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26 Sep

HDFC Bank Launches India’s first Warehouse Commodity Finance App

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In an industry first, HDFC Bank today launched a Warehouse Commodity Finance App. This will enable customers in drawing down and managing the loan against pledge of commodities online without physical intervention or multiple visits to a Bank branch. This in turn will bring in enhance defficiencies and time savings for the agri value chain. Something that used to take days can now be done in a loan has been repaid. The new app will greatly benefit agri processors, traders and farmers who are primary beneficiaries of WHR loans (Warehouse Receipt Loans). The App has been launched at a time…

26 Sep

BSF Meghalaya organized Fit India Movement run

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On 26th Sep’ 2020, BSF Meghalaya organized Fit India Movement run on the occasion of one year anniversary of ‘Fit India movement’. ‘Fit India movement Run’ is scheduled from 15th August - 2nd October 2020 by Govt. of Indiawith the motto “RUNNING: The human body’s most raw form of FREEDOM”, to encourage fitness and help all to get freedom from obesity, laziness, stress, anxiety, diseases etc. The run was flagged off from umpling Campus and covered 05 Kms. 200 BSF personnel and their families enthusiastically participated in the run.This occasion apart from fitness, provides an opportunity to re-affirm the inherent strength…

25 Sep

Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale rocks Ladakh, tremors felt in Leh.

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An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale struck on Friday in Ladakh, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The tremors were felt at 4.27 pm (IST) at a depth of 10 km and 129 km northeast of Leh in Ladakh. The quake took place at a latitude of 34.96 N and longitude of 78.59 E. There have been no reports yet of any injuries or damages to properties. Several locals also shared posts about the tremors having caused cracks in buildings. Meanwhile, no loss of life has been reported so far. This is the second earthquake…

25 Sep

GU Vice- Chancellor facilitates NSS Awarded Nipamoni Deka

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Gauhati University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pratap Jyoti Handique facilitated NSS National Award winner for the session 2018-19 to Nipamoni Deka at Gauhati University VC conference hall today with a flower bouquet, gamosa and a cheque an amount of rupees ten thousand. In his speech he congratulated Nipamoni Deka for bringing glory to Gauhati University in National level. Prof. Handique has initiated a VC welfare fund after taking over charge as Vice –Chancellor of Gauhati University and she is first beneficiaries to achieve the amount. Vice Chancellor also congratulated Dr Ranjan Kr Kakati, DSW, GU for providing guidance to NSS volunteers and…

25 Sep

Farmers’ protest: Northern Railway cancels trains citing nationwide agitation.

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As farmers gear up for nationwide protests on Friday against the Centre's agriculture bills, rail and road transport will be affected due to the 'Bharat Bandh' called by the farmers' organisations. The 'Bharat Bandh' comes a day after farmers’ bodies in Punjab and Haryana began a three-day ‘rail roko’ agitation to mark their protest against the farm bills. A total of 31 farmers’ organizations have extended their support to the call of a Bharat Bandh on Friday. Keeping in view the farmers' agitation in Punjab against agriculture bills, some trains operated by Northern Railway will remain cancelled or partially cancelled,…

24 Sep

Court sends Umar Khalid to judicial custody till Oct 22 in UAPA case.

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A Delhi court Thursday sent former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the stringent anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a case related to the communal violence in north east Delhi in February, to judicial custody till October 22. Mr. Khalid was present before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat through video conferencing at the end of his police custody. Delhi Police has claimed in the FIR against Umar that the communal violence which erupted in Delhi in February was a "premeditated conspiracy" which was allegedly planned by Umar and two others. He has also been booked for the…

24 Sep

CM distributes financial assistance under Arundhati Gold Scheme

editor0 CommentsNorth EastArundhati Gold Scheme, Assam

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that marriage is an institution full of responsibilities and registration of marriage raises dignity of this institution besides safeguarding rights of the brides. The Chief Minister said this while ceremonially distributing financial assistance to beneficiaries under 'Arundhati Gold Scheme' at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati today. It may be mentioned that under this scheme, the State government provides financial assistance to the tune of Rs 40 thousand to newly married couples who have applied for the scheme. The beneficiaries are required to register their marriages under Special Marriage Act, 1954 before a competent authority apart…

24 Sep

Telangana : ACB unearths Rs 70 crore illegal assets of Malkajgiri ACP.

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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Wednesday registered a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case against Malkajgiri ACP Yelmakuri Narasimha Reddy after unearthing assets worth at least Rs 70 crore in market value, during searches at 25 properties linked to him across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The ACB said it carried out simultaneous search at 25 locations in Hyderabad and other towns in Telangana and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh following reliable information that the ACP acquired assets disproportionate to his lawful sources of income by indulging in corrupt practices and dubious means. "So far we have found disproportionate assets worth over Rs 50 crore. Searches…

23 Sep

BSF SEIZES 118 CATTLE AT INTERNATIONAL BORDER

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With the easing of lockdown the State witnessed a sharp increase in cattle smuggling through the porous Bangladesh border which is reflected in the seizures made by alert BSF troops during past few days despite harsh weather condition and crisis of COVID-19 pandemic. On 23rd Sept’ 2020, during an operation to check cattle smuggling the vigilant BSF troops deployed at BOP Muktapur in West Jaintia Hills Distt of Meghalaya seized 118 cattle worth more than 17 lakhs Rupees. These cattle were stocked in hinterland inside dense forest, kept these ready to be smuggled to Bangladesh. Sh. U…

23 Sep

World Rhino Day celebrated in Siliguri

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On the occasion of World Rhino Day, a programme was organized at Siliguri’s Bengal Safari Park yesterday. Forest Minister Rajib Banerjee inaugurated the programme and felicitated six forest workers of Gorumara and Jaldapara Sanctuary at the event.Addressing the gathering, the Forest Minister maintained that any illegal work in the department will not be tolerated. With this, he added that the forest workers with good records will be felicitated, while legal action will be taken against those who are negligent in their work. Banerjee further stated that rhinos are found in two places across the world i.e. Africa and India. Two…