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14 dead due to toxins water in Maharashtra, allege locals
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): At least 14 people have died in past 24 months, due to the alleged toxins present in the water in a 250-feet borewell in Maharashtra's Yavatmal.
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Happy Loans', Storeking tie-up to disburse over Rs. 4 Cr. credit to rural
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Digital lending platform focusing on micro-credit for the MSME sector Happy Loans on Tuesday announced its partnership with rural digitisation and commerce optimisation platform, Storeking.
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Migsun Kaushalam announces to provide placement linked training to 12,000
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 12 (NewsVoir): In an endeavour to laud womanhood, Migsun Kaushalam, a skill development vertical of prestigious Migsun Group has pledged to provide placement linked skill development training to at least 12,000 female candidates from rural areas for the target allocate
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BRITZO launches operations in India with Rs. 100 cr. Investment
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 8 (ANI): With an aim to drive the now-ubiquitous digitization towards rural India, pioneering communications company BRITZO on Thursday ventured into the Indian mobile phone market.
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B2BAdda.com extends employment to 20,000 women SHGs in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 6 (ANI): B2BAdda.com in association with Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women and Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM) for Vellore District, Tamil Nadu have decided to setup a Centre of Excellence (COE) cum Incubation Centre (IC) for more than
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Indian Railways to provide bio-degradable pads in 8,000 stations
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 6 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said he wants to run a campaign, ensuring that all women are provided with the benefit of bio-degradable sanitary pads in rural areas.
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Tough RBI tightens PSL norms for foreign banks
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5. (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday tightened Priority Sector Lending (PSL) norms for foreign banks by directing them to mandatorily create sub-targets so that they lend a portion of their loans to small and marginal farmers, micro enterprises (MSMEs) f
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China to lift 10 million people out of poverty by 2018
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar 5 (ANI): China aims to lift over 10 million people in the rural areas out of poverty, including 2.8 million people, who will be relocated from inhospitable regions of the country within this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday.
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CBI unearths over 14 cr scam in rural bank, arrests manager
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hasanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 2 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR against branch manager and eight other employees of a regional rural bank over an alleged scam of over Rs 14 crore in Uttar Pradesh's Hasanpur.
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N Korean economy hit hard by international sanctions
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 28 (ANI): A series of international sanctions will likely hit the economy of North Korea into a deeper slump this year and worsen the living conditions of its citizens sharply, according to a report published on Wednesday.
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Glad that India agreed to be an active participant in AIIB: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 27 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday lauded the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which is investing in various infrastructure projects of India, saying India aspires to improve the quality of life, especially for those living in rural a
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Govt. hopeful of achieving agriculture credit flow target by 2022
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Addressing the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development's (NABARD) board on Monday, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the agriculture credit flow target of Rs. 11 lakh crore for 2018-19 is achievable by the banking sector.
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