Today's Headlines

1) Shashi Kapoor rewarded by Dadasaheb Phalke award .
Shashi is the 46th winner of the honour conferred by the government for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.

2) President Pranab Mukherjee met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the full range of India-Russia ties.

3) "Without Team India Hindustan cannot progress ", Mr Modi said to thunderous applause from the audience. He was in Burnpur to dedicate to the nation the modernised and expanded IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) of the Steel Authority of India Ltd .

4) The BJP president observed that the land bill was not going to benefit any industrialist . It is farmers friendly.

 5) BMW will open 10 more outlets this year whereas it also plans to roll out 15 models, including four all-new models.

6) Total gross revenue of telecom service providers increased by 9.54 per cent to Rs 63,955 crore in October-December, 2014, a report by telecom regulator TRAI said.

Current List of Bank Slogans/Taglines, CMDs and Head Quartes

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 1935

Head Quarter:   Mumbai

Governor:          Dr.Raghu Ram Rajan

 Functions:        Formulates, implements and monitors the monetary policy, Regulates and supervise the financial system,  Regulates and supervise the payment systems, Manages the Foreign Exchange, Issue Currency, Promotes  national objectives, Short terms loans to Govt. under ways and means advances.

 Inspections:    Onsite thru CAMELS & CALCS and ofsite thru OSMOS, Nationalized in 1949, Established in 1935 by RBI Act 1934.

State Bank of India (1955)

      It was the 1st Joint Stock Bank of British India, Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras amalamated on 27Jan1921 Imperial Bank of India was converted into SBI in 1955, 7 subsidiary were added in the year 1959 State Bank of Saurastra was merged in 2008 and State Bank of Indore was merged in 2010, Now SBI is having 5 Associate Banks, It is 3rd largest employer in India after Coal India and TCS (among listed companies)

Head Quarter:   Mumbai

Chairman:         Ms.Arundhati Bhattacharya

Slogans:         “Pure Banking nothing else”, “With you – all the way”, “ The Nation bank on us”, “A banker to every Indian” and “A Bank of common man”.

Punjab National Bank (1894)

It is Indigenous bank of India and 2nd largest Commercial Bank of India

Head Quarter:  New Delhi
MD & CEO:    Mr. Gauri Shankar
Slogan:         “The name you can bank upon”

Syndicate Bank (1925)

Head Quarter:     Manipal

Ex. Director:        Shri T K Srivastava

Slogan:             “Faithful Friendly”

 

IDBI Bank (1964)

Head Quarter:      Mumbai

CMD:                   M S Raghavan

Slogan:             “Banking for all, aao sochein bada”

Axis Bank (1994)

Head Quarter:   Mumbai

MD & CEO:     Shikha Sharma

Slogan:          “Badhti ka naam zindagi”

HDFC Bank (1994)

Head Quarter:   Mumbai

MD :                 Aditya Puri
Slogan:          “We understand your world”

ICICI Bank (1994)

Head Quarter:   Badodra

Chairman:         Apurva Dixit

MD & CEO:     MS Chandra Kochhar

Slogan:          “Khayal aapka, hum hai na”

Bhartiya Mahila Bank (2013)

Head Quarter:  New Delhi

CMD:               Usha Ananthasubramanian

Slogan:          “Empowering Women, Empowering India”

 

Jammu & Kashmir Bank (1938)

Head Quarter:            Srinagar

Chairman & CEO:     Mushtaq Ahmad

Slogan:                  “Serving to empower”

Allahabad Bank (1865)

It is the oldest Joint Stock Bank of India

Head Quarter:    Kolkata

CMD:                 Mr.Rakesh Sethi

Slogan:           “A tradition of trust”

Andhra Bank (1923)

Head Quarter:    Hyderabad

Chairman:          Mr.CVR Rajendran

Slogan:           “Where India Banks” and “Andhra Bank, for all your needs(2009)”

Bank of Baroda (1908)

Head Quarter:      Vadodara

Chairman:            Post Vacant

Slogan:             “India’s International Bank”

Bank of India (1906)

Head Quarter:  Mumbai

CMD:              Vijayalaxmi R Iyer
Slogan:         “Rishton Ki Jamapunji- Relationships beyond banking”

Bank of Maharashtra (1935)

It has larged number of branches by any public sector financial institute in Maharashtra.

