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General Insurance Corporation gets license from Bank of Russia for reinsurance business

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has given license to the General Insurance Corporation (GIC RE) of India to commence reinsurance business. GIC RE is a state-owned...

February 15, 2020

Andhra Pradesh attracted the highest project investments in 2018-19

According to a recent study by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Andhra Pradesh topped the list of states which attracted the highest project investments in 2018-19. Maharashtra,...

February 15, 2020

SEBI constitutes Municipal bonds development committee

Markets regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently constituted a ‘Municipal bonds development committee’ headed by its Executive Director Sujit Prasad. The committee which has several technical representatives will...

February 15, 2020

Naval exercise ‘Milan’ to be held in Visakhapatnam

The biggest multilateral naval exercise in the Indian Ocean region, Milan is set to be organised at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The exercise has been hosted by India since...

February 15, 2020

Kobe Bryant named finalist of ‘Basketball Hall of Fame’

The global sports icon Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash three weeks ago, was recently named as finalist of ‘Basketball Hall of Fame’. One of the...

February 15, 2020

China National Biotec Group develops convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 infection

The biotechnology research company of China- ‘China National Biotec Group’ has developed convalescent plasma to treat the patients who are infected with the COVID-19 (novel corona virus). The...

February 15, 2020

Udayan Mane wins TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship

Udayan Mane was recently seen in news, as the Pune-based Golfer recently won the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship. He defeated his fellow player Veer Ahlawat of Gurugram....

February 15, 2020

Global defence spending up by 4% in 2019

London-based research institute, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) recently released its annual “Military Balance” report. It stated that Global spending on defence increased by four percent...

February 15, 2020

India’s first inter-city electric bus service inaugurated in Maharashtra

India’s first inter-city electric bus service was recently inaugurated in the state of Maharashtra between Mumbai and Pune by the Union Transport minister Nitin Gadkari. The luxury electric...

February 15, 2020

State Cultural Award to replace Yash Bharti Award

Yash Bharti Award is the highest award of the state Government of Uttar Pradesh which was instituted in the year 1994. The state has recently announced that Yash...

February 15, 2020

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