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Breaking: Music Maestro Rashid Khan is no more
Mumbai: In a shocking development, music Maestro Rashid Khan passed away on Wednesday. He was battling with cancer on a ventilator and oxygen support for a few days.
Rashid Khan is the nephew of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan and his mentor and maternal uncle was Ustad Bissar Hussain Khan who passed away in 1993. Rashid Khan had a cerebral attack last month.
He belongs to Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana and received multiple awards including the prestigious citizenship award ‘ Padmashri and Padmabhushan’.
Reacting to the news West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee expressed, ‘ This is a great loss for the entire country and music fraternity. I am in a lot of pain as I still can’t believe that he is no more.’
Rashid Khan gave his first concert at the age of 11. He also experimented with music concerts in different styles. He passed away at the age of 55.
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Paisabazaar launches Credit Premier League 2.0
Nationwide campaign rewards highest credit scores with Rs 1 lakh top prize.
MUMBAI: When credit scores become a national league, even your CIBIL report starts feeling like it’s playing in the IPL and Paisabazaar has just kicked off the second season. Paisabazaar, India’s leading marketplace for financial products and the country’s largest free credit score platform, has announced the return of the Credit Premier League (CPL) 2.0, a fun, nationwide initiative to recognise and reward individuals with the highest credit scores.
Building on the success of the first edition, CPL 2.0 introduces higher rewards and broader participation. The individual(s) with the highest credit score in the country will win Rs 1 lakh, while state champions will each receive Rs 10,000. Additionally, all participants from the winning state, the one with the highest average credit score will also be rewarded.
All winnings will be credited directly to winners’ PB Wallet, allowing them to pay credit card bills, recharge mobiles, or settle utility bills seamlessly on the Paisabazaar platform.
Paisabazaar CEO Santosh Agarwal said the campaign aims to make credit awareness more engaging and mainstream. “With CPL, we are bringing together engagement, gamification and rewards to make conversations around credit scores more mainstream,” he noted. “Our focus remains on building a financially aware and credit-healthy Bharat.”
The first edition of CPL saw over 5.5 million participants, with the highest individual score touching 861. Delhi recorded the highest average credit score of 746.
Consumers can participate simply by checking their free credit score on the Paisabazaar platform or app. The CPL leaderboard and rankings will be available exclusively on the Paisabazaar App.
In a country where financial dreams are serious business, Paisabazaar has found a smart way to turn credit scores into an exciting game – because when your financial health gets rewarded, everyone wants to play.
