(DJ) नौसेना के कमांडरों की चार दिवसीय कांफ्रेंस में पहुंची रक्षा मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने कहा कि हिंद महासागर में घुसपैठ बनाने के लिए चीन तेजी से हाथ-पैर मार रहा है। नौसेना को किसी भी खतरे से निपटने के लिए तैयार रहना होगा। -नौसेना के कमांडरों की कांफ्रेंस में पहुंची रक्षा मंत्री रक्षा मंत्री का कहना था कि जिन हेलीकॉफ्टरों की जरूरत नौ सेना को है, सरकार उसके लिए गंभीरता से विचार कर रही है। कमांडरों का हौसला बढ़ाने के लिए उन्होंने कहा कि खाड़ी में जिस तरह से नौसेना समुद्री डाकुओं से निपट रही है वह तारीफ के काबिल…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(HT) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived at Mussoorie on a two-day visit during which he will interact with IAS probationers at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration besides attending cultural programmes. Earlier in the day, governor K K Paul and chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat received the Prime Minister at the Jolly Grant airport. After a brief stopover, a special helicopter flew him to Mussoorie, sources in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. “Modi is the second Prime Minister after the late Indira Gandhi, who will spend so much time with IAS probationers,” a senior IAS…
(AU) भाजपा ने 182 सदस्यीय गुजरात विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए प्रत्येक सीट के लिए तीन-तीन संभावित उम्मीदवारों को छांट लिया है। यह पूरी कवायत भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह के नेतृत्व में राज्य संसदीय बोर्ड की बैठक में की गई। सूत्रों ने बताया कि भाजपा अक्ष्यक्ष ने खुद पिछले छह दिनों में रोजाना बैठक कर इन संभावित प्रत्याशियों को छांटा है। इस चुनाव में पार्टी नेतृत्व का सब कुछ दांव पर लगा है, इसका अंदाजा इस बात से भी लगाया जा सकता है कि शाह इन संभावित प्रत्याशियों को चुनने में जी जान से जुटे हैं।
(FE) On October 9, 2017, the prime minister invited the chief executives of major oil companies and energy experts to discuss how best to encourage higher exploration and production (E&P) in India to meet the target of reducing oil imports by 10%. The ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MoPNG) asserted that the overarching objective shall be to maximise exploration, recovery and production; revenue will be only a secondary consideration in decision-making. One wonders whether the finance ministry was listening, and if adequate attention is being paid to the fiscal measures that are out of sync with the government’s professed…
(ET) Reliance Industries and BP Plc have finalised plans to develop all the gas fields in the KG-D6 Block, reflecting the company’s renewed enthusiasm about the policy and pricing regime and focus on the sector after completing heavy capital expenditure in its telecoms and petrochemicals businesses. The partners have submitted the formal Field Development Plan for MJ Field in the gasrich block Cto the oil ministry on Wednesday, sources familiar with the development said. Reliance and BP had submitted a development for the “satellite cluster” of fields in the block earlier this month, acting swiftly after Reliance Chairman and Managing…
(LiveMint) State-run Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) will shortly hit the market to raise $500 million to partly fund its planned capital expenditure of Rs8,000 crore for this fiscal, two people aware of the development said. “We are planning to raise $500 million shortly. We are still working on the timeline and the instrument we would be using to raise the funds,” a senior BPCL official said on condition of anonymity as he is not allowed to speak to reporters. BPCL did not reply to an emailed questionnaire sent on Tuesday. BPCL is expanding all its four refineries at Kochi, Bina, Mumbai…
(HT) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the government whether it would take coercive action against people who did not link their bank accounts and mobile numbers to the Aadhar unique-identity scheme before the government’s stipulated deadline. A bench headed by chief justice Dipak Misra sought the clarification after attorney general KK Venugopal said the government was willing to extend the deadline for the mandatory linking from December 31, 2016 to March 31 next year, but only for those who had not registered under Aadhaar yet and “are willing to enroll”. The top court is hearing a raft of petitions…
(AU) कांग्रेस से नजदीकियां बढ़ा रहे गुजरात के प्रमुख पाटीदार नेता हार्दिक पटेल की मुश्किलें चुनाव से पहले ही बढ़ने लगी हैं। कोर्ट ने हार्दिक पटेल और लालजी पटेल के खिलाफ गैरजमानती वारंट जारी किया है। बुधवार को गुजरात के विसनगर सेशन कोर्ट ने तोड़-फोड़ के मामले में हार्दिक पटेल के खिलाफ ये वारंट जारी किया है।हार्दिक समेत उनके साथियों पर भाजपा विधायक ऋषिकेश पटेल के कार्यालय में तोड़-फोड़ करने का आरोप है। बता दें कि अभी हाल ही में गुजरात सरकार ने पटेल आरक्षण आंदोलन के नेता हार्दिक पटेल के खिलाफ तिरंगे के अपमान करने का केस वापस ले लिया था। हार्दिक पर दो…
(FE) The government announced a major initiative to address the challenges of stressed assets and weak banking balance sheets. This follows on some earlier actions to address the indebtedness problem in the corporate sector. Together, these can be expected to have a significant impact on the economy, boosting credit, growth, and employment. In the Economic Survey of 2014-15, we first identified the Twin Balance Sheet (TBS) challenge afflicting the Indian economy. TBS clogs the economy, depriving it of demand and the lubrication that oils and feeds that demand. Resolving the TBS challenge comprehensively requires 4 Rs: recognition, recapitalisation, resolution, and…
(LiveMint) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday slapped a Rs6 crore penalty on Yes Bank Ltd for breaching its rules on classifying non-performing assets and failing to report a security incident involving its ATMs on time. Separately, RBI also imposed a Rs2 crore penalty on IDFC Bank Ltd for breaching regulations on giving loans. In a notification, RBI said Yes Bank violated the Income Recognition Asset Classification (IRAC) norms on dealing with assessment of bad loans as of March-end 2016. Yes Bank was one of three private sector lenders which had reported a sharp divergence between their asset…