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BNS Somudra Joy arrive Visakhapatnam on a goodwill visit

Bangladesh Naval Ship Somudra Joy arrived Visakhapatnam on a four-day visit to the Eastern Naval Command .It was accorded a warm welcome by officials from ENC and the Eastern Fleet with Naval Band in attendance on arrival.

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The ship earlier visited Visakhapatnam in Feb 2016.

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Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Exercise KAZIND 2018

The 3rd Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Army Exercise 'KAZIND' will be conducted between the Indian and Kazakhstan Army from 10 to 23 Sep 2018 in Otar region, Kazakhstan. Aimed at building and promoting bilateral Army relations and exchanging skills and experiences.

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The second edition of the exercise was held in India last year.

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Jan Dhan Yojana: Govt doubles up overdraft facility from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000

To make the PMJDY scheme more attractive, the government has decided to double the overdraft facility from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000. It has also been made an open-ended scheme by adding more incentives to encourage people to open bank accounts.

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Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) launched in August 2014.

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Tata Sons set to raise stake in AirAsia JV to 51%

Tata Sons may become the controlling stakeholder (51%) in AirAsia India, as it looks to buy stakes held by airline’s chairman S Ramadorai & non-executive director R Venkataraman. Tata Sons acquisition of shares is part of a clean-up & consolidation act.

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Currently, Tata Sons hold 49 percent stake in AirAsia India.

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India to buy 18 bullet trains from Japan for Rs 7,000 crore

As part of the government's plan to launch country's first high speed rail corridor by 2022, India will buy 18 bullet train sets worth Rs 7,000 crore from Japan. The deal will include a pledge to transfer technology for local production.

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The bullet trains are expected to run at a speed of 350 km/hr.

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Banks with over 10 branches to have internal ombudsman (IO): RBI

RBI has tightened the selection & operating procedure for IO in banks, making it mandatory for lenders with more than 10 branches to have an independent authority to review complaints that were partially or wholly rejected by the respective banks.

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Banking Ombudsman may award compensation of Rs 1 lakh .

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Air Force carries out first ever mid-air refuelling of Tejas light combat jet

The IAF successfully carried out the first ever mid-air refuelling of the indigenously developed Tejas light combat aircraft, a major milestone in its development cycle. A Russian-built IL-78 MKI tanker transferred fuel to a Tejas MK I aircraft.

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Tejas can successfully fire an air-to-air BVR missile.

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Kolkata tops in India on 4G front, ahead of Singapore, Hong Kong

According to latest data collated by UK mobile analytics company and speeds tester, OpenSignal ,Kolkata has the highest 4G services availability across India’s 22 telecom circles, it is also ahead of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Kuala Lumpur.

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Kolkata has a impressive LTE availability score of over 90%.

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Former India pacer RP Singh announces retirement

Former Indian cricketer RP Singh,32 announced his retirement from all forms of the game.His international career spanned six years and the pacer played 82 matches across all three formats and picked up over 100 wickets.

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He was one of the heroes of India’s 2007 World T20 triumph.

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India & Bulgaria sign 5 MoUs

After delegation level talks between President Ramnath Kovind and his counterpart Rumen Radev, India and Bulgaria sign five pacts on Investment, Tourism, Civil Nuclear Cooperation ,Science & technology & Establishment of Hindi Chair at Sofia University,

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Bulgaria Capital- Sofia ,Currency- Lev.