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🇮🇳 NATIONAL 🇮🇳

➡ Age relaxation for EWS candidates in Rajasthan
💠 with this decision, the male candidates of EWS category will be given five years relaxation in the maximum age limit and 10 years for women candidates like other reserved classes.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ China rolls out its own e-currency, a first for major economy
💠 It's poised to give Beijing power to track spending, and money that isn't linked to the global financial system.

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👨‍💼 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 👨‍💼

➡ Govt notifies Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021
💠 The compliance requirements for registration of software works have been reduced and the applicant can file the first 10 and last 10 pages of source code, or the entire source code if less than 20 pages, with no blocked out or redacted portions.

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💱 BANKING AWARENESS 💱

➡ Payments banks can now hold max balance of Rs 2 lakh per customer
💠 The RBI has doubled the limit of maximum balance that an individual customer can hold with payments banks to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1 lakh earlier with immediate effect.

➡ Soon, you can withdraw cash from digital wallets
💠 The rationale behind this move is to level the playing field between banks and non-banks PPI issuers

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👨‍💼 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 👨‍💼

➡ RBI extends fresh support of ₹50,000 crore to NABARD, NHB, SIDBI
💠 The central bank decided to extend fresh support of ₹50,000 crore to the All India Financial Institutions for new lending in FY22. This would help support the continued flow of credit to the economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19pandemic and to nurture the still-nascent growth impulses.

➡ Cabinet approves PLI schemes for solar modules, white goods
💠 Under the scheme for white goods, eligible investors in air-conditioners, LED lights and such components will be granted a total incentive of Rs 6,238 crore. The scheme for solar modules promises benefits of Rs 4,500 crore.

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➡ India has third highest number of billionaires in world
💠 Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani reclaimed the top spot in the Forbes list of India's 10 richest billionaires with a net worth of $84.5 billion.

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🏏 SPORTS 🏏

➡ Russian Olympic champions banned
💠 Russian Olympic champions Andrei Silnov and Natalya Antyukh have each been banned for four years for doping offenses.

➡ Indian hockey team beat Argentina for winning start to tour
💠 The Indian men’s hockey team made a positive start to its tour of Argentina, beating the reigning Olympic champions 4-3 in the first practice match in Buenos Aires.

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➡ President Ram Nath Kovind appoints Justice NV Ramana as next CJI
💠 He will take over as Chief Justice of India on April 24, 2021 after the retirement of incumbent CJI SA Bobde on April 23.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ Bezos tops Forbes' billionaire list 4th year in a row, Musk takes 2nd spot
💠 With an estimated net worth of $84.5 billion, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, is ranked at number 10.

➡ Singapore will be first to accept Covid-19 digital travel passes
💠 Singapore will accept the International Air Transport Association (IATA) mobile travel pass for pre-departure checks, where travellers can get clearance to fly to and enter Singapore by showing a smartphone application containing their data from accredited laboratories.

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GENERAL AWARENESS

➡ Tarun Bajaj appointed Revenue Secretary, Ajay Seth new DEA Secy
💠 Gyanesh Kumar, additional secretary in the Department of Home, has been appointed as secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

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➡ Haryana allots 140 acre to Flipkart for its largest Asia fulfilment centre
💠 The Haryana government has approved allotment of 140 acres of land to e-commerce major Flipkart for setting up its largest fulfilment centre in Asia, having a covered area of 3 million square feet in Patli Hajipur in Gurugram district's Manesar.

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➡ INS Viraat now private property
💠 Demolition already underway, court tells firm wanting to convert aircraft carrier into a museum. The court had put a stay on dismantling of INS Viraat, which retired from service in 2017 after it was informed that a private firm wants to preserve the massive ship.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ Vietnam National Assembly selects Prime Minister, President
💠 Pham Minh Chinh is the country's next Prime Minister. Outgoing PM Nguyen Xuan P**c was appointed the new President.

➡ India imposes anti-dumping duty on flexible slabstock polyol imports from Saudi Arabia
💠 The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs issued a notification to the effect, following recommendations of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies which suggested imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry.

➡ Kosovo gets new president, its second female leader in the post-war period
💠 Lawmakers in Kosovo elected and swore in a new president for a five-year term, the Balkan nation's second female leader.

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🏭 REGIONAL AND STATE 🏭

➡ Telangana government introduces free electricity program
💠 The Telangana state government will provide 250 units of electricity to the business for free, in light of the Chief Minister’s order.

