IOC tops in 2015 Fortune 500 companies in India list.
- Indian Oil Corps (IOC) emerged as biggest company in term of annual revenue in list of 2015 Fortune 500 companies in India.
- IOC tops consecutively for 6th year with annual revenue of Rs. 4,51,911 crore
Top ten companies are :
- Indian Oil Corp (IOC)
- Reliance Industries
- Tata Motors
- State Bank of India (SBI)
- Bharat Petroleum (BPCL)
- Hindustan Petroleum
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
- Tata Steel
- Hindalco Industries
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
‘Start up India, Stand up India’ to be launched on Jan 16.
- With objective to boost entrepreneurship at grassroots level, action plan for ‘Start up India, Stand Up India’ will be unveiled on 16 January.
MoboMoney , a contactless wallet lauched by Tech Mahindra.
- Tech Mahindra launched ‘Tap N Pay’ contactless digital payment wallet MoboMoney for Indian users.
- It has been billed as first commercial NFC ecosystem rollout that would allow consumers to convert cash into e-cash for payment purpose.
- Mobomoney is based on Near Field Communication (NFC) contactless tag. It is a prepaid wallet and could be used to ‘Tap N Pay’ for goods and services.
PM Modi inaugurated Afghanistan Parliament building in Kabul.
- PM Modi was on first official visit of Afghanistan after becoming PM.
- He also named one block of Parliament as Atal Block after former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Sadhna Shivdasani, veteran bollywood actress passes away.
- Veteran Bollywood actress Sadhna Shivdasani (mononymously known as Sadhana) passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was 74.
- She was renowned for his style statement and acting prowess in Bollywood in the 1960s and 70s.
376 drugs brought in National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM).
- Union Govt adds 106 drugs including that of HIV/AIDS, cancer and Haptitis C to NLEM.
- The List was revised by union ministry of health and family welfare’s core committee.
- The committee was headed by V.M. Katoch, former secretary of Department of Health Research.
Seychelles Govt gave its approval to india for building Naval Base on its Assumption Island.
- Seychelles Govt also allocated a plot of land on its Assumption Island.
- It will help to enhance mutual security along our western seaboard in IOR.
