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Exim Bank extends USD 500 mn loan to Tanzania for water supply projects

Export-Import Bank of India has extended a credit facility of USD 500 million to Tanzania for water supply projects in the country. Goods and services of value of at least 75 per cent of the contract price will be supplied by the seller from India.

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David Rasquinha- CEO of Exim Bank

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Australia becomes world's biggest LNG exporter for 1st time

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ,Australia has passed Qatar to become the world's leading exporter of liquefied natural gas for the 1st time. It exported 6.55 million tonnes of LNG in Nov., compared to Qatar's 6.27 million tonnes.

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Scott Morrison- Prime Minister of Australia

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Cabinet approves Agriculture Export Policy to double farmer's income by 2022

The Union Cabinet has approved the Agriculture Export Policy in line with the government's commitment to double farmer's income by 2022. It also approved the launch of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).

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Commerce and Industry Minister- Suresh Prabhu.

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IT Minister launches National Challenge ‘Ideate for India - creative solutions using technology'

IT Minister launched National Challenge - ‘Ideate for India - creative solutions using technology' for school students in New Delhi. It is a joint collaboration between National e-governance Division and Intel India. It will help empowering the youth.

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Ravi Shankar Prasad - Minister for Electronics and IT

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Croatian midfielder Luka Modric bags 2018 Ballon d'Or

Croatian midfielder Luka Modric,33 has bagged the 2018 Ballon d'Or. He becomes the first player other than Cristiano Ronaldo or Barcelona's Lionel Messi to claim the award in more than a decade. Before him, both of them had won five Ballon d'Ors each.

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He had won the Golden Ball in this year's World Cup.

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IL&FS Investment Managers' board appoints two new additional directors

IL&FS Investment Managers, part of the debt-laden IL&FS (Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services) group, has approved the appointment of Nand Kishore and Kaushik Modak as additional directors in the company. The IL&FS board is chaired by Uday Kotak.

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Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services- IL&FS, HQ- Mumbai.

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Italy clinches Admiral's Cup Sailing Regatta 2018

The ninth edition of ‘Admirals Cup’ Sailing Regatta (2018) concluded at Ettikulam Beach at Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala. Team Italy represented by Midshipman Vincenzo Rocco and Midshipman Alberto Cabras won the Admiral's Cup 2018.

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Team Singapore and Team USA finished second & third.

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Indian, Chinese Militaries To Conduct Joint Exercise From December 11

The Indian & Chinese militaries will be engaged in a joint military exercise Hand-in-Hand taking place from December 11 to December 23 at Chengdu in China. It will involve tactical level operations in an international counter insurgency environment.

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China's President- Xi Jinping, Currency-Renminbi

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HDFC ERGO Ties up with Federal Bank to distribute insurance products

HDFC ERGO General Insurance and Federal Bank, announced a tie-up for the distribution of HDFC ERGO’s range of non-life insurance products to its customers through its network branches across the country.

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Mr. Ritesh Kumar- CEO of HDFC ERGO.

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Book Release of “The Republican Ethic” and “Loktantra Ke Swar”

President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Directorate of Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting will be launching the books “The Republican Ethic” and “Loktantra Ke Swar”. VP Venkaiah Naidu will launched them.

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The book is a collection of 95 selected speeches of president.