CBI books NTPC Director-Finance, two others for corruption
AMN The CBI has booked the Director (Finance) of the state-run power utility NTPC Limited, along with two others, in connection with a case pertaining to corruption. It carried out…
CJI calls for giving primacy to institutional arbitration
AMN /NEW DELHI Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra has said that if India has to become the hub of arbitration, institutional arbitration has to be given primacy. Addressing…
Brisk polling underway in Gujarat
AMN Brisk polling is going on in Gujarat in the first phase of voting. Voting began at 8 am this morning. Long queues are seen at the polling stations with…
Israel airstrikes strike Gaza Strip during Palestinian ‘day of rage’
WEB DESK Israel on Friday carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in retaliation for earlier rocket fire from the occupied territories. At least 10 people wounded in the bombing,…
Widespread protests continue in wake of US stand on Jerusalem
WEB DESK Protest and demonstrations against US President Mr Trump’s announcement of declaring Jerusalem as Isreal capital have spread in different parts of the world. Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters held…
RBI rationalises charges on debit card transactions
In order to promote digital payments, RBI has come out with differentiated merchant discount rates (MDR) for debit card transactions, prescribing separate caps for small and large traders. MDR is…
Govt ropes in ICICI Bank to enable cashless payments on e-NAM
The government has engaged private lender ICICI Bank to enable online payments at 470 mandis integrated with the national portal of electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM). At present, e-NAM participants…
Japan cabinet approves April 30, 2019 as emperor Akihito’s abdication date
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet Friday formally approved April 30, 2019, as the abdication date for Emperor Akihito. The Cabinet’s approval comes a week after a meeting of the…
Myanmar to allow quick return of Rohingyas from Bangladesh
WEB DESK Myanmar’s government has pledged to allow the quick return of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in their country to Bangladesh. In a meeting of delegates from the United…
Bali volcano: Mount Agung spews 2 km ash column
Mount Agung volcano in the Indonesian resort island of Bali, today spewed an ash column up to 2 km above the crater. Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency said that the…