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Railways spent Rs 1 trillion on renewing safety assets: Ashwini Vaishnaw

RRSK was introduced in 2017-18 for the upgradation of critical safety assets with a corpus of Rs 1 trillion for five years

Govt spent Rs 416 cr out of Rs 990 cr allocated for G20 summit: MEA

As MoS Muraleedharan shared details of the expenses, he dismissed the claims made by Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut who had said that govt spent more than Rs 4,000 crore on the summit

EC writes to Centre seeking to vet NCERT social science textbooks: Report

The EC has been engaging in correspondence with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) since 2016 over its plan to recommend changes to textbooks

Who is Lalit Mohan Jha, the 'mastermind' behind Parliament security breach?

Lalit Mohan Jha is the key accused in the Parliament security breach incident, which incidentally took place on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack

Centre issues high-risk warning for Samsung phone users: Details here

CERT-In warning: The security alert classified the vulnerabilities as high-risk and stressed the urgent need for Samsung users to upgrade their phones' operating system

56% to shut bank lockers due to rising rentals, KYC requirement: Survey

Under the RBI guidelines for banks, revised locker agreements, defining responsibilities and liabilities, must be signed and submitted to the bank branch by account holders before December 31, 2023.

India's trade deficit fell to $20.58 billion in Nov as imports shrank 4.3%

Trade deficit: The exports, however, fell less sharply by 2.8% in November to $33.90 billion from $34.89 billion a year ago

Bain Capital nominee Ashish Kotecha steps down from board of Axis Bank

This comes after the direct shareholding of entities affiliated with Bain Capital in the bank came down below two per cent

Maruti Suzuki's 2024 launches: Know about new cars, prices, specs, and more

Maruti will also join the EV bandwagon with its first born-electric SUV, the eVX, which is slated to be launched in India towards the end of 2024

Wait time for German visa appointment for Indians is only two to five days

Germany has witnessed a surge in popularity among Indian students seeking to pursue higher education abroad.

Ammunition manufacturing: MoD inks Rs 5,336 cr contract with BEL

The 10-year contract between the defence ministry and BEL has been signed for the procurement of electronic fuzes for Indian Army

Lanco Amarkantak Power creditors to vote on Adani Power's Rs 4,100 cr bid

An unsolicited bid of Rs 3,650 crore was submitted by Adani Power, which was later improved to Rs 4,100 crore

Family of Indian national charged in plot to kill Pannun approaches SC

The plea, filed by Nikhil Gupta's family, seeks Indian government's intervention in extradition proceedings initiated by the US

NCLAT refuses to stay Zee-Sony merger, case now to be heard in January

IDBI Bank and Axis Finance had challenged the August 10, 2023, order of the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which approved the Zee-Sony merger

After Sachin Tendulkar, BCCI to retire MS Dhoni's iconic number 7 jersey

The only other Indian cricketer to have been given the honour is Sachin Tendulkar. In 2017, the BCCI decided to put his number 10 jersey off the shelf for the new players

Maldives opts out of hydrology agreement with Indian Navy signed in 2019

The Maldives has decided to pull out of the 2019 agreement for cooperation in the field of hydrology between Indian Navy and Maldives National Defence Force

Over 40 crore in India don't have health insurance: Report

The report found that the lack of health insurance was due to lower penetration, coverage inadequacy, and rising healthcare costs

Loan EMIs to rise! SBI hikes MCLR by up to 10 basis points

According to the SBI website, only the overnight rate has remained unchanged. As of December 15, the MCLR for the one-year tenure has been raised to 8.65 per cent, up from 8.55 per cent

BCCI may launch new cricket league in T10 format next year: Report

This comes at a time when the league with the shortest form of cricket, the 20-over Indian Premier League, has seen a rise in viewership as well as valuation

'No will to live': UP judge alleges sexual harassment, CJI seeks report

'I have no will to live anymore. I have been rendered to a walking corpse in the last year and a half,' said the woman judge in her letter to the CJI