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Badminton legend Prakash Padukone to be presented Lifetime Achievement Award by Badminton World Federation
Badminton legend Prakash Padukone to be presented Lifetime Achievement Award by Badminton World Federation
- Indian badminton legend Prakash Padukone has been selected for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Council.
- The former world no 1 has already been honored with Badminton Association of India’s (BAI) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.
- Padukone is the first-ever Indian to win medal at World Championships in 1983 Copenhagen tournament.
Maharashtra government appoints Salman Khan as Covid vaccination ambassador
Maharashtra government appoints Salman Khan as Covid vaccination ambassador
- Maharashtra Government has roped in veteran Bollywood actor Salman Khan as vaccine ambassador for campaigning and appealing to people to take both the jabs of the Covid vaccine, especially in Muslim-dominated areas.
- The decision of the state authority to onboard Salman Khan comes after observing hesitancy among people in Muslim majority areas for the vaccine.
- As an ambassador, Salman Khan will persuade people to get vaccinated.
- This step will also ensure better vaccination counts in the state.
India Ranks 82nd in TRACE Global Business Bribery Risk Rankings 2021
India Ranks 82nd in TRACE Global Business Bribery Risk Rankings 2021
- India is placed at 82nd position in the TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix 2021. The country stood at 77 position in 2020.
- India has achieved the score of 44 in a global list that measures business bribery risks in 2021.
- North Korea, Turkmenistan, Venezuela and Eritrea showed highest commercial bribery risk.
- Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and New Zealand reported lowest bribery risk.
- The TRACE Matrix list is released by TRACE International, an anti-bribery standard setting organisation, which measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions.
- The score is based on four factors, which are business interactions with the government, anti-bribery deterrence and enforcement, government and civil service transparency, and capacity for civil society oversight which includes the role of the media.
SIDBI joins hand with Google for $15 million financial assistance programme to help MSMEs
SIDBI joins hand with Google for $15 million financial assistance programme to help MSMEs
- The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has collaborated with Google on November 18, 2021 to launch $15 million financial assistance program for micro-enterprises.
- The one-of-a-kind programme by SIDBI is launched as a crisis response related to Covid-19 to reinvigorate the MSME sector in India.
- Total corpus : USD 15 million or Rs 110 crore
- Target Group: Micro Enterprises with turnover up to Rs 5 crore
- Loan size: Ranging between Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore
- Loans will be disbursed by SIDBI. The programme is completely paperless from onboarding to the disbursal stage.
- Business owned by Women and businesses engaged in the production of Covid-19 combating equipment will be prioritised, with suitable interest rate concession.
- SIDBI has partnered with which company to launch $15 million financial assistance program for micro-enterprises?
- Total corpus of the financial assistance program launched by SIDBI in collaboration with Google for micro-enterprises
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dedicates renovated Rezang La Memorial to the nation at Chushul in Ladakh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dedicates renovated Rezang La Memorial to the nation at Chushul in Ladakh
- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh dedicated to the Nation renovated Rezang La War Memorial (Ahir Dham) at Chushul in Ladakh on November 18, 2021.
- Rezang La is a mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control between India and China, where the Indian troops fought Chinese soldiers in 1962.
- The Memorial was constructed in 1963 in the Chushul plains, at an altitude of over 15,000 feet to honour the troops of Charlie Company of 13 KUMAON Regiment.
