RBI clears air on Aadhaar-bank link

New Delhi: With customers rushing to link bank accounts with Aadhaar, the RBI has clarified that it never issued directions, but it was a government decision. It said in applicable cases, linkage is mandatory under Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017. TNS

27 officers get Army ‘aviation wings’

Nashik: Twenty-seven officers passed out from the Combat Army Aviation Training School (CATS) here on Saturday. The aviators were given the coveted ‘aviation wings’ on the successful completion of their 18-week training. Captain Gagandeep Singh was awarded the ‘Silver Cheetah’ trophy. CATS is a premier training institution of the Army Aviation Corps. PTI

D Litt for gymnast Dipa Karmakar

Agartala: Ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar would be awarded a D Litt degree by the National Institute of Technology, Agartala, at its 10th convocation on November 11, NIT director AK Roy said. Two distinguished academicians — IIT Guwahati Director Dr Goutam Ghosh and Jadavpur University professor Dr Biswajit Ghosh — would also be honoured with DSc degrees. Karmakar, the first woman gymnast in the country to qualify for the Olympics, finished fourth in the 2016 Rio Olympics. PTI