January-3

1. PM Modi inaugurated Indian Science Congress in Mysuru

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 103rd Indian Science Congress in Mysore, Karnataka. 
• The event is being held at the University of Mysore from January 3 to 7.

2. “Two Indian Capitals” in World’s top-30 “Super Cities”

• According to the study conducted by international real estate consultancy JLL, two Indian capitals have made it to a top-30 list of the World’s most powerful, productive and connected cities.
• India’s national capital Delhi ranked at 24th.
• India’s financial capital Mumbai is placed at 22nd.
• The list is topped by Tokyo which is followed by New York, London and Paris in the top four “super cities”.

3. NPCI Awards conferred upon Corporation Bank

• Corporation Bank has bagged three awards at the “National Payments Excellence Awards 2015” event recently. The function was organised by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

• The award was presented by R Gandhi, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Corporation Bank received the winner award jointly with Indian Bank for “Cheque Truncation System” under the mid-sized category. The bank also received two runner-up awards for National Financial Switch for its performance in acquirer transactions and Immediate Payment Service (IMPS).

4. Flipkart wins ‘Website of the Year India 2015

• Flipkart has been named the overall winner of the ‘Website of the Year India 2015’ in an online poll which was conducted by marketing analytics company MetrixLab.
• The winner was decided among over 185,000 votes on parameters of the “content, navigation, designs and recommendation intention”. The polling took place among 252 websites for 21 categories.
• Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has won the Most Popular Website of the Year India 2015 Award for a second time in a row in the leisure and travel category.

5. BSE launches web-based RTA portals for filing of disclosures

Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd launched a web-based portal for registrars and share transfer agents (RTAs) to enable depositories as well as file disclosures.

• The move follows the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) decision to initiate a system involving stock exchanges, depositories and RTAs for generating system-based disclosures required under takeover regulations and insider trading norms.
• The disclosures are related to acquisition and disposal of shares by promoters and promoter group and pledge of equity shares by them.

6. 2015 SAFF football championship clinched by India

• The 2015 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship has been clinched by India for the record seventh time. 
• The 2015 SAFF Championship was the 11th edition of men’s football championship of South Asia organized by SAFF.