National

₹90 coin

• Finance Ministry notified the issuance of a special commemorative coin of ₹90 denomination to mark the completion of 90 years of the RBI.
• One side of the coin shall bear the RBI’s logo in the centre, with RBI@90 inscribed below.
• This will be a silver coin with 99.99% silver purity, weighing about 40 grams.
• The face of the coin shall bear the Lion Capital of Ashoka Pillar in the centre with “Satyamev Jayate” inscribed in Devanagari script below it.

 Economy

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

• Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of ₹1.32 cr on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for non-compliance with certain directions under the Banking Regulation Act.

 Defence

Indian Navy and IIT Kharagpur sign MoU

• Indian Navy and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi, symbolising their commitment to promote technology development, innovative solutions and joint R&D.

 Sports

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

• Royal Challengers Bangalore has changed its name to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

 Swiss Open Super 300 Badminton tournament

• The 2024 edition of the Swiss Open Super 300 Badminton tournament began at Basel, Switzerland.

  Person in News

Madhu Sasidhar

• Apollo Hospitals Group has appointed its Chief Strategy Officer Madhu Sasidhar as President and CEO of its hospital division.

 Rishabh Pant 

• Rishabh Pant has been appointed as the captain of Delhi Capitals for the upcoming edition of the IPL.

Sharath Kamal

• Veteran Indian table tennis player Sharath Kamal ranked 34th spot in the ITTF Word Rankings.

C.P. Radhakrishnan

• Jharkhand Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan will take charge as the governor of Telangana.
• Radhakrishnan has also been given additional responsibilities as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.

Arvind Kapil

• HDFC Bank Ltd.'s veteran banker Arvind Kapil has been appointed as Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd.'s new MD and CEO.

Vinay Kumar

• Senior diplomat Vinay Kumar, currently the Ambassador of India to Myanmar, has been appointed as the country's next envoy to Russia.

 Miscellaneous

2023 was the ‘hottest year’

• In line with observations by climate agencies, the World Meteorological Organisation has officially confirmed 2023 to be the hottest year on record.