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Over 1,200 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand as rescue efforts intensify
The flooding and landslips killed at least 1,230 people, with 659...
Users free to keep or delete Sanchar Saathi: Jyotiraditya Scindia
According to the direction dated November 28, all mobile phones...
Govt formulates cashless treatment scheme for road crash victims Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said under the scheme, the eligible victims are administered health benefit packages relating to trauma and polytrauma care at...
Emirates NBD and Kotak Mahindra Bank cleared by RBI to bid for IDBI Bank
The Indian government, which owns 45.48% in IDBI Bank, and state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India which holds 49.24%, together plan to sell 60.7% of the lender MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has completed its review of potential buyers for a...
India’s Carbon Market: Regulations expected in months
"Large Indian corporations are on to this carbon market development in India especially since they have assets in other places around the world and their customers in European markets would be demanding more and more cleaner products.," Dirk Forrister, President and...
Cloudburst in Shimla: Malana Hydropower project on Parvati River bursts, 36 missing
No loss of life has been reported in the Kullu and Mandi districts so far. Heavy damage to public and private property was reported on Thursday owing to the downpour that triggered a flash flood downstream in the Beas River from Palchan to Patlikuhal in Himachal...
Financial bids for IDBI bank likely this fiscal; PSU banks sale on hold: DIPAM Secretary
Tuhin Kant Pandey, Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) On the disinvestment of PSU banks, Pandey stated that the Department of Financial Services could provide more details, but he mentioned that it is not being pursued currently...
Women face bias at work: Aon Study
According to the study, working mothers had their own challenges, with 75 per cent responding that they faced a career setback of one-to-two years after maternity leave and close to 40 per cent said going on maternity leave had a negative impact on their pay and their...
Fed leaves rates unchanged, nods to possible September cut
Fed Chair Jerome Powell While Fed officials are wary of any actions that could mar their data-not-politics approach to setting monetary policy, the steady drop in inflation in recent months prompted a broad consensus that the inflation battle was near an end...
Spain fines Booking.com $448 million for abusing dominant position
Booking Holdings intends to appeal the fines as it strongly disagrees with the "outcome of CNMC's investigation", a company spokesperson said in an email, adding it considers the issue should be debated under the European Union's Digital Markets Act rules MADRID:...
Ransomware attack forces hundreds of small Indian banks offline, sources say
The attack affected C-Edge Technologies, a provider of banking technology systems to small banks across the country, they said MUMBAI: A ransomware attack on a technology service provider has forced payment systems across nearly 300 small Indian local banks to shut...
Centre alerted Kerala govt on July 23, Amit Shah tells RS on Wayanad disaster
Union Home Minister Amit Shah "Everyone is questioning the government, but I would like to ask what did the Kerala government do. It was a vulnerable situation, but why the people were not shifted to safer places? They were only shifted after the disaster," said HM...