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RBI bars Mastercard from acquiring new customers
The Reserve Bank on Wednesday barred Mastercard Asia Pacific from onboarding new credit, debit and prepaid card customers with effect from July 22 as it failed to comply with data storage norms. The supervisory action will not impact existing customers of Mastercard, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said....
Rajasthan minister endorses UP, Assam population law
Extending support for the population control law proposed by BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and Assam, a minister in the Rajasthan Congress government said it is time that India starts thinking about controlling its population. Talking to ANI, Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma said “Growing population is a problem. The country...
Punjab Govt waives Rs 590 cr loans to labourers, farmers
The Punjab government on Wednesday announced waiver of Rs 590 crore worth of loans under the farm debt waiver scheme for labourers and the landless farming community. The cheques would be issued at a state-level function on August 20, said an official spokesperson after a meeting held on Tuesday....
Prashant Kishor, Gandhis discuss 2024 elections
Political strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday met not just the Gandhi siblings — Rahul and Priyanka — but also Sonia Gandhi, sparking buzz of a strategy in the works to halt the BJP juggernaut in the 2024 elections. There was speculation that the meeting at Rahul Gandhi’s residence was...
Kejriwal to promise 300 units of free power to Goans
After kicking-off the election campaign in Punjab and Uttarakhand, Aam Aadmi Party chief (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal is in Goa on Wednesday where he is expected to announce 300 units of free electricity to the people of the state as a pre-poll promise. Kejriwal, who landed in Goa at 2:45pm...
2 Indian-Americans in Joe Biden’s 11 key nominations
Washington: President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) announced his intent to nominate 11 individuals including two Indian-Americans to serve in key roles. As per the White House statement, the nominated persons are – Gabe Camarillo, Alan Estevez, Jeff Lane Flake, Kent Doyle Logsdon, Lisa Wang, Chester John Culver,...
Adani Airport Holdings takes over Mumbai airport
Billionaire Gautam Adani-led Adani Airport Holdings took over the management control of the Mumbai International Airport from the GVK group to become the country’s largest airport infrastructure company. With the current take over, Adani Airport Holdings Limited – a wholly-owned subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Adani Enterprises Limited, now...
Uttarakhand cancels Kanwar Yatra
Uttarakhand has cancelled this year’s Kanwar Yatra due to the Covid pandemic, news agency ANI reported today. The decision by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s government came amid concerns raised over the risk posed by such events in triggering a possible third wave of the pandemic. The Yatra had...
8 BJP MLAs quit assembly panels over Mukul Roy as PAC Chief
The standoff between the ruling Trinamool Congress and BJP continued after eight MLAs from the opposition party resigned from the post of chairman of eight committees of West Bengal Assembly over Mukul Roy’s appointment as the chairperson of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by Speaker Biman Banerjee. Those who tendered...
Nitish Kumar opposes Yogi’s population control bill
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said proper education and awareness among women was crucial to control the population explosion and merely framing a law would not serve any purpose. The statement from the BJP’s Bihar ally comes amid Uttar Pradesh’s attempts to “regulate” population growth with a draft...
EU consumer group lodges complaint against WhatsApp
The European Consumer Organisation announced Monday it had lodged a complaint with the European Commission against Facebook’s attempt to modify the terms of service for the WhatsApp messenging service. The US tech titan has sought to nudge users of its messenger platform to accept new terms of service, but...
AIADMK to boycott ‘upsetting’ TV debates
Party members and spokespersons of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) will boycott television debates since these are allegedly defaming the party and bringing a stain to its leaders, the party said on Monday. In a joint statement by AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam and coordinator Edappadi K...
Retail inflation at 6.26% in June
India’s retail inflation tapered down slightly to 6.26 per cent in the month of June 2021, compared to the month-ago period, when it was at 6.30 per cent in May 2021. However it was still over and above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) threshold of 6 per cent,...
Delhi runs out of Covishield, vaccine centres to remain closed
Several government-run vaccination centres in Delhi will be closed on Tuesday because the city has exhausted its Covishield COVID-19 vaccine stock, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday. Only 36,310 vaccine doses could be administered in Delhi till 10 pm on Monday as opposed to around 1.5 lakh...
New judge assigned to hear Mamata poll petition
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s election petition before the Calcutta High Court challenging BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s victory from Nandigram constituency in the assembly elections has been assigned to the bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar, court sources said here on Monday. The matter is likely to be listed...
IMA warns third wave imminent, says tourism, pilgrimage can wait
India’s top doctors’ body, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) today appealed to the Central and state governments to not let the guard down on the Covid front warning that a third wave was just around the corner. It expressed pain over complacency shown by authorities and the public in...
Mayawati joins Akhilesh in questioning UP terror arrests
After Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati also raised questions on Monday on the Uttar Pradesh police’s claim of arresting two Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in the state capital, saying such an action ahead of assembly polls leads to doubts in the minds of people. If the UP...
Monsoon session of Parliament from next week
ad_1] The monsoon session of Parliament is set to begin on July 19 and continue till August 13 with a total of 19 days of business. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday reviewed the preparation ahead of the start of the monsoon session. The last three sessions were...
