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SMCB:First Urban Cooperative Bank in India to receive a commercial banking license under voluntary transition scheme

Shivalik Small Finance Bank (SSFB) will start its banking operations from April 2021. It has received the commercial banking license from banking regulator Reserve Bank of India (RBI).22 year old Shivalik is the first & largest multi-state UCB in UP.

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SMCB:
MD&CEO:Suveer Kumar Gupta;
HQ:Saharanpur,UP

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Cabinet approves Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan on Partnership in "Specified Skilled Worker"

It will enhance people-to-people contacts, foster mobility of workers & skilled professionals from India to Japan.Skilled Indian workers from 14 sectors including nursing care,construction,aviation etc would have enhanced job opportunities to work in Japan

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A new status of residence,Specified Skill Worker, will be given.

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NDB, Government sign 2 loan pact for $646 million for State Highway & District Road Network in Andhra Pradesh

For Andhra Pradesh Roads & Bridges Reconstruction Project and Andhra Pradesh Mandal Connectivity & Rural Connectivity Improvement Project;Increase roads' daily traffic capacity to 15,000 passenger car units &meet projected traffic growth over next 20 years

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NDB (2014):
HQ: Shanghai, China;
President: Marcos Prado Troyjo

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Khadi and Village Industries Commission Signs MoU with ITBP for supply of 1,72,000 cotton durries every year

The total value of 1.72 lakh durries is Rs 8.74 crore. It aids to big Swadeshi drive in paramilitary forces. The cotton durries will be produced by Khadi artisans in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.

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KVIC Chairman:Vinai Kumar Saxena;
ITBP DG:Surjeet Singh Deswal

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IAF Academic Collaboration with Institute of Defence Studies and Research (IDSR),Gujarat University:MoU signed.

MoU will enable Officers of IAF to undertake Doctoral Research, PG Programme & PG Diploma covering various areas of interest that includes Defence studies, Defence Management, National Security, Aerospace &Aviation Science & other Defence Technology areas.

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As part of Project Akashdeep,IAF enters such partnership.

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Madhya Pradesh & Andhra Pradesh rewarded for completing three out of four citizen centric reforms.

Financial assistance of ₹1,004 crore given by Fin Min under Scheme of "Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure" as they completed the One Nation, One Ration Card Reforms, Ease of Doing Business Reforms, and Urban Local Bodies Reforms.

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Power Sector Reform is the other reform.

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Dr. Harsh Vardhan releases Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI) Wave-1,India Report

LASI is a full-scale national survey of scientific investigation of the health, economic,social determinants & consequences of population ageing in India.National Programme for Health Care of Elderly(MoHFW)did the survey through IIPS,Mumbai.

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LASI data will assist in broad aims of Decade of Healthy Ageing.

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"Accelerating Quality Production, Post-Harvesting, Value Addition & Export of Coriander from India" webinar held.

Spices Board & DBT-SABC Biotech Kisan Hub in partnership with key stakeholders prepared a roadmap to boost export of coriander & minimize import to increase farmers’ income.Exploring value added products were were suggested as way forward.

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Spices Board:
HQ: Kochi;
Chairman: D Sathiyan

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BEML bags ₹758-crore orders for high-mobility vehicles for Indian Army

Equipment will be manufactured at BEML’s Palakkad Plant.High-mobility vehicles will play a key role in logistics management of Army, leveraging its exceptional cross-country capabilities.BEML is a defence public sector equipment manufacturer under MoD.

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BEML(1964):
HQ: Bangalore;
CMD:DK Hota

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Former India striker Abhishek Yadav appointed as AIFF's first Deputy General Secretary

The 40-year-old former international has been serving as national team's director since January 2018. Served as COO of the 2017 U17 Indian World Cup team. He was one of the brains behind Sports Authority of India (SAI)-AIFF international scouting project.

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AIFF:
HQ: New Delhi;
President: Praful Patel.

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Central African Republic president Touadera wins reelection;elected for 2nd term.

Faustin-Archange Touadera was reelected with more than 53% votes. He has been in power since 2016, but has struggled to seize control of vast parts of the nation from armed militias.CAR, a producer of gold and diamonds, has a population of 4.7 million.

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CAR:
Capital: Bangui;
Currency: Central African CFA Franc

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Mali ex-PM Modibo Keita Dies Aged 78

Keita served as prime minister from 2015 to 2017.Modibo Keita was one of six prime ministers to serve under President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was ousted in a coup in August.Initially a teacher, Modibo Keita went on to hold numerous posts.

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Mali:
Capital: Bamako;
Currency: West African CFA franc.

