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Rohit Sharma, Mariappan Thangavelu, Vinesh Phogat, Rani Rampal & Manika Batra: to be honoured with Khel Ratna Award

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award is the country's highest sporting honour. Another 29 were selected for the Arjuna award by the sports ministry's selection committee. The Arjuna award comes with a cash prize of Rs 5,00,000.

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Union sports minister- Kiren Rijiju.

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Retired Bureaucrat Rajiv Kumar Appointed India’s Election Commissioner

Rajiv Kumar’s appointment is in place of Ashok Lavasa who resigned with effect from 2020 August 31. The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering Union and State election processes in India.

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The President appoints the Chief Election Commissioner.

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‘Dhanwantari Rath’ to bring ayurveda at doorsteps of Delhi Police families

A MoU was signed between the All India Institute of Ayurveda & Delhi Police for extending ayurvedic mode of preventive health services in the residential colonies of the force. Services will be provided through a mobile unit named ‘Dhanwantari Rath’.

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Initiative is supported by the AYUSH ministry.

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All India Football Federation signs MoU with IPSO to conduct online scouting workshops in India

As per the agreement, information required for scouting and analysis will be provided to the attendees and arrangements of high-quality courses and webinars will be made. The first of these online workshops are set to take place from September 7 to 11.

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IPSO: International Professional Scouting Organisation.

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Nagaland school wins Pallikutam award for innovation in education

The first ever Pallikkutam National Award for Innovation in Education instituted by Rajagiri Media was won by St Christopher School, Chessore, Village, Nagaland. The Silver Award was won by DAV Public School, Haryana.

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Bronze award was won by CMI Christ School, Iritty in Kerala.

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Ganesh Vilas Lengare awarded Star 2020 Certificate by World Book of Records, London

World Book of Records, London, found in 2017, honours personalities for their outstanding contribution towards humanity and universal peace. Mr. Lengare organised various online contests and produced educational videos.

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Ganesh Vilas is a Solapur based social activist.

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Luis Rodolfo Abinader sworn in as Dominican Republic president

He won a four-year term, ending a 16-year run in power by a centre-left party. The elections in the Dominican Republic took place as the coronavirus pandemic was sweeping across the Caribbean nation of some 10.5 million people.

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Dominican Republic Capital- Santo Domingo, Currency- Peso.

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Michael Cohen book ‘Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump’ to be published

Michael Cohen is completing the last two years of a three-year prison sentence at home after pleading guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress. Skyhorse Publishing is the publisher of the book.

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US govt recently lifted a ban on Cohen speaking publicly.

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HSBC: first foreign bank in India to launch ‘green deposit’

HSBC, in line with its global offerings, has launched a green deposit programme in India for its corporate clients, thus offering them an avenue to support eco-friendly projects. The money collected will finance green initiatives such as renewable energy.

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Recently, HSBC financed 250 MW wind power project at Kutch.

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Edelweiss Tokio Life partners with Element AI for AI transformation journey

The Element AI Advisory and Enablement team will work closely with Edelweiss Tokio Life to create an actionable roadmap for strategic AI deployment for the company, which will ultimately support a detailed AI transformation plan.

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Edelweiss launched its pan-India operations in July 2011.

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COVID-19: Bajaj Allianz pitches for ‘pandemic pool’

With the rise in COVID-19 cases in the country, Bajaj Allianz has called for setting up a ‘pandemic pool’, on the lines of the terrorism pool, to cover claims arising out of pandemics. Under this, a corpus is created by industry stakeholders & govt.

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India has a terrorism pool since 2002, administered by GIC.

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Digit Insurance launches an Online Do-it-yourself insurance advisory tool for SMEs & Start-ups

This is part of Digit’s initiative to make insurance simpler & relevant to the smaller businesses that are more susceptible to risks, especially with the ongoing pandemic. Digit recently won ‘Insurance Start-up of the Year-India’ Awards by Insurance Asia.

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Advisory tool is named as ‘SME Buddy’.

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SBI General Insurance Launches ‘Shagun-Gift an insurance’ policy

It is a unique gift of Personal Accident policy. The key differentiating feature of the policy is that it can be gifted to anyone we want, which means it is not necessary for the policy buyer to be related to the insured.

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PC Kandpal- MD and CEO of SBI General Insurance.

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Universal Sompo General Insurance partners with BSE Ebix Insurance Broking Private Limited

Partnership will offer Universal Sompo’s recently launched Corona Kavach cover, a short-term policy to cover COVID-19 related hospitalization expenses through BSE Ebix’s certified Point of Salesperson (PoSPs).

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It offers sums insured ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 5 lakhs.

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Religare Health Insurance Co renamed Care Health Insurance

Religare Health Insurance is an Indian health insurance firm established in June 2012, by Religare enterprise limited, Union Bank of India and Corporation Bank. The company is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana.

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Ashok Mehta- CEO of Religare Health Insurance.