Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government must listen to people speaking truth to power, referring to observations made by economists Arvind Panagariya, Raghuram Rajan and Arvind Subramanian. “Government must listen to people speaking truth to power. Three eminent economists have done that today,” said Chidambaram on Twitter. […]
The second phase of the Maharashtra shutdown call by Maratha groups seeking quotas, evoked mixed response in Mumbai and coastal districts of the state, punctuated with incidents of stray violence, here on Wednesday. Since morning large groups of Maratha activists armed with saffron flags and banners, took to the streets with noisy processions amidst tight […]
The Odisha government on Tuesday said there is no flood threat in the Mahanadi and the Baitarani with floodwater receding in these rivers. Flood water in Baitarani river which had marginally crossed the danger level at Akhuapada has already receded and flowing below danger level, said Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi. Sethi said there […]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday demanded a probe into the alleged massive breach of personal data of candidates who had appeared for NEET 2018 exams. In a letter to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Chairperson Anita Karwal, Gandhi highlighted media reports about the breach of over 2,00,000 students’ data who appeared for […]
The IIT Kharagpur (IIT KGP) is instituting several new student awards and scholarships from the semester beginning this month as alumni and corporate partners have come forward to support undergraduate students on merit basis towards their academics and research, a statement said on Tuesday. “We have observed that the lower cut off for economic background […]
Although over 12,500 candidates are vying for national and provincial assembly seats as Pakistan goes to polls on Wednesday, all eyes are on the constituencies of the three main players of the July 25 election – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan. […]
The UP government will be presenting a ‘vision document’ on the Taj Mahal in Agra before the Supreme Court today. State Government has said that, entire precinct will be declared no-plastic zone and all polluting industries in the region will be closed. The Vision document, prepared by the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture, was put […]
Criticising the BJP for increasing number of lynching incidents across the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the party should control its leaders instead of just condemning the incidents. Responding to a query on alleged lynching incident in Alwar, she said: “(Union Home Minister) Rajnath-ji (Singh) condemned the incident in Parliament. […]
India has extended lines of credit (LoCs) worth $200 million to Rwanda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the first Indian diplomatic mission will be opened in the East African nation. India and Rwanda signed an agreement of $100 million for development of industrial parks and expansion of Special Economic Zones, and a similar […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide its circular dated February 12, 2018 has issued a revised framework for resolution of stressed assets (“RBI Circular”). The RBI Circular inter alia requires each bank to have board approved policies for dealing with stressed assets/accounts. Pursuant to the recommendations of Sunil Mehta Committee on resolution of stressed […]