Day: July 23, 2019

Money Collected by Banks on Account of Minimum Balance Penalty

open view news desk According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, banks do not have any Minimum Balance requirement for Basic Savings Bank Deposit accounts (BSBD), including accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY).  As on March 2019, there were 57.3 crore BSBD accounts across […]

Substantial Reduction in Incidents of Terrorism in the Country

open view news desk The number of terrorist incidents has substantially reduced during 01.04.2009 till 30.06.2019 as compared to previous decade. Consequent to the adoption of the policy of zero tolerance against terrorism, security forces have been taking effective and continuous action in countering terrorism, resulting in corresponding […]

Projects of Tourism Ministry for State of Tamil Nadu

open view news desk Ministry of Tourism under its schemes of Swadesh Darshan, PRASHAD and Assistance to Central Agencies provides financial assistance to State Governments/UT Administrations/Central Agencies for development of tourism infrastructure and facilities in the country. The projects under the above schemes are identified for development in […]

Sensex drops over 100 pts; bank stocks drag

Mumbai, Jul 23: Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex fell below the 38,000 mark, shedding nearly 100 points in early trade, on Tuesday amid heavy foreign fund outflow and weak domestic cues. The 30-share index was trading 103.50 points or 0.27 per cent lower at 37,927.63 at 0930 hours; and […]

Terrorist incident down by 70 per cent in hinterland, 86 per cent in JK

New Delhi, Jul 23: Terror incidents in the hinterland have reduced by 70 per cent and in Jammu and Kashmir by 86 per cent in the last decade as compared to previous decade, Union minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday. Reddy also said the […]

Mother throws baby from hospital window

Lucknow, Jul 23: A two-month-old baby died after he was thrown from the window of a hospital here on Tuesday by his mother who was apparently depressed about her son being underweight, police said. The woman, Shanti, gave birth to the boy on May 26 and he weighed only […]

All nations need to urgently address climate crisis:Alba

New Delhi, Jul 23: Governments of all countries need to urgently address the climate crisis and reduce carbon emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 to save millions of people around the world, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action Summit Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba said on […]

Mercury rises in Haryana, Punjab; rain likely Wednesday

Chandigarh, Jul 23: Day temperatures rose slightly and hovered above normal levels in Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a maximum temperature of 36.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, a Meteorological Department report said here. Ambala in Haryana registered a […]

Abhay, Tanvi win Bengal Open squash titles

Kolkata, Jul 23: Abhay Singh of Tamil Nadu and Asian Games medallist Tanvi Khanna clinched the men’s and women’s titles respectively in the sixth Bengal Open squash tournament here on Tuesday. Second seed Singh defeated top seed Abhishek Pradhan 11-6 11-6 11-4, while Tanvi fought her way past Tamil […]

Delhi zoo’s last cassowary dies

New Delhi, Jul 23: The Delhi zoo’s last cassowary — a native of Australia and New Guinea known as the “world’s most dangerous” bird — has died last month, an official said on Tuesday. The flightless bird was the only cassowary in the Delhi zoo for the last 20 […]

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