DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 29TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
RBI GIVES FINAL LICENSE TO INDIA POST TO START PAYMENT BANK OPERATIONS
i. India Post has become the 3rd entity to receive a final
license last week from the Reserve bank of India to start its payment bank
operations.
ii. Earlier, digital payments firm Paytm and Bharti Airtel
got the approval from RBI to start operations.
iii. The government has appointed AP Singh has interim MD
and CEO of the India Post Payment Bank.
iv. The department of Post has planned to open 650 new
branches for the payment banks in the postal district headquarters and all the
branches under it would provide the payment services.
v. IPPB has been integrated as a Public Sector Bank under
the Department of Posts with 100% GOI equity.
2.
NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY: 29TH JANUARY 2017
i. 29th January 2017 is observed as the National
Immunization Day. President Pranab Mukherjee has launched the countrywide
programme for 2017 by administering polio drops to children aged below five
years at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The programme will cover around 17
crore children aged under five years in an effort to maintain the country's
polio-free status.
3.
DENMARK TO APPOINT WORLD’S FIRST ‘DIGITAL AMBASSADOR’
i. Denmark has announced a 'digital ambassador' to manage
its relationship with technology giants like Apple and Google, becoming the
first country to do so. Denmark's Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen stated that
“Such companies have become a type of new nations and we need to confront
that”. He also said that “The companies' market values are large enough to
enter G20”.