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RBI's 22nd Financial Stability Report: Banks gross NPA may rise to 22 years high of 13.5% by September 2021

Report reflects an assessment of Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council on risks to financial stability in country.CRAR of SCBs improved to 15.8% in Sep 2020 from 14.7% in March 2020;GNPA ratio declined to 7.5% from 8.4%

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Under severe stress scenario,GNPA ratio may escalate to 14.8%

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Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank(KVGB) inks pact with Jai Kisan, a rural fintech platform

Bank intends to extend its services to small and

micro enterprises (SME), joint liability groups (JLG), self-help groups(SHG), and to farmers through Kisan Credit Card (KCC) and credit for

farm mechanisation efforts through its partnership with Jai Kisan.

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KVGB:
Chairman:P.Gopikrishna;
HQ: Dharwad,Karnataka.

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Financial Software and Systems(FSS) and India Post Payments Bank join hands to promote financial inclusion

IPPB will use FSS’ Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) & serve all customer segments, including nearly 410 million Jan Dhan account holders.IPPB has now become single largest platform for providing interoperable banking services to customers of any bank.

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FSS:
HQ: Chennai;
CMD: Nagaraj Mylandla

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Mahindra Lifespace Developers ties up with SBI for faster home loan approvals, discounts

As per the MoU which includes various co-promotional activities & outreach initiatives, customers and employees of SBI and Mahindra Lifespaces will be able to avail the benefits of faster home loan processing and approvals, and special discounts & schemes.

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SBI Chairman:Dinesh Kumar Khara

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Flipkart, NITI Aayog collaborate to enhance Women Entrepreneurship Platform(WEP)

WEP is a unified access portal bringing together women to realise their entrepreneurial aspirations.New version will include mentorship through a dedicated online mechanism facilitated under FICCI-FLO’s Empowering the Greater 50% mission.

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The platform was formally launched on 8 March 2018.

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Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar co-chairs 13th India-Vietnam Defence Security Dialogue with Vietnamese counterpart

Both the sides reviewed the progress on various bilateral defence cooperation initiatives and expressed commitment to further elevate engagements between the Armed Forces under the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

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Vietnam:
Capital: Hanoi;
Currency: Vietnamese dong

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Manipur becomes the 4th State to complete urban local bodies reforms; Additional borrowing permission of Rs.75 crore issued

Manipur has now joined 3 other States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, who have completed this reform. On completion of Urban Local Bodies reform, these four States have been granted additional borrowing permission of Rs.7,481 crore.

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Reforms stipulated by Department of Expenditure,Finance Ministry

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Bhubaneswar AIIMS Receives Kayakalp Award For Third Time

AIIMS Bhubaneswar adjudged as best central government hospital under B category(less than 1000 beds)and will get an award of Rs 2 crore.Awards promote cleanliness, hygiene and infection-control practices in public health-care facilities.

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JIPMER won 2nd in category A

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Digital Evolution Scorecard 2020: India ranks 4th in 'Break Out Economies',China No.1

Break Out Economies are those that are digitalising very quickly &yet have a lot of room to grow before matching those in the developed economies.Mobile Internet access has been a strong driver of momentum with India doubling its connectivity in last 4 yrs

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Scorecard by Tufts University's Fletcher School with Mastercard.

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North East Cane & Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC) sign MoU with J&K on Bamboo Entrepreneurship & Infrastructure Development.

J&K govt to set up 3 bamboo clusters in Jammu,Katra & Samba districts with the aim of generating employment for 25,000 people.Focus would be on bamboo basketry, agarbatti and bamboo charcoal.Mega Bamboo Industrial Park&Technology Training Centre to come up

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India is world's 2nd largest cultivator of bamboo after China.

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RS Sharma, former Trai chief, to head empowered panel for Covid-19 vaccine

A ten member team has been constituted to be headed by Sharma. Top health ministry and UIDAI officials are part of the empowered committee.He is also included as member of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration of Covid-19.

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National Expert Group formed in August 2020 & headed by VK Paul.

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Kyrgyzstan election: Sadyr Japarov wins presidency with landslide

The Central Election Commission said Mr Japarov had won 79% of votes cast.He was serving as acting prime minister of Kyrgyzstan in the interim government following the resignation of Sooronbay Jeenbekov amidst electoral protests.

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Kyrgyzstan:
Capital:Bishkek;
Currency:Kyrgyzstani som

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CBDT launches e-portal for filing complaints about tax evasion, ‘benami’ properties and undisclosed assets overseas.

After an OTP-based validation process,complaints can be made for violations of Income-Tax Act, Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Assets and Income) Imposition of Tax Act and Prevention of Benami Transactions Act in three separate forms.

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CBDT chairman Pramod Chandra Mody

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World’s Most Powerful Passports 2021 List: Japan tops the list, India On No. 85, Pakistan in Worst Category.

Indian ranks at 85 with a score of 58 as per Henley Passport Index.Pakistan & Nepal have a visa-free score of 32 & 38.Index is original ranking of all world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without prior visa.

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Japan has 191 score & Singapore 190.

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Sheldon Adelson,the billionaire mogul who built a casino empire, dies at 87.

He built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics.Chairman & CEO Las Vegas Sands Corporation foresaw correctly that Asia would be an even bigger market.

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In 2018,Forbes ranked him No.15 in the U.S., worth $35.5 billion

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A new species of fruit fly named after Siruvani, an ecological hotspot in Western Ghats

The fruit fly ‘Euphranta siruvani’ belonging to family Tephritidae was identified by researchers from a non-forest area in Coimbatore,TN near Siruvani.104 known species from genus Euphranta are distributed across the world, of which 14 are found in India.

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It has a distinct V-shaped black band on its forewing.

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Online transactions grew 80% in 2020 driven by strong uptake from tier II, III cities: Razorpay report.

The report pointed that UPI transactions outgrew cards, netbanking and wallets with 120% growth in 2020 & became the most preferred mode of payment, especially for tier II and III cities.Tier II & III cities contributed 54% of digital transactions in 2020.

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Digital payments for utilities/bill payments grew 357% in 2020.

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Tesla sets up India subsidiary in Bengaluru,names 3 directors ahead of India launch

Tesla registered its Indian subsidiary "Tesla India Motors and Energy Private Ltd" in Bengaluru. Vaibhav Taneja,Venkatrangam Sreeram, and David Jon Feinstein are directors of the new entity.Its authorized share capital is INR 15.00 lakh.

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Tesla:
CEO: Elon Musk;
HQ: Palo Alto,California,USA.

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Harsh Vardhan inaugurates first Grand Finale of Red Ribbon Quiz competition organized by the NACO and MoHFW

National and State AIDS control societies has been conducting quiz competitions to actively engage members of the Red Ribbon Clubs(RRCs) in disseminating the information related to HIV/AIDS, adolescent health, mental health etc The finals was inaugurated.

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NACO has established 12500 RRCs.

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The first delegation-Level virtual Police Chiefs’ Dialogue held between the Police chiefs of India and Bangladesh

It was said ‘nodal points’ would be established for timely and effective handling and response to existing as well as emerging security and counter-terrorism challenges,

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Bangladesh:
Capital:Dhaka;
Currency: Taka