- The Reserve Bank of India has revised the Know Your Customer (KYC) norms for banks and other lending institutions. New amendments in KYC norms by RBI allow banks and other lending institutions to use “Video based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP)”.
- HDFC Bank has launched myApps application to boost digital payments in India. MyApps is a unique customized suite of banking products to benefit urban local bodies, housing societies, local clubs and gymkhanas and religious institutions.
- Paytm, India’s leading digital payments company has announced the launch of its all-in-one QR for merchants across the country.
- Virat Kohli has become the fastest skipper in the history of cricket to record 11,000 international runs. He achieved the feat against Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I against Sri Lanka at Pune.
- USA women hockey team midfielder Catherine Caro has announced her retirement from the team.
- Oman’s Culture and Heritage Minister, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, has token oath as country’s Sultan following the demise of Qaboos bin Said al-Said, the country’s government confirmed.
- Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has secured a second term after sweeping to victory with more than 8 million votes in an election dominated by the island’s relationship with China.
- Veteran Odissi Danseuse Minati Mishra passed away. In 2012 she was honoured with the Padma Shri. She was an A-Grade artist at All India Radio (AIR) and a recipient of the Sangeet Prabhakar title for Hindustani vocal music.
- Legendary balladeer and sarangi maestro from Punjab, Sharif Idu (80), has passed away.
- The titular head of Odisha’s Gajapati dynasty and former parliamentarian, Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo, has passed away, following prolonged illness. He was 76.
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