Cabinet approves MoU between India and Kuwait in the field of accounting, finance and audit knowledge base

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for capacity building and strengthening the accounting, financial and audit knowledge base in Kuwait. Benefits: The MoU entails that two entities of India and Kuwait which are: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Kuwait Accountants … Read more

US markets settle slightly in red on Tuesday

The US markets ended choppy trading session slightly in red on Tuesday as traders seemed reluctant to make significant moves ahead of the Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated monetary policy announcement on Wednesday. Traders took a wait-and-see approach even though the Fed is widely expected to cut interest rates by another quarter point. Some pessimism came … Read more

Service sector has potential to contribute to achieve target of $5 trillion GDP: Goyal

Expressing optimism over growth of India’s economy, the minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has said the country’s service sector can help achieve the Central government’s target of $5 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP). He said the service sector has the potential to be the largest job creators in the country and over … Read more

India GDP growth at 4.7% in Q2FY20: Ind-Ra

Fitch group firm India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has said Indian economy may have slowed to 4.7% in second quarter of current financial year (Q2FY20). The 4.7% projection for the second quarter of the current fiscal would mark six consecutive quarters of slowing growth. The Indian economy expanded 5% in April-June, its slowest annual pace … Read more

Growth may have slowed down but economy will never slip into recession: Sitharaman

Talking about the economic situation of India, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the growth may have slowed down but the economy will never slip into recession. She added that steps taken by the government post her maiden budget have started bearing fruits and some sectors such as automobiles have shown signs of recovery. … Read more

Auto sector’s problems derived from SC’s order to upgrade to BS-VI emission norms: Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the problems in the automobile sector are essentially derived because of the Supreme Court’s (SC) order to upgrade to Bharat Stage (BS) VI emission standards, thus resulting in churn in the sector. She said the auto sector is among the industries that are facing headwinds but have responded to … Read more

21 UIDAI-run Aadhaar Seva Kendras operational across the country

New Delhi : Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has operationalised 21 Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASK) as part of its plan to open 114 stand-alone Aadhaar enrolment & update centres across the country. These are in addition to 35000 Aadhaar enrolment centers run by Banks, Post Offices and State Governments. These centres have a capacity … Read more

Tariff hike to boost govt revenue collection, improve financial health of telecom sector: COAI

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) Director-General Rajan Mathews has said that hike in the price of mobile calls and internet rates by the telecom operators is beneficial for customers, will boost government revenue collection and help in generating jobs by improving financial health of the sector. From customers’ perspective, he said these tariffs will … Read more

Tips to Get the Perfect Water Purifier

Human beings have three basic needs which are food, water and shelter in order to survive on planet earth. Out of these, water is the most important resource. It is treated as an elixir of life which sustains every living thing on the planet. Water as a resource is available from a number of sources … Read more

Tasty Dairy Specialities inks agreement with Noluma International

Tasty Dairy Specialities (TDSL) has entered into an Agreement with Noluma International to provide its range of dairy products in patented Noluma Certified Packaging which will increase the shelf life of products. For TDSL, it is a phased arrangement in which there will be stage wise collaboration of the two companies entailing equity or royalty … Read more

Majesco releases version 11 for Majesco Distribution Management platform

Majesco has released version 11 for the Majesco Distribution Management platform. This release highlights Majesco’s continued strategic investment in the distribution management solution to enable insurers to optimize their distribution channels with rich digital, distribution and data capabilities. Some key elements includes Multi-Channel Enablement, Compensation Schemes, Enhanced Onboarding and Compliance, Performance and Relationship Management and … Read more

India’s electricity demand drops 4.3% in November: CEA

Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in its latest data has showed that India’s power demand dropped 4.3% in November 2019 from a year ago, representing the fourth straight month of decline, potentially reflecting a worsening industrial slowdown which has stifled overall economic growth. Data showed that electricity demand fell to 94.60 billion units in November 2019, … Read more

HDFC Bank surges on inking MoU with Storeking

HDFC Bank is currently trading at Rs. 1252.55, up by 2.80 points or 0.22% from its previous closing of Rs. 1249.75 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 1252.50 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1254.00 and Rs. 1213.15 respectively. So far 42553 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE … Read more

Govt committed to managing curtailments in renewable energy sector: Anand Kumar

In order to enhance the ease of doing business, Secretary, Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), Anand Kumar has said that the government is committed to managing curtailments in the renewable energy sector. He also noted that the Ministry is working with farmers and Commercial & Industrial (C&I) consumers to embed them into … Read more

Union Bank of India trades higher on the BSE

Union Bank of India is currently trading at Rs. 54.10, up by 0.20 points or 0.37% from its previous closing of Rs. 53.90 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 53.75 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 55.10 and Rs. 53.75 respectively. So far 335433 shares were traded on the counter. … Read more

Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 tabled in Rajya Sabha

The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, has been tabled by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Zoroastrian communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who entered India on or before December 31, 2014. Opposition parties including … Read more

India’s NBFCs to go for offshore financing in 2020: Fitch

Global rating agency, Fitch Ratings in its latest report has said that India’s non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) will go for offshore financing in 2020 as funding conditions within the local market will continue relatively tight for NBFCs overall, though some improvement since the failure of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) in late 2018. However, … Read more

Tribal youths warn to hang themselves in Dungarpur : ‘Mahapadav’ demanding recruitment for unreserved 1167 seats in REET 2018

Udaipur : The police force in Dungarpur, failed on Monday, to pacify hundreds of tribal youths who have been staging protest atop Kakri-Dungri hills between Bichhiwada-Kherwada route for almost a week now. As their ‘Mahapadav’ entered the fifth day on Monday, cops tried to climb up and disperse the unlawful assembly of men and women … Read more

OYO Townhouse, India’s largest mid-market boutique hotel brand, launches in Udaipur 

Udaipur : OYO Hotels & Homes, a young hotel startup, today the world’s second-largest chain of hotels, homes, and spaces, today announced the launch of brand Townhouse in Udaipur. OYO Townhouse, ‘the friendly neighbourhood hotel’, is a unique combination of a hotel, home, merchandise store and café and is targeted at millennial travelers aspiring premium … Read more

Need to do away with mercy plea for child rapists, says President Ram Nath Kovind

Abu Road : President of India , Ramnath Kovind, has said  that the convicts of POCSO Act should be deprived of the right to mercy petition .President Kovind was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the 2-day National Convention on Empowerment of Women for Social Transformation at Abu Road, the International headquarters of the Brahmakumari … Read more

Video : In Dungarpur, tribal women stage protest against gov teacher for sexist remarks

Udaipur : Enraged by some objectionable comments made by a government school teacher in a social gathering, tribal women staged a protest outside the Dungarpur collectorate on Thursday. In a memorandum addressed to the governor, the protestors said that the teacher does not deserve to be in the noble profession after passing derogatory and sexist … Read more

Activists urge for stay on unscientific sterilization, cruelity against stray dogs in Udaipur

Udaipur : Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), an apex animal protection agency in a letter to the commissioner of Udaipur Municipal Corporation on Tuesday, has urged to put a stay on the tender on dogs birth control program, being carried out by an NGO on the grounds that the dogs are being treated … Read more

PM Modi holds meeting with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presently holding meeting with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrived on a state visit to India this morning at the invitation of President Ram Nath Kovind. They were given a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhawan. This … Read more

Father-son killed, 3 injured in ambulance-trailer collision in Udaipur

Udaipur : Two persons, who were father and son, were killed while three hurt in an ambulance-trailer head-on collision on Gogunda-Pindwara Highway on Sunday evening. The accident took place near Chorbawdi under Gogunda police station limits of Udaipur district. The trailer which was laden with coal crossed the divider and hit an ambulance that was coming … Read more

BREAKING NEWS : Uddhav Thackeray Government Sails Through Trust Vote After BJP Walkout

Mumbai : The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra, led by Uddhav Thackeray, sailed through the trust vote in the Maharashtra assembly on Saturday after over a month of intense power struggle that saw allies parting ways and bitter rivals coming together to form an alliance. The floor test began with high drama as the BJP … Read more

Former RPSC chairman elected Mayor in Udaipur, After a draw in Kanore, Congress candidate emerge victorious by lottery

Udaipur :  BJP corporator Govind Singh Taunk was elected as the new Mayor of Udaipur Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. The saffron party that won 46 out of the 70 seats in the civic body elections, held recently, had a clear cut win in the contest as all of its corporators voted for the 75-year old ‘debutant’ … Read more

26 hour countdown for launch of ISRO’s third generation earth imaging satellite Cartosat-3 begins

The 26 hour countdown for the launch of ISRO’s third generation earth imaging satellite Cartosat-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the US began at 7.28 hrs today. The launch is scheduled at 09:28 hrs IST on November 27 subject to weather conditions. The satellites will be launched by India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, … Read more

Tribal students going the smart way!

Udaipur : At a time when social media is on the radar for permeating negativity, triggering conflicts and social withdrawal, a squad of students, that too in rural tribal areas are benefiting of it immensely. The class tenth students at Kankarwa government senior secondary school in Kumbalgarh block of Rajsamand are using the smart phones and … Read more

2nd Day of International Tourism Mart 2019 Focuses on Sustainable Tourism, Buyer Seller Interaction and “Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat” initiative at Imphal, Manipur

The 8th International Tourism Mart (ITM) – 2019 being held at Imphal from 23 – 25 November, 2019 witnessed the participation of 34 foreign delegates from over 19 countries along with 49 domestic delegates representing the travel industry. The second day of the ITM kicked off with presentations made by all the 8 North East State Tourism … Read more