Category: Breaking News

Veteran banker K V Kamath has said it is time for the government to be brave and stretch the fiscal deficit target set in the budget if need be, to push growth. That is the only way out of the challenge that we have.   To the extent that you need to stretch the budget, you do it,” Kamath remarked during an industry event. He further said that the government has already been brave while presenting the Budget and has said that they are willing to stretch the deficit to make sure that…

WhatsApp is working on adding a number of new features on its platform. The list includes voice waveforms, in-app tools to review bans, joinable group calls and View Once functionality on Android and iOS. Hackers targeting WhatsApp could compromise the privacy of your messages and contacts.   Earlier this week, the Facebook-owned messaging app started rolling out one of the most awaited features — multi-device support — to its beta users. WhatsApp chat backups are in danger.   We all know that WhatsApp end-to-end encrypts all conversations and messages that…

Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief linked up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence. During the meeting which lasted for about 50 minutes, he raised concerns about the newly-formed Ministry of Cooperation which is headed by Amit Shah, and farmers’ issues.   Pawar also wrote him a letter, flagging concerns on the Ministry of Cooperation. He said the cooperative banking sector is a state subject. Citing Supreme Court judgments, he said that any attempt of interference by the centre will be a breach of the Constitution.…

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday criticised UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s handling of the second COVID-19 wave, saying that PM Narendra Modi’s certificate can’t hide his “cruelty, negligence and mismanagement”.   Her tweet came after PM called his response to the pandemic “unprecedented”. Saying people faced hardships, she added that PM and Adityanath can forget this but those who suffered won’t.   Recently, PM Modi, during his visit to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi , praised the Uttar Pradesh government for its handling of the Covid crisis and said the…

After the centre witnessed the success of Unified Payments Interface (UPI), it is now planning to create an Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) – a platform for sellers and logistics providers to connect with buyers.   Customers will be able to login into the network and browse for products and services, which will have product details, pricing and sellers location to help buyers choose. It further says, the ONDC will also be connected to payment gateways and offer delivery and logistics solutions for specific requirements.   Explaining how the platform…

The State Bank of India (SBI) has alerted its customers on the KYC (Know Your Customer) fraud.   The bank said that the fraud is real, and it has proliferated across the country. Alerting its customers, SBI tweeted “KYC fraud is real, and it has proliferated across the country.   Cases of the KYC scams have been rising ever since SBI decided to permit acceptance of documents for updating customers’ information through post in the wake of difficulties faced by customers due to COVID-19 lockdowns.   The fraudster sends a…

Billionaire Richard Branson took off Sunday from a base in New Mexico aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel bound for the edge of space, a voyage he hopes will lift the nascent space tourism industry off the ground.   A massive carrier plane made a horizontal take-off from Space Port, New Mexico at around 8:40 am Mountain Time (1440 GMT) and will ascend for around an hour to an altitutude of 50,000 feet (15 kilometers).   The mothership will then drop a rocket-powered spaceplane called VSS Unity, which will ignite its…

Hours after taking charge as the new Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw ordered officials and staffers in his office to work in two shifts.    The first shift will start at 7 am and end at 4 pm while the second shift will start at 3 pm and end at 12 am in midnight, an order by his office said on Thursday.   According to DJ Narain, ADG PR, Ministry of Railways, the order has been issued only for MR cells (minister’s office) and not private or Railway staff, with immediate…

Twitter had on June 25 temporarily blocked the then IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad‘s official handle. Since then there was tussle was going on with the central government.   Twitter said on Thursday that it had informed former IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad before blocking his account last month under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act(DMCA) and later restored the account.   “When we remove or disable access to the materials reported in a copyright complaint, the reported user(s) will receive a copy of the complaint, including the reporter’s full…

Meesho, India’s largest marketplace for longtail products, today launched a new TVC targeting consumers from small towns and cities who are getting onboard with online shopping for quality products at affordable price-points.   Conceptualized by DDB Mudra Group, this film showcases, that women are smart spenders and have unique ways of saving money. They manage their monthly expenses by better planning and create a pool of small savings from their monthly budget, safely tucked away in unexpected places of their home. Meesho with this campaign wants to bring joy of online shopping with…