Head Quarter:   Pune

CMD:                Sushil Muhnot

Slogan:           “One Family One Bank”

Canara Bank (1906)

Canara bank acquired Lakshmi Commercial Bank in bid in 1985.

 

Head Quarter:    Bangalore

Chairman:          Vacant

Slogan:            “Together we can”

Central Bank of India (1911)

Head Quarter:    Mumbai

CMD:                 Mr.Rajeev Rishi
Slogan:           “Build a better life around us : Central to you since 1911”

Corporation Bank (1906)

Head Quarter:         Mangalore

Chairman & MD:   Mr.S.R. Bansal
Slogan:               “A Premier Government of India Enterprise and India’s Most Customer Friendly Bank”

Indian Bank (1907)

Head Quarter:   Chennai

Chairman:         Mr.T.M.Bashin
Slogan:           “Your tech. friendly bank and Taking banking technology t0 common man”

Indian Overseas Bank (1937)

Head Quarter:    Chennai

Chairman:          Mr.M. Narendra
Slogan:           “Good people to grow with”

Oriental Bank of Commerce (1943)

Head Quarter:    Gurgaon

Chairman:          Mr. Animesh Chauhan
Slogan:           “Where evey individual is committed”

Punjab & Sind Bank (1908)

Head Quarter:    New Delhi

Chairman:          S Jatinder Bir Singh

Slogan:           “Where service is way of life”

 

United Bank of India (1950)

Head Quarter:     Kolkata

MD & CEO:       Madhumita Mukherjee

Slogan:            “ The Bank That Begins With ‘U’ ”

 

UCO (United Commercial Bank) 1943

Head Quarter:    Kolkata

Chairman:          Mr.Arun Kaul

Slogan:           “Trust and Excellence since 1904 and Honour your trust”

Union Bank of India (1919)

Head Quarter:   Mumbai

CMD:                Mr.Arun Tiwari

Slogan:           “Good people to bank with”

Vijaya Bank (1931)

Head Quarter:     Bangalore

CEO & MD:       Mr.Kishore Kumar Sansi

Slogan:            “A friend you can bank upon”

Farthest Known Galaxy In Universe Discovered

An international team of astronomers has said they have discovered the most distant galaxy ever measured in the universe.
By using a powerful instrument called MOSFIRE on the Keck I telescope at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, the team determined that the galaxy, EGS-zs8-1, formed more than 13 billion years ago at a time when the universe was only five percent of its present age.
The discovery, published in the US journal Astrophysical Journal Letters, was only possible because of the relatively new MOSFIRE instrument on the Keck I telescope, which allows astronomers to efficiently study several galaxies at the same time.

Top Headlines

• Prime Minister (PM)  Narendra Modi will pay a 3 nation visit to China, Mongolia and Korea from 14th to 19th May.
• Britain’s Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have named their new-born daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, a choice that honours the baby’s late grandmother Princess Diana and her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth.
• Australia government has announced tough new punishment for Foreign Investors breaking Rules on buying property in the Country on May'15
• Haryana state's Chief Minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar launched seven IT based E-Services in its state on 2nd May 2015.
• Mr. Surender Singh has been appointed as the New Chief of Central Paramilitary Force (CISF).
• Mr. Nurusultan Nazarbayev is re-elected as the President of Kazakhstan on May'15.
• Odhisa state launched 'Nirmaya' a free drug distribution Scheme to cover whole state on 1st May 2015.
• CNR Rao conferred with Japan's highest civilian award “Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star” for his outstanding contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science cooperation on 2nd May’15
• Microsoft company announced to launch new web browser named Edge.
• Mazen Darwish,Syrian journalist and human rights activist is the winner of the 2015 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
• The Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy Brey gave "Golden Medal For Merit In Work",one of Spain’s top civilian award to Tennis player Rafael Nadal .