Fintech firms and start-ups expect the government to usher in a new set of reforms in the upcoming full Budget for the current fiscal and hope for tax relief, funding access, and further push to digital economy.
Day: July 1, 2019
India had its driest June in five years due to a delay in monsoon rains, the weather department said late on Sunday, raising fears for crops and the broader economy.
With nomination of candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections opening today, the DMK has taken a head start. DMK president M K Stalin, in a statement in Chennai , said M Shanmugham, general secretary of Labour Progressive Front, and advocate P Wilson would be the party’s candidates for the two Rajya Sabha seats.
In an apparent bid to connect Left wing extremism (LEW)-affected districts to mainstream India, 627 new bank branches & 947 ATMs have been opened in 30 most affected districts in last 4 years between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2019.
The 100-year-old temple tank at Selaiyur, recently got a new lease of life, as the waterbody is getting desilted after 12 years.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) has entered into a transaction with Dewan Housing Finance Corp. Ltd (DHFL) to acquire loans worth Rs 3,000 crore against its exposure to the non-bank lender, even as a lenders’ consortium to the stressed non-bank lender considers a resolution plan, two people aware of the development said.
“They (AIADMK) hatched a plan to oust three MLAs. And to counter it we brought in a no-confidence motion against the speaker. In such a scenario, the latter will be given priority,” said M K Stalin defending DMK’s move of going back on a resolution seeking removal of Tamilnadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal.
TANGEDCO has announced that electricity supply will be suspended in few places in city, Tuesday, from 9 am to 4 pm for maintenance work.