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International Dog Day is observed every year on August 26. The day provides an opportunity for dog lovers to celebrate the day of their special friend who showers them with unconditional love and affection. International Dog Day 2022 also encourages people to adopt dogs and provide them with the better quality of life they deserve.
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Former Chief Economic Adviser KV Subramanian was on Thursday appointed as the Executive Director for India at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an official order said. Subramanian’s term will begin from November and will continue for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by curtailing the tenure of eminent economist Surjit
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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday appointed distinguished scientist, Dr Samir V Kamat, as chairman. Kamat, who is Director General, Naval Systems & Materials (NS&M), will succeed G Satheesh Reddy, who has been named as scientific adviser to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Reddy was appointed as
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The chief of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), VVS Laxman has been named interim head coach of Team India in Dubai for the 2022 Asia Cup. This decision was confirmed by BCCI, as Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach, did not travel with the team after testing positive for COVID-19. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul will lead the team as captain and vice-captain respectively for
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Former Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu has released a book titled, ‘New India – a compilation of selected articles 2014-19’ of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley on his death anniversary (24 August) in New Delhi. Arun Jaitley has served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan (second highest civilian
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The Reserve Bank of India has lifted the business restrictions on American Express Banking Corp and allows to restart onboarding of new domestic customers on its card network. Background: RBI had put the curbs on American Express in May 2021. Reason: For not complying with a circular issued on storage of payments data in 2018. American Express
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Reserve Bank of India has become the net seller of the US currency in June 2022 after selling USD 3.719 billion on a net basis. The central bank has purchased USD 18.96 billion from the spot market and sold USD 22.679 billion. In June 2021, RBI was net buyer of the greenback after it purchased USD 18.633 billion on a net basis from the spot
RBI becomes Net Seller in June 2022 by selling 3.719 billion USD Read More »
BASIX Social Enterprise has launched BASIX Farmers’ Market (BFM) (AgriTech platform) in partnership with Mastercard. Objective: To integrate farmers into the digital economy. BFM will leverage technology capabilities of Mastercard and deep industry expertise of BASIX in agriculture to improve the lives of small and marginal farmers. This platform will digitizes data and workflows for FPOs with strong controls on data privacy and security. CEO BASIX:
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PNB has launched pre-qualified credit card which also including insurance coverage. It has also introduced a facility of overdraft against fixed deposit on PNB One in a few clicks and a single OTP. This card facility will be available for salary account customers and they will be able to apply through PNB One, or website. There is a concession of 0.25% on the interest rate
