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Lower risk rules for NBFC loans to free up 40k cr

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February 27, 2025

The central bank lowered the risk weightage on banks' exposure to non-banks and micro-lenders from 125% to 100%

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The Reserve Bank's latest decision to rollback the additional 25 percentage points risk weights to 125% on banks' exposure to non-banks and micro-lenders will free up ₹40,000 crore of capital for the banks. This capital can be used to lend an additional ₹4 lakh crore to a credit-starved economy, say analysts.

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Gates skips summit after 'careful consideration'

BILLIONAIRE philanthropist Bill Gates cancelled his keynote speech at India's AI Impact Summit on Thursday, just hours before he was scheduled to speak at Bharat Mandapam.

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February 20, 2026

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LIMITED SAFARI IN TIGER HABITAT A GOOD RESTART

CAUGHT on a cleft stick between lives and livelihood, and under pressure from the ecotourism lobby, Karnataka has restarted jungle safaris in the Bandipur-Nagarahole range in a phased manner.

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February 20, 2026

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SC to start hearing anti-CAA pleas on May 5

THE Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will commence the final hearing from May 5 on over 200 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA).

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February 20, 2026

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Umpire dies, many players injured in bee attack during cricket match in UP

WHAT began as a routine under-13 cricket league fixture on a winter morning in Unnao, barely 70 kilometres from the state capital Lucknow, ended in shock and mourning on Wednesday evening after a swarm of honeybees attacked players and officials, killing a 65-year-old umpire, Manik Gupta.

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February 20, 2026

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SLOW AND UNSTEADY VERSUS SPIN

Post the powerplay, teams have increasingly turned to spin against the co-hosts because of a worrying lack of intent; it hasn’t cost them yet but it may well in the games to follow

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February 20, 2026

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India & Israel ink def MoU, firm up ties

IN a clear signal that defence will remain central to their bilateral agenda, India and Israel have inked a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country February 25, institutionalising deeper collaboration between the defence industries.

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February 20, 2026

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Indian-origin Canadian trucker held, 266 kg of methamphetamine seized

FOREIGN FIASCO

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February 20, 2026

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22 states/UTs asked to be prepared as SIR exercise to begin in Apr

AIMING to launch Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 22 remaining states and Union Territories in April 2026, the Election Commission of India has asked Chief Electoral Officers to complete all preparatory work at the earliest.

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February 20, 2026

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18 posts vacant in SC welfare monitoring body

Gujarat’s Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Pradyuman Vaja has said in the Assembly that a specialised civic unit set up under the director of the SC Welfare Department to monitor atrocities against the community is understaffed, with 58 out of the 76 sanctioned posts being filled.

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February 20, 2026

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Fresh SOPs for security forces against honey-trap attempts on social media

THE Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has issued a fresh set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) aimed at safeguarding security and police personnel against potential honey-trapping attempts allegedly orchestrated by Pakistan-sponsored intelligence operatives.

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February 20, 2026

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