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IndusInd Bank ties up with Mahagram to develop digital payments system

IndusInd Bank ties up with Mahagram to develop digital payments system

Mahagram (Rural NEO Bank) has signed a partnership with the IndusInd Bank to digitize the nation’s payment ecosystem and provide a wider scope to transact for its customers in rural India. Aim: To boost financial inclusion, encourage socio-economic development, mitigate the risks of a shadow economy, and accelerate the growth of a cashless society. Mahagram was founded in […]

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UCO Bank ties up with NBFC Paisalo Digital for agriculture loan

UCO Bank ties up with NBFC Paisalo Digital for agriculture loan

UCO Bank has signed a co-lending agreement with NBFC Paisalo Digital Limited for agriculture business to capitalize the underbanked and under-serviced population. The tie-up will give a boost to the agriculture advance of the bank and it is a win-win situation for the bank as well as the NBFC. The Government of India aims to help agriculture and other small borrowers who are

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Ruskin's book titled 'Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure' released

Ruskin’s book titled ‘Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure’ released

A new book titled “Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure” authored by Ruskin Bond, was published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI) on Ruskin Bond’s 88th birthday (19th May 2022). The book highlighted how he spent four years of his life in the Channel Islands and England. Ruskin Bond was born in 1934, in Kasauli, and he grew up in Dehradun, Shimla, Jamnagar,

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National Health Authority upgraded the ABHA smartphone app

National Health Authority upgraded the ABHA smartphone app

The National Health Authority (NHA) under its flagship scheme of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) announced the launch of a revamped Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) mobile application. The ABHA app, formerly known as the NDHM Health Records app, is available for download from the Google Play Store and has already received over four lakh downloads, according to

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Governor of Tamil Nadu: R. N. Ravi. Tripura adopts EV policy to convert 10% of state’s vehicles to electric

Governor of Tamil Nadu: R. N. Ravi. Tripura adopts EV policy to convert 10% of state’s vehicles to electric

Tripura government has decided to adopt the Electric Vehicle Policy 2022 to promote electric vehicles. Aim: To convert 10% of state’s vehicles to electric mode in 5 years. Electric vehicles would reduce air pollution and would be helpful in promoting eco-friendly tourism. If it is implemented, then Tripura would become the 15th state and third in the Northeast

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US Indo-Pacific economic plan

India joins US Indo-Pacific economic plan

PM Narendra Modi has formalised India’s entry into the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), along with 12 other countries. Aim: To strengthen economic cooperation as a geostrategic counter. The other 13 countries that joined the IPEF: The US, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The 13 countries together account for 40 per

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Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus re-elected as WHO Director-General for second term

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus re-elected as WHO Director-General for second term

World Health Organization has re-appointed Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director-General of WHO for the second term with effect from 16th August 2022. His re-election was confirmed during the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva. He was the sole candidate. Dr Tedros was first elected in 2017. Before joining the WHO, Dr Tedros was served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and

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