Wrestler Geeta Phogat appointed DSP in Haryana Police
- Haryana Government has appointed wrestler Geeta Phogat (27-year) as a Deputy Superintendent of Police(DSP) in Haryana Police.
- She has been appointed as DSP rank under the sports quota by Haryana Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar by Home Department’s proposal.
Geeta Phogat has won India’s first ever gold medal in women’s wrestling in the 55 kg freestyle category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and also the first-ever Indian woman wrestler to have qualified for the Olympics.
Reliance Jio unlikely to gain 2 per cent revenue market share in 2017: Fitch
- It can be noted that the Mukesh Ambani-led company has invested Rs 1.5 trillion for the service so far, and has earmarked another Rs 1 trillion capex by 2020, which has been launched with many firsts like free lifetime voice telephony and cheaper data prices. It is offering its services for free till end of the year.
- Earlier this week, Ambani had asserted that Jio is a well thought-out venture and not a “punt”.
“First and foremost, it is no punt. It is a well-thought, well-executed, well-engineered ecosystem. It is a Rs 2,50,000 crore investment,” Ambani had said in a media interaction last week. - Fitch said the intense competition will weaken the credit profiles, and coupled with the high capital expenditure requirements, gave it a negative outlook.
SBI declares Silchar as its 5th zone in North East
- The State Bank of India (SBI) has declared Silchar as its 5th zone in North East after Guwahati, Shillong, Dibrugarh and Jorhat.
- Earlier, Silchar was under Guwahati zone and it was tough on the part of the bank to address the complaints and issues of the customers with such a difficult terrain.
- The bank has 736 branches across North East together with 3,000 ATMs and 3,000 customer service points for customer facilitation.
International Prize in Statistics awarded to Sir David Cox
- Prominent British statistician Sir David Cox has been named the inaugural recipient of the International Prize in Statistics.
- Sir Cox is honored for Survival Analysis Model Applied in Medicine, Science, and Engineering.
- The International Prize in Statistics Foundation is recognizing Cox specifically for his 1972 paper in which he developed the proportional hazards model that today bears his name.