Day: July 9, 2019

Div Com reviews dev scenario of Baramulla, Kupwara districts

open view news desk BARAMULLA/ KUPWARA, JULY 09: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today chaired two separate meetings at Baramulla and Kupwara to review the developmental scenario and the implementation of various developmental schemes and programmes in both the districts. The meetings were attended by District Development […]

9,541 pilgrims pay obeisance at the Holy Cave

open view news desk SRINAGAR, JULY 09: On the 9th day of the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra, 9,541 Yatris paid obeisance at the Holy Cave. Till date 1,21,196 Yatris had the darshan of the Holy Shivling. Two critically ill Yatris were also evacuated by Helicopter today from Panjtarni. […]

Waiving off Charges on NEFT and RTGS

open view news desk The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its circular on ‘National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems – Waiver of charges’dated 11.06.2019, has decided that with effect from July 1, 2019, processing charges and time varying charges levied on […]

Waiving off Loans of Farmers in Drought Prone Areas

open view news desk State-wise details of agriculture credit disbursement as reported by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) during the year 2018-19 (provisional) is given in Annexure. State-wise details of agriculture credit disbursement as reported by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development […]

Increase in Economic Growth Rate

open view news desk Economic growth is high on the agenda of the Government. Various reforms are being undertaken by the government in many spheres to improve GDP growth. Government has announced various measures in the Budget 2019-20 to promote growth of the economy which, inter alia, include, further […]

NPAs Written Off By PSBs

open view news desk As per inputs received from Public Sector Banks (PSBs), valuation reports are obtained from banks’ empanelled valuers and banks do not follow a practice of obtaining valuation reports from practising member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). As per inputs received […]

Protesters unmoved as Hong Kong leader says China extradition bill ‘dead’

Hong Kong’s embattled pro-Beijing leader on Tuesday said a China extradition bill that sparked unprecedented political unrest “is dead” — but protesters immediately dismissed her comments, threatening more mass rallies. The international finance hub has been plunged into its worst crisis in recent history by a month of […]

Virgin Galactic seeks space tourism boost with market launch

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will merge with a New York-listed company to become the world’s first publicly-traded space tourism venture, the British billionaire’s group announced Tuesday. “By embarking on this new chapter, at this advanced point in Virgin Galactic’s development, we can open space to more investors and […]

Alan Kurdi rescue ship picks up another 44 migrants

The migrant rescue boat Alan Kurdi has saved another 44 people, including women and infants from their stricken vessel in the Mediterranean, its operator German charity Sea-Eye said on Tuesday. Malta has agreed to take in those rescued and is sending a vessel to pick them up, the […]

Birds just wanna have fun: like humans, cockatoos love to dance

Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, shot to YouTube stardom a decade ago for his uncanny ability to rock out to the Backstreet Boys. Now Snowball’s back — alright! — having taught himself a dizzying array of new moves that might put you to shame, and have scientists excited about […]

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