(DJ) केरल, तमिलनाडु और लक्ष्यद्वीप में पिछले दिनों से लगातार बारिश हो रही है। मौसम विभाग ने गुरुवार को चक्रवाती तूफान ‘ओखी’ की चेतावनी जारी की थी। गुरुवार की रात तमिलनाडु में चक्रवाती तूफान ओखी ने जानमाल का काफी नुकसान किया है। कन्याकुमारी में चार लोगों के मारे जाने की खबर मिल रही है। वहीं श्रीलंका में भी इस तूफान ने काफी कहर बरपाया है। एएनआइ के मुताबिक, श्रीलंका में चक्रवाती तूफान के कारण कम से कम 7 लोगों की मौत हो गई है। वहीं 5 मछुआरे लापता बताए जा रहे हैं, जो समुद्र में न जाने की चेतावनी के…
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(LiveMint) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday established early gains in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls as counting of votes was in progress for all the 652 urban local bodies. For the mayoral elections, the BJP forged ahead on almost all the 16 seats from where trends were available after an hour of counting. BJP’s mayor candidates were leading in Meerut, Saharanpur, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Gorakhpur as per initial trends. Counting of ballots polled in three phases on 22, 26 and 29 November was on under tight security cover and CCTV surveillance at 334 centres at district and tehsil…
(DNA) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said achieving a 10 per cent GDP growth rate is challenging and will depend on how the world is moving. Speaking at the HT Leadership Summit here, he said India has done well by growing at 7-8 per cent during the last three years. To scale to 10 per cent rate is “very challenging” and it will not depend on domestic factors only but on how the world is moving, he said. Finance Minister said India has standardised itself for a 7-8 per cent growth rate on the back of improving macroeconomic fundamentals. “India has standardised…
(AU) जीडीपी के जुलाई-सितंबर के आंकड़ों के आने से पहले शेयर बाजार में बड़ी गिरावट देखने को मिली। वहीं दूसरी तरफ बुलियन मार्केट में भी तेजी थम गई। चांदी का भाव आज फिर से 40 हजार स्तर के नीचे आ गया। वित्तीय घाटे के खराब आंकड़ों आने के बाद आखिरी घंटों बाजार पर दबाव गहराया जिससे निफ्टी 10250 के स्तर से नीचे फिसला, वहीं सेंसेक्स में 425 से ज्यादा अंकों की गिरावट रही। बैंक शेयरों ने बाजार पर दबाव बनाया और बैंक निफ्टी में करीब 450 अंकों की गिरावट देखने को मिली। तेल-गैस, मेटल, बैंक शेयरों में सबसे ज्यादा बिकवाली रही। आज के कारोबार में…
(PTI) Union Minister of State for Communication Manoj Sinha today emphasised that the core of Digital India was to create Internet access to every citizen and BharatNet intends to connect all six lakh villages. Speaking at a symposium on Financial Inclusion – Global Initiative, the minister said the Digital India push was meant to serve the poor and protect their interests. “Internet connection to every village is the key and Internet accessibility at 35 per cent or 460 million users as of now is on the lower side,” he said.”BharatNet project is ambitious as it connects over 250,000-gram panchayats and six lakh villages through high-speed…
Indian corporates, NRIs and PIOs in UK have committed more than 5 billion dollars for the development of amenities like ghats, river fronts, crematoria and parks as part of the Namami Gange Mission. At a roadshow organized in London yesterday, Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Water resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping appealed to business leaders to participate in the mission to clean Ganga. The roadshow was organized by the National Mission for Clean Ganga and the Indian High Commission in UK. Among the important MoUs signed were those by Shri Anil Agarwal of…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he was ready for the big political price he will have to pay for the steps he has taken for the betterment of the country, in a reference to decisions taken to curb black money. He also said that his government is committed to developing a development-centric eco system which is free of corruption and is citizen centric. Addressing a gathering here, he said that post demonetisation, black money, which was part of a parallel economy, has now become part of the formal system. Inaugurating the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here, Modi said…
(PTI) External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday arrived in the Russian city of Sochi to attend the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. The summit will be held on 30 November and 1 December and is likely to discuss issues relating to the regional security scenario, including situations in the Gulf and Afghanistan. In June, India and Pakistan had become full-fledged members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a China-dominated security grouping increasingly seen as a counterweight to NATO.”EAM @SushmaSwaraj arrives in the picturesque town of #Sochi to attend the SCO Council Heads of Government Meeting on 30 November & 1 December.…
(DJ) भारत में एक रुपए के नोट के सौ साल गुरुवार को पूरे हो जाएंगे। पहले विश्व युद्ध के दौरान चांदी के पर्याप्त सिक्के ढालने में नाकाम रही ब्रिटिश सरकार ने एक रुपए के नोट की छपाई शुरू की थी। एक रुपए का पहला नोट 30 नवंबर, 1917 को छपकर आया। इसमें किंग जॉर्ज पंचम की तस्वीर थी। रिजर्व बैंक की वेबसाइट के मुताबिक इसे 1926 में बंद कर दिया गया। हालांकि बाद में इसे दूसरे विश्व युद्ध के दौरान 1940 में फिर शुरू किया गया। इसकी प्रिंटिंग 1994 से फिर बंद कर दी गई। मगर बाजार में यह नोट चलता रहा। मोदी…
(FE) In a move aimed at making Uttar Pradesh as the next hub of investment destination, the Yogi Adiyanath government will be holding huge investors meet on February 21 and 22 with the massive target of signing MoUs worth Rs 50,000 crore. The invitations for the meet have already been sent out to 12 countries, including the USA, Korea and Japan. The Uttar Pradesh government has made an extensive plan to promote “Brand Uttar Pradesh” with roadshows next month in at least six major cities of the country. These roadshows will be held in New Delhi on December 8, Bengaluru…