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Govt extends current foreign trade policy till Sept 30

The government extended the existing foreign trade policy (FTP) for six more months. The current policy will now be valid up to September 30, instead of March 31, stated the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Duty-Free Import Authorisation (DFIA) and Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) are incentives offered by the government under the FTP.

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Britannia appoints former RBI governor Urjit Patel as additional director

Britannia Industries announced that its board of directors has approved the appointment of Dr. Urjit Patel, as an Additional Director of the company in the category of Non-Executive and Independent Director with effect from 31st March, 2021 for a term of 5 years i.e., upto 30th March, 2026.

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Urjit Patel stepped down from RBI governor position in December 2018.

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Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2021: Jeff Bezos Tops for Fourth Consecutive Year, Elon Musk Ranks Second

Bernard Arnault, chief executive of luxury goods firm LVMH, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg round out the top five of the world's richest billionaires as per Forbes’ 35th annual list.

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked Number 10 in the list with Net Worth estimated at $84.5 billion.

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India has the third-highest number of billionaires with 140, the US tops with 724.

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Greenman Viral Desai to stage Satyagraha against Environment Pollution as part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav: 75-week Celebrations

Viral Desai, the Greenman of Gujarat and a well-known businessman from Surat, has started a movement called 'Satyagraha against Pollution.'

He has started this movement from Vanz village because Vanz village has a rich history of playing an important role in the success of two Satyagrahas in the history of India, namely Bardoli and Dandi.

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Viral Desai has decided to plant 275,000 trees in the next 75 weeks.

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SBI and NPCI launch UPI awareness campaign for YONO users

This joint effort aims at encouraging users of SBI’s banking and lifestyle platform YONO to opt for UPI payments which is easy, safe, and instantaneous.

According to SBI, YONO since its inception in 2017, has observed 34,00,000 UPI registrations.

Through this new campaign, both NPCI and SBI will put in efforts to onboard more customers into the YONO platform.

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Dilip Asbe is the MD & CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

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SC's First AI-driven Research Portal 'SUPACE' Launched By CJI Bobde

The Artificial Intelligence Committee, Supreme Court of India launched the Artificial Intelligence portal SUPACE (Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Courts Efficiency) through Video Conferencing.

A pet project of Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, SUPACE is a tool that collects relevant facts and laws and makes them available to a judge.

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Harilal Jekisundas Kania was the first Chief Justice of India.

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Devishankar Awasthi Award 2020 to Ashutosh Bhardwaj, a young Hindi critic

The famous Devishankar Awasthi Award has been awarded to the prolific Hindi prose, journalist, and critic Ashutosh Bhardwaj.

This honor has been given to him for his work ‘Pitra-Vadh’. He was elected by the selection committee of Ashok Vajpayee, Nandkishore Acharya, and Rajendra Kumar.

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Journalist and educationist Fatma Zakaria passes away

Fatma began her career in journalism as Aunty Wendy, a children’s column in The Illustrated Weekly of India.

A trained social worker, Fatma worked extensively in the field of education, for which she was awarded a Padma Shri in 2006.

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Lieutenant Colonel Bharat Pannu of the Indian Army breaks two Guinness World Records for fastest solo cycling

The first record was created when Pannu cycled from Leh to Manali (472 km distance) on October 10, 2020, in just 35 hours and 25 minutes and second when he cycled the 'Golden Quadrilateral' route in 14 days, 23 hours and 52 minutes.

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North Korea drops out of Tokyo Olympics over COVID fears

North Korea has announced it will not attend the Tokyo Olympic Games because of coronavirus concerns.

The decision makes it the first time North Korea has missed a Summer Olympics since it boycotted Seoul in 1988 amid the Cold War.

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Indian Railways launches Hansdiha-Godda new line in Jharkhand; starts Godda-New Delhi Humsafar special train

At present, 36 rail projects are being executed in the state with an investment of Rs 20,000 crore.

According to the ministry, an expenditure of Rs 663 crores has been spent, in total, for the development of infrastructure work as well as providing passenger amenities in Jharkhand. This Hansdiha-Godda project was approved in the year 2011.

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