Day: June 22, 2019

Man booked for abetting suicide of minor wife

Delhi woman found dead in UP’s Shamli, husband booked for abatement of suicide

9:37 am June 22, 2019

Muzaffarnagar: Body of a woman from Delhi was found hanging in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, following which police booked her husband for abatement of suicide, officials said Saturday. The incident happened on Friday in Kandhla town of the district, where her inlaws’ house is. Police said Mallika Begum, who was in her 40s, allegedly committed suicide due to some […]

Hong Kong police slam ‘illegal, irrational’ HQ protest

9:32 am June 22, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong police on Saturday slammed anti-government protesters for besieging their headquarters, calling the demonstration “illegal and irrational” as they vowed to pursue the ringleaders. “Police have shown the greatest tolerance of protesters who assembled outside PHQ (police headquarters) but their means of expressing views has become illegal, irrational and unreasonable,” the city’s police […]

US blacklists 5 Chinese groups working in supercomputing

9:26 am June 22, 2019

Washington: The United States is blacklisting five Chinese organisations involved in supercomputing with military-related applications, citing national security as justification for denying its Asian geopolitical rival access to critical US technology. The move Friday by the US Commerce Department could complicate talks next week between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, aimed at de-escalating a trade dispute between the world’s two biggest […]

Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper

Trump nominates Mark Esper as Secretary of Defense: White House

9:20 am June 22, 2019

Washington: Donald Trump has nominated Mark Esper to be the US Secretary of Defense, the White House said late Friday, hours after the president revealed he had come close to authorising a strike on Iran. Esper, who is Secretary of the Army, was named acting Pentagon chief after Patrick Shanahan withdrew his name from consideration for the role this week, citing family concerns.

Reserve Bank imposes Rs 2 cr penalty on SBI

SBI plans tapping Singapore SME businesses

9:16 am June 22, 2019

Singapore: The State Bank of India is planning to expand its market in Singapore by enhancing its relationship across small and medium enterprises (SMEs) some of which have strong footholds across Asia Pacific. Acknowledging the stiff competition from Financial Technology (FinTech) companies, the SBI is also contemplating introducing its YONO SBI app while having opened remittance services to all bank accounts through eRemit and remittance kiosk […]

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