NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to make changes in the current National Pension Scheme which will enable central government employees to get a minimum pension of 40-45% of their last drawn salary. The Modi government is likely to alter the current market-linked New Pension Scheme (NPS) to assuage some holdout states which have switched […]
The United States and China have pledged to stabilise their worn out ties during a critical visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met on June 19 with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It remains to be seen whether the two countries can resolve their most important disagreements, many of which have […]
NEW DELHI: Directorate of Enforcement (ED) said on Saturday that it has seized assets worth of Rs 30.60 crore in form of investments in securities in connection with an alleged foreign exchange violation case against brothers Vikram and Gaurav Swarup whose names figure in global financial data leaks, Pandora Paper Leaks.The assets have been seized […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the House of Commons Privileges Committee as a “kangaroo court” that conducted a “witch hunt” to drive him out of Parliament. File | Photo Credit: AP Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament about the lockdown-flouting parties that undermined his credibility and contributed to his downfall, a […]
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries Limited, India’s largest corporate by revenues, profits and market value, continued to top the Indian corporates in the 2023 edition of ‘The Global 2000’ published by Forbes.Reliance Industries was placed at 45 in the overall ranking of 2000 global corporates ahead of well-known names like Germany’s BMW Group, Switzerland’s Nestle, China’s Alibaba […]
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affecting drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea. The short-term dangers can be seen from outer space — tens of thousands of parcels of land flooded, and more to come. Experts say […]
PUNE: To cater to the increased passenger demand, SpiceJet will induct ten Boeing 737 aircraft into its fleet from September, its officials said on Friday.The airline has already signed a lease agreement for the ten planes which will start joining the fleet from September 2023.These ten B737’s include five 737 Max aircraft, airline officials said.In […]
As many as 700 Indian students, mostly from Punjab, are facing deportation from Canada after their “admission offer letters” to educational institutions were found to be fake. (Image for representational purpose only) | Photo Credit: Reuters Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal on June 6 sought the intervention of External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. […]
MUMBAI: The rupee depreciated 14 paise to 82.53 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by strength of the American currency in the overseas market and rising crude oil prices.At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 82.47, then fell to 82.53, registering a decline of 14 paise over […]
Locals gather after the Coromandel Express derails after hitting a goods train near Bahanaga station in Balasore on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Odisha train accident | 233 people killed, over 900 injured in Odisha triple train crash The accident took place at around 7 p.m. when two coaches of 12864 (SMVB-HWH) Yashwantpur-Howrah Express derailed near Bahanaga […]
