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UP PET 2021 Will be conducted on 20th August 2021.

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Serum Institute chairman Cyrus Poonawalla named as recipient of Lokmanya Tilak National Award

Dr.Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman of Pune based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII),will be honoured with the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021.

The award ceremony will take place on August 13 and comprises cash prize of Rs.1 lakh and a memento.The award is annually given on August 1, the death anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak.

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The award was started in 1983.Some recipients: Indira Gandhi,S M Joshi,Manmohan Singh etc

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Muslim Women Rights Day | August 1

Muslim Women's Rights Day is observed across the nation on August 1 to celebrate the enactment of the law against triple talaq.

The central government enacted the law on August 1, 2019, that has made the practice of instant triple talaq a criminal offence.

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Minister for Minority Affairs: Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

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Vice Admiral SN Ghormade takes charge as new Vice Chief of Indian Navy

Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, AVSM, NM has assumed charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff from Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC at a formal ceremony held at South Block, New Delhi. Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar is retiring today after glorious service of 39 years.

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Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Chawla takes over as Director General of Artillery

Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Chawla, AVSM will assume the appointment of the Director General of Artillery on 01 August 2021. He takes over the appointment from Lt Gen K Ravi Prasad, PVSM, VSM who superannuated on 31 July 2021 after completing thirty nine years of distinguished service in the Army.

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Meenakashi Lekhi,Minister of State for Culture addresses at G20 Culture Ministers' Meeting

Meenakashi Lekhi participated in the G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting on 30 July,2021 hosted by Italy during their ongoing Presidency of G20 in 2021.

She addressed participants of the meeting and presented India’s perspective on the topic ‘Culture and Creative Sectors as drivers for growth’.

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SBI, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, others buy stakes in fintech firm IBBIC

SBI, Axis Bank,Indian Bank,Yes Bank and IDBI Bank picked up 5.55% stake each, representing 50,000 shares in IBBIC, for cash at Rs 5 lakh each.

Apart from these lenders,ICICI Bank bought 49,000 shares (5.44 per cent) for Rs 4.9 lakh.

Incorporated in May this year, IBBIC platform offers distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions to the Indian financial services sector.

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World Breastfeeding Week | August 1-7

The world celebrates World Breastfeeding Week from August 1 to August 7 every year, to spread awareness about its importance and need.

The history of breastfeeding week is dated back to 1990 when WHO and UNICEF created a memorandum to promote and support breastfeeding.In 1991, the World Association of Breastfeeding Action was formed to execute UNICEF and WHO’s goals.

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This year theme is “Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility"

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SBI tops list of PSBs writing off bad loans in FY21, Union Bank of India holds second spot

State Bank of India topped the list of public sector banks writing off loans in FY21 followed by Union Bank of India.While SBI removed Rs 34,402 crore from its balance sheet, the Union Bank of India wrote off Rs 16,983 crore during the last fiscal.Prudential or technical write-off does not result in waiver of liabilities of borrowers to repay.

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Bharat BillPay appoints PayU’s Noopur Chaturvedi as new CEO

Bharat Bill Payment System,NPCI’s flagship bill payments platform that was hived off into a separate subsidiary in April, has appointed former PayU and Airtel Payments Bank executive Noopur Chaturvedi as its new chief executive officer.According to latest RBI data, the number of BBPS transactions rose 16% month-on-month to 45.47 million in June, amounting to Rs 7,934.71 cr.

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