New Delhi: In the high-profile Saradha Realty case, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 2 crore on the company, its chief Sudipta Sen and two directors for failing to comply with its earlier directions to wind up illicit money-pooling schemes and refund the investors. Saradha ... Read More »
Soon, the government will rank all Indian states on the basis of their performance in education. The ranking parameters will include quality of school infrastructure, learning and research outcomes, innovation and much more. The whole idea behind this is to introduce a spirit of competition among states and push them ... Read More »
New Delhi: The government plans to rank states on the basis of their performance in education—from the quality of their school infrastructure to learning outcomes. The idea is to instill a spirit of competition among states and get them to improve the quality of education that their students receive, two ... Read More »
It’s the festive season in India and e-retailers are more ready than anyone else to enjoy it. After Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal it’s Xiaomi’s turn to cash in on India’s biggest festival Diwali. Xiaomi is holding a ‘Diwali with Mi’ festival on its official India website and the smartphone app. ... Read More »
Within days of India signing the Paris Climate Treaty, Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyon Friday said tax on environment unfriendly products will be ‘distinct’ from others in the forthcoming GST regime so as to boost funds for climate financing. “The indirect tax regime that we are planning, the rate of taxation ... Read More »
The Chennai City Police on Monday arrested two persons who allegedly posted false statement and rumours on Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s health through Facebook and an website. Following complaints from AIADMK IT wing secretary G. Ramachandran and Rajakamal of Nungambakkam, Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested two persons. Sathish Sharma, one of ... Read More »
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage has been so low for so long that a good chunk of borrowers can’t even contemplate the idea of it ever going higher. Why should they? Every time we warn of rising rates, or see a tiny bump up, some global ... Read More »
Official release with regard to the health condition of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who has been undergoing treatment at a hospital since 22 September, will reduce the anxiety of the people, the Madras High Court observed on Tuesday while asking the government to get back on the issue by Wednesday. ... Read More »
Ontario’s Liberal government has secretly offered contract extensions to almost all of the key education unions in a move that would buy the ruling party support from teachers and a degree of labour peace during an election. Extensions would mean opening the treasury to ensure most public high school teachers, ... Read More »
German government bond yields dropped back towards six-week lows on Friday, giving up Thursday’s oil-induced rise as concerns over the health of the country’s biggest lender resurfaced. Deutsche Bank admitted it had an image problem with investors after reports on Thursday that a number of hedge funds had withdrawn cash ... Read More »
Crude oil futures rose on Thursday, adding to the previous session’s rally on optimism over an OPEC plan to curb output, while stocks fell as Deutsche Bank tumbled after a report said trading clients have withdrawn excess cash and positions held in the largest German lender. Energy stocks fared better ... Read More »
With an aim to provide quality primary and higher education to the students, Himachal Pradesh government has opened over 1,000 schools, 41 colleges, 24 new industrial training institutes and two engineering colleges in the state, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said on Thursday. “Besides providing qualitative education at the primary and secondary levels, impetus ... Read More »