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🏏 SPORTS 🏏

➡ Pramod Bhagat wins gold in singles and doubles in Dubai Para Badminton occasion
💠 The day was a memorable day for Pramod Bhagat, the World No 1 para-shuttler from Odisha. He won two gold medals and a bronze medal during the Fazza Dubai International Para-Badminton Tournament.

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➡ Nepali Congress decides to form government under its leadership
💠 The Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress (NC) decided to take initiative to form a new government under its leadership.

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💻 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT 💻

➡ First baby born in Spain with Covid-19 antibodies
💠 Manuel Grandal Martin, deputy director of the Madrid Hospital Directorate, said that the protection that the baby has is equal to that of someone who has been vaccinated.

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🏏 SPORTS 🏏

➡ Australia women break ODI record
💠 The Australian women’s cricket team won its 22nd consecutive match and surpassed Ricky Ponting’s 2003 side to set a new ODI record in a six-wicket victory against New Zealand.

➡ Aces awards 2021 | Mary Kom wins Sportstar of the Decade honour
💠 Bindra is Inspirational Giant of Indian Sport, Srikanth and Sindhu bag Racquet Sports awards, Gopi Chand named Coach of the Decade.

➡ Former international table tennis player Suhas Kulkarni dies aged 68
💠 After retiring as a player, Kulkarni was actively involved with the game with coaching and also regularly played in the Masters' TT tournaments at the National and International level.

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➡ Railways logs highest-ever route electrification
💠 The Railways has planned to fully electrify its tracks by December 2023. With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping trains off tracks, the Railways has used the opportunity to speed up its electrification process,

➡ India, France and Australia to hold trilateral talks
💠 The meeting is set to focus on exploring practical cooperation in other crucial areas such as dealing with the adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ Flags at half-staff after Capitol officer killed
💠 Mr. Biden says he and first lady Jill Biden are heartbroken over the death of officer William Evans, an 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police force.

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👨‍💼 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 👨‍💼

➡ Adani Enterprises bags Rs 1,169 crore highway project from NHAI in Odisha
💠 It said that ARTL would continue to evaluate and bid for attractive opportunities in the transport sector which generates value for the stakeholders.

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🏏 SPORTS 🏏

➡ Sushil, Anand, Humpy, Manpreet and Rani get awards
💠 Cricketer Joginder, kabaddi player Ajay Thakur and boxer Akhil Kumar conferred with the ‘Giant off the Field’ honour.

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➡ Kalinga Ratna award presented to Governor
💠 Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu presented the Kalinga Ratna Award for the year 2021, to Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan.

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👨‍💼 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 👨‍💼

➡ Capacity Building Commission formed, Adil Zainulbhai appointed as chairman
💠 The approved Commission will coordinate with and supervise all the government offices, training institutes to monitor and evaluate the implementation of plans and create shared resources.

➡ Key Budget proposals effective from new fiscal 2021-22
💠 The new financial year has started From April 1, 2021, and with it, rules and announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman in the Union Budget 2021-22 have come into effect.

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➡ Piramal Enterprises appoints Khushru Jijina as executive director
💠 Piramal Capital is the financial services arm of the Piramal Enterprises set up in 2010.Jijina will join the board of the company as executive director, Financial Services.

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🏏 SPORTS 🏏

➡ Sportstar Aces Awards 2021 | Top recognition for Visvanath, Tendulkar, Dhoni and Mithali
💠 Anantapur Sports Academy won the inaugural Sportstar Aces Sports for Good award their work in rural Andhra Pradesh using grassroot sports programmes as a tool.

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➡ Rajinikanth to be bestowed with Dada Saheb Phalke award
💠 India every year gives Dada Saheb Phalke award to a film personality. This year this selection has been made by a jury comprising Asha Bhonsle, Mohanlal, Biswajit Chatterjee, Shankar Mahadevan and Subhash Ghai.

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➡ Biden admin lets Trump era H-1B visa bans expire, what it means for Indian workforce
💠 The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

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🏭 REGIONAL AND STATE 🏭

➡ Rajasthan launches health insurance scheme for all
💠 The State government also said that it will provide funds to each district for work related to public utility asset creation as per the local needs from the Chief Minister's Innovation Fund.

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➡ Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel appointed Additional Director of Britannia
💠 Patel has been appointed as the Additional Director with effect from March 31 2021 for a five-year period.

