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"We have disbursed Rs 80,000 crore (from April 1 to December 31, 2016). There have been some lull during the last two months because of currency exchanges and those kind of things," Jiji Mammen, CEO of MUDRA, said.

Banks are expected to disburse Rs 1.80 lakh crore as loan under Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Yojna during the current fiscal, MUDRA CEO Jiji Mammen said on Tuesday.

A top Kerala official today pulled up Cochin Corporation over the "sorry state" at the site where a statue of Swami Vivekananda stands in Kochi and also wondered why they had not kept their word that the Ernakulam boat jetty would be named after the great thinker and monk.

Two men were killed when their helicopter crashed today on a hillside near a highway in eastern Japan, police said.

Kerala will emerge as the perfect destination for health tourism in the world as it has many advantages like trained personnel, infrastructure and English-speaking medical staff, a top official said here today.

Drawing inspiration from former President APJ Abdul Kalam's message to work an extra day on his death instead of declaring holiday, a section of employees of a few government offices in Kerala worked on Sunday today as a mark of respect to the late visionary.

A legislation to operationalize MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Bank is likely to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament, a top official said here on Friday.

Sports Authority of India Director General Jiji Thomson told a press conference here that Hockey India can shift the women's national camp at any of the 12 venues in north India which has artificial turfs, including the one at Shilaroo in Himachal Pradesh.

Sports Authority of India (SAI) Director General Jiji Thomson said dropping of some disciplines was necessary after the the Indian Olympic Association came up with a jumbo list of 935 athletes and officials for the September 19-October 4 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Sports Authority of India Director General Jiji Thomson told a press meet here that there was a realistic chance of Indian boxers not taking part in the Games under the country's flag.

Jiji Thomson, Sports Authority of India (SAI) director general who was part of the Awards committee, said they discussed seven athletes in the review meeting but it was unanimously agreed that no changes were needed in the earlier shortlist.

The Indian sports fraternity felt the athletes training for the Commonwealth Games might have run out of time to make full use of the Rs 100 crore budget hike announced today for their preparations for the July 23 to August 3 event and the subsequent Asian Games.

A Japanese man suspected of possessing guns made with a 3-D printer has been arrested, reports said on Thursday, in what was said to be the country's first such detention.

A man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate was on Thursday granted a retrial in Japan over multiple murders in 1966, decades after doubts emerged about his guilt.

The Sports Authority of India organised a two-day orientation programme for the newly-recruited coaches in the weightlifting hall of the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, which was inaugurated by Sports Minister Jitendra Singh and attended by SAI Director General Jiji Thomson.

"We have disbursed Rs 80,000 crore (from April 1 to December 31, 2016). There have been some lull during the last two months because of currency exchanges and those kind of things," Jiji Mammen, CEO of MUDRA, said.

Banks are expected to disburse Rs 1.80 lakh crore as loan under Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Yojna during the current fiscal, MUDRA CEO Jiji Mammen said on Tuesday.

A top Kerala official today pulled up Cochin Corporation over the "sorry state" at the site where a statue of Swami Vivekananda stands in Kochi and also wondered why they had not kept their word that the Ernakulam boat jetty would be named after the great thinker and monk.

Two men were killed when their helicopter crashed today on a hillside near a highway in eastern Japan, police said.

Kerala will emerge as the perfect destination for health tourism in the world as it has many advantages like trained personnel, infrastructure and English-speaking medical staff, a top official said here today.

Drawing inspiration from former President APJ Abdul Kalam's message to work an extra day on his death instead of declaring holiday, a section of employees of a few government offices in Kerala worked on Sunday today as a mark of respect to the late visionary.

A legislation to operationalize MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Bank is likely to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament, a top official said here on Friday.

Sports Authority of India Director General Jiji Thomson told a press conference here that Hockey India can shift the women's national camp at any of the 12 venues in north India which has artificial turfs, including the one at Shilaroo in Himachal Pradesh.

Sports Authority of India (SAI) Director General Jiji Thomson said dropping of some disciplines was necessary after the the Indian Olympic Association came up with a jumbo list of 935 athletes and officials for the September 19-October 4 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Sports Authority of India Director General Jiji Thomson told a press meet here that there was a realistic chance of Indian boxers not taking part in the Games under the country's flag.

Jiji Thomson, Sports Authority of India (SAI) director general who was part of the Awards committee, said they discussed seven athletes in the review meeting but it was unanimously agreed that no changes were needed in the earlier shortlist.

The Indian sports fraternity felt the athletes training for the Commonwealth Games might have run out of time to make full use of the Rs 100 crore budget hike announced today for their preparations for the July 23 to August 3 event and the subsequent Asian Games.

A Japanese man suspected of possessing guns made with a 3-D printer has been arrested, reports said on Thursday, in what was said to be the country's first such detention.

A man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate was on Thursday granted a retrial in Japan over multiple murders in 1966, decades after doubts emerged about his guilt.

The Sports Authority of India organised a two-day orientation programme for the newly-recruited coaches in the weightlifting hall of the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, which was inaugurated by Sports Minister Jitendra Singh and attended by SAI Director General Jiji Thomson.