India

16 Jul

Heavy rains pound Mumbai, local trains hit

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Heavy overnight rains lashed Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) hitting road and rail traffic, though flight operation at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport was normal. Water-logging was reported from chronic spots of Dadar, Parel, Wadala, Sion, besides low-lying areas in Malad, Santacruz, Dahisar. While the suburban services on the Central Railway were hit badly with delays of over 30-minutes due to speed restrictions, Western Railway traffic has not been affected. K.S. Hosalikar, Head of Climate Research and Services, Pune shared the latest satellite images at 8.30 a.m. indicating intense clouds over Mumbai suburbs and Thane leading to…

15 Jul

Raju Bista appointed as BJYM’s National General Secretary

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Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) has released the list of its new executives. In the new team, special importance has been given to Bengal. A statement issued by BJP on Wednesday said that during a meeting with the party's president JP Nadda, Raju Bista has been appointed as the National General Secretary of the party.Apart from Raju Bista, Anup Saha, MLA of Dubrajpur in Birbhum district, has been appointed as the national vice-president of the BJP's youth wing.

15 Jul

India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant tests positive for COVID-19

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India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not travel with the Test squad to Durham, where Team India will reassemble to begin preparations for the England series. A BCCI source confirmed that it was Pant who tested positive and was in isolation for the past eight days. He is, according to the source, asymptomatic at this point. "He is in quarantine at an acquaintance's place and won't be travelling with the team to Durham on Thursday," he said without divulging when the 23-year-old will join the squad. A few weeks earlier the player was spotted with…

15 Jul

Mastercard ban: RBL Bank’s credit card issuance to take hit, switches to Visa

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RBL Bank said that its credit card issuance rate will be impacted post the Reserve Bank barring Mastercard Asia Pacific from onboarding new credit, debit and prepaid card customers with effect from July 22. RBL Bank, which currently issues credit cards on the Mastercard network only, said it has entered into an agreement with Visa Worldwide on Wednesday to issue credit cards enabled on the Visa payment network. The bank expects to start issuing credit cards on the Visa payment network post the technology integration, which is expected to take 8 to 10 weeks. “Our bank’s current run rate of…

15 Jul

L&T Tech Services shares zoom over 17 pc after Q1 earnings

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Shares of L&T Technology Services (LTTS) on Thursday zoomed over 17 per cent after the company reported a massive jump in its June quarter net. At 1.54 pm, LTTS stock zoomed 17.72 per cent to Rs 3,426, with its 52-week high of 3447.35 at the BSE. L&T Technology Services on Wednesday reported an 84 per cent jump in its June quarter net at Rs 216.2 crore, largely on widening margins. The company, the engineering and research and development services arm of the infra major L&T, had posted a net profit of Rs 117.2 crore in the year-ago period. Its overall…

15 Jul

Skill, reskill & upskill: Modi’s mantra for ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

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Underlining the importance of skills in the Indian culture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday exhorted the stakeholders to continuously “skill, reskill and upskill” to achieve ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) goal, and that India providing smart and skilled manpower solutions to the world should be at the core of strategy of skilling our youth. He said skill development of the new generation is a national need and is the foundation of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ to take India forward from 75 years to 100 years. Taking note of huge demand for reskilling due to fast changing technology, the Prime Minister emphasised that…

15 Jul

Sedition law ‘colonial’, used against Gandhi, Tilak: SC

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The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre on the utility of having sedition law even after 75 years of independence. The Court also expressed its concern on sedition law being misused by police against persons who speak against the government. A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said: “It is a colonial law used by the British to silence Mahatma Gandhi, Tilak. Still, it is necessary after 75 years of independence?” Chief Justice told Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, “I am indicating, what I am thinking”. The bench cited the example of continued usage of section 66A of the…

14 Jul

11 cases of Kappa COVID-19 variant in Rajasthan

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Eleven cases of the new Kappa variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Rajasthan, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Tuesday. Of these, four cases each are from Alwar and Jaipur, two from Barmer and one is from Bhilwara, he said. The minister said reports of nine samples have been received from Delhi and two from the Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Hospital. The Kappa variant is a moderate form of the coronavirus as compared to its delta variant, Sharma said. On Monday, Rajasthan reported 33 new Covid-19 cases which pushed the state's infection tally to 9,53,159.The death toll from the pandemic…

14 Jul

Three injured in a bomb attack in UP’s Pratapgarh

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Three people were seriously injured on Wednesday when a country-made bomb was hurled at them over an old quarrel in Pratapgarh of Uttar Pradesh, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police (East) Surendra Dwivedi said Mustaquim (45), Shayad (27) and Zeeshan (18) were injured by bomb shrapnel and have been hospitalised. The attack took place in Babhanmai village, police said. He added that no complaint has been lodged so far in this connection. A case will be registered once a complaint is filed, the police official said. Police are probing the matter.

14 Jul

Salary hike for govt employees! Centre increases DA from 17% to 28%

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The Central government has announced to restore Dearness Allowance (DA) benefits for its employees and pensioners. Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that the Cabinet has approved to increase the DA from 17 per cent to 28 per cent. The hike will come into effect from July 1, 2021. "The Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government and pensioners employees has been increased from 17% to 28%. This will be applicable from 1st July 2021," he said. The DA is a part of the salary given to government employees and pensioners. Notably, the payment of DA of employees has not been revised since January…