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💻 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT 💻

➡ Facility for face recognition planned
💠 NEC Company India, part of the Tokyo-based IT and electronics firm has bagged contracts from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to deploy facial recognition-based passenger identification expertise in 4 airports within the nation, in Varanasi, Vijayawada, Pune and Kolkata.

➡ Novel technique for tracking eruptions from sun to be used in India's first solar mission
💠 A software named Computer Aided CME Tracking Software based on a computer vision algorithm was so far used to detect and characterise such eruptions automatically in the outer corona where these eruptions cease to show accelerations and propagate with a nearly constant speed.

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🚀 DEFENCE 🚀

➡ Lt Gen Amardeep Singh Bhinder takes over as chief of South Western Command
💠 Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Bhinder succeeds Alok Kler who retired on March 31, 2021.

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➡ WEF’s gender gap index: India slips 28 places, ranks 140 among 156 countries
💠 India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ Pakistan allows import of cotton, sugar from India
💠 Pakistan Finance Minister Hammad Azhar, announced that sugar trade was being re-opened with India this year because of the difference in prices in the neighbouring country.

➡ Sri Lanka gets donated 600,000 COVID vaccine doses from China
💠 Sri Lankan authorities said the supplied doses will go first to Chinese citizens in Sri Lanka, where thousands of people from China are working.

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GENERAL AWARENESS

➡ Volvo India announces 24 weeks paid parental leave for male workers
💠 Volvo announced a gender neutral policy, 'Family Bond', that allows the male employees in India to avail up to 24 weeks (120 working days) of parental leave.

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👨‍💼 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 👨‍💼

➡ SBI signs $1-bn loan pact with Japanese Bank
💠 This loan is intended to promote smooth flow of funds for the whole range of business operations of Japanese automobile manufacturers in India

➡ Apple launches its contactless payment service in South Africa
💠 The use of digital finance and payments systems has surged in South Africa and elsewhere as the coronavirus crisis has prompted a shift towards e-commerce and contactless payments

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➡ Telangana raises age of retirement
💠 The CM also cleared the file to increase the retirement age from the present 58 years to 61 benefitting about 9.37 lakh state government employees.

➡ OCI card holders no longer required to carry old passports for India travel
💠 People of Indian origin and Indian diaspora having overseas citizens of India (OCI) card are now not required to carry their old, expired passports for travel to India.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ AstraZeneca Covid shots not recommended for under 55s in Canada
💠 Manitoba and Quebec provinces were the first to heed the new National Advisory Committee on Immunization and Health (NACI) guidelines, with each region responsible for its own immunization program.

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👨‍💼 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 👨‍💼

➡ Harsh Vardhan Patodia is CREDAI’s new national president for 2021-23
💠 Patodia, the Managing Director of Kolkata-based Unimark group, will become President for two years with effect from April 1, 2021.

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🏏 SPORTS 🏏

➡ Skipper Manpreet Singh returns to lead India in Argentina
💠 India will also play two practice matches against the home team on April 6 and 7 2021, followed by two more on April 13 and 14 2021 as part of their preparations for the Tokyo Olympic.

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➡ Kalaburagi corporation launches iris-based attendance system
💠 Along with the existing fingerprint-based biometric attendance system, the Kalaburagi City Corporation has now launched iris-based attendance system for staff and pourakarmikas.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ Traffic in Suez Canal channel resumes after stranded ship refloated
💠 The 400-metre (430-yard) long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal in high winds early, halting traffic on the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia.

➡ USTR suspends all trade engagement with Myanmar until elected govt returns
💠 Tai said in a statement that Myanmar security forces' killing of peaceful protesters, students, workers and labor leaders and children has shocked the conscience of the international community.

➡ Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency
💠 The company told Reuters it had launched the pilot program with payment and crypto platform Crypto.com and plans to offer the option to more partners.

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➡ Bharat Biotech, CSIR collaborate to make raw material for vaccines
💠 Bharat Biotech International, Biovet, and Sapigen Biologix signed a joint Master Collaborative Agreement (MCA) with CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) to work on developing novel platform technologies for bio-therapeutics and vaccines to support indigenous, affordable health care solutions for humans and animals.

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🚀 DEFENCE 🚀

➡ India and South Korea agree to go for joint production, export of military hardware
💠 The decisions were taken during delegation-level talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his South Korean counterpart Suh Wook with both sides resolving to give a major push to ramp up ties in strategically key areas.

