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India news Today:
Lets
check out what India news today
reveals; ICICI bank has announced the launch of banking services, called
icicibankpay, on Twitter. The service will facilitate transfer of money by
customers to anyone within the country having a twitter account, and will also
allow a customer to check his account balance, view last three transactions,
and recharge prepaid mobile in a secure manner.
“With
growing prominence of social media in everyday life, it is believed that
customers would be delighted to have yet another avenue which allows them to
bank, while they are on social media. At present, ‘icicibankpay’ will help
customers to execute banking transactions while they are socializing on
Twitter.” The customer can send money to anyone in India even if the recipient
does not have an ICICI Bank savings account.
ICICI
Bank claimed it is the first in Asia and only second in the world to offer a
Twitter based transfer service. A year ago, it launched facility to transfer
funds through the Facebook and has now thirty thousand active Facebook users.
Claiming
that the bank serves the highest number of youth in the country and this
service is launched in the view of the demographic. It has 2.8 million
registered mobile banking users and 15 million internet banking users, and more
than a team of hundred people are working on digital banking within the bank.
Odisha News Today:
Well,
as per the Odisha news today is conernced, the Indian Railways has
drawn up mega plans to improve the infrastructure facilities ahead of the
Nabakalebar festival and Rath Yatra. With accommodation being a major hurdle
for lakhs of pilgrims likely to throng the town during the festival, a shelter
is being built with modern civic amenities near the railway station at a cost
of 11 crore INR. About eight crore would be spent for construction of two new
platforms and the existing one would be renovated. Bathing complexes are also
being constructed for the event. Besides nearly 50 lakh INR would be spent to
provide 24x7 power supply to the railway station complex and Rupees twenty
eight lakh for installation of LED television sets in the station and
platforms.
Efforts
are also on to upgrade the Government Railway Police (GRP) outpost to a fully
fledged police station, while the first aid center is being converted into a
hospital. More ticket booking counters in the station and outside would be made
operational soon.