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1.The Reserve Bank Monday permitted banks to allow minors above the age of 10 years to open and operate savings/term deposit accounts independently. The Reserve Bank of India has issued revised instructions on opening and operation in the deposit accounts of minors.
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2.district has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2024 under the Holistic Development of Districts category. Collector V Keerthi Vasan received the award from PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Public Service Day.
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3.The Uttar Pradesh government Monday said it plans to bring over 2.5 lakh farmers into the fold of natural farming across 282 blocks and 2,144 gram panchayats with investments of more than Rs2,500 crore over the next two years.
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4.The Supreme Court Monday directed former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating, and wrongly availing of OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination, to appear before Delhi Police May 2.
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5.“As it is, we are alleged of encroaching upon the parliamentary and executive functions,” Supreme Court’s Justice B R Gavai said Monday in an apparent reference to recent attacks on the judiciary while hearing a matter over West Bengal violence.
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6.Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, has died Monday. He was 88.
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7.West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday laid the foundation stone for a 1,600 MW ultra-supercritical thermal power plant at Salboni in Paschim Medinipur district, asserting that the greenfield project marked a significant milestone in the state's industrial and infrastructure development.
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8.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said that 88 per cent of the 9,377 grievance petitions received by the Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell have been resolved. The CM said this during a public grievance hearing at Sambalpur in Western Odisha.
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9.The STF of West Bengal Police, with assistance of Jharsuguda police, Monday arrested eight persons, including two prime suspects, from Jharsuguda in connection with the violence in the neighbouring state’s Murshidabad district, official sources said.
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10.An 11-yearold boy, who had been missing since April 15 evening, was found dead in a septic tank just 200 metre from his home at Ratanpur under this police limits in Puri district, police said Monday.
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11. Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju has asked bankers to improve performance in terms of education and housing loans.
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12.Addressing high blood pressure (BP) could lower one's risk of developing cognitive impairment by 16 per cent and dementia by 15 per cent over the following four years, according to clinical trial results published in the journal ‘Nature Medicine’.
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13.Fighting in Ukraine has resumed after the Easter ceasefi re, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said Monday, adding that Moscow was open to any peace initiatives and expected similar attitude from Kyiv.
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14.Gold prices inched closer to the psychological mark of Rs1 lakh per 10 grams as the bullion rates surged Rs1,650 in the national capital Monday on weak dollar and uncertainties over US-China trade war driving demand.
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15.India Monday imposed a 12 per cent provisional safeguard duty for 200 days on fi ve steel product categories, including hot rolled coils, sheets and plates, to protect domestic players from surge in imports.