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Special Olympics World Summer Games: Indian Contingent Script History In Berlin With Record 202 Medals

India finished the final day of the Games by taking their medal tally to 202 medals (76 gold, 75 silver, and 51 bronze), with the last of the medals coming from the athletics track.

Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Berlin Germany from 17-25 June 2023.

From India, 198 Athletes and Unified partners and 57 Coaches participated in 16 Sports.

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Chairperson Special Olympics Bharat, Dr. Mallika Nada.

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RBI imposes monetary penalty on Standard Chartered Bank-India

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty of ₹30.00 lakh (Rupees Thirty Lakh only) on Standard Chartered Bank-India (the bank) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the 'Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016'.

The Statutory Inspection for Supervisory Evaluation (ISE 2021) of the bank was conducted by RBI.

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Infosys signs $454-million deal with Danske Bank

Infosys has signed a strategic collaboration deal with Danske Bank, a Nordic bank, to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation initiatives. The $454 million deal will be in force for a period of 5 years with an option to renew for one additional year for a maximum of three times.

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Salil Parekh is the CEO and MD of Infosys

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Centre clears ₹56,415 crore to 16 States for capital investment under special assistance scheme

The Ministry of Finance has approved capital investment proposals of ₹56,415 crores for 16 States in the current financial year under a special assistance scheme announced in the Budget.

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Indian miner NMDC plans $61 million investment in first gold block

State-owned Indian iron ore miner NMDC is likely to invest around 5 billion rupees ($61 million) in its planned first foray into gold mining.

According to local rules, it must secure the mining lease for the gold block within three years of signing the letter of intent.

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Stamp duty relief for women-led MSMEs; UP to facilitate loans of Rs 20k cr

To promote small businesses and start-ups, especially helmed by women entrepreneurs, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced a slew of incentives, which include a waiver of stamp duty.

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DIAL introduces self-baggage drop facility at Delhi airport

Delhi airport operator DIAL said that it has introduced Self Baggage Drop (SBD) facility at Terminal 3 which will help reduce the waiting time for passengers at the airport.

SBD aims to streamline the baggage drop-off process, reduce the wait time for passengers by around 15-20 minutes and further enhance the overall airport experience.

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TCS bags contract for running, maintaining GeM procurement portal: Goyal

India's largest software exporter TCS has won the contract for running and maintaining the government procurement portal GeM, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said.

The Government e-Market (GeM) portal was launched on August 9, 2016, by the commerce ministry for online purchases of goods and services by all the central government ministries and departments.

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S&P retains India’s growth projection at 6% for FY24

S&P Global Ratings retained India's GDP growth forecast at 6 percent saying it will be the fastest-growing economy among Asia Pacific nations.

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DBS Bank names ex­HSBC executive Verma as unit MD

DBS Bank India has appointed Rajat Verma as the MD and Head of Institutional Banking for India.

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Tata Technologies IPO gets approval from Sebi

Tata Technologies Ltd, a subsidiary of automobile major Tata Motors, has received approval from capital market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO).

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EAM mulls $650-mn U.S. ‘green’ anode unit

Epsilon Advanced Materials (EAM), an India-based battery materials firm, plans to invest $650 million in the U.S. to set up a 50,000 TPA unit to supply high-capacity anode materials produced through green technologies.

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World MSME Day II 27 JUNE

"Micro-, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises Day" was established on June 27 by the United Nations General Assembly on April 6, 2017, to highlight the significant contributions made by MSMEs to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

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Table Tennis, Indian women's doubles pair of Sutirtha and Ayhika clinches WTT Contender tournament title in Tunis

The Indian women's doubles pair of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee won the World Table Tennis, ( WTT) Contender tournament in Tunis, after beating the Japanese pair of Miyuu Kihara and Miwa Harimoto.

The Indian duo won 3-1 (11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 13-11) in a challenging final.

The pair also became the first Indians to win a Contender title this year.

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Greece’s centre-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as Prime Minister for a second term

kmitsotakisGreece’s centre-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as the Prime Minister for a second term.

With 99.67 percent of the vote counted, Mr. Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party had 40.55 percent of the vote, more than twice the main opposition Syriza’s 17.84 percent. It was the largest margin of victory in half a century.

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