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PNB enters into co-lending arrangement with Lendingkart

PNB has entered into a co-lending arrangement with Lendingkart Finance Ltd. This partnership is part of its efforts to improve the flow of credit to the unserved and underserved sector of the economy. This arrangement will focus on digital underwriting and cashflow based lending. The ultimate beneficiaries would be MSME borrowers who will get the funds at an affordable rate […]

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Centre sets up panel to look into withdrawal of AFSPA in Nagaland

The center has instituted a high-level committee to examine the possibility of withdrawing the AFSPA in Nagaland. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Vivek Joshi will head the 5-member committee and Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry Piyush Goyal will be its Member-Secretary. The Chief Secretary and DGP of Nagaland and the DGP of Assam Rifles will be the other members of the committee. The committee will

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Rajya Sabha MP from the JD(U) Mahendra Prasad died at the age of 81 in Delhi on Monday.

Seven-term Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Prasad passes away

Seven-term Rajya Sabha MP from the Janata Dal (United) and industrialist Mahendra Prasad passed away in New Delhi. Prasad was a seven-term Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar and was also elected to the Lok Sabha once. Prasad was first elected to the Lok Sabha on a Congress ticket in 1980. He remained associated with the party for a long time and shifted his loyalties later

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Kamlesh Gandhi named new Co-Chairman of FIDC

Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC), which is a representative body of asset and loan financing NBFCs, has announced fresh appointments to its board of directors. Kamlesh Gandhi, CMD of MAS Financial Services has been appointed as Co-Chairman, FIDC in addition to Umesh Revankar, CEO and MD of Shriram Transport Finance Group. Sanjay Chamria has resigned as

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Docprime tech launched India’s first ABDM integrated Health Locker

Docprime Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of PB Fintech (parent company of Policybazaar and Paisabazaar), launched Docprime health locker integrated with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). ABDM was launched in August 2020 to develop an integrated digital health infrastructure in the country. ABDM integrated Health Locker will provide users a digital and self-consented health data

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Good Governance Index 2021: Gujarat topped the ranking

The Good Governance Index 2021 was released by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 25 December 2021. The GGI Index has been prepared by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). The Good Governance Index 2021 has seen an improved composite score by 20 states, with Uttar Pradesh registering an 8.9% improvement

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Tamil Nadu CM launched ‘Meendum Manjappai’ scheme

Tamil Nadu CM has launched the ‘Meendum Manjappai’ Scheme to promote the use of cloth bags by the public and discourage the use of plastic bags. This awareness campaign on using ‘yellow’ cloth bag or ‘manjapai’ as it is called in Tamil, is aimed at encouraging the people to return to the use of this eco-friendly bag

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Anukrti Upadhyay’s Kintsugi wins the Sushila Devi Award 2021

Anukrti Upadhyay’s novel, Kintsugi, was published by the Fourth Estate imprint and won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for Best Book of Fiction. The Ratanlal Foundation and the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival’s organizing committee have announced the winner of this prestigious award for fiction written by a woman author and published in 2020. This prize

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Mohammed Ben Sulayem elected FIA president

Mohammed Ben Sulayem of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to Jean Todt as the first non-European president of motorsport’s world governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA). The FIA is the governing body for Formula One, the World Rally Championship, World Endurance, and Formula E among other series. The 60-year-old Dubai-born former rally driver was standing against British lawyer

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Former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Nirmal Chander Vij releases his new book

A new book by the former Indian Army Chief Gen. Nirmal Chander Vij (Retd) Claims to present a “complete picture” of the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir and the way forward. The book published by HarperCollins India, the book of General Vij, The riddle of “Kashmir: the quest for peace in a troubled land”. In the book,

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