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TATA AIA partners with City Union Bank for life and health Insurance

Tata AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd has joined hands to create a strategic alliance with City Union Bank. Aim: To offer life and health insurance solutions to the Bank’s consumers. With the help of this partnership, the City Union Bank consumers (existing and new) will get benefit from Tata AIA Life’s diverse and innovative products and services spanning term insurance, savings and […]

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Renowned archaeologist Enamul Haque passes away

Eminent archaeologist and historian, Dr. Enamul Haque has been passed away in Dhaka at 85. He became the director of the museum in 1973 and served as director general of National Museum from 1983 to 1991. He was conferred with Padma Shri in 2020 for his work on Bengal’s Iconography and terracotta art. He was awarded the

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Meghalaya to invest Rs 300 crore in early childhood education programmes

Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad K Sangma has inaugurated the new building of the Directorate of Education Research and Training (DERT), Shillong. During the ceremony, he has announced that govt has set aside Rs 300 crore from the externally aided projects to make investment in early childhood education programmes. The state govt has also prepared a road map to invest in early

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Jonny Bairstow, Marizanne Kapp named ICC Player of the Month for June 2022

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named the Player of the June 2022. Men’s Player: Batter, Jonny Bairstow (England) Women’s Player: Batter, Marizanne Kapp (South Africa) Jonny Bairstow has received this title after his remarkable performances against New Zealand in May 2022. Marizanne Kapp has become the second ICC Women’s Player of the Month from South Africa after Lizelle Lee, who

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WEF’s Gender Gap Report 2022: India ranks low at 135th globally

India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Iceland retained its place as the world’s most gender-equal country, followed by Finland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden, as per the annual Gender Gap Report 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) released in Geneva. Only 11 countries are ranked below India on

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Delhi Govt partners with UNICEF for employment opportunities to students

The Delhi government joined hands with the UNICEF to create employment opportunities for students of the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU). Skill Varsity of Delhi partnered with YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India) at UNICEF to enable access to employment opportunities. Another pillar, the ‘YuWaah Step Up – Bano job ready’, it is a six-month pilot being conducted by Flywheel Digital Solutions Pvt with

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Bhagwani Devi from India wins gold medal in 100m sprint in Finland

Bhagwani Devi Dagar (94 years) has won gold in the 100m sprint at the 2022 World Masters Athletics Championships in Tampere, Finland. She has clocked 24.74 seconds in the 100m sprint and also clinched the bronze medal in the shot put. She hails from Khidka village in Haryana. The World Masters Athletics Championships is an event for athletics (track

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Meena Hemchandra appointed as part-time chairman of Karur Vysya Bank

The Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of former RBI executive, Meena Hemchandra as part-time chairman of the Karur Vysya Bank for three years. Previously, she worked as an additional director under Independent Category of the bank. She worked as Executive Director of RBI from June 2015 to November 2017 and served as secretary to the

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Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay appointed as new chief of Goa Shipyard Limited

Breaking away from the recent trend to appoint retired naval officers as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) panel has appointed Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay, who joined GSL as a trainee manager, as CMD of the Miniratna PSU. Earlier, he was serving as the Director of Operations within the company (GSL). He will

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Padma Shri awardee noted social worker Avdhash Kaushal passes away

Academic and activist Avdhash Kaushal, who consulted the Government of India on numerous policy review works, died at a private hospital in Dehradun early on Tuesday. Kaushal was put on the ventilator last Sunday after his vital organs stopped working due to multiple health complications. He was 87 years old. He was the founder of the NGO named Rural

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