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Against all odds, poor Indian girl cracks top banking exam

Poor Indian girl Pallavi Sharma: She cracked J-K Bank Probationary Officer exam against all odds. [Courtesy]

Pallavi Sharma, hailing from Jib village of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, belonging to an extremely poor family, cracked the J-K Bank Probationary Officer (PO) exam, the result for which was declared earlier this month, without any coaching and brought laurels to not only her family but the entire district.

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