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Antonio Costa re-elected as Prime Minister of Portugal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa for resounding performance in the parliamentary elections in Portugal and his re-election. Mr Modi said, he is looking forward to continue deepening the warm and time-tested relationship with Portugal. Socialist Party bagged 117 seats in the 230 seats Parliament. Antonio Costo is serving […]

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Home Delivery of medicines under SeHAT scheme of MoD begins

Ministry of Defence had launched the Services e-Health Assistance and Teleconsultation (SeHAT) teleconsultation service for all entitled armed forces personnel and their families in May 2021. To add further to this initiative, the Home Delivery or Self Pickup of Medicines to patients seeking consultation on SeHAT will be started w.e.f February 01, 2022.

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PM Modi addresses 30th National Commission for Women Foundation Day

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed 30th National Commission for Women Foundation Day programme on January 31, 2022, via video conference. The theme of the programme ‘She The Change Maker’ is aimed at celebrating the achievements of women in different fields.

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Lt Gen Manoj Pande takes over as new Vice-Chief of Army Staff

Lieutenant General Manoj Pande is under consideration as a replacement for Lieutenant General Mohanty as the next Vice Chief of Army Staff. He will take over from Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty who superannuated on January 31, 2022. Prior to this appointment, Lt Gen Pande was the Eastern Army Commander since June 01, 2021.

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GAIL commences India’s first-of-its-kind project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system at Indore

State gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd said it has commenced India’s first-of-its-kind project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The hydrogen blended natural gas will be supplied to Avantika Gas Ltd, one of GAIL’s joint venture with HPCL, for retailing of CNG to automobiles and piped natural gas to

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SBI listed the maiden issue of $300 million Formosa bonds on India INX

State Bank of India (SBI) said on Friday that it has issued $300 million Formosa bonds and listed the issuance on India INX GIFT IFSC. This is the first such issuance by any Indian Bank in Formosa Bond market. Formosa bond is a bond issued in Taiwan. SBI was the first issuer whose Green bonds

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Maharashtra has highest number of SC entrepreneurs

Maharashtra tops India’s list in the number of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) owned by entrepreneurs from the Scheduled Castes with as many as 96,805 enterprises. Tamil Nadu with 42,997 enterprises and Rajasthan with 38,517 units occupy the second and third slots, according to the data furnished by the Office of the Development Commissioner in the Union

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PR Sreejesh wins World Games Athlete of the Year award 2021

Indian men’s hockey player PR Sreejesh has won the World Games Athlete of the Year award for 2021. He is the second Indian after Rani Rampal to win this award. She won the award in 2020. In 2020, Indian women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal became the first Indian to win the honour for her performances in 2019. A total of 24

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Tata group acquires Odisha-based Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) for Rs 12,100 crore

Tata Steel Long Products has won the bid to acquire Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) for around Rs 12,100 crore at a time when the steel sector is going through an upturn. Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) is a steel plant located in Kalinganagar in Odisha and was shut in March 2020 due to continued losses.

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NPCI to observe February 2022 as ‘UPI Safety and Awareness Month’

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the UPI ecosystem have announced the UPI Safety and Awareness initiative. NPCI and the ecosystem comprising leading banks and fintech will observe February 1 to 7 as UPI Safety and Awareness Week and the whole of February as ‘UPI Safety and Awareness Month’, said a statement on Monday. NPCI

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