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₹250 crore in revenues within three years. “We aim to pioneer and expand the gut health category in India, which has been an unexplored segment. We are unravelling the same by helping people get to the root cause of core health issues and holistically solve it," Keshav Biyani, the co-founder of The Good Bug, said.

₹3,173 per gram to ₹5,291 per gram—an increase of 66% in 16 months. This was also the time that SGB scheme subscriptions began picking up. August 2020 saw the highest volume of 6,350 kg (each bond is equivalent to one gram of gold) till then.

Narendra Modi's birthday. He also distributed cheques to self-help groups under the National Rural Livelihood Mission. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural beneficiaries were granted Rs 5,000 to buy utensils and household items. Dhami distributed the housing approval letters, keys and the cheques to 11 mostly women Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural beneficiaries beneficiaries at a function in his official residence.

industrial workers pursuing higher education will be granted Rs 50,000 to purchase electric two-wheelers, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced on Sunday. Speaking at an event at the Shri Vishwakarma Skill University in Palwal district, Khattar said the move will promote mobility and enable the daughters of industrial workers to be independent. Khattar also made announcements regarding scholarships for the children of industrial workers.

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West Nile virus, including fatalities among residents. Here's an overview of the situation and the potential risks associated with this mosquito-borne illness.

PTI citing sources, some Delhi leaders, including former Union minister Ajay Maken and Alka Lamba, also spoke against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and suggested that the Congress should not have a tie-up with it in Delhi. Kharge earlier told the CWC members, state unit presidents and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leaders to work towards the goal of defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 general election as well as in the five upcoming assembly polls.

₹50,000 to daughters of industrial workers pursuing higher education to purchase electric two-wheelers during an event at Palwal, PTI reported. The move will promote mobility and enable the daughters of industrial workers to be independent, Khattar said while speaking at Shri Vishwakarma Skill University in Palwal. The Haryana chief minister also made announcement to increase the scholarship amount for the children of industrial workers.

Parliament of free India was a special session held on August 14-15, 1947, to mark India’s Independence. It is known for Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s “tryst with destiny” speech, among other things. — Chinese aggression in 1962 led to the second special session on November 8 that year.

AI) software. Opened for a funding round recently, Anuj Gupta's GreenVan uses a simple WhatsApp interface. It is designed as an 'Amazon of Services' offering that intends to transform the way people book essential tasks online. It was born out of Gupta's own experience of relocating from the US to the UK around five years ago and finding the experience of sourcing reliable trade people a rather cumbersome word-of-mouth process.

US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has sanctioned a $20 million long term loan for Gurgaon-based Ummeed Housing Finance to fund housing needs of the economically weaker and middle-income groups. The American funding body will provide the debt at a 4.25% fixed rate for 15 years, Ummeed's founder and managing director Ashutosh Sharma said. «This DFC facility would allow us to extend longer tenure credit to the underbanked population to assist with home purchases, construction, and extension. This will also help us diversify the wagon wheel of liability while the funding is attractive from an interest rate perspective,» Sharma told ET. The all blended cost of this borrowing including the hedging cost for five years would be anything between 8-9%, he said.

Laurentian Bank of Canada has wrapped up its review of strategic options, including a potential sale of the company or divestiture of assets, without finding a buyer, the company has announced.

The Bank of Canada is supposed to be free from government interference, but elected officials have become more vocal about interest rates, inflation and the effect on their citizens, leaving some experts fretting about the central bank’s independence when it comes to monetary policy.

Tina Hamlin, who runs a home decor company in Vancouver, was initially elated when she heard the federal government will allow small businesses an extra year to repay a loan given to them during the pandemic.

Mohammed Siraj claimed four wickets in one over to rattle Sri Lanka's batting after a rain-delayed start in the Asia Cup final on Sunday. Siraj also became the first Indian bowler to achieve this feat. Pace bowler Mohammad Siraj took a total of six wickets in the match against Sri Lanka, limiting the Dasun Shanaka led team to a mere fifty runs in 15.2 overs.

Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Hyderabad concluded on Sunday, with party leaders expressing optimism about receiving a «clear mandate» in the upcoming assembly elections in five states. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana are set to go to polls anytime later this year. The party also discussed the preparedness of its organization for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, which as it seems are due in April-May 2024. Congress chief of all poll-bound States has given presentations during the meeting about their strategy and preparations, sources said. The Congress said the party is «fully ready for the battle ahead» and it is confident that the people are «wanting change». «We will fulfill their expectations of law and order, freedom, social and economic justice, equality and equity,» the party took a resolution during the meeting. Also, the Congress party has yet again raised their demand for a greater reservation for women in legislative roles, a day ahead of the week-long special session of Parliament. In a post on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the Congress Working Committee demands that the Women's Reservation Bill must be passed during the special session of Parliament. «Bills introduced/ passed in Rajya Sabha do not lapse. Women's Reservation Bill is still very much active.

Quordle is a wonderful daily word game by the Merriam-Webster publishing company. If you wish to play today’s Quordle, which is number 601, let us help you with the rules, clues, and finally, all the answers.

FIDE World Junior Chess Championship with some of the players yet to get their visas to travel to Mexico city for the prestigious tournament beginning on Wednesday. According to sources, the players are scheduled to leave for the Mexican capital on Monday, and the delay has resulted in a lack of clarity and uncertainty regarding their participation in the global event. Speaking to PTI, FIDE Advisory Board Chairman Bharat Singh Chauhan said, «Despite all the best effort and clearance from the Indian government, we are yet to receive the clearance from the Mexican embassy, which has resulted in the delay of visas being issued. »Tomorrow (Monday), the players are scheduled to leave, and the matter has been kept hanging till the last day, with no clarity if the visas would indeed be issued on time." According to the data sheet in possession of PTI, five of the Indian players, who are being funded by the Government of India, are yet to receive their visas. The players affected are Vrashank Chouhan, Arun Kataria, Bhagyashree Patil, Prraneeth Vuppala and Femil Chelladurai, along with coaches Pravind Thipsay M and Kiran Agrawal. «It is extremely frustrating since all the Indian players are looking forward to participating in the tournament, while the contingent is also one of the strong favourites to come out on top,» Chauhan said. «The competition is being organised by Mexico's chess federation with the approval of the Mexican government, and it should be their responsibility to ensure that the embassy gives all the necessary clearance to issue the visa on time. »The Indian authorities have done their part, and it's all up to them (Mexican authorities) now.

Indian football team will kick start their Asian Games campaign in the opener match against the host China on Tuesday. The Asian Games is scheduled to start from September 23 but the football event will begin from September 19, as per Olympics.com. The men's football event at the Asian Games starts on September 19 and will run till October 7. Since 2002, the men's football event at the Asian Games has been an under-23 affair, with each team allowed a maximum of three players above 23 years of age. There are 23 teams participating in the men's event, where they have been divided into five groups of four teams each and one group of three teams. The Indian men's football team is in Group A with hosts China, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The top two teams from each group and the four best third-placed teams across all groups will advance to the round of 16. The Republic of Korea are the defending champions and the most successful nation in men's football at the Asian Games with five titles.

State Bank of India, it has been found that a borrower who is planning to default will not answer a reminder call from the bank. So the best way is to meet them at their homes unannounced. The move comes amid surging retail lending in the system coupled with increasing delinquency levels on the back of the upward movement in the interest rates.

Narendra Modi is regarded as a great leader globally, Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday asserted that developed nations' outlook towards India has changed significantly after the BJP-led government came to power in 2014. He was addressing a function here on the occasion of the launch of the PM Vishwakarma scheme, which envisages providing support to traditional artisans and craftspeople. «Earlier, leaders from India were not given importance during their visits to foreign countries.