HDFC Bank jumps on planning to double rural reach

HDFC Bank is currently trading at Rs. 1626.00, up by 24.65 points or 1.54% from its previous closing of Rs. 1601.35 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 1614.05 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1635.60 and Rs. 1610.15 respectively. So far 189847 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE … Read more

ICICI Bank to offer instant overdraft (OD) to sellers registered on amazon.in

Mumbai: ICICI Bank today announced that it has partnered with Amazon India to offer overdraft (OD) facility upto Rs 25 lakh to individual sellers and small businesses registered on the e-commerce company’s online marketplace, www.amazon.in, instantaneously and digitally. Driven by API integration, the partnership enables sellers to avail an OD from the Bank in a process–from application to … Read more

Hindu statesman Zed urges Singapore to treat migrant workers as humans

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has urged Singapore to treat its sizeable population of indispensable migrant workers like human beings and not as livestock. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that these low-wage migrant workers should have same health-care, laws, personal freedoms, protection, rights, … Read more