Investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines has been named as the winner of 2021 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
A special long-term repo operations has been announced for small finance banks worth Rs 10,000 crore under a special long-term repo operations to lend to MFIs amid COVID-19 crises
The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 3 crore against ICICI Bank for violating norms related to classification, valuation and operation of investment portfolio by banks.