1.Chennai rated as safest city in the country because of low crime rate and better law enforcement.Chennai ranks 113 among the safest ones, survey covered 230 cities across the world.Hyderabad offered the best quality of life in India, according to the survey.
2.Indias leading private lender Yes Bank has been awarded inaugural Green Bond Pioneer Award at a ceremony held in London, United Kingdom.
3.Sharp Corp. agreed on 25 Feb 2016 to a 489 billion yen ($4.4 billion) takeover by Taiwans Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known as Foxconn, becoming the first major Japanese electronics maker to be acquired by a foreign company.
4.Tennis star Sania Mirza, Indian batting mainstay Virat Kohli and top-seeded badminton player Saina Nehwal lead the pack of over 50 Indians in Forbes inaugural list of top promising young leaders and game changers under the age of 30 in Asia.Kohli was named among India s highest earning celebrities in 2015 at USD 11.3 million.
5.Japanese auto major Honda Motor Co has appointed Yoichiro Ueno as new President and CEO of its Indian operations
6.Japanese car manufacturer Nissan has named Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma as their new global ambassador.
7.Avinash Chander, former Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Director General of the DRDO, has been conferred with the Aryabhata Award of the Astronautical Society of India.
8.Long-distance runner Lalita Babar was today named as the Sports Person of the Year in the India Sports Awards 2015.
9.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Economic Survey for 2015-16 in parliament today, which pegged India’s growth for the next fiscal at 7-7.5 percent. For the current fiscal, the survey estimated the GDP growth at 7.6 percent.
10.Mumbai defeated Saurashtra by an innings and 21 runs today in the Ranji Trophy final at Pune to win their 41st Ranji title.
11.The Union Government has extended e-Tourist Visa Scheme to 37 more countries. With this, the total count of countries under the scheme will become 150.
12.Lok Sabha has passed Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to grant voting rights to people who became citizens of India following the exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh.
13.From 97 in 2015, India now has 111 billionaires with RIL chairmanMukesh Ambani at 21 in the global list of the wealthy.
14.The United States won a ruling against India at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday after challenging the rules on the origin of solar cells and solar modules used in India's national solar power program.
15.Odisha received the highest-ever allocation of 4,682 crore rupees against its demand of 5,000 crore rupees in the Railway budget presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
16.Mumbai Police created 16 no-selfie zones around the city. The action was taken in response to several deaths of people taking selfies.
17.Italy's Senate has approved a landmark bill recognising same-sex civil unions. However, it removed a provision that would have allowed gay adoption
18.The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) , which controls close to 70% of the life insurance market, has introduced the third gender as an option in its proposal forms in line with Supreme Court 2014 verdict recognising it.
19.E-commerce giant Flipkart shutting down its grocery delivery app 'Nearby' t his month less than 5 months after the company launched it as a Pilot Project.
20.Online Fashion Retailer Jabong appointed former eBay India Country Manager B Muralikrishnan as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) .
21.United Spirits(USL) announced the appointment of MK Sharma as its new Chairman, a day after former Chairman Vijay Mallya resigned from his position .
22.The Father Agnel School in Greater Noida has been named India's greenest school by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
23.Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini had their bans from soccer reduced from eight years to six , two days before the sport’s ruling body tries to turn the page on years of scandals by electing a new president.
24.The subscribers of EPFO will not be able to claim withdrawal of their provident fund after attaining age of 54 years.They would have to wait till attaining the age 57 years.As per the earlier norms, the EPFO subscribers were allowed to claim 90 per cent of their accumulations in their PF account at the age of 54 years.
25. Expedia, the online travel company has appointed Jonathon Sinclair Neal as the Chief Executive Officer of AAE(AirAsia and Expedia Inc ) Travel.
26.Justice Dinesh Maheshwari has sworn in as the Chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court.
27.Ashwini Nangia has been appointed as the Director of the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
28.Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railway has announced Ratan Tata to head the Indian Railway Innovation Committee.
29.SEBI has given approval to State-owned IDBI Bank market regulator to raise Rs 3,771 crore through issue of shares to qualified institutional playersa (QIP) move which would dilute the government's holding significantly in the lender.
30.Times Internet partners with Investopedia to deliver trusted financial content to India.
31.Asian climate partners has announced to buy stocks in cold logistics chain "Coldex ".
32.Oxygen wallet ties up with creditnation.in for easing loans.
33.South Africa media conglomerate Naspers has invested $250 mn in online travel website "IBIBO".
34.As per standing committee on finance report the NPAs in public sector banks on Sep 2015 is 2,50,024 crore.
35.Indiatrade capital Ltd has announced to venture into agricultural loans.
36.ICICI Bank announced mobile app development challenge"ICICI APPTHON".
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