MUMBAI: PM Narendra Modi said on Monday that record profits made by banks in FY24 would increase availability of credit to the poor, farmers, and MSMEs, hailing the turnaround of financial entities, which were facing a burden of bad loans some years ago.Posting a link of a TOI story on X, Modi said that the…
MUMBAI: Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of atomic energy commission (AEC), has revealed that Siegfried Hecker, former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US, had deposed in the US Senate in 2008 that the sanctions which followed Pokhran 2 tests had no impact on India’s nuclear weapons programme.Kakodkar stated this while speaking at a…
NEW DELHI: Legendary wicketkeeper-batter and former India skipper MS Dhoni emphasised that a captain earns respect by how they “walk and talk” in moments of defeat.The 42-year-old Dhoni is one of the most decorated captains in cricket history and the first to win all ICC white-ball trophies: the ICC T20 World Cup (2007), ICC Cricket…
NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya Janata Party’s Sambit Patra landed in huge controversy on Monday after calling Lord Jagannath a ‘bhakt’ (devotee) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Patra, who is the BJP candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat, was speaking to reporters as PM Modi led a roadshow in the morning. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik…
NEW DELHI: Former India opener and current KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir on Monday appreciated the high standard of cricket in the Indian Premier League but said that the tournament should not serve as the primary route for young players to secure a spot in the national team.Gambhir, who represented India, emphasized on the importance of…
NEW DELHI: Left-arm pacer Yash Dayal held his nerves to stop Chennai Super Kings juggernaut, helping Royal Challengers Bengaluru snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and secure a spot in the playoffs of IPL 2024. On Saturday, RCB defeated CSK by 27 runs in front of a roaring and jam-packed M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in…
7th Pay Commission DA Hike: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has made a significant decision concerning retirement and death gratuity for government employees. It has put on hold the increase in retirement and death benefits resulting from a hike in Dearness Allowance to 50%.According to an ET report, EPFO had on April 30, 2024,…
NEW DELHI: Airbus Helicopters and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) have signed a MoU for financing purchase of Airbus’ helicopters in India. The same was signed by SIDBI chief GM Rahul Priyadarshi and Sunny Guglani, head of Airbus Helicopters (India and South Asia). Under the MoU, both Airbus Helicopters and SIDBI will identify…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday thanked Israeli’s president and foreign minister, who lost their lives in a helicopter crash, for the Chabahar Port agreement and said India will get the benefit from this.Speaking on the Chabahar Port, Jaishankar remarked, “We’ve been trying for almost 20 years now to have an agreement…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday wrote to the Union home ministry, stating that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) allegedly received foreign funds exceeding Rs 7 crore in violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The ED discovered this information during a money laundering investigation related to drugs, involving former Punjab AAP…
