(AU) आधार नंबर के लिए एनरॉलमेंट करने वाली एजेंसियां अब पंजीकरण में आनाकानी नहीं कर सकती। यूएडीएआई ने पंजीकरण एजेंसियों को कड़ी चेतावनी देते हुए कहा है कि तकनीकी खराबी और ऐसे ही दूसरे बहाने बनाकर पंजीकरण से इनकार करने को भ्रष्ट गतिविधि माना जाएगा। तय नियमों का उल्लंघन करने पर एजेंसियों पर जुर्माना और बार-बार गड़बड़ी होने पर उन्हें काली सूची में डाला जा सकता है। भारतीय विशिष्ट पहचान प्राधिकरण (यूआईडीएआई) के सीईओ अजय भूषण पांडे ने कहा हमें इस बारे में कई शिकायतें मिल रही है, कि हमारी वेबसाइट पर सूचीबद्ध आधार पंजीकरण केंद्रों पर पंजीकरण नहीं किया जा रहा है। कोई…
Author: Amitabh Kumar
(NDTV) Petrol and diesel prices saw a marginal downward revision of up to five paise per litre on Tuesday. More than two weeks into a new system of daily price revisions, petrol prices have come down up to 6 per cent and diesel has become cheaper by around 5 per cent in the four major cities. After the latest revision, effective 6 am Tuesday, a litre of petrol costs Rs. 63.08 in New Delhi, Rs. 66.14 in Kolkata, Rs. 74.30 in Mumbai and Rs. 65.46 in Chennai. Also, diesel rates are Rs. 53.44 per litre in New Delhi, Rs. 55.74 per litre in Kolkata, Rs. 58.76 per litre in Mumbai and Rs. 56.25 per litre in…
(HT) The Amarnath Yatra, the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine dedicated to Hindu deity Shiva in Kashmir, began on Wednesday amid intelligent inputs that cautioned of militant attacks on pilgrims and security personnel. A spike in violence in the valley is already a cause of concern for the Jammu and Kashmir government and central security forces over the 40-day pilgrimage that passes through the volatile Anantnag district in south Kashmir. In 16 years, over 50 pilgrims have been killed in three terror strikes during the trek to the shrine tucked away at 12,750-ft altitude in the Pir Panjal mountains in the…
(HT) The election commission on Thursday announced that the election of India’s next vice president will take place on August 5. The term of vice president M. Hamid Ansari ends on August 10.The ruling BJP and the Opposition are yet to announce their nominees for the post. Counting will be held on the same day as the poll. The incumbent vice-president Hamid Ansari served from August 11, 2007 to August 10, 2012 and was re-elected as the 14th vice president on August 11, 2012. The election commission said the notification will be issued on July 4 and the last date for…
(FE) If not for anything else, just for the ease of transaction, the need for a currency denomination that will take care of the problems created by the big gap between Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes, that are in circulation currently, has been felt since the demonetisation of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. So, the government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decision to introduce Rs 200 notes, as reported by The Economic Times, is a welcome move, as it will help in eliminating the missing middle problem. At present, the Rs 10, Rs 50 and Rs…
(ET) The Centre’s flagship rural jobs programme has edged out the scheme providing subsidy on cooking gas cylinders in helping the government save the most in a financial year by better targeting of beneficiaries. The government has released data showing it saved Rs 8,741 crore in 2016-17 by weeding out nearly one crore fake beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), launched by its predecessor UPA, by using Aadhaar and direct benefit transfer (DBT). This is higher than Rs 8,185 crore saved on PAHAL scheme for DBT of LPG subsidy, which accounted for the highest saving…
(ET) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to use undersea infrastructure of Gujarat firm GSPC to produce gas from its own KG-basin fields in the Bay of Bengal. ONGC last year agreed to buy Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation’s (GSPC) 80 per cent interest in the KG-OSN-2001/3 block, which sits next to the state-owned firm’s KG-DWN-98/2 or KG-D5 block. “We have divided discoveries in KG-D5 into three groups. Cluster-1 finds can be tied up to GSPC block infrastructure,” a company official said. ONGC has finalised a USD 5.07 billion plan for developing the Cluster-II finds by 2019-20. First gas production…
(TOI) Reliance Industries plans to raise Rs 25,000 crore through privately placed debentures as the energyto-retail conglomerate seeks to replace existing high-cost borrowings as well as build a war chest for its aggressive expansion strategy in the telecom space. The Mukesh Ambani-led firm sought shareholders’ nod to issue redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on private placement. In a stock exchange notice, RIL said the company’s annual general meeting will be held on July 21 to consider the fund-raising. A shareholder resolution sought nod “to offer or invite subscriptions for secured unsecured redeemable nonconvertible debentures, in one or more series tranches, of…
(Hindustan) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी अपने तीन देशों के विदेश दौरे के अंतिम दौर में हैं। आज अपनी अमेरिका यात्रा समाप्त कर वे नीदरलैंड के लिए रवाना हो गए। ये उनका अंतिम पड़ाव होगा। इसके बाद वे आज ही स्वदेश के लिे रवाना हो जाएंगे। नीदरलैंड में पीएम मोदी डच प्रधानमंत्री मार्क रूटे के साथ बैठक करेंगे और वहां के राजा विलेम-एलेक्जेंडर और रानी मैक्सिमा से मुलाकात करेंगे। दोनों देश इस साल भारत और नीदरलैंड के बीच स्थापित हुए कूटनीतिक रिश्तों के 70 साल पूरे होने का जश्न मना रहे हैं। बता दें कि रूट और मोदी की मुलाकात साल 2015…
(PTI) In a shocking incident, a senior police officer of Jammu and Kashmir was stripped naked and stoned to death by an irate mob in Srinagar last night. According to PTI, the incident happened after Srinagar Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammed Ayub Pandith was allegedly clicking pictures outside Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of the Jammu and Kashmir capital. Police sources told PTI that Pandith was seen moving around by people near Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area at 0030 hours. The top cop was allegedly clicking pictures of people when they were coming out of the mosque. They said that…