EPFO reduces interest rate to 8.55% in 2017-18The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) lowered the provident fund interest rate to 8.55% for 2017-18. This is the third straight year the EPF rate has been lowered and the 2017-18 rate is the lowest in five years. Norway lead 2018 Winter Olympics medal standingsAs on 22 February, Norway led the medal standings at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Urban users (295 million) exceed rural users (186 million), even though only a third of India’s population lives in urban areas. It also ranked first among countries where web app attacks originated, accounting for nearly a third of such strikes.

Source: Mint February 24, 2018 17:48 UTC