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RBI places Lakshmi Vilas Bank under prompt corrective action

RBI Placed Lakshmi Vilas Bank under PCA .The action has been taken owing to high level of bad loans, insufficient capital adequacy ratio, negative return on assets (RoA) for 2 consecutive years and high leverage.For FY19, the bank’s net NPA stood at 7.49%.

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Banks currently under PCA-United Bank, IOB, CBI,IDBI & UCO Bank.

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Reliance Capital completes 21.5% stake sale in Japan's Nippon Life

Reliance Capital Ltd completed sale of its 21.54% stake in Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd (RNAM) to Nippon Life Insurance of Japan for ₹3,030 crore. It will further monetise its balance 4.28% stake in RNAM.

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RNAM- CEO Sundeep Sikka

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SJVN to invest ₹7,000 crore in commissioning Nepal's Bhakra Dam

Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) is investing about ₹7,000 crore in power generation and transmission in Nepal. It is the highest ever invested so far in Nepal by any company in the world. SJVN is a joint venture of the Central government & Himachal Pradesh.

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SJVN is executing the Arun-3 hydro electric project (HEP).

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Govt allots Rs 7.87 cr for Khelo India athletes

This year Sports Ministry sanctioned Rs 7.87 crore as out-of-pocket allowance for 2625 Khelo India athletes training in 99 Khelo India academies and other centres across the country. The sanction is for the period between October to December.

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Each athlete will be paid sum of Rs 10,000 a month.

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PAN-Aadhaar linking date extended to 31 December

According to CBDT, The deadline to link the Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar has been extended till December 31.This is the seventh time that the government has extended the deadline for individuals to link their PAN with Aadhaar.

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Earlier, the deadline was September 30.

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ECI approves appointment of Sushil Kumar Lohani as Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has approved appointment of senior IAS officer Sushil Kumar Lohani as chief Electoral Officer of Odisha. He is currently serving as state excise secretary & will be replacing Surendra Kumar.

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Sunil Arora , Chief Election Commissioner of India.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches Navy's first new stealth frigate, INS ‘Nilgiri’

DM Rajnath Singh launched INS ‘Nilgiri’, the first of the Navy's seven new stealth frigates, at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai. These frigates are being built using integrated construction methodology.

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INS Nilgiri is the first ship of Project17A.

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NSDL Payments Bank set to start operations

NSDL Payments Bank Ltd (NPBL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL), is set to start its commercial operations shortly. The depository received approval from the RBI to commence operations in October 2018.

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GV Nageswara Rao, MD and CEO, NSDL.

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Kerala CM launches capacity development programme for women entrepreneurs

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan launched the Kerala edition of WING-Women Rise Together, an initiative by Startup India, DPIIT for capacity development of women entrepreneurs in the country at the second edition of Huddle Kerala 2019.

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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade-DPIIT.

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Vaijinath M. Gavarshetty appointed CEO of DHFL

The board of directors of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL) approved the appointment of Vaijinath M. Gavarshetty as the Chief Executive Officer and key managerial personnel of the company with effect from October 1, 2019.

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He is a former Chief General Manager of State Bank of India.

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One tea bag can release 11.6 billion microplastics into your cup: McGill University

The study, by researchers from McGill University in Montreal, showed that a single plastic teabag can release harmful particles into your cup —11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics.Microplastics are those plastics less than 5 mm in size.

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Table salt, contain approximately 0.005 micrograms plastic.