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A chit fund is a type of rotating savings and credit association system practiced in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and other Asian countries. [1] Chit fund schemes may be organized by financial institutions, or informally among friends, relatives, or neighbours.
Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.
The Nimbarka Sampradaya ( IAST: Nimbārka Sampradāya, Sanskrit निम्बार्क सम्प्रदाय), also known as the Kumāra Sampradāya, Hamsa Sampradāya, and Sanakādi Sampradāya (सनकादि सम्प्रदाय), is one of the four Vaiṣṇava Sampradāyas. It was founded by Nimbarka, [1] [2] a Telugu ...
Shiv Nadar (born 14 July 1945) is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. [2] He was the founder and chairman of HCL Technologies, and is chairman of the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT enterprise over the next three decades. [3]
The National Register of Citizens ( NRC) is meant to be a register of all Indian citizens whose creation was mandated by the 2003 amendment of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Its purpose is to document all the legal citizens of India so that the illegal immigrants can be identified and deported. [1] [2] It has been implemented for the state of Assam ...
Aurobindo; Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati; Bhaktivinoda Thakur; Chandrashekarendra Saraswati; Chinmayananda; Dayananda Saraswati; Jaggi Vasudev; Krishnananda Saraswati
The Press Information Bureau, commonly abbreviated as PIB, [1] is a nodal agency of the Government of India under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Based in National Media Centre, New Delhi, [2] Press Information Bureau disseminates information to print, electronic and web media on government plans, policies, programme initiatives and ...
Rekhta (website) Rekhta is an Urdu literary web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5]