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Chandrayaan-3: India to celebrate August 23 as 'National Space Day', says PM Modi

PM Modi further celebrated the success of India's moon mission and named the landing spot of the Vikram lander as 'Shivshakti'.

He also christened the location where Chandrayaan-2 had left its mark in 2019 as 'Tiranga Point'.

PM Modi was at the Indian Space Research Organisation Telemetry Tracking and Command Network in Bengaluru.

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approves merger of Akola Merchant Co-operative Bank with Jalgaon Peoples Co-operative Bank

RBI has given the green light to the amalgamation of Akola Merchant Co-operative Bank Ltd, located in Akola, Maharashtra, with The Jalgaon Peoples Co-operative Bank Ltd, situated in Jalgaon, Maharashtra.

This merger has been sanctioned by the RBI, exercising its powers as per Sub-Section (4) of Section 44A in conjunction with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das calls for stronger governance in NBFCs, HCFs

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday met the executives of large non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs) and pushed for strong governance standards, improve risk management practices and look to contain risks associated with unsecured lending, as per a release by the central bank.

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Airtel Payments Bank partners with Frontier Markets, Mastercard to support 1 lakh women-owned businesses

Airtel Payments Bank, Mastercard Center and Frontier Markets on Saturday announced the launch of She Leads Bharat:Udyam, an initiative to elevate 100,000 women-owned small businesses.

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Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare organizes an immersive two-day training programme inviting more than 200 chefs

Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare is organizing an immersive two-day training programme inviting more than 200 chefs/cooks serving at various paramilitary and other government canteens, focusing on millet-based recipes.

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SVAMITVA Scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj won National Award for e-Governance 2023

SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) Scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj won the National Award for e-Governance 2023 (GOLD) for Application of Emerging Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services. It is a recognition of excellent and exemplary work done by Team SVAMITVA and supported by Team NIC-MoPR.

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Navy symposium on self-reliance in missile technology held

The Missile Technology Conclave-cum-Symposium themed ‘Aatmanirbharta in Missile Repairs & Indigenisation Technologies (AMRIT-2023)’, was organised by INS Kalinga at Samudrika Auditorium, Naval Base, Visakhapatnam on 23 Aug 23. The event was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena.

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Student Scientist Connect Program Event held under the "One Week One Lab" Campaign

Under the "One Week One Lab" Campaign CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata conducted a school connect programme. It was intended to promote scientific temper among school students and encourage them to pursue research in different scientific domains. Dr S.K. Mishra, Director CSIR-CGCRI welcomed the participants.

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Ministry of Jal Shakti Releases the 6th Census Report On Minor Irrigation (MI) Schemes

Out of 23.14 million MI schemes, 21.93 million (94.8%) are Ground Water and 1.21 million (5.2%) are Surface Water Schemes

Uttar Pradesh Possesses Largest Number of MI Schemes Followed by Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

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Indian Mission at Bahrain Launches New Mobile App to Ease Consular Access

The Embassy of India in Bahrain hosted an open house session on August 25, under the guidance of Ambassador Designate Vinod Kurian Jacob.

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Avani Prashanth claims Ahlsell Final golf tournament; becomes the first Indian to win on the LET Access Series

Indian amateur Avani Prashanth claimed the Ahlsell Final golf tournament title at Elisefarm Golf Club (Sweden).

The 16-year-old carded a six-under 210 overall to edge out her nearest rivals Isabell Ekstrom (Sweden) and Matilda Bjorkman (Sweden) by one shot.

Avani, who started the final round in tied-ninth spot, climbed to the top with a stellar five-under 67.

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