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Fincare Small Finance Bank Won the Celent Model Bank 2019 Award

Fincare Small Finance Bank (SFB) has been awarded the prestigious Celent Model Bank 2019 Award in the category of Financial Inclusion, for 'Redesigning Lending to Reach Small Businesses' for instant underwriting of loans against property targeted at MSEs.

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FInacare SFB HQ- Bengaluru MD & CEO- Rajeev Yadav

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Mukesh Ambani, Arundhati Katju, Menaka Guruswamy among TIME's 100 Most Influential People

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani & public-interest litigators Arundhati Katju & Menaka Guruswamy who fought a legal battle for LGBTQ rights in India are named in TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People List 2019.

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Mahatma Gandhi is the only Indian to win TIME Person of the Year

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Indian Navy-Vietnam Peoples’ Navy Bilateral Exercise (IN – VPN BILAT EX) Concludes

The 2nd edition of bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy & Vietnam Peoples’ Navy “IN-VPN BILAT EX) concludes at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. The exercise was a part of the ongoing Overseas Deployment of Eastern Fleet ships to South East Asian countries

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Vietnam Capital- Hanoi Currency- Dong

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World Haemophilia Day 2019

World Haemophilia Day is celebrated each year on 17 April. This year marks the 29th edition of this day with the theme “Outreach And Identification”. Haemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder where the blood doesn't clot properly.

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About one in every 5000 males is born with the disorder.

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Rongali Bihu Festival Celebrated in Assam

Rongali or Bohag Bihu is celebrated from April 15 to April 21 in Assam marking the Assamese new year, spring & harvest or sowing festival. The seven-day festival is celebrated in seven phases - Chot, Kutum, Mela, Raati, Goru, Manuh and Chera.

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Assam’s main festival Bihu is celebrated 3 times a year.

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Mithali Raj Named as Goodwill Ambassador of Street Child Cricket World Cup 2019

Captain of India’s woman ODI team, Mithali Raj has been named as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian team for the Street Child Cricket World Cup 2019 which is scheduled to be held in London, England before the ODI World Cup 2019.

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ICC partners with UNICEF to organise #OneDay4Children campaign.

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ADB Committed to Provide $3 Billion In Sovereign Loans to India

ADB committed to providing $3 billion in sovereign loans to India in 2018, the highest level of assistance since sovereign operations began in the country in 1986. ADB will invest over $1 trillion into solar energy by 2030.

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ADB Is owned by 68 member countries

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India Join Hands with Japan & UAE to Set Up 2 Projects in Africa

India will build a cancer hospital in Kenya in collaboration with Japan & will partner with the UAE to set up an Information & Communications Technology (ICT) centre in Ethiopia to extend its footprint on the African continent.

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Ethiopia Capital- Addis Ababa Currency- Birr

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Bajaj Finance Launches Industry-First Proposition to Pay Electricity Bill on EMIs

Bajaj Finance launched industry’s first proposition through its campaign #BijliOnEMI wherein customers buying air-conditioners on EMI can avail an Insta Credit loan in their Bajaj Finserv Wallet which they can use to pay their electricity bills on EMI.

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EMI- Equated Monthly Installment.

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Harsheel Dani clinches Dutch Open International Badminton Tournament

India’s shuttler Harsheel Dani clinched the Dutch Open International badminton title in Wateringen, Netherlands after defeating Denmark’s Mads Christophersen. He also won the Ghana International & finished runner-up at Polish International last year.

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He is a former junior national champion.