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66th National Film Awards: Sriram Raghavan's AndhaDhun Wins Best Hindi Film

Best Director: Uri : The Surgical Strike- Aditya Dhar; Best Feature Film: Hellaro a Gujarati film by Abhishek Shah; Best Actor: Ayushmann Khuranna & Vicky Kaushal ;Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh ;Best Male Playback Singer: Arijit Singh.

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Best film on Social Issues: Padman

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Sudha Rani Relangi appointed as Director of Prosecution in CBI

Sudha Rani Relangi has been appointed Director of Prosecution in the Central Bureau of Investigation. She will serve for a period of two years with effect from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until, whichever is earlier.

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CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla.

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DBS Bank India ties up with Social Alpha to incubate social entrepreneurs

DBS Bank India has tied up with technology business incubator Social Alpha to mentor enterprises that focus on sectors such as inclusion, healthcare, and environment. DBS Bank will also give an annual programme grant of ₹1 crore.

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Surojit Shome, CEO, DBS Bank India.

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IFC and MIGA to support wind farm in Egypt

IFC and MIGA, members of the World Bank Group, have signed an agreement to support the development of a 252-megawatt wind farm by Lekela in Egypt’s Red Sea governorate. IFC will provide $84m financing while MIGA will offer $122m in financial guarantees.

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Egyptian President -Abdel Fattah el-Sissi

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Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal return to ATP Player Council

Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal were elected on to the ATP Player Council along with Austrian Juergen Melzer. The player council, consists of 12 members, including six members of the world top 100 in men's singles.

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South African Kevin Anderson is vice president.

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Indian Bank signs agreement with Cholamandalam MS General Insurance

Indian Bank signed a corporate agency agreement with Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company for distribution of its insurance products to bank customers. Indian Bank has 2,872 branches, across the country.

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Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company, MD, SS Gopalarathnam

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HDFC Life Insurance included in MSCI index

Global provider of capital market indices, Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), has included HDFC Life Insurance Company to its Global Standard Index. However, it has excluded Union Bank from its India Smallcap Index.

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MSCI Indexes are used as the base for exchange-traded funds.

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RBL Bank launches India's first health-focused credit card

RBL Bank and digital healthcare platform Practo have partnered to launch an industry first co-branded health credit card. This credit card is powered by Mastercard and is available on both Practo and RBL mobile apps and websites.

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Digital healthcare market is expected to reach $372 bn. by 2022.

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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana launched by Agri Minister

Agri Minister Narendra Singh Tomar announced the launching of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana ,a pension scheme for small and marginal farmers in which the farmers would get a monthly pension of ₹ 3,000 once he or she would attain the age of 60.

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Farmers whose cultivable land is 2 hectares or less, can enroll

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Yes Bank launches QIP to raise $285 million

Yes Bank has embarked on a plan to generate $285 million (Rs 2,000 crore) by selling shares through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) . The bank’s core Tier I capital ratio declined to 8 per cent in June 2019.

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The bank had originally intended to raise as much as $1 billion.