Renowned writer Mannu Bhandari, a doyen of the ‘Nayi Kahani movement’ in Hindi literature, passed away on Monday, 15 November, at the age of 90. Bhandari was the wife of illustrious Hindi fiction writer late Rajendra Yadav, often credited to be the pioneer of the Hindi literary movement ‘Nayi Kahani’ along with Bhandari. Some of the […]
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on November 14, 2021, confirmed that former India batsman VVS Laxman has been named as the Head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA). He is expected to assume the new role before the BCCI’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled to be held in Kolkata
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Having tasted the success of its Mooh Band Rakho campaign in 2020, HDFC Bank has announced the launch of the second edition in support of International Fraud Awareness Week 2021. Through this initiative, the bank aims to increase awareness on all types of frauds and the importance of keeping your mouth shut to ensure their
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The Prime Minister has launched multiple key initiatives for the welfare of the Janjatiya (Tribal) community at Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas Mahasammelan. He also launched ‘Ration Aapke Gram’ scheme and Sickle Cell Mission in Madhya Pradesh. The mission has been developed to screen and manage patients suffering from sickle cell anaemia, Thalassemia and other Hemoglobinopathies and to increase public
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BharatPe has launched $100 million worth of World’s 1st Merchant Shareholding Program (MSP) for its merchant partners. Under the program, the company offers its merchant customers an opportunity to buy BharatPe’s equity shares and become a partner. The company plans a public listing by 2024 and targets a public listing value of $1 billion. Merchant payments and financial services company will
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Australia lifted their maiden T20 World Cup trophy with a commanding eight-wicket win over New Zealand in the title clash which was rendered one-sided by Mitchell Marsh with his blistering 77-run knock, on November 14, 2021, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, UAE. New Zealand had put up the target of 172/4 in their 20 overs
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The Reserve Bank of India has announced to introduce the Internal Ombudsman mechanism for following two types of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs): Deposit-taking NBFCs (NBFCs-D) with 10 or more branches and Non-deposit taking NBFCs with assets size of ₹5,000 crore must appoint an Internal Ombudsman (IO). Consequently, these two categories of NBFCs will have to appoint Internal Ombudsman (IO). The internal Ombudsman will
State Cabinet of Arunachal Pradesh, headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, approved “Kaiser-i-Hind” as a state butterfly on November 13, 2021. The Kaiser-i-Hind butterfly is scientifically known as Teinopalpus imperialis. The Kaiser-i-Hind literally means Emperor of India. This species of butterfly has a 90-120 mm wingspan. They are found in six Indian States along the Eastern Himalayas
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 16, 2021, inaugurated the 341-km Purvanchal Expressway at KarwalKheri in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh after landing on the highway airstrip in an IAF C-130 Hercules plane. It will connect Lucknow with Ghazipur. The 341-km long Purvanchal Express has been constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 22,500 crore. The Expressway starts
To celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and its glorious history as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal virtually inaugurated the office building, Divisional Office Hubballi in Karnataka and Food Security Museum at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu along
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