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Detailed explanation-1: -Private sector bank major HDFC Bank is driving diversity and inclusion within the organization with a special focus on enhancing gender diversity, the statement said. To enhance gender diversity in banking sector, HDFC has opened its first all-women branch with four women bankers in north Kerala region in Kozhikode.

Detailed explanation-2: -Calicut, August 17, 2022: HDFC Bank, India’s leading bank, today announced the opening of its first all-women branch in Kerala at Calicut. The branch, located in Cherootty Road, the hub of traders in Calicut, will have 4 women bankers. This adds to all-women branches opened by the Bank in southern India.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s first women’s bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank, was inaugurated in Mumbai on Smt Indira Gandhi’s birthday by the former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

Detailed explanation-4: -HDFC Bank opens its first all-women branch in Puducherry.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bharathiya Mahila Bank Ltd (BMB), the first all-women nationalised bank, is opening its branch in Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram.