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Sebi cancels Emkay Commotrade license for trading illegal paired contracts

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Friday cancelled the registration of Emkay Commotrade for facilitating its clients to trade in illegal 'paired contracts' on the National Spot Exchange Ltd

Time taken to dispose of public grievances down to 17 days: Jitendra Singh

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said the average time limit for disposal of public grievances has now dropped to 17 days from 32 days in 2021

G-20 summit will spur growth in India's tourism sector: EAM S Jaishankar

G-20 summit is about "getting India ready for he world and the world ready for India," External Affairs Minister and BJP leader S Jaishankar said claiming international event will spur tourism growth

ED issues notices to Xiaomi, 2 senior executives for FEMA violations

The federal probe agency had seized Rs 5,551.27 crore worth of funds of Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited lying in its bank accounts under the FEMA for unauthorised remittance

China offers South Africa help to bolster security for BRICS summit

China said it is ready to work with Africa to bolster the security for the BRICS summit in August in light of the arrest warrant issued by International Criminal Court against Russian President Putin

Xi Jinping asks troops to forge 'wall of steel' in guarding China's borders

President Xi Jinping has called on China's border troops to forge a "wall of steel" along country's frontiers by enhancing their capabilities in border defence and control, the state media reported

Congress appoints Rajya Sabha MP Shktisinh Gohil as new Gujarat PCC chief

The Congress on Friday appointed Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil as the new Gujarat PCC president and relieved him from the charge of AICC in-charge of Haryana and Delhi by appointing Deepak Babariya

Pak PM hopes to strike IMF deal as 'all conditions met' despite hardship

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hoped the IMF would resume the stalled $6.7 billion bailout programme as his country has already met all prior conditions set by the global lender

Industry body WIPPA suggests 4 measures to boost wind energy progress

Industry body WIPPA on Friday suggested four measures to boost progress in the wind energy sector

UP rid of all corruption in recruitment process in 6 years: CM Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said his government in its six years eliminated "corruption, disorder and anarchy" from the recruitment process.

Govt spent railway safety funds on leisure items: Cong cites CAG report

Citing a 2021 CAG report, the Congress on Friday claimed the central government "misused" funds meant for railway safety on crockery, car rentals, furniture, laptops and foot massagers

Southern states have to play critical role in India's growth story: Kant

The country's economic growth should rise from the current 7 per cent to at least 10 per cent, which would result in overall increase in the per capita income, former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said

RBI notifies 4 key measures to strengthen 1,514 urban co-operative banks

Aiming to strengthen 1,514 urban co-operative banks, Centre said the Reserve Bank has notified four key measures, including giving them two years more to meet the priority sector lending targets

Time to use tech-driven methods to allow overseas voters to vote: CEC

The time has come to use technology-driven methods such as e-postal ballot to allow eligible overseas Indian voters to participate in elections here, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said

India on brink of milk crisis, govt pitting one against other: Congress

The Congress claimed on Friday that India is on the brink of a milk crisis and accused the Narendra Modi government of pitting one cooperative against the other for electoral benefits

Wickremesinghe orders fast-tracking of policy on reconciliation with Tamils

Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe has instructed relevant govt departments to expedite the drafting of legislation necessary for the implementation of the Action Plan for Reconciliation

First step towards WFI elections, IOA ad-hoc panel gathers voters list

With the government setting a June 30 deadline for WFI elections, the IOA ad-hoc committee has taken the first step towards conducting the impending polls by gathering voters list

J'khand to probe misuse of farmers' Aadhaar cards for irrigation scheme

Jharkhand government will probe the alleged misuse of farmers' Aadhaar cards to avail benefits of the Centre's micro-irrigation scheme Per Drop More Crops' in parts of the state.

IndiGo Airlines set to commence codeshare flights through Istanbul to US

IndiGo is all set to commence codeshare flights through Istanbul to the US as the no-frills carrier continues to expand its international connectivity

HSBC partners Tata Motors for EV financing solutions for salaried accounts

HSBC India has teamed up with Tata Motors for financing the purchase of the latter's electric vehicles by the employee working in the corporate sector