July 6 -Tidbits

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Finance and Commerce Ministries to soon join Twitter 

Important ministries like Finance and Commerce will soon join Twitter as part of the new government’s effort to use social media in communicating with citizens.

The microblogging site, which has about 18 million users in India, is engaging with the government to help various ministries use the platform to connect with the masses.

Recently President of India has also joined twitter and Narendra Modi being  third most followed leader in twitter after Barack Obama and The Pope.

India to provide Rs 50 million to build hospital in Nepal 

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Embassy of India, Dhulikhel Municipality and Dhulikhel Hospital for providing Indian grant assistance of Rs 50 million for the construction of a hospital building. The building will be constructed at Dhulikhel Hospital under Nepal-India Economic Cooperation Programme (NIECP).

Dhulikhel Hospital  is an independent, non-government institution providing health care service to the people of remote areas through different outreaches. The hospital faces shortage of space which is affecting its capacity to deliver quality health care.The new hospital building being constructed with the Indian assistance will help address this constraint and augment other facilities. The new infrastructure is expected to provide improved health care services to over 2.5 million people in and around the area.

'DD Kisan' for farmers soon

Farmers will soon have a 24-hour TV channel dedicated to agriculture and related issues, providing the farming community with information related to aspects like weather forecast and seeds.

To be named 'DD Kisan', the government and the Prasar Bharati are working on finalising the plans for launching the channel at the earliest. "DD Kisan will come up very soon," Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar told when asked about the plans to launch agriculture based channels.

ICICI Bank to open China, South Africa branches

The country's top private sector lender ICICI Bank is all set to start full- fledged branches in China and South Africa in the current fiscal.

The bank has representative offices in these two nations and it has now got regulatory approvals to convert them into branches, ICICI Bank's Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar said.

The bank already has branches in the US, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Dubai and Qatar among others, while it also has got representative offices in the UAE, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

International Finance Corporation to infuse Rs 160 crore into Bandhan 

International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank, will infuse Rs 160 crore into micro finance institution (MFI) Bandhan, which is to be transformed later into a full-fledged bank. At present, Bandhan's Tier I capital (core capital) stands at Rs. 1,200 crore, while Tier II would be Rs. 160 crore after the infusion.

About Bandhan Bank:

Bandhan Financial Services, the first microfinance institution in the country to win a bank licence, is also one of the youngest entities to be allowed to enter the banking space. Bandhan, the country’s largest micro lender based in Kolkata.  

Bandhan CEO-Chandra Shekhar Ghosh

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Sharat Chander appointed information officer in Prime Minister's Office 

Sharat Chander of the Indian Information Service (IIS) has been appointed as Information Officer in Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

 Chander, a 1999 batch IIS officer is currently working in Press Information Bureau (PIB) handling media affairs of the PMO.

Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer to win second Wimbledon title 

Novak Djokovic won his second Wimbledon title and denied Roger Federer his record eighth in his 25^th Grand Slam final  would have been  record-breaking 8th Wimbledon title had he won the title. Novak won his first Wimbledon title in 2011. While Djokovic, who has lost his last three Grand Slam finals, bids for a second Wimbledon and 7th Slam of his career.

This is Djokovic and Federer’s 12th Grand Slam encounter which equals the record for most meetings at the majors.The Victory which bought  Novak his seventh Grand Slam title also means he will reclaim the no.1 spot in ATP Rankings.