Mumbai, (UNI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday directed Bajaj Finance to stop sanction and disbursal of loans under its two lending products ‘eCOM’ and ‘Insta EMI Card’, with immediate effect. The RBI in a media release said that it took action against the non-banking finance company for its non-compliance with digital lending…
New Delhi, (UNI) Showing signs of green shoots, India’s merchandise exports rose 6.21% year-on-year to $ 33.57 billion in October 2023 as compared to $ 31.60 billion in October 2022. During this period, imports also recorded positive growth and stood at $ 65.03 billion as against $ 57.91 billion in October 2022. India’s merchandise trade…
Gurugram, Nov 15 (UNI) Vistara, India’s finest full-service carrier and a joint venture of the Tata group and Singapore Airlines, on Wednesday, inaugurated non-stop, 6x weekly flights between Mumbai and Frankfurt. The inaugural flight, operated on Vistara’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, commenced from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai at 13:00 Hours (IST) on November 15…
Islamabad, Nov 16 (UNI) A soldier and four terrorists were killed in two separate clashes between security forces and the militants in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, a military statement said. One of the incidents happened on the outskirts of the provincial capital city of Peshawar, where the security forces conducted an intelligence-based…
Beijing, Nov 16 (UNI) The death toll from a massive fire in China’s Shanxi province went up to 25, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Thursday. The fire broke out in a four-storey Yongju Coal Industry office building at 6:50 a.m. local time (GMT 22:50 Wednesday) on Thursday. Firefighters have managed to bring the fire…
Taiyuan, Nov 16 (UNI) Eleven people were killed after a fire broke out Thursday morning at a building of a coal mine company in Lyuliang City in north China’s Shanxi Province, according to the municipal emergency management authority. The fire occurred in Lyuliang’s Lishi District. Rescue efforts are underway, according to the authorities.
Jakarta, Nov 16 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 rocked off Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province on Thursday, without causing giant waves, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency BMKG said. The agency had earlier reported the quake’s magnitude at 6.2 before revising it. The quake happened at 6:26 a.m. Jakarta time Thursday (2306…
Jerusalem, Nov 15 (UNI) Israel will destroy all members of the Hamas movement and bring back hostages that were captured during the October 7 attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. “There is no place in Gaza that we cannot reach. … We will get there, defeat Hamas and bring home our hostages —…
United Nations, Nov 16 (UNI) A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called for the implementation of the Security Council resolution on Gaza that was just adopted. The effectiveness of Security Council resolutions lies in their implementation. The key is for the parties concerned to implement the provisions of the resolution to the letter, said Zhang Jun,…
Bhopal, Nov 16 (UNI) The BJP’s determined bid to stretch its almost uninterrupted 20-year rule, and the Congress’ all out pitch to wrest control of the geographically-large Hindi heartland state, sums up battleground Madhya Pradesh which goes to the hustings on Friday. Madhya Pradesh – which has been under saffron rule since 2003 barring a…
