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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Launches Instant Payment System "UPI 123PAY", Helpline For DigiSaathi

RBI and the National Payment Corporation of India launched UPI 123Pay today, i.e., UPI for features phones which allows one to make payments without the internet.

UPI for feature phone, i.e., UPI123Pay is a 3-step process - call, choose and pay.

Users can visit www.digisaathi.info or call on 14431 and 1800 891 3333 for their queries on digital payments and grievances.

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Olympic champion Duplantis sets pole vault world record of 6.19m in Belgrade

Sweden’s Olympic pole vault champion Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis cleared 6.19m to smash his own world record by one centimetre at the World Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Belgrade.

Duplantis set the record of 6.18 in February 2020 indoors in Glasgow.

This is the fourth world record of 22-year-old Duplantis’s career.

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In Pole vault, Competitors vault over a 4.5-metre long horizontal bar.

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Axis Bank rolls out 'HouseWorkIsWork' initiative; to bring educated women to workforce

Urban educated women's participation in the workforce still not at desired levels, Axis Bank has kicked off the 'HouseWorkIsWork' initiative, offering opportunities to those who want to rejoin the professional space.

GIG-A-Opportunities is Axis Bank's new platform for alternative work models to attract the finest talent, with a promise of growth.

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SEBI Increases Public Debt Investment Limit Through UPI To Rs 5 Lakhs

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) increased the investment limit for payments through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) mechanism for retail investors buying debt securities in public issues to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 2 lakh currently to make investments more accessible.

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Interest subsidy scheme for exporters extended till March 2024: RBI

The Reserve Bank of India extended the interest equalisation scheme for pre and post shipment rupee credit for MSME exporters till March 2024 with the objective of boosting outbound shipments. Exporters get subsidy under the 'Interest Equalisation Scheme for pre and post-shipment Rupee Export Credit'.

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In April last year, the scheme was first extended till June end and later till September.

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HDFC MF launches financial empowerment initiative for women

HDFC Mutual Fund has launched a women-led financial empowerment initiative ‘LaxmiForLaxmi’ which will connect women investors to a woman financial expert near them through a unique missed call service.

The female financial expert will guide and address queries of the woman investor.

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NSE Chief Vikram Limaye To Not Seek Second Term

Vikram Limaye will not seek an extension as the chief of the nation’s largest bourse, which is being probed for governance standards during the term of his predecessor.

Limaye took charge in 2017 after Ramkrishna stepped down following a whistleblower complaint to SEBI alleging unfair access to the NSE’s co-location facility.

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Lupin signs Mary Kom as brand ambassador for Shakti initiative

Lupin, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in India, has signed on 6-time world boxing champion, Mary Kom as the brand ambassador for its Shakti campaign.

The campaign is aimed at increasing the awareness on heart diseases among women, Coronary heart diseases are the leading cause of death for women in India & yet awareness levels on the issue remain abysmally low.

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Chhattisgarh govt launches ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’ and gave away cheques of Rs 5,000 each to five women beneficiaries for safe motherhood at a state-level conference held before International Women’s Day.

Under this scheme, financial assistance of Rs 5000 will be given to women on the birth of second girl child.

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TN CM launches SPIC’s floating solar unit at Thoothukudi

Leading fertiliser manufacturer Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd (SPIC) has set up a floating solar project at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu at an estimated cost of ₹150.4 crore.

The power plant come up on the storage ponds of SPIC’s campus was inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin.

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Russia Is Now the World's Most-Sanctioned Nation

Due to its war on Ukraine, Russia has become the most sanctioned in the world, according to a New York-based sanctions watchlist site.

Castellum.AI said that sanctions were first imposed by the US and its allies on Russia on February 22 a day after President Vladimir Putin declared the two Ukrainian rebel regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as "independent states".

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Bangladeshi environmental lawyer Rizwana Hasan to get US International Women of Courage Award for 2022

A Bangladeshi environmental lawyer Rizwana Hasan has been selected for the International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award for 2022.

She is among the 12 women from around the world who will be honoured by the US Department of State with the award for showing exceptional courage and leadership to make a difference in their communities.

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ISSF WC 2022: India top medal tally with 4 gold, 2 silver, one bronze in Cairo

India have taken first place in the medal standing in International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF World Cup 2022 in Cairo. The Indian team finished on the top of the medals tally with a total of seven medals comprising of four gold, two silver and one bronze.

Norway, who won six medals- three gold, one silver and two bronze claimed second spot on the medals tally.

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France were third, with three golds out of the 20 on offer.

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Winter Paralympics opened in Beijing without Russia

The Winter Paralympics opened in Beijing with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China.

A Ukrainian team member in a wheelchair carried the country's now widely known blue and yellow flag at the head of a 20-person delegation entering the Bird’s Nest.

The 10-day Paralympics closes on the 13th of this month.

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Petascale supercomputer “PARAM Ganga” established at IIT Roorkee

National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has deployed PARAM Ganga, a supercomputer at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, with a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 petaflops.

The system is designed and commissioned by C-DAC under phase-2 of the build approach of the NSM.

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