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Padma awards nominations open till Tuesday

Govt gets over 25,000 nominations for Padma Awards-2020

8:32 pm August 30, 2019

New Delhi: The government has received more than 25,000 nominations so far for the prestigious Padma Awards to be given next year, officials said on Friday. The last date of filing the nominations or recommendations is September 15. “Already 25,317 registrations have been made on the portal, against which 23,865 nominations/recommendations have been completed,” they […]

Govt announces mega merger of PSBs, bringing down their number to 12

8:03 pm August 30, 2019

New Delhi: In the biggest consolidation exercise in the banking space, the government on Friday announced four major mergers of public sector banks, bringing down their total number to 12 from 27 in 2017, a move aimed at making state-owned lenders global sized banks. United Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce will be […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

CBDT notifies creation of special cell for startups

7:55 pm August 30, 2019

New Delhi: The CBDT on Friday notified creation of a five-member special cell to address the grievances of startups with relation to angel tax and other tax-related issues. An order issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said the ‘Startup Cell’ will be headed by the member (Income Tax and Computerisation) of the […]

National Herald: Subramanian Swamy objects to questions in Hindi during cross examination

7:49 pm August 30, 2019

New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday objected to the lawyer for Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for asking questions in Hindi while being cross-examination in National Herald case, saying he was a Tamil’. The exchange of words took place between Swamy and senior advocate R S Cheema, appearing for Gandhi, before the court of […]

I'm sure global pharma industry will support India's WTO proposal of IP waiver for COVID-19: Goyal

Training in RSS shakhas will improve mental, physical capabilities of security guards: Goyal

6:51 pm August 30, 2019

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said sending private security guards for training in RSS shakhas will improve their mental and physical capabilities. Addressing a gathering at the “Private Security Industry Conclave-2019”, Goyal said during the Lok Sabha polls held in April-May, lakhs of people became “chowkidar” (guard) of the country and for […]