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🏏 SPORTS 🏏

➡ Thisara Perera becomes first Sri Lankan to hit six sixes in an over
💠 He achieved the feat batting for Sri Lanka Army against Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in at the Army Ground in Panagoda town.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ With IBM help, New York becomes 1st state in US to launch vaccine passport
💠 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo launched the app called Excelsior Pass, a free, voluntary  platform.

➡ Iran, China sign long-term strategic cooperation economic agreement
💠 The agreement dubbed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership covers a variety of economic activity from oil and mining to promoting industrial activity in Iran

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GENERAL AWARENESS

➡ India, South Korea agree on joint production, export of military hardware
💠 The decisions were taken during delegation-level talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his South Korean counterpart Suh Wook

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👨‍💼 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 👨‍💼

➡ Govt unlikely to continue with zero-coupon bond route to recap PSU banks
💠 The government is unlikely to take zero-coupon bond route to further recapitalise public sector banks after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) expressed

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🏏 SPORTS 🏏

➡ India win gold in men's trap team event, end campaign on high
💠 Kynan, who finished fourth in the individual men trap to miss out on a podium, had something to cheer about as he ended the campaign on a positive note.

➡ Shooting WC: Indian women claim team gold medal in trap
💠 The Indian shooters, especially the experienced Shreyasi and Manisha, missed very few shots in the final and proved to be too good for their opponents.

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➡ A cryptic phone call about a crime cannot always be treated as an FIR
💠 A cryptic phone call vaguely informing of a crime cannot be treated as a First Information Report, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment.

➡ No need for employees to apply for payment of gratuity
💠 The gratuity will have to be paid immediately by the employer on cessation of employment in terms of Section 4 of the Payment Gratuity Act, 1972, irrespective of the demand by the employee.

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GENERAL AWARENESS

➡ Modi, Hasina launch new passenger train between India and Bangladesh
💠 A new passenger train connecting Dhaka and New Jalpaiguri on the Indian side was inaugurated jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina

➡ PM Modi holds talks with Sheikh Hasina, India, Bangladesh sign 5 MoUs
💠 Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina and discussed the progress achieved in shared areas.

➡ Delhi govt issues guidelines for protection of inter-faith couples
💠 The Delhi government has issued a standard operating procedure (SoP) for the protection of inter-faith and inter-caste couples from harassment.

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➡ Adani Green Energy acquires 100% stake in Spinel Energy and Infrastructure
💠 This acquisition is part of AGEL's overall growth strategy where the company is planning to build a capacity of 25 GW by 2025.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ India, US agree to work constructively to resolve key bilateral trade issues
💠 United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai discussed the important trade and investment relationship between the two countries during her maiden phone call with her Indian counterpart Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.

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GENERAL AWARENESS

➡ ISSF World Cup: India's Vijayveer wins silver in 25 m rapid fire final
💠 India's Vijayveer Sidhu settled for the silver medal behind Estonia's Peeter Olesk in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol final of the ISSF World Cup.

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👨‍💼 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 👨‍💼

➡ Former RBI deputy governor K C Chakrabarty passes away
💠 At Reserve Bank India, he handled a variety of departments including banking regulation and supervision as the DG.

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💱 BANKING AWARENESS 💱

➡ SAIL chief Soma Mondal is new chairperson of SCOPE
💠 SCOPE is an apex professional organization representing the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)

➡ Anish Shah to take over as MD and CEO of M&M 
💠 Finance veteran will be the first in Mahindra's history to have complete oversight of group when Anand Mahindra becomes non-executive chairman.

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🌍 INTERNATIONAL 🌍

➡ Russia passes bill allowing Vladimir Putin to run for two more terms
💠 In light of the amendment, the bill grants Putin the possibility of starting his presidency from scratch in 2024 and holding the office for two more terms until 2036.

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GENERAL AWARENESS

➡ National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions bill passed
💠 The bill provides for the constitution of a National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions for regulation and maintenance of standards of education and services, assessment of institutions, maintenance of a Central Register and State Register of such professionals.

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💱 BANKING AWARENESS 💱

➡ Snapdeal launches fast track payment option, aims to help small businesses
💠 'Jaldi Payments' will slash payment receipt time by 76 per cent and help sellers use capital to expand their business, says company.

➡ Parliament passes bill to set up National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development
💠 The DFI (Development Finance Institution), called the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), will be answerable to Parliament.

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🏏 SPORTS 🏏

➡ India wins silver in 50m rifle 3 position women's team event at shooting World Cup
💠 The Indian team shot 43 in the gold medal showdown to finish behind the Polish team, which scored 47 to grab the top prize.

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