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Ravish Kumar Wins Magsaysay Award for His Journalism

NDTV’s Ravish Kumar has been named for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for ‘harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless’ and his ‘unfaltering commitment to professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards’.

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He is among the five recipients of the 2019 Magsaysay award.

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Siddhartha Mohanty takes over as MD, CEO of LIC HFL

Siddhartha Mohanty has assumed charge as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the LIC Housing Finance (LIC HFL). Prior to this, Mohanty was the company's COO. He served as the Executive Director - Legal of Life Insurance Corporation of India.

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LIC HFL was incorporated in 1989.

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Karnataka Bank ties up with fintech firm to offer MFs

Karnataka Bank has tied up with fintech company Finwizard Technology to offer wealth management products and services through the bank’s ‘KBL Mobile Plus’ app. The tie-up allows the bank customers to invest in any mutual fund.

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Karnataka bank has been offering mutual funds since 2006.

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President Kovind honoured with National order of Merit, highest award of Republic of Guinea

President Ram Nath Kovind has been awarded the National Order of Merit by the President of Guinea for his exceptional contribution to the advancement of overall relations and development of mutual cooperation between India and Guinea.

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Guinea: Capital – Conakry; Currency – Franc;

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SBI, Shanghai becomes first Indian bank to link up with China National Advance Payment System

State Bank of India's Shanghai branch is connected to China's National Advance Payment System (CNAPS) & became the first Indian Bank to operationalize it. The CNAPS is launched to boost international use of the Chinese currency Yuan.

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SBI (only Ind Bank) got license to do business in local currency

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New mobile app launched to assist farmers

The Ministries of Earth Sciences and Agriculture have launched a mobile application named Meghdoot a that will provide the location, and crop and livestock-specific weather-based agro advisories to farmers in local languages.

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App has been integrated with WhatsApp & Facebook to help farmers

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NHB infuses Rs 10,000 crore to increase fund flow in housing sector: Finance Ministry

National Housing Bank is infusing an additional Rs 10,000 crore in NBFCs with a view to improving the flow of funds for housing loan. Govt approved the Reserve Bank of India norms for credit guarantee to the non-banking financial institutions (NBFCs).

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Managing Director of National Housing Bank – S.K. Hota

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India, US agree on collaboration in defence sector

Indian and US officials have agreed to pursue a policy environment conducive to collaboration between the defence industry and start-ups in both countries. The DPG is the apex official-level meeting mechanism b/w India & US on defence issues.

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Defence Secretary - Sanjay Mitra.

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Gujarat CM launches ‘Vhali Dikri Yojana’

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has launched the ‘Vhali Dikri Yojana’. Under the scheme, govt will pay ₹ 4000 to every girl child at the time of admission to Standard 4th, ₹ 6000 at IX standard admission, ₹ 1 Lakh at higher education admission at the age of 18.

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The scheme will provide ₹ 1 Lakh at the time of marriage.

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Adarsh Singh wins double gold in shooting meet

In Shooting, Adarsh Singh won the gold medal in both the men & junior 25 m rapid fire pistol event at the Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters competition in New Delhi. In the junior event, Vijayveer Sidhu of Chandigarh was defeated by Adarsh Singh.

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Haryana's Ayush Sangwan won a bronze medal in the Junior event.