She was an American actress and the wife of the 40th President of
the United
States, Ronald Reagan.
