(LiveMint) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will shortly issue new Rs 10 notes under the Mahatma Gandhi series. The central bank has already printed around 1 billion pieces of the new Rs 10 note, according to three people familiar with the matter. With chocolate brown colour as the base, the new note will bear the picture of Konark Sun Temple. The design received the go-ahead from the government last week, said the two of the people cited earlier. The change in design in the old Rs 10 note was last made in 2005. In August last year, RBI had…
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(ET) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Arunachal Pradesh in the early part of this year, continuing with the policy of sending out a strong signal to China that its repeated protests will not deter Indian leaders from visiting the frontier state. Although the dates of the PM’s visit have yet to be firmed up, the matter was discussed when Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu met Modi in Delhi recently, ET has learnt. In November and December 2017, visits by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and President Ram Nath Kovind to Arunachal Pradesh had drawn sharp reactions from China,…
(FE) In the run-up to the forthcoming ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit, which marks 25 years of the establishment of the Dialogue Partnership between India and ASEAN, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will undertake her first visit of the year to three southeast Asian countries — Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore — from January 4 to 8. On the first leg of the visit, Swaraj will be in Thailand on January 4 and 5, where she will hold an official meeting with Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, who will also host a dinner. “All aspects of bilateral relations with Thailand will be discussed with…
(FE) There is a spanner at works in the ONGC- HPCL deal as the Oil Ministry has raised concerns over valuation of the deal and availability of immediate funds with ONGC. Other than being in favour of waiting for a while to allow ONGC time to raise enough, Oil Ministry is of the view that the deal may delay fundraising plan of the PSU, ET Now reported citing unidentified sources. In addition, Oil Ministry has concerns on the fact the deal values HPCL at Rs 30,000 crore which is well below the market value. While Finance Ministry wants the deal…
(NDTV) At least four people,including two children have died and five seriously injured in a fire that broke out at a building in Mumbai’s Marol late last night.The fire broke out on the third floor of Maimoon building in Marol area at around 1.30 am. Of the nine people rescued, four have died and five others were taken to a nearby hospital, the firefighting official said. “Mumbai Fire Brigade got call at 2.10 am about fire at the fourth floor of Ground plus Mamoon Manzil building at Marol in Andheri East. Our fire brigade personnel along with the fire fighting…
(OD) NALCO, the Navratna CPSE has declared 2018 as the year of happiness for the shareholders. employees, contract employees, peripheral villages and other stakeholders. The CMD of the company, Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand said this while interacting with media persons on the backdrop of excellent performance of NALCO in the year 2017. “During last two years or more, NALCO has taken many initiatives in this direction and today NALCO has become a household name in Odisha. a blue chip company in India and a company to watch abroad. NALCO’s focus on 3D – Dedication, Determination and Discipline have made the…
(AU) बिहार के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और राजद प्रमुख लालू प्रसाद यादव के खिलाफ चारा घोटाले के देवघर मामले में बृहस्पतिवार को सजा का एलान हो सकता है। दो वकीलों के निधन पर बुधवार को आयोजित शोकसभा की वजह से कोर्ट के सामने मामला नहीं आ पाया। विशेष सीबीआई कोर्ट ने 23 दिसंबर को लालू और 15 अन्य लोगों को देवघर मामले में दोषी करार दिया था और पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री जगन्नाथ मिश्र समेत छह लोगों को बरी कर दिया था। कोर्ट ने सजा के एलान के लिए 3 जनवरी की तिथि निर्धारित की थी। रांची की बिरसा मुंडा जेल से लालू और अन्य दोषियों को…
(PTI) Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s biggest oil firm, has adopted 2018 as the ‘Year of Trust’ as it earned belief in the delivery potential in programmes like PMUY, and decision of early implementation of BS-VI fuel norms. Every second Indian is served by the company as it commands half of the auto fuel and cooking fuel market share. “From Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to daily price revision of petrol and diesel, to the decision to leapfrog BS-VI fuels supply in Delhi by April 1, 2018, two years before its actual implementation date, are a few instances where…
(AU) चीन अपनी हरकतों से बाज नहीं आ रहा है। 73 दिन चला डोकलम विवाद अभी शांत ही हुआ है कि उसने अरुणाचल में घुसपैठ कर दी। सरकार के सूत्रों के अनुसार, चीन की सड़क निर्माण टीमें दिसंबर के आखिरी हफ्ते में अरुणाचल के तूतिंग में एक किलोमीटर अंदर तक घुस आईं। भारतीय सैनिकों से सामना होने पर वे सामान छोड़कर चले गए। हालांकि सरहदी गांववालों का दावा है कि वहां चीनी सैनिक सड़क बनाने के लिए कटान कर रहे थे। सूत्रों के अनुसार, चीनी दल जो सामान छोड़कर भागा है, उनमें सड़क बनाने वाले औजार व खुदाई करने वाले उपकरण शामिल हैं। घटना 28…
(TOI) Amid talks of merger of public sector oil and gas companies, the government is considering a proposal to split GAIL (India) with the marketing operations spun off into a separate company. Sources told TOI that the plan is being discussed in the petroleum ministry as the Centre is unhappy with the state-run player’s performance in building a pipeline network in addition to a possible conflict of interest in its role as the infrastructure provider as well as a carrier. “It is like building a road and also deciding who can ply and at what cost,” said a source, who did not…