by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 11:30 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) The Delhi Police has registered a case against unidentified people for allegedly impersonating Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh and sending e-mails, WhatsApp messages and making phone calls to several people, including government officials, on his behalf to dupe them, officials said on Monday. The matter came to the fore last [...]
by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 11:14 pm | News
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) chain KFC on Monday apologised following an outrage on social media over a post from its Pakistan-based franchise supporting separatists in Kashmir. Another QSR chain Pizza Hut also issued a statement saying "it does not condone, support or agree with the contents of a post circulating [...]
by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 10:28 pm | Company Results, News
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) Telecom gear company Huawei has bagged an around Rs 150 crore order for maintenance of Bharti Airtel's transmission network, a source said on Monday. The order is part of an existing deal between Huawei and Airtel and is in compliance with the National Security Directive on Telecommunication that allows continuation [...]
by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 10:16 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) ATM/debit card related complaints to the Reserve Bank declined in FY21, but those for e-banking and credit card transactions saw an increase, Parliament was informed on Monday. During the period from 2019-20 to 2020-21, there was a decline of 13.01 per cent in complaints related to ATM/debit cards, while there [...]
by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 10:16 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) The civil aviation ministry has standardised the equipment used for ground-handling services, allowing electric vehicles for transportation and other allied services both for the reduction in carbon emission as well as cut transportation costs, Parliament was informed on Monday. Currently, a total of 403 electric vehicles are currently deployed across [...]
by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 10:07 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) The food processing ministry on Monday said its flagship scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)' has been extended till March 2026 with an allocation of Rs 4,600 crore. In a tweet, the ministry said PMKSY has been extended for a period of 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Central government has [...]
by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 10:02 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) The gross bad loans of the banks have declined to a little over Rs 8 lakh crore by end of the September 2021 quarter from over Rs 9.33 lakh crore at the end of March 2019, the government informed in Parliament on Monday. Of this, the share of public sector [...]
by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 9:53 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) The government has recapitalised public sector banks (PSBs) by infusing over Rs 3.10 lakh crore in the last five fiscals, a majority of which was through issuance of recapitalisation bonds, Parliament was informed on Monday. "Government has infused Rs 3,10,997 crore to recapitalise banks during the last five financial years [...]
by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 9:50 pm | Economy, News
Jammu, Feb 7 (PTI) Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday launched the single-window portal for Jammu and Kashmir, making it the first Union Territory to be integrated with the national single-window system. While 130 industrial services have been made online on the single-window system, over 160 more services will be integrated this year, Sinha said. [...]
by PTI News | Feb 7, 2022 | 9:37 pm | News
Ashok Travels & Tours launches centralised air ticketing portal for CISF Mumbai, Feb 7 (PTI) Ashok Travels and Tours (ATT), the travel division of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), has launched a centralised air ticketing portal for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for seamless official travel. The portal was formally launched by CISF Director-General Sheel [...]