Budget 2024: For micro, small & medium cos, a major funding boost
Posted on: 10 Jul, 01:41 PMThe upcoming budget may introduce a scheme to address credit gaps for MSMEs, potentially exceeding ₹10,000 crore. Interventions could include interest subvention and credit guarantees. The aim is to enhance credit access for the sector and promote growth. Stay updated for further developments as the budget approaches.
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Margin squeeze to dent banks' Q1 profits, loan growth may offer silver lining
Posted on: 10 Jul, 01:41 PMBanks' Q1 profits face headwinds: Emkay Global predicts a sluggish 4% growth in pre-provisioning operating profits for the June quarter. This slowdown, affecting private lenders most, is attributed to shrinking margins and rising operational costs.
EV race: Are hybrid vehicles getting in the faster lane?
Posted on: 10 Jul, 01:41 PMThe Indian car industry is at a crossroads in its journey towards an all-electric future, with the possibility of a hybrid transition. Uttar Pradesh's move to waive registration fees on strong hybrid and plug-in vehicles has sparked debate among automakers about the future of green mobility.
Why is Modi govt afraid of its own successes? Banking, stock market, GST hold the answer
Posted on: 10 Jul, 03:41 AMSince 2014, the Modi government has been aggressively expanding access to banking services and encouraging participation in the stock market. Simultaneously, it has sought to substantially boost GST revenue.
TMC's Tajemul part of Bengal's ungovernable belt. Villagers cheer, fear his Taliban-like court
Posted on: 10 Jul, 03:41 AMThe flogging of a couple by TMC muscleman & Robin Hood figure Tajemul Islam has turned the spotlight on the systematic brutality of ‘insaaf sabhas’ in the lawless interiors of Bengal.
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BJP's reports pinpoint Agnipath as factor in LS setbacks across states, cadres want review of scheme
Posted on: 10 Jul, 03:41 AMYouth anger against Modi govt’s scheme continues to be cited as a major concern in states, especially Haryana, where polls are scheduled later this year, ThePrint has learnt.
Modi wraps up visit to Russia with emphasis on peace, inks 9 bilateral agreements
Posted on: 10 Jul, 03:41 AMUkraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised Modi's hug with Putin as a ‘huge disappointment’ and a ‘blow’ to peace efforts.
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SC to hear plea for return of funds 'involuntarily' remitted to TN govt body by Hindu temples
Posted on: 10 Jul, 03:41 AMTN-based trust argues that while law provides for temples to voluntarily contribute surplus funds to Common Good Fund, this has become mandatory in practice, with predetermined amounts.
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Embroiled in row over 'beef passes', Union MoS suggests BSF 'giving political shelter to TMC'
Posted on: 10 Jul, 03:41 AMBJP's Shantanu Thakur, accused by TMC's Mahua Moitra of issuing passes to transport beef along Indo-Bangladesh border ahead of Bengal bypoll, points his finger at 85 Battalion.
In AIADMK's boycott of today's Vikravandi bypoll, a message to former ally PMK
Posted on: 10 Jul, 03:41 AMAIADMK has opted out of contest in stronghold in apparent olive branch to NDA ally PMK, say observers. But PMK asserts that coalition is intact & it’ll pick allies closer to state polls.
Delhi airport roof collapse kills one, injures others after heavy rains
Posted on: 09 Jul, 12:41 PMA man was crushed to death in his car and eight others were injured on Friday after a section of roof at New Delhi’s airport collapsed following heavy rain, the latest high profile infrastructure disaster to dent India’s image.
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Justin Bieber to Mughal jewels: Ambani wedding transfixes India
Posted on: 09 Jul, 12:41 PMIn less than a week, Anant Ambani, son of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, will marry his girlfriend Radhika Merchant.
‘Huge disappointment:’ Zelensky blasts Modi meeting with Putin the same day Russian attack devastates Ukraine hospital
Posted on: 09 Jul, 12:41 PMUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday criticized his Indian counterpart’s visit to Moscow as a “huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts,” on the same day that a Russian missile strike devastated a children’s hospital in Kyiv.
PM Modi meets Putin in Moscow as Russian President hosts him for dinner
Posted on: 08 Jul, 09:41 PMPM Modi, who boarded a flight from Delhi at 10.30 am today, arrived at the Vnukovo-II International Airport in Moscow at 5.10 pm. He was received by First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Denis Manturov.
'Will drag him like he dragged my wife': Man hits out at BMW hit-and-run accused
Posted on: 08 Jul, 09:41 PMThe husband of a 45-year-old woman who was killed in a BMW car hit-and-run incident, said that his wife could have been saved if the driver had pulled the brakes on time.
Rahul Gandhi urges PM to visit Manipur struck with 'tremendous tragedy'
Posted on: 08 Jul, 09:41 PMDescribing what has happened in Manipur as a "tremendous tragedy", Gandhi said it is his third visit to Manipur since the violence began in May last year but witnessed "no improvement in the situation".