India

PSB fraud is down 51% to Rs 40,295 crore, yet the number of cases is still rising: RBI 0
- India
- May 16, 2022
During the financial year ending March 2022, public sector banks reported a 51% decrease in the amount involved in frauds, to Rs 40,295.25 crore, according to the Reserve Bank of India. The Reserve Bank said in response to a request under the Right to Information Act that the 12 PSBs (Public Sector Banks) recorded frauds
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Delhi: Customers will be able to opt-in or out of the power subsidy via online and physical channels 0
- India
- May 12, 2022
Officials claimed that consumers will be offered both online and offline choices to opt-in or out of the Delhi government’s power subsidy on monthly consumption of up to 400 units of electricity. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal declared this week that if consumers desire it, they will receive a power subsidy. The government decided to
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Metal firms, desperate for coal, looking for fuel in other countries 0
- India
- May 10, 2022
A coal shortage in India has caused sponge iron makers to scour the globe for supplies to keep their mills going, adding to inflationary pressures as they rely on more expensive imports. According to Managing Director V.R. Sharma, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., which is running its sponge iron facilities at 40% capacity due to
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Germany and India have signed a $10.5 billion green development agreement 0
- India
- May 3, 2022
On Monday, Germany and India inked a series of bilateral agreements aimed at promoting sustainable development, with the South Asian country receiving 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) in aid by 2030 to increase the use of clean energy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inked the agreements during his visit to Berlin. Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz is
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Mansukh Mandaviya claims that 86 percent of India’s elderly population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.0
- India
- April 27, 2022
Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Health Minister, announced on Tuesday that over 86 percent of India’s adult population has been fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus. This comes as the total number of vaccination doses given in the country has surpassed 188 crore. Until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, more than 19 lakh (19,67,717) vaccination doses had
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on Guru Tegh Bahadur’s birthday 0
- India
- April 22, 2022
On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the Red Fort, declaring that India has never posed a danger to any country or society and that the country upholds the ideals of Sikh gurus. In 1675, the Mughal monarch Aurangzeb assassinated Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru. “This sacred Gurudwara reminds us
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