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President Confers Gallantry & Distinguished Service Awards

The President and Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces Ram Nath Kovind conferred 3 Kirti Chakras and 15 Shaurya Chakras to Armed Forces Personnel at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. 2 Kirti Chakras and 1 Shaurya Chakra were given posthumously.

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Top Gallantry Award-Ashok Chakra(Peace) & Param Vir Chakra(War)

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Special Olympics World Games 2019

The 15th Special Olympics World Summer Games 2019 at Abu Dhabi in UAE kicked off on 14 March by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. 7,500 special athletes from 200 countries marched at the Zayed Stadium.

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Sweden will host the 2021 Special Olympics World Winter Games.

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MR Kumar appointed as LIC Chairman

The government appointed MR Kumar as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation, Vipin Anand & TC Suseel Kumar as the Managing Directors (MDs). This is the first time an interview for the top position of LIC was conducted by the Banks Board Bureau (BBB).

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Life Insurance Corporation Act was passed on 19 June 1956.

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RBI re-categorizes IDBI Bank as Private Sector Bank

Reserve Bank of India has categorized IDBI Bank as a 'Private Sector Bank' for regulatory purposes by with effect from 21 January 2019. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) acquired 51% of the total paid-up equity share capital of IDBI bank.

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Hemant Bhargava is the Chairman of IDBI Bank.

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Hyderabad, Pune Most Liveable Cities

Mercer’s Quality of Living Ranking 2019 has named Hyderabad & Pune as the most liveable city. Globally, the cities occupy the 143rd position. Vienna retained the top rank for the 10th year. Chennai is ranked the safest Indian city-105th in the world.

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Vienna is the capital of Austria. Currency- Euro

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HDFC Bank crosses ₹6 trillion market

India's most valued lender HDFC Bank Ltd crossed the ₹6 trillion market capitalization for the first time making it only the country's third firm to achieve the milestone after Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).

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HDFC Bank's EVA is India's 1st & largest AI bank assistant.

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India Awards 200 Golden Jubilee Scholarships to Nepali Students

The Embassy of India, Kathmandu, has awarded 200 Golden Jubilee Scholarships to meritorious Nepali students for continuing their studies in various undergraduate courses at various universities and colleges in Nepal for the academic year 2018-2019.

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Nepal is officially called Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

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Rahul Bajaj Resigns as Bajaj Finserv Chairman

Chairman & Non-Executive Director of Bajaj Finserv Rahul Bajaj resigned from Bajaj FInserv. Board of directors has appointed Nanoo Pamnani as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the company in place of Rahul Bajaj w.e.f 17 May 2019.

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Bajaj Finserv HQ- Pune CEO & MD- Sanjiv Bajaj

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1st woman Karnataka Lingayat jagadguru Mahadevi passes away

First woman Lingayat 'jagadguru' and Basava Dharma Peetha President, Maate Mahadevi passed away at age 73. Mahadevi took part in the protests held for separate religion and grant of minority religious status for Lingayats in Karnataka last month.

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Karnataka CM- HD Kumaraswamy Governor- Vijubhai Vala

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Sourav Ganguly joins Delhi Capitals as Advisor

Delhi Capitals (Earlier Delhi Daredevils) have appointed ex-India captain Sourav Ganguly as Advisor ahead of 2019 Indian Premier League. Sourav Ganguly is the President of Cricket Association of Bengal and President of Editorial Board with Wisden India.

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12th Season of IPL will kick off from 23 March 2019