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Bandhan Bank signs MoU with Indian Army to provide banking services to Army personnel

Bandhan Bank Shaurya Salary Account will have zero balance facility with 6% interest on balance above Rs.1 Lakh,unlimited free ATM transactions, waiver of issuance &annual charge on Shaurya Visa Platinum Debit Card,offers protection for self & assets etc.

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Bandhan Bank:
MD&CEO:Chandra Shekhar Ghosh;
HQ:Kolkata

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Axis Bank ties up with Hyundai Motor India for auto retail financing

Axis Bank through this partnership will allow Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) customers to get auto loan sanctioned directly on the car maker's end-to-end online retail platform ''Click to Buy'' (CTB).

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Axis bank:
CEO: Amitabh Chaudhry;
HQ: Mumbai

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RBI fully operationalised College of Supervisors to strengthen supervision

CoS will have a full-time Director supported by a 6 member Academic Advisory Council (AAC).N S Vishwanathan is the chairperson to the council.Rabi Narayan Mishra is the director.CoS was functioning in a limited way in virtual mode since May 2020.

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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

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Bank of Baroda inks MoU with SIDBI to help MSMEs apply online for one-time restructuring

With the MoU, the MSME customers of the bank can now access SIDBI's DIY web-based portal, ‘Asset Restructuring Module for MSMEs (ARM-MSME)',which enables customers to self-create their restructuring proposal with financial viability projections.

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Indian Bank & Central Bank of India signed similar MoU.

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PM Modi to inaugurate & dedicate to the nation 306 km New Rewari - New Madar Section of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

The new section situated in Haryana &Rajasthan consists of 9 newly built stations.PM Modi will also flag off world’s first Double Stack Long Haul 1.5km container train hauled by electric traction from Haryana’s Ateli to Kishangarh in Rajasthan.

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Western DFC (1504 Route km) and Eastern DFC (1856 route km).

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tops list of biggest charitable donations in 2020 With $10-Billion Climate Change Donation

He used the contribution to launch Bezos Earth Fund, which supports non-profits involved in the climate crisis & has paid out $790 million to 16 groups so far. The Chronicle of Philanthropy's list are based on the 10 largest publicly announced gifts.

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Zuckerberg & his wife were 4th on the list.

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India, Israel successfully test cutting edge MRSAM air and missile defence system

Jointly developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries, Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile(MRSAM) can shoot down enemy aircraft at a range of 50-70 km.MRSAM is being used by all the three wings of the Indian army and also Israel Defence Forces (IDF).

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IAI's President and CEO: Boaz Levy

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Ravi Shastri unveils new Bradman Museum book "India’s 71-Year Test: The Journey to Triumph in Australia"

The book reflects on India’s first 12 tours to Australia from 1947/48, to face Don Bradman’s side, tracing the evening out of a rivalry dominated by the host nation until the turn of the Millennium. Shastri has written the foreword.

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The book has been authored by cricket journalist R Kaushik.

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Swasth Vayu Non-invasive Ventilator developed by CSIR-NAL receives regulator nod;commercialized with 6 private companies

CSIR-NAL scientists along with medical professionals from CSIR-IGIB indigenously designed & developed the non-invasive bilevel positive airway pressure ventilator, with additional features to treat Covid-19 patients and make the country self-reliant.

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CSIR-NAL(1959):
HQ:Bangalore;
Director:Jitendra J Jadhav

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India’s CEPI centralised network lab to assess immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccine candidates

One of 7 designated labs globally & established at Translational Health Science & Technology Institute,Faridabad.All COVID-19 vaccine developers can use the network for free to assess immunogenicity of their vaccine candidate against a common protocol.

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CEPI was launched at Davos in 2017.

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CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur along with MSME-DI, Ahmedabad organised Webinar on Water Purification Technologies for MSMEs

CMERI focuses upon Development of Green Water Purification Innovations, Decentralised in Nature and is Effective in Outcome.MSME-DI will assure MSMEs in the region were assured with access to such technologies of CSIR-CMERI.

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CMERI:
Established: 1958;
Director:Harish Hirani.

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Joint study group surveillance squad formed to check toxic pollutant level in Yamuna

Concerned over the issue of increasing ammoniacal nitrogen, in the Yamuna, CPCB formed a study group to monitor the ammonia levels.A joint surveillance squad comprising officials from relevant dept of Delhi & Haryana was also formed.

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CPCB(1974):
Chairman: Shiv Das Meena;
HQ: New Delhi.

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Poet and lyricist Anil Panachooran passes away at 55

A lawyer by profession,Anil came into limelight in 2007 with much appreciated songs in Arabikkadha. Famous poems include Anaadhan(about a mentally challenged woman who gives birth to a baby on the street),Valayil Veena Kilikal,Pranayakalam etc.

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Jimikki Kammal was one of his most viral film songs.