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			<news:title>ACC Approves Appointment Of Amit Kumar As Next Director Of SPG</news:title>
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		<loc>https://thesecretariat.in/article/acc-approves-six-month-extension-for-cbdt-chairman-ravi-agrawal</loc>
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		<loc>https://thesecretariat.in/article/clean-chit-to-hdfc-bank-but-questions-on-corporate-governance-linger</loc>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-06-30T15:02:41+05:30</news:publication_date>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-06-30T13:23:33+05:30</news:publication_date>
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			<news:title>8th CPC: Fitment Factor May Remain At 2.57</news:title>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-06-30T12:54:32+05:30</news:publication_date>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-06-30T08:28:37+05:30</news:publication_date>
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		<loc>https://thesecretariat.in/article/ex-finance-secretary-rajiv-kumar-appointed-part-time-chairman-of-hdfc</loc>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-06-29T22:11:59+05:30</news:publication_date>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-06-29T15:36:33+05:30</news:publication_date>
			<news:keywords>AI In Civil Service, UPSC Aspirants, UPSC, AI Adoption, AI</news:keywords>
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		<loc>https://thesecretariat.in/article/india-efta-tepa-a-100-billion-bet-for-msmes-oems-to-scale-globally</loc>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-06-29T12:07:44+05:30</news:publication_date>
			<news:keywords>EFTA India TEPA, Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement 2024, India EFTA free trade deal, Switzerland Norway Iceland Liechtenstein trade with India, India electronics sector investment, MSMEs OEMs global scale opportunities, market access for Indian exporters, TEPA sustainable development impact, Indian textiles apparel exports to EFTA, tariff concessions on Indian goods</news:keywords>
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		<loc>https://thesecretariat.in/article/worrying-data-just-1-of-msmes-actually-export</loc>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-06-29T08:37:00+05:30</news:publication_date>
			<news:keywords>NITI Aayog, Export, MSME</news:keywords>
			<news:title>Worrying Data: Just 1% of MSMEs Actually Export</news:title>
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