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India Leading Digital Revolution, Its Financial Inclusion Journey Can Be Example for Others: UN Officials

India Leading Digital Revolution, Its Financial Inclusion Journey Can Be Example for Others: UN Officials

India is at the vanguard of the digital revolution and its financial inclusion journey can be an example for other developing countries to look at, senior UN officials and economists have said. Speaking on Thursday at the ‘India Roundtable on Financial Inclusion', India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said the country takes financial inclusion seriously and it has led to social and economic empowerment of the people. “We believe India's financial inclusion journey can be an example for other developing countries to look at,” she said. The discussion, organized by the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, aimed…
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East Africa Becomes Home to Rolls-Royce

East Africa Becomes Home to Rolls-Royce

Due to a rise in the demand for engines to power ships, and locomotives, and generate electricity from renewable sources, Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is opening its first office in East Africa. John Kelly, the company's president for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, believes there is a strong case for the UK engineering firm to open an office in the area. He said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Nairobi that East African countries like Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania have a population of more than 174 million people and an economic growth rate of 6.5%. According to him,…
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PHOTOS: Indian Teenager Sets New Record for Longest Dancing Marathon

PHOTOS: Indian Teenager Sets New Record for Longest Dancing Marathon

Srushti Sudhir Jagtap, a 16-year-old girl from India, has broken the record for the longest dance marathon by a person with a time of 127 hours, breaking the previous mark of 126 hours set by Nepalese dancer Bandana Nepal in 2018. The Guinness World Record Official Adjudicator, Swapnil Dangarikar, stated that the dance marathon was held in her school auditorium, which was packed with supporters and her parents. Jagtap began the marathon dance on Monday, May 29, and finished on Saturday, June 3 in the afternoon. To reach the record, a recognized dancing style must be performed to a just…
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President Biden falls on Air Force stage

President Biden falls on Air Force stage

US President Joe Biden is helped up after falling during the graduation ceremony at the United States Air Force Academy, just north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, on June 1, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble on Thursday after tripping over an obstacle on stage at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, but he appeared unhurt. Biden, 80, who had delivered the commencement address to graduates of the military academy, had just shaken hands with a cadet and begun walking back to his seat when he fell. Air Force…
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