Nation | - Part 159

Nation Top Stories Uttarakhand

Finance Ministry allows 20 states to raise over Rs 68,000 Cr through open market borrowings

ION correspondentOctober 14, 2020August 13, 2025

The Department of Expenditure in the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday granted permission to 20 States to raise an additional amount of 68 thousand 8 hundred 25 crore rupees...

Nation

Indian private sector to be a co-traveller in India’s space journey: Dr Jitendra Singh

ION correspondentOctober 12, 2020

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) is all set to open its facilities for the private sector. Referring to some of the path-breaking...

Nation Top Stories

43rd GST Council meeting today

ION correspondentOctober 12, 2020

The 43rd GST Council meeting to be be chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be held through video conferencing in New Delhi today. The decision on the mode...

Nation Top Stories

Centre tells Supreme Court not to interfere in fiscal policy

ION correspondentOctober 10, 2020

In regard to the loan moratorium hearing in Supreme Court, the Centre on Friday informed the Apex court that “it’s not possible to give more relief to different sectors”...

Nation Top Stories

RBI keeps key interest rates unchanged

ION correspondentOctober 10, 2020

The Reserve Bank of India in its bi-monthly Monetary Policy statement issued today has maintained a status quo keeping the key interest rates unchanged. The reverse repo rate remains...

Nation

Dinesh Kumar Khara appointed new SBI chairman

ION correspondentOctober 7, 2020

The government on Tuesday appointed senior banker Dinesh Kumar Khara as chairman of the State Bank Of India replacing Rajnish Kumar, who completed his three-year term. “The central government...

Nation Top Stories

Paytm app removed from Google Play Store along with Paytm First Games

ION correspondentSeptember 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Paytm has been removed from Google Play. The app was removed because of the addition of the fantasy cricket tournament that the company recently included, which violates Google Play...

Nation

Single window system for clearances & approvals of industry soon: Piyush Goyal

ION correspondentSeptember 18, 2020

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the government is working on setting up a single window system for clearances and approvals of industry. In a written...

Nation

SC extends interim order on loan moratorium till 28 September

ION correspondentSeptember 12, 2020

The Supreme Court of India has sought views from the Reserve Bank of India and the central government on the issue of “charging compound interest and credit rating/downgrading’’ during...

Nation World

ADB provides $50 million loan to Bangladesh for PPP infrastructure projects

ION correspondentSeptember 11, 2020

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and government of Bangladesh signed a dollar 50 million loan agreement on Thursday to promote, fund and implement public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects in...