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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court rapped the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Friday for its "callous", "careless" and "negligent" attitude in not filing a response, from February till date, to a PIL seeking to stop banks from sharing the PAN and financial transaction data...

Shimla: Environment-friendly micro hydropower projects were losing steam across the country with the Centre's failure to revive financial assistance for two years to both government and private sector for setting up facilities. Investors in Himachal Pradesh said that most of the projects have been hanging...

Bhubaneswar: Following the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security’s (BCAS) direction to all Indian airports, security has been tightened in the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here after the Centre scrapped Article 370, August 5. As per the BPIA authorities, the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is...

Bhubaneswar: The state government, Friday, appointed new chairpersons for the 30 District Planning Committees (DPCs) of the state. The government has appointed 17 ministers and 12 MLAs for the district planning body chief’s post. The MLAs will now enjoy Minister of State (MoS) status. Steel...

Bhubaneswar: The Women and Child Development Department held a review meeting of district child protection units under child protection scheme here, Thursday. On the occasion, Minister for Women and Child Development Department Tukuni Sahu said that child safety is the prime responsibility of parents, teachers...

London: Kevin De Bruyne can’t wait to play a key role in Manchester City’s bid for a third successive Premier League title as the Belgian star finally returns to peak form and fitness. Pep Guardiola’s side start their title defence Saturday at West Ham with...

This year’s observance is dedicated to indigenous people’s languages in view of 2019 being marked as the ‘International Year of Indigenous Languages’ The large majority of the languages in danger are spoken by indigenous people It is estimated that, every 2 weeks, an indigenous language...

Mumbai: A tribute film to the late acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh has evinced interest of the United Nations. Under their campaign ‘Free & Equal’, the UN has announced its decision to collaborate with the Indian feature film, ‘A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season's Greeting’,...

New Delhi: The finance ministry has asked its commerce counterpart to assess the revenue implication of the proposed mega free-trade agreement RCEP, sources said. In a letter to the commerce department, the revenue department also suggested it to form a joint team of officials to...

Berlin: Germany is considering ditching its long-cherished balanced budget policy to help finance a costly climate protection program with new debt, a senior government official said. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has managed to increase public spending without incurring new debt since 2014 thanks to an...