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Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh crowned Miss World 2019

Tony-Ann Singh of Jamaica has been announced as the winner of the Miss World 2019 beauty pageant held at the ExCeL London. Ophely Mezino of France and Suman Rao of India were the first and second runners up of the beauty pageant respectively.

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Miss World 2019 was the 69th edition of the contest

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Reliance Capital elects A N Sethuraman as additional director on its board

Reliance Capital has appointed Angarai Natarajan Sethuraman as additional director on its board. He is currently Group President of Reliance Group, and handles corporate and regulatory affairs. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics.

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President & COO at Reliance Capital-Amit Bapna.

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Nation to celebrate Vijay Diwas today

The nation celebrated Vijay Diwas today to commemorate India’s victory over Pakistan in 1971 war. Rich tributes were paid to the martyrs who laid down their lives during the war. It resulted in subsequent secession of East Pakistan into Bangladesh.

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Same day & event is commemorated in Bangladesh as Bijoy Dibos.

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CBDT extends advance tax payment deadline for northeastern region to Dec 31

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the date for payment of third installment of Advance Tax for financial year 2019-20 to 31st of this month for the North Eastern Region.Earlier, the deadline was 15th of December.

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​CBDT Chairperson​​- Pramod Chandra Mody.

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Prime Minister chairs first meeting of National Ganga Council

PM Narendra Modi chaired the first meeting of the National Ganga Council in Kanpur, UP.The Council has been given overall responsibility for superintendence of pollution prevention and rejuvenation of River Ganga Basin, including Ganga and its tributaries.

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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Jal Shakti.

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Ministry of Coal to establish Sustainable Development Cell for Environmental Mitigation Measures

The Ministry of Coal has decided to establish a ‘Sustainable Development Cell’ in order to promote environmentally sustainable coal mining in the country and address environmental concerns during the decommissioning or closure of mines.

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In India approx. 2,550 sq Km areas is under different coal mines

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Govt  forms  team  to  certify  facilities of solar power equipment makers

India has set up a team to certify all solar power generation equipment makers who want to do business in the world’s largest green energy market. Move aims to boost domestic manufacturing & protect its domestic companies from cheap & sub-standard imports.

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MoS (I/C) New and Renewable Energy- R. K. Singh.

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BRICS’ NDB pledges $100  million to NIIF’s Fund of Funds

New Development Bank (NDB), earlier known as the BRICS Development Bank, has committed $100 million to India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund’s (NIIF) Fund of Funds. NDB Founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

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NDB was launched with initial authorized capital of $100 bn.

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PhonePe crosses 5 bn transactions, grew 5 times in one year

Digital payments platform PhonePe announced that it has crossed 5 billion transactions on its app. It crossed the one-billion transaction milestone in November last year.The digital payments platform has over 175 million registered users in the country.

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Sameer Nigam, Founder and CEO, PhonePe.

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Military Literature Festival organised in Chandigarh

The third edition of coveted Military Literature Festival (MLF) was held from 13 to 15 December 2019 at UT Lake Club, in the UT of Chandigarh. The military literature extravaganza was inaugurated by Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore.

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State govt had already released Rs 1.5 Cr for organising MLF.

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Reliance Industries topples IOC to become India's largest company

Boosted by its consumer-facing businesses like organised retail and telecom, Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate Reliance Industries ended state-owned Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) 10-year reign as India's largest company, topping the Fortune India 500 list.

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State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation was ranked third.

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Amendments approved in interest subvention scheme for MSMEs

Nitin Gadkari approved changes in the Interest Subvention Scheme for MSMEs. The last date of submission of claims for half-yearly period ended March 31 has now been extended till December 31, 2019. Trading activities without UAN have been made eligible.

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UAN-Udyog Aadhar Number.

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ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel complete acquisition of Essar Steel

ArcelorMittal completed the acquisition of Essar Steel India Limited (ESIL), and simultaneously established a joint venture with Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel), called ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited which will own and operate ESIL.

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Dilip Oommen has been appointed AM/NS India’s CEO.