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3:08 AM

Reliance-Future Group deal to save lenders from Rs 12,000-crore hit

The deal involving the sale of some of Future Group’s businesses to Reliance Industries will protect their interest and principal, its lenders have said.

 

This is expected to save them from a hit on the loans portfolio of more than Rs 12,000 crore. Read more

3:06 AM

Power equipment companies changing tack in push for green energy

With the growing emphasis on green energy, domestic power gear manufacturers are evolving strategies to capture the expanding renewable energy portfolio of power generators. Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), Thermax and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the main suppliers to India’s thermal power companies, are all adapting to the move toward green energy, each in its own way. Read more

3:04 AM

ASHA, Anganwadi workers to restart child immunisation programme in September: Minister

Delhi Women and Child Development Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Sunday said the DWCD will restart the process of vaccination and immunisation with the help of ASHA and Anganwadi workers in September.
 

Gautam said the immunisation drive was disrupted due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
 

The minister chaired a review meeting for vaccination and facilitation of medical services through ASHA and Anganwadi workers in the community in Delhi, according to a statement.
 

The meeting was attended by senior officers of the Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD), and the Department of Health (DoH).
 

"In view of Covid-19, it is essential to protect yourself and others around you, as care and precaution is the utmost priority, but the child immunisation program is a necessity to keep the future of children healthy and safe," he said in the statement.
 

Gautam said he has directed his department to restart the process of vaccination and immunisation with the help of ASHA and Anganwadi workers.
 

He said the Department of Women and Child Development through its 10,000 Anganwadi centres in the national capital plays an important role in getting the children enrolled there immunised.
 

This is done by holding an immunisation camp in each Anganwadi center every month in coordination with the Health Department.

 

3:03 AM

US coronavirus cases top 6 million as Midwest, schools face outbreaks

US cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed 6 million on Sunday as many states in the Midwest reported increasing infections, according to a Reuters tally.
 

Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota have recently reported record one-day increases in new cases while Montana and Idaho are seeing record numbers of currently hospitalized Covid-19 patients.
 

Nationally, metrics on new cases, deaths, hospitalizations and the positivity rates of tests are all declining, but there are emerging hotspots in the Midwest.
 

Many of the new cases in Iowa are in the counties that are home to the University of Iowa and Iowa State University, which are holding some in-person classes.

Colleges and universities around the country have seen outbreaks after students returned to campus, forcing some to switch to online-only learning.
 

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said his state was sending a "SWAT team" to a State University of New York (SUNY) campus in Oneonta in upstate New York to contain a Covid-19 outbreak. Fall classes, which started last week at the college, were suspended for two weeks after more than 100 people tested positive for the virus, about 3% of the total student and faculty population, SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras said.

3:00 AM

Gujarat: Waterlogging in Dwarka's Khambhali

11:32 PM

MP govt to provide free transportation for JEE Mains & NEET candidates

9:02 PM

Congress demands discussion in Parliament over Chinese activities on border

The Congress on Sunday claimed that satellite imagery shows China has installed missile sites on the eastern borders at Naku La and Doka La, posing a threat to India's security, and demanded that the government take the nation into confidence on the issue.
 

Addressing a joint virtual press conference, Congress leaders Rajiv Shukla and Gaurav Gogoi said the government should discuss the issue during the Monsoon session of Parliament and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should respond to the concerns of all.
 

Government sources maintained that the armed forces were keeping a close watch on activities at the border.

8:57 PM

Rainwater flows on streets in a village under Rapar Tehsil in Kutch, Gujarat

8:43 PM

Over 600 villages in 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh affected by floods

Over 600 villages in 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been affected by floods, with the Sharda and the Saryu rivers flowing above the danger mark at some places in the state, a government official said on Sunday.
 

The deluge-hit districts in the state are Ambedkarnagar, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ballia, Barabanki, Basti, Deoria, Farrukhabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Lakhimpur Khiri, Kushinagar, Mau, Sant Kabir Nagar and Sitapur.
 

Relief Commissioner Sanjay Goyal said the flood situation in the state is improving. Of 690 villages hit by the deluge, 299 villages are completely flooded, he said.

8:32 PM

55-75% of loans will be booked digitally by 2025: Fintech expert

Digital onboarding for loans will increase to 55-75 per cent of the total credit disbursement in the next five years from about 20 per cent now, a financial technology expert has said.
 

Between 2015 and 2020, around 20 per cent of credit disbursements were technology-driven and were extremely successful in retail and small business loans, said Akhil Handa, head fintech, partnerships & mobile banking and digital lending department, Bank of Baroda.

8:17 PM

Facebook has failed in tackling illegal content: Govindacharya to HC

Former RSS idealogue K N Govindacharya has told the Delhi High Court that the presence of groups like 'bois locker room' indicate Facebook's "failure in tackling fake news, hate speech and illegal criminal content" on its social media platform.
 

The submission by Govindacharya has been made in his reply to Facebook's claims in the high court that it has put in place measures like community standards, third party fact checkers, reporting tools and artificial intelligence to detect and prevent the spread of inappropriate or objectionable content like hate speech and fake news.

7:54 PM

Fight against encephalitis in last phase in Gorakhpur-Basti region: UP CM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asserted that the fight against encephalitis is in its last phase in Gorakhpur and its surrounding areas and that the disease will be eradicated in the region in two years.
 

