Traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway resumed today after remaining suspended for nearly two days following a massive landslide at Ramban district, officials said.
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SpaceX launched 60 mini satellites, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage. The Falcon rocket blasted into the morning sky, marking the unprecedented fourth flight of a booster for SpaceX.
Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar said the government is in the process of approving Rs 20,000-crore of lifeline to the fund-starved NBFCs under the partial credit guarantee scheme announced in the budget.
Junior finance minister Anurag Thakur asked banks to ensure smooth flow of credit to MSMEs which are in genuine need of funds. It can be noted that despite many measures announced by successive governments, small businesses continue to face funding issues, as banks don’t chase them as they do with large companies for a variety of reasons.
A militant was killed and an Army soldier injured in an encounter between the ultras and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district today, police said.
State-run Coal India reported a 14 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,522.7 crore for the quarter ended September. The company’s net profit stood at Rs 3,084.54 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing.
Early this month also, Shivakumar was hospitalised due to diabetes related complications, high blood pressure, back pain and chest pain.
IT spending in India is forecast to cross $94 billion in 2020, up 6.6 per cent from $88.5 billion in 2019, research firm Gartner said on Monday. “2020 will be a rebound year for India’s IT spending as consumers return to purchasing mobile phones after sitting on the sidelines in 2019,” Gartner research vice president John-David Lovelock said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended greetings on the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, saying it is a day to fulfil his dream of a just, inclusive and harmonious society.