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Banks can now offer their customers policies from a host of life and non-life insurance companies with the government notifying regulations for licensing of banks as insurance brokers. Until now, brokers had to be dedicated intermediaries for insurance distribution. The new regulation allows this business to be carried departmentally within a bank.Banks have played a huge role in generating business for life insurance companies that are part of the group. HDFC Bank, for instance, generates over half the business for its life insurance associate HDFC Standard Life. In fiscal 2013, HDFC Bank received Rs 472.23 crore as commission from HDFC Standard Life with an additional Rs 76.2 crore receivable from its life insurance associate.
Highest Run getter from Bangladesh was Salma Khatun scored 22 runs Before the ODI series, the Indian women also made a clean sweep T20 international series against Bangladesh Women with 3-0 on 5 April 2013. Indian Womens Cricket Team Won the Twenty20 Internat ional Series against Bangladesh The Indian womens cricket team finished the Twenty20 International series against Bangladesh Women with 3-0 clean sweep in Vadodara in the final match on 5 April 2013. India won the final match by 10 runs against Bangladesh. The second game was won by India by seven wickets, thereby winning the series already. The T-20 International series against Bangladesh began on 2 April 2013. India and Bangladesh womens cricket team will now play three One-Day Internationals. The first ODI will be played on 8 April 2013 in Ahmadabad. Facts about India and Bangladesh Twenty20 International series The first match was played on 2 April 2013 at Vadodra. The score was- India Women 143/3 (20/20 ov); Bangladesh Women 94/7 (20/20 ov). The second match was played on 4 April 2013 at Vadodra. The score was- Bangladesh Women 88/4 (20/20 ov); India Women 91/3 (18/20 ov). The third match was played on 5 April 2013 at Vadodra. The score was- India Women 123/9 (20/20 ov); Bangladesh Women 113/7 (20/20 ov).
American Serena Williams was ranked number one in an unchanged top 10 issued on 8 April 2013 by the WTA(Women Tennis Association). Williams has 11,115 points to her credit while Russias Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus got 10240 and 9325 points respectively. WTA top 10 women tennis players are as following: (1) Serena Williams, United States, 11115 points (2) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 10240 (3) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 9325 (4) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 6845 (5) Li Na, China, 5880 (6) Angelique Kerber, Germany, 5500 (7) Sara Errani, Italy, 5405 (8) Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 5225 (9) Samantha Stosur, Australia, 3790 (10) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 3760.
Other three Vice-Presidents of the body are Somdev Devvarman, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes. Former Davis Cup captain Jaideep Mukherjea is the President of the Association. Sania Mirza is the first female player from India who won a Grand Slam. She now plays in doubles only.
HOCKEY
Gregg Clark as the Coach of the Junior Mens National Team Hockey India on 7 April 2013 named South African Gregg Clark as the chief coach of the junior mens national team. He had coached the South African senior mens team for seven years including the 2008 and 2012 Olympics earlier. He also coached the title-winning Ranchi Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) in 2013. Clark was appointed for a period of one year but the contract can be renewed. The junior Hockey World Cup will be held in India in December 2013.
Hockey India formed a High Performance and Development Committee for 201314
Hockey India on 9 April 2013 announced its High Performance and Development Committee for 201314. The 15 member committee will be headed by Dr Narinder Batra Secretary General of Hockey India and High Performance Director, Hockey India Roelant Oltmans will be the Vice-Chairman. The committee has Ajit Pal Singh (former Captain of 1975 World Cup winning team), Col. Balbir Singh (former Olympian and National Selector), Dilip Tirkey (former Captain and Member Rajya Sabha), Sukhvir Singh Grewal, Thoiba Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Dr RP Singh, Surinder Kaur, Saba Anjum, Michael Nobbs (Chief Coach, National Senior Men Hockey Team), Neil Hawgood (Chief Coach, National Senior Women Hockey Team) and Gregg Clark (Coach, National Junior Men Hockey Team) as its members. Ms Elena Norman, CEO, Hockey India will be the Convenor of this Committee. The Sports Authority of India will be the Invitee Members of this Committee.
This committee will work on the high performance and development of hockey at grassroot level in the country. Committee will prepare blueprints and ensures that same pattern of coaching will be followed in the country at all levels. Since the appointment of Roelant Oltmans as Director, High Performance by Hockey India it was a necessary step to form this Committee so as to ensure that the game of hockey progresses in the country at all levels. Dr Narinder Batra, Chairman, High Performance and Development Committee and Secretary General, Hockey India said that the idea of involving former Olympians, International players and Chief Coaches in this Committee is to get more and more ideas for proper planning in the development of the game.The Committee will meet quarterly to discuss the progress and share new ideas.
F1/MOTOR SPORTS Mercedes-Benz and Sahara Force India Signed a Long-Term Agreement
Mercedes-Benz and Sahara Force India signed a long-term agreement for the Silverstone-based team on 28 March 2013 in order to make use of the full powertrain of Mercedes-Benz from 2014 season onwards. According to the agreement, Mercedes-Benz will facilitate Force India with the complete Power Unit, all associated ancillary systems as well as transmission, in accordance with the new regulations for 2014. Power Unit refers to internal combustion engine plus energy recovery system. Mercedes-Benz started supplying customer engine in 2009 with Silverstone-based team. This engine-supplying relationship has now entered the fifth season. Force India announced that long-term agreement with Mercedes-Benz would also include supplying gearboxes and hydraulic systems. The gearboxes and hydraulic systems are, as of now being provided by McLaren Applied Technologies.