He also said that the state has taken several steps to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
 

"The region is in the last phase of its fight against encephalitis and in two years, the disease, which was the cause of death of a huge number of people for the last 40 years, will be eradicated from the Gorakhpur-Basti comissionary (divisions), if efforts undertaken in the last three years continue," Adityanath told reporters here.

 

7:44 PM

CM Pinarayi Vijayan announces 100 projects to boost socio-economic status of Kerala

7:31 PM

Coal India to create additional board level post to push biz development

The board of Coal India Ltd has approved creating an additional board level post in the PSU and its subsidiaries.
 

According to a Coal India report, the post of Director (Business Development) will be created to identify and develop new business opportunities.
 

"The board of directors...had approved creation of board level post of Director (Business Development) in CIL (Coal India) and its subsidiaries as per Companies Act, 2013, Listing Regulations and DPE guideline," the world's largest coal miner said in its latest report.

7:19 PM

Portion of a bridge collapses in Ramtek, Nagpur district, following heavy rainfall

7:08 PM

BJP killing democracy using money power, investigative agencies: Maken

The Congress' Rajasthan in-charge and national general secretary Ajay Maken hit out at the BJP on Sunday, accusing it of "killing democracy" using "money power and misusing investigative agencies".
 

During his first visit to Rajasthan after he was appointed the party's Rajasthan in-charge, Maken addressed party workers in Alwar district's Shahjahapur and alleged that the BJP "killed democracy" in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa and Manipur.
 

But when they tried doing so in Rajasthan, they faced defeat, he said.

6:52 PM

Refund charges collected since Jan 1 on UPI, RuPay transactions: Tax dept to banks

The Income Tax department on Sunday asked banks to refund the charges collected on or after January 1, 2020, on transactions carried out through electronic modes like RuPay cards or BHIM-UPI.
 

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), in a circular on 'imposition of charge on the prescribed electronic modes under section 269SU of I-T Act', also advised banks not to impose any charges on any future transactions carried out through these modes.
 

To encourage digital transactions and move towards a less-cash economy, the government inserted a new provision, Section 269SU, in the Finance Act, 2019.

6:41 PM

Finance Ministry advises banks not to levy charges on electronic transactions

6:29 PM

Water from overflowing Shivna River enters Pashupatinath Temple in Madhya Pradesh

6:18 PM

Water level of Ghela river in Botad area increases due to heavy rainfall in Gujarat

6:06 PM

DRDO chief discusses ways of promoting defence industries with Uttarakhand CM

5:55 PM

17 dead in flood-related incidents, 10,382 houses damaged in Odisha

5:46 PM

Flood water of Mahanadi inundates several Odisha villages

Flood waters of the Mahanadi inundated several villages in coastal Odisha on Sunday with over 10 lakh cusec flowing through the Mundali barrage near Cuttack, officials said.
 

Noting that an inflow of even 7 lakh cusec at Mundali usually triggers flood in the Daya and the Bhargavi, the two tributaries of the Mahanadi, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Jena said, the flood waters have submerged many villages in Kanasa and Delang blocks in Puri district causing two breaches in the embankments of the Daya and another in the Rajua in Khurda district.

5:34 PM

Maharashtra: Heavy rains pound parts of Nagpur, over 14,000 evacuated

More than 14,000 people were evacuated after torrential rains over the past two days triggered flooding in several tehsils of Nagpur district of Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.
 

Mouda, Kamptee, Parseoni and Kuhi were the worst affected tehsils, and the administration had to call in the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Army to rescue people at some places, they said.
 

Besides Nagpur, several villages in neighbouring Gadchiroli district also witnessed flooding in some parts following heavy rains, officials said.

5:15 PM

Chhattisgarh CM instructs to arrange for free transport for aspirants appearing for NEET-JEE exams

5:02 PM

Around 1,000 small & big factories closed after West Bengal CM Banerjee assumed power: BJP

4:52 PM

Heavy rain in Gujarat; over 2,000 from Narmada river bank shifted

Heavy rainfall in parts of Gujarat on Sunday created a flood-like situation in many areas including Bharuch, where over 2,000 people from inundated areas along the Narmada river were evacuated following release of water from the Sardar Sarovar dam, officials said.
 

Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and state agencies were involved in the rescue operations in Bharuch, they said.
 

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy showers at isolated places in many districts till Tuesday.

 

4:41 PM

Post-Galwan clash, Indian Navy quietly deployed warship in South China Sea

4:18 PM

India to start bidding process by Oct to procure 6 submarines costing Rs 55,000 cr

India is all set to launch the bidding process by next month for a Rs 55,000-crore mega project to build six conventional submarines for the Indian Navy to narrow the gap with China's growing naval prowess, government sources said on Sunday.
 

The submarines will be built in India under the much-talked-about strategic partnership model that allows domestic companies to join hands with leading foreign defence majors to produce high-end military platforms in the country and reduce import dependence.

The sources said the groundwork like specifications of the submarines and other critical requirements for issuance of the RFP (request for proposal) for the mega project, named as P-75 I, has been completed by separate teams of the defence ministry and the Indian Navy.

4:04 PM

Sushant case: Cong questions filmmaker Sandeep Ssingh's ties with BJP

The Congress on Sunday launched an attack on the BJP over its alleged links with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biopic maker Sandeep Ssingh, who claimed to be the closest friend of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and questioned why he had called the BJP office in Mumbai "53 times".
 

Addressing a press conference here, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, "The country wants to know about Sandeep Ssingh. We want to ask with whom is he connected in the BJP and who saves him?"
 

Singhvi charged that the BJP is getting exposed day by day over its links with Sandeep Ssingh.