New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a three-day international tourism exposition in Delhi on May 18 during which a host of cultural activities will be organised, Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Wednesday. The event will be held from May 18-20 and will also commemorate the International Museum Day that falls on…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said banks asking for CIBIL score from farmers before disbursing crop loans would face FIRs. CIBIL score is a numeric summary of a person’s credit history. The score is derived using the credit history found in the CIBIL report. Fadnavis told reporters in Amravati on Tuesday that…
Patna: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has deactivated more than 2.25 lakh mobile phone numbers in Bihar and Jharkhand in the month of April as majority of the SIM cards were allegedly procured through forged documents. The Telecom Service Providers have also blacklisted 517 Point of Sales (PoS) who have been prima facie found to…
New Delhi: The government will investigate a claim that WhatsApp accessed the microphone of smartphone users while the phone was not in use, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. In a tweet, the minister said the government will examine the alleged breach of privacy even as the new Digital…
New Delhi: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Wednesday admitted Go First’s voluntary plea to initiate the insolvency resolution process against the airline. A two-member bench comprising President Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and L N Gupta also appointed Abhliash Lal as interim resolution professional (IRP) to run the debt-ridden company. It has also put the company…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on May 12 a plea by the producers of controversial multilingual film ‘The Kerala Story’ against the West Bengal government’s ban on screening of the movie after the makers said they are “losing money everyday”. Senior advocate Harish Salve mentioned the matter for urgent listing before…
New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s group on Tuesday said it will prepay USD 130 million of debt as it looks to boost investor confidence post being targeted by a US short-seller. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, the ports company of the Adani Group, had last month floated a tender to buy back as much as…
Jerusalem: Israel is keen to finalise an FTA with India as there is a huge scope of trade between the two nations, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has said, and expressed hope that the agreement will further strengthen bilateral economic ties. From a humble beginning of USD 200 million in bilateral trade (primarily in diamonds) in 1992…
New Delhi: Gold prices jumped Rs 450 to Rs 61,300 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday amid a rise in precious metal prices internationally, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had finished at Rs 60,850 per 10 grams. Silver, however, went lower Rs 380 to Rs 77,400 per…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu has secured investments worth Rs 2,73,448 lakh crore by signing 224 memorandum of understandings with companies after the DMK government came to power in May 2021, the state government said on Tuesday. Chief Minister M K Stalin, as a part of efforts to woo investors to the government’s maiden Global Investor Meet, scheduled…
