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Website for Atal Medical and Research University launched in Himachal Pradesh
In Himachal Pradesh, the website for Atal Medical and Research University Ner Chowk, in Mandi district was launched through video conferencing. Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur said the University would go a long way in the field of research and medical education.

Karnataka govt signs agreement with Tata Technologies to upgrade 150 Govt ITIs
The Government of Karnataka has entered into an agreement with Tata Technologies to upgrade 150 Government ITIs at a cost of 4,636.50 crore rupees. The agreement was signed in the presence of Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa in Bengaluru. Along with Tata Technologies, about 20 other companies are contributing 4,080 crore rupees from their CSR funds for this programme.

India receives single largest infra loan from KfW for Mumbai Metro
German development bank KfW has approved a loan of euro 545 million to the union finance ministry to fund Mumbai Metro Line 4 and Line 4A, part of the city’s plans to expand its mass rapid transit systems and having the largest metro rail network in the world. The project cost of the two lines will be about ₹23,000 crore and KfW’s loan will amount to roughly ₹4,000 crore.

India hosts 5th Joint Working Group on Coal between India and Indonesia through video conference
India successfully hosted 5th Joint Working Group (JWG) on Coal between India and Indonesia through video conference. The JWG was co-chaired from the Indian side by Vinod Kumar Tiwari, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Government of India and by Jonson Pakpahan, Director for Mineral and Coal, Non Tax State Revenue of Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Republic of Indonesia, from the Indonesian side.

PM Modi, Italian PM hold Virtual Bilateral Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte are currently holding a Virtual Bilateral Summit. During the Summit, the two leaders will comprehensively review the broad framework of the bilateral relationship and exchange views on major regional and global issues of mutual concern. Several Government-to-Government and Private Sector agreements or MoUs will be concluded on the occasion.

WhatsApp starts UPI payments service in India
WhatsApp has started its payments service in India, the messaging app said in a blog post. WhatsApp received NPCI approval to ‘Go Live’ on UPI in a graded manner. WhatsApp had been running a peer-to-peer payments service with limited users for over two years.

SBI integrates Yono Krishi with IFFCO eBazar
The country’s largest lender State Bank of India has facilitated the integration of Yono Krishi with IFFCO eBazar under its Mandi section. Over three crore registered Yono customers will benefit with the integration of Yono Krishi and IFFCO eBazar. IFFCO eBazar is a 100 per cent subsidiary of IFFCO Ltd. Through its online B2C platform IFFCO eBazar sells a variety of agro products.

Angel Broking to allow UPI AutoPay facility for mutual fund
Angel Broking has become the first in the industry to offer Unified Payment Interface (UPI) AutoPay for mutual funds, the company said. It has received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for the new service. The introduction of UPI AutoPay will bring down the turnaround time of e-mandate authentication for SIPs down to a few seconds.

Sebi introduces flexicap category in mutual funds
Market regulator Sebi has introduced a ‘flexicap category’ in mutual funds. Schemes in this category are required to invest at least 65% of their corpus in equity. However, there is no restriction in terms of large-, mid- or small-cap allocation. MF schemes in the new category will have to adopt the name flexi cap. Existing schemes can reclassify themselves to this category.

Amazon to invest over ₹20,000 cr in Telangana for data centres
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be investing $2.77 billion ( ₹20,761 crore) in Telangana. It is the largest Foreign Direct Investment in the history of the state. AWS, the cloud platform offered by Amazon, is investing to set up an AWS Region with three AZs in the state.

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