Country’s second largest public sector lender, Punjab National Bank, has launched a global credit card.
While speaking during the commercial launch of the cards, PNB Chairman K C Chakrabarty said, “To start with we are launching two varieties of credit cards Global Gold and Global Classic, which will meet the needs of its customers and will cater to the requirement of different income groups.”
Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission was also present at the occasion.
A new study has revealed that teen girls with higher levels of key nutrient Vitamin D may be able to jump higher and faster as compared to their peers with lower levels.
The research, which will be published in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), discovered that Vitamin D deficiency has been shown to have a significant negative impact on muscle as well as bone health that causes conditions like osteoporosis and rickets.
Country’s premier software industry, Sun Microsystems is all set to organize its global annual developer conference at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad February 18-20 for the third time in a row.
Apart from Hyderabad, the conference would also have its supporting sessions in Pune and Chennai.
In its press release, the company said that the three day event is fundamentally designed to display how developers can leverage Sun technologies, services and products to drive the next generation of technology innovation.
A local court in Chandigarh on Thursday has issued summons to cricketer Harbhajan Singh, TV actress Mona Singh and the entertainment channel, ‘Colors’ for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with their Ravana-Sita dance act in a reality show last year.
In his petition filed to the court, local advocate Arvind Thakur said, “After hearing the arguments on the petition, the magistrate issued summons of Harbhajan, Mona and authorities of channel, on which the program was aired, for April 27.”
The
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex closed the week on a
strong note as heavy buying action in key counters from refineries,
metals and banks helped it to make a hefty gain of 210 points (up
2.31%) at 9300.86.
Strong global signals amid expectations of more sops and stimulus plans
in the forthcoming interim budget led to strong buying in stocks
cutting across segments on Friday.
Mirroring investor interest at side counters, BSE Midcap and Smallcap
index rallied smartly and gained 1.43% and 1.05% respectively.