Today’s Current Affairs: 6th Mar 2024 for SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Indian Coast Guard Ships Samarth and Abhinav departed:
- Indian Coast Guard Ships Samarth and Abhinav departed from the Port of Colombo. The visit is seen to further strengthen the maritime cooperation between the two countries’ coast guards.
Digital Intelligence Platform:
- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav launched the Digital Intelligence Platform and CHAKSHU – Report Suspected Fraud Communication Facility on the Sanchar Saathi Portal.
RBI Directs IIFL Finance to Cease Gold Loans Due to Serious Lapses:
- The Reserve Bank of India has directed IIFL Finance Limited to stop sanctioning or disbursing gold loans or assigning/securitizing/ selling any of its gold loans.
Fincare Small Finance Bank merger with AU SFB:
- The Reserve Bank of India has approved the amalgamation of Fincare Small Finance Bank with Jaipur-based AU Small Finance Bank, effective April 1, 2024, creating an entity with a balance sheet of over Rs 1.16 trillion.
World’s third-valuable company:
- Nvidia Corp. has claimed another milestone by overtaking Saudi Aramco in market value, making the chipmaker the world’s third-most valuable public company after Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
PNB EMT Credit Card:
- State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) announced a partnership with online travel tech platform EaseMyTrip to launch a co-branded credit card.
ADITI Scheme:
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX (ADITI) scheme to promote innovations in critical and strategic defense technologies.
Three new moons discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune:
- These celestial bodies, with two orbiting Neptune and one around Uranus, were detected through the use of powerful land-based telescopes across the globe.
Cuttack Rupa Tarakasi, Banglar muslin get GI tag:
- The Cuttack Rupa Tarakasi, more widely known as Silver Filigree, has recently been awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai.
