RBI Governance: Under discussion – Board for further examination of framework
Posted on 15th December 2018 |
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The central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday discussed its governance framework and decided the matter required further examination, the central bank said in a statement on its website. According to sources privy to the deliberations, Subhash Chandra Garg, economic affairs secretary, made a presentation at the meeting about how the governance structure for the RBI should be examined. |
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Microsoft’s bug bounty: How this Kerala-based security engineer won an undisclosed amount
Posted on 15th December 2018 |
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In a huge achievement, a Kerala-based application security engineer has won bug bounty from global tech-giant Microsoft for discovering a series of vulnerabilities that left over 400 million Microsoft users’ accounts open to hacking. Reportedly, these accounts were from Office 365 to Outlook emails. Sahad NK, who works as a security researcher with cyber security portal Safetydetective.com, came across multiple vulnerabilities and reported to Microsoft. Sahad, with the help of fellow security researcher Paulos Yibelo, reported the bug to the company in June and were fixed by November end. |
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ONGC board to consider share buyback on Dec 20
Posted on 15th December 2018 |
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State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) Friday said its board will consider buyback of company shares at a meeting on December 20. This follows Government pushing cash-rich PSUs to use their funds to buy back shares or pay a higher dividend. The Government is looking to bridge budgetary deficit through higher receipts of dividend as well as selling its shares in PSUs in the buyback programmes. |
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Indian Oil shares rise 3.10% on share buyback
Posted on 15th December 2018 |
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Mumbai: Shares of Indian Oil Corp. Ltd rose over 3% Friday after India’s largest oil firm on Thursday said its board of directors approved the buyback of 29.76 crore equity shares of the company for ₹4,435 crore. The share buyback price represents a 8.6% premium to Indian Oil’s Thursday closing price of ₹137.20 on BSE. On Friday, Indian Oil shares rose 3.10%, or ₹4.25, to ₹141.45 apiece on the BSE while the benchmark Sensex closed flat at 35,962.93 points. |
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Pune travel agents protest Air India plan to use one GDS
Posted on 15th December 2018 |
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The Pune chapter of Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) and Travel Federation Association of India (TAFI) held a protest march against the national carrier, Air India, and its plans to align with only one Global Distribution Partner (GDS). Air India had decided to use Travelport as their exclusive GDS and is giving up the rest of systems. |
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Mercedes tops JD Power 2018 India Customer Service Index (Luxury) study
Posted on 15th December 2018 |
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India’s largest luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz has received the highest rank in the JD Power 2018 India Customer Service Index (Luxury) study; it scored 903 points. This study surveys luxury vehicle owners who visit authorised service centres for maintenance and repair work. The company took the highest rank in the study for the second year on the trot, after topping the study in 2014 and 2015 as well. Martin Schwenk, MD & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, said, “We want to become the ‘Mercedes of Service’ and the findings of the latest JD Power study reiterate our determination towards that goal. |
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Nepal govt bans use of Indian currency notes above Rs 100
Posted on 15th December 2018 |
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The Nepal government has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations, a move that could affect Indian tourists visiting the Himalayan nation where Indian currency is widely used.Indian currency is extensively used by Nepalese people and businesses for their savings and transactions. |
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Irdai clears the air on remuneration for insurance web aggregators
Posted on 15th December 2018 |
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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) made it clear that the remuneration made to the insurance web aggregators will be in line with what is listed for insurance intermediaries. Irdai was clarifying on the queries of the insurance companies on outsourcing activities undertaken by insurance web aggregators and remuneration payable to them. |
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Sebi eases norms around cyber security ops for small market intermediaries
Posted on 15th December 2018 |
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Market regulator Sebi on Friday relaxed guidelines pertaining to setting up cyber security operations centre for small market intermediaries as they lack knowledge in cyber security. The decision has been taken after discussions with market participants, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular. |
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