CRPF observes 27th anniversary
New Delhi: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Tuesday observed the 27th Anniversary of its anti-riot wing, the Rapid Action Force in Ahmedabad. The anniversary parade event, held at the ground of 100 battalion was graced by the Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah as the chief guest. The Home Minister inspected the parade and took salute of the CRPF contingents. Later he addressed the gathering. The Home Minister also felicitated the next of kins of four gallant medal winners of CRPF alongwith 17 other brave-hearts. Among them, while President’s Police Medals for Gallantary (PPMG) were conferred on three of the brave-hearts posthumously, 13 gallant men of the force received Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) and four of them were awarded with Police Medal for Meritorious Service ( a brief account on the martyrdom of the PPMG awardees are attached herewith in the annexure). The Chief Guest also awarded trophies for best Administration and best Operation Battalions and also best Shooting cum Endurance trophy to the Commandants of 108 Bn, 104 Bn, and 100 Bn of RAF respectively.
Thakur inaugurates PNB heritage museum
New Delhi: Anurag Singh Thakur, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs on Tuesday inaugurated PNB Heritage Museum, Darohar depicting the Bank’s epochal journey of 125 years, rich legacy, glorious past and budding future. A beautiful & lyrical story of the Bank was showcased through three informative galleries: Sanrachna, Sampada & Sankalp. Bank has a rich collection of rare documents,antiques, artefacts, manuscripts and other memorables to display in Darohar. Shri Sunil Mehta MD and CEO of PNB, Dr R.K Yaduvanshi, Shri LV Prabhakar and Shri Agyey Kumar Azad Executive
Directors of PNB were present during the occasion.
Rajbhasha Pakhwada concludes
New Delhi: Rajbhasha Pakhwada-2019 concluded at Budhwar Hall of TTC in CLW on 30 September 2019 in the evening. Praveen Kumar Mishra, General Manager of CLW was present in the Closing and Prize distribution ceremony as a Chief Guest R Yadav, Senior Deputy General Manager and Mukhya Rajbhasa Adhikari along with other senior officers of CLW were present on this occasion. R Yadav had presided over program and gave a welcome speech. On this occasion a colorful cultural programme was presented by the members of CLW Cultural Association. Praveen Kumar Mishra, General Manager gave away the prizes to the winners. In his brief speech, he discusses about importance of Rajbhasha (Hindi language) and appreciated the efforts of Rajbhasha dept. to organize this event and also announced an award of Rs 25000/- to the Rajbhasha dept.
UNION BANK OF INDIA INTRODUCES EXTERNAL BENCHMARK
Mumbai: In order to provide better interest rate transmission, Union Bank of India introduces External Benchmark Lending Rate (EBLR) based lending rates for all new floating rate loans to Retail and Micro & Small Enterprises segment, in line with RBI guidelines.