Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Monday launched two mobile branches in Ladakh to offer banking services in remote areas of the Union Territory. “J&K bank today dedicated two mobile branches — ‘J&K Bank on Wheels’ — for public in Ladakh that will extend banking services to the people of various remote and unbanked areas…
New Delhi: Realty firm Ashiana Housing will invest Rs 275 crore to develop a housing project in Pune for senior citizens. The Delhi-based company said in a statement that it has launched a joint venture project, Ashiana Amodh Senior Living at Talegaon in Pune. The project, spread over 11.93 acres, will be developed in four phases…
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Ravi Sinha was on Monday appointed as the new chief of India’s external intelligence agency RAW, a Personnel Ministry order said. Sinha, a 1988 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, is currently serving as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Sinha’s…
(Our Business Desk) Dr. Mohan Krishna is the World’s first liquor marketing Doctorate and founder and CEO of Cheers Group–India’s super premium Spirits producer, with award-winning world-class brands like Labrodog Scotch 12 years and Three Monkeys Indian Single-malt has been ranked among the Top 50 CEOs responsible for generating billions of jobs and a trillion-dollar-plus…
Kathmandu: At least two people were killed and 26 others went missing as floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains wreaked havoc in eastern Nepal, officials said on Sunday. A man was found dead and 21 others working at the under-construction Super Hewa Hydropower Project in Chainpur Municipality-4 have gone missing, the Kathmandu Post newspaper quoted…
New Delhi: The United Nations fund for agricultural development has lauded India for reviving focus on millets and exporting 1.8 million tonnes of wheat to 18 countries that faced an acute shortage of food last year in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Alvaro Lario, the president of the International Fund of Agricultural Development…
New Delhi: Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi on Saturday asked banks to collaborate and create policies for mobilizing capital towards green finance. Speaking at a seminar on ‘Climate Finance and Risk’, Joshi highlighted the fact that the financial sector is well positioned to incite a behavioural change in corporates and contribute towards building a sustainable society….
New Delhi: Following insurance regulator Irdai directive, LIC on Saturday announced concessions to mitigate the hardships of the claimants of policies and also of Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana affected by the Cyclone Biparjoy. LIC in a statement said it is reaching out to the affected people to provide assistance although the loss of…
Meerut: How would you like to celebrate your birthday by cutting a 12-kilogram giant samosa? or eat the deep-fried snack in 30 minutes to win Rs 71,000? Shubham Kaushal, the third generation owner of Lalkurti-based Kaushal Sweets here, says he wanted to do “something different” to bring the samosa into the spotlight. The idea struck…
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel sales fell in the first half of June as the arrival of monsoon cut demand in the agri sector and reduced vehicular movement, preliminary industry data showed. Demand for diesel, the most consumed fuel in the country accounting for about two-fifths of the demand, fell 6.7 per cent to 3.43…
