The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has appointed Dr Renu Singh as the next Director of the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun, Uttrakhand.
According to the report, Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will continue to carry an annual interest rate of 7.1 per cent and 6.8 per cent, respectively, in the first quarter.
The Reserve Bank on Thursday asked Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) not to create any honorary position or title such as Chairman Emeritus and Group Chairman at the board level as it results in the creation of a shadow authority.