(FE) To boost the corpus of the proposed Ujjwala Plus scheme for free LPG connections, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government may allow corporate donations for the scheme to be considered as mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending. “The legal and internal teams are working out the details to check which options can be included in the scheme,” an official from the ministry of petroleum and natural gas said, requesting not to be named. The other options being looked at are providing benefit for individual donors under section 80G of the income tax Act and accepting international donations conforming to…
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(NDTV) In April, the Reserve Bank of India advised banks to closely monitor loans to telecom operators after Airtel, Vodafone and Idea got caught up in a price war with Reliance Jio. The apex bank had asked banks to consider setting aside higher provisions for loans in stressed sectors by June 30. The advisory is part of RBI’s efforts in the past year to address the problem of non-performing loans more proactively and highlighted the growing concern among policy makers that banks are yet to fully identify their bad loans. With Indian banks sitting on about Rs. 7 lakh crore…
(PTI) Aadhaar numbers and personal information of as many as 135 million Indians could have been leaked from four government portals due to lack of IT security practices, the Centre for Internet and Society has claimed. “Based on the numbers available on the websites looked at, estimated number of Aadhaar numbers leaked through these four portals could be around 130-135 million,” the report by CIS said. Further, as many as 100 million bank account numbers could have been “leaked” from the four portals, it added. The portals where the purported leaks happened were those of National Social Assistance Programme, National Rural…
(PTI) The government is working on various auction models with regard to sale of coal blocks for commercial mining by private companies, a senior official said today. “We are formulating a proposal detailing the auction models to be considered by an inter-ministerial committee,” Coal Joint Secretary Vivek Bharadwaj said. An inter-ministerial panel under the chairmanship of coal secretary and members from ministries like power and finance would consider the auction models for commercial mining. The official was speaking on the sidelines of a launch of a book titled ‘India’s Coal Story’.India is in the process of throwing open commercial coal mining to…
(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttarakhand on Wednesday. He will begin his visit by offering prayers at the Kedarnath Temple. During the visit, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Patanjali Research Institute in Haridwar. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat yesterday flew to Kedarnath to review the preparations ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit. He visited the medical centre set up at Kedarnath to provide prompt medical facilities for the pilgrims and interacted with the medical team deployed at the centre.
Launch of “VIDYA, VEERTA ABHIYAAN” by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar
Shri Amit Shah addresses Vijay Parv on winning Delhi MCD elections in New Delhi
(Zee News) Around 100 ‘bahubalis’ or gangsters have been shifted to prisons far away from their home districts in Uttar Pradesh in an attempt by the Yogi Adityanath government to smash their local crime network. Prominent among them are Mukhtar Ansari, Munna Bajrangi, Atiq Ahmed, Shekhar Tiwari, Maulana Anwarul Haq, Mukim alias Kala, Udaibhan Singh alias doctor, Titu alias Kiranpal, Rocky alias Kaki and Alam Singh. “Though the dons are behind bars, their gangs let loose a reign of terror ? committing murders, kidnapping, dacoity and extortion ? with ease,” Additional Director General of Police (Prison) GL Meena told PTI…
(Hindustan) आम आदमी पार्टी (आप) के संस्थापक सदस्य कुमार विश्वास और पार्टी के दूसरे नेताओं के बीच तकरार लगातार बढ़ती जा रही है और इस बीच विश्वास के पाटीर् छोड़ने के संकेत मिल रहे हैं। विधायक अमानतुल्ला खान के आरोपों से बुरी तरह आहत विश्वास ने कहा है कि उनके खिलाफ कोई बड़ी साजिश रची जा रही है, ऐसे में वह आज रात कोई बड़ा फैसला ले सकते हैं। दूसरी ओर आप के वरिष्ठ नेता और दिल्ली के उप मुख्यमंत्री मनीष सिसोदिया ने विश्वास से अपील की है कि वह टेलीविजन चैनलों पर बयानबाजी करने की बजाय पार्टी के मंच…
(DNA) Mutilating the bodies of two soldiers was “a dastardly and inhuman” act that merited unequivocal response, the Indian Army told Pakistan in a strongly worded statement in an emotive day of tears at the lives lost and a categorical denial from Islamabad. As the families of Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh and BSF Head Constable Prem Singh bid them farewell, Pakistan denied India’s allegations of ceasefire violation and mutilation, ensuring that the troubled equation between the two neighbours was back in the national spotlight with cries of a “befitting reply” being heard once again. India’s Director General of Military Operations…