Pact signed with NLFT
The Centre signed on 10 August 2019 a pact with an insurgent group of Tripura under which it has agreed to lay down arms and join the mainstream.
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#NLFT #Tripura #MoS #NLFT-SD #SabirKumarDebbarma

Kajin Sara lake
A newly-discovered lake in Nepal is likely to set a new record of being the world’s highest lake replacing Tilicho, which is situated at an altitude of 4,919 metres in the Himalayan nation and currently holding the title.
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#KajinSaralake #Himalayannation #Tilicho #Nepal

Linked back-series of GDP
The government has come out with a linked back-series of India’s growth numbers from 1950-51 to 2003-04, with 2011-12 as the base year, to align gross domestic product numbers from past years with the new internationally accepted methodology and facilitate comparisons.
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#Linkedbackseries #GDP #CSO #Linkedback

Henley Passport Index
The "strength" of the Indian passport — countries it has visa-free access to — has weakened in the last decade, according to the annual Henley Passport Index.
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#HenleyPassportIndex #SouthAfrica #BRICS #passport

GDP base year
The government told Parliament that the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics (ACNAS) has recommended to the ministry of statistics and programme implementation to consider 2020-21 as the next base year of National Accounts in view of the structural reforms in the economy.
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#GDP #ACNAS #CSO #GDP #RBI #UNSNA #NationalAccounts #MCA21

First NBFC to list commercial paper
Non-bank lender Aditya Birla Finance on 28 November 2019 became the first company to list its commercial papers borrowing of Rs 100 crore on the bourses.
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#NBFC #CPs #AdityaBirla #NSE #Sebi #RBI #CPs #Kumarmangalam

Millions line of credit to Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on 29 November 2019 financial assistance of $450 million to Sri Lanka including $50 million for counter-terrorism after holding talks with the visiting Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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#SriLanka #NarendraModi #LOC #GotabayaRajapaksa #Millionsline

Parliament clears chit fund Bill
Parliament passed a bill which seeks to raise the monetary limits for chit funds and commission for foreman. The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed by voice vote in Rajya Sabha.
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#RajyaSabha #chitfundBill #Amendment #LokSabha #Parliament

Real-time billionaires list
With a net worth of $60 billion, Reliance Industries (RIL) chief Mukesh Ambani has been ranked the 9th richest person globally, according to 'The Real-Time Billionaires List' of Forbes, that was topped by Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.
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#billionaires #RIL #CEO #LVMH #RelianceIndustries #AmazonFounder