Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The proposed merger of commodity market regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) with capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will boost agricultural insurances for farmers that can help them adapt to climate change, an expert said here on Thursday. “Many of the developed nations are thinking of these […]
A 15-year-old girl is in a serious condition in a hospital after she was stabbed 50 times with a scissors early on Thursday morning by an unidentified assailant, police said. The incident took place around 2 a.m. on Thursday when the girl was sleeping in her home in Dhaurera village in Addha region near Vrindavan. […]
Taking advantage of weak global crude prices, down 42.5 percent since July 2014, the government is spending Rs.4,948 crore ($800 million) to shore up strategic oil reserves in the first phase of such a project, which can be used during emergencies to power India for around a fortnight. Two giant, rock-cut caverns will soon be […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday directed banks to include ‘third gender’ in all forms and applications enabling transgenders to avail banking services. Citing the Supreme Court judgment in the National Legal Services Authority vs Union of India, the central bank said all transgender people were to be treated as ‘third gender’. “The […]
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will once again address the nation on April 26 in the seventh edition of his radio programme “Mann ki Baat” in which he shares his thoughts with the people. In a tweet, Modi said: “Looking forward to ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on the 26th of this month.” […]
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said it does not “endorse” any kind of statement which seeks to discriminate between the people of the country. Intervening during zero hour in the Lok Sabha, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, “We do not endorse any statement inside and outside the house which talks about […]
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Referring to the recent capital tax gains demand of Rs.40,000 crore from foreign funds, the government on Tuesday asserted it will not give in to any demand for waiver on tax of previous years. “The government will not yield to the demand of FIIs (foreign institutional investors) to withdraw tax […]
A young cricket player, Rahul Ghosh, was on Tuesday hospitalised after sustaining a head injury during a local league match, a day after the tragic demise of former Bengal Under-19 team captain Ankit Keshri. Ghosh had to be rushed to the Nightingale Hospital in central Kolkata after he got injured while fielding during the second […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday conferred an award on Tripura’s Mandwai block where every tribal family has a bank account. Mandwai block’s feat in financial inclusion and financial literacy, besides according benefits to tribals, has made it a role model. Mandwai’s Block Development Officer (BDO) Monohar Biswas said: “Of the 12,910 families comprising 55,050 […]
An elephant that had strayed from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district into neighbouring Bangladesh was allegedly gunned down by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), a forest official said on Tuesday. “We have been told by the BSF that a male elephant which had strayed across the border into Bangladesh was gunned down by the BGB,” State […]