DAINIK NATION BUREAU Lok Sabha passes bill to give Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan

DAINIK NATION BUREAU State Bank of India (SBI) customers holding regular savings accounts with the lender are required to maintain a monthly average balance (MAB) to the tune of Rs. 1,000-3,000, according to bank’s corporate website- sbi.co.in. The monthly average balance, which is the average of end-of-day balances in the savings account in a month, varies depending on the location ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Reserve Bank of India has appointed infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani in a committee. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced formation of a high-level panel to assess digitisation of payments in the country. The Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments will be chaired by Nandan Nilekani, the RBI said in a statement. The committee, which ...

There is a two-day strike across the nation including Uttarakhand on the minimum wages, closure of the new pension policy, amendment to the transport policy, and the demands of workers’ organizations against the demands of workers. In this, more than 50 thousand workers of Bank-Insurance, Group C’s Central employees, hotels and factories etc associated with five workers organizations from Uttarakhand ...

The erstwhile Ministry of Welfare had constituted the Expert Committee and on its basis Department of Personnel and Training has issued Office Memorandum Vide No.36033/3/2004-Estt. (Res) dated 9th March, 2004 on the subject “Revision of Income criteria to exclude socially advanced persons/sections (Creamy Layer) from the purview of reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs)”. In the Office Memorandum dated 08th ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma, setting aside the Centre’s decision to divest him of his powers, but restrained him from taking any major policy decision till the CVC probe into corruption charges against him is over. The apex court said any further decision against Verma, who was sent on leave following ...

Veteran filmmaker-actor Rakesh Roshan has been diagnosed with “early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the throat”, his son, actor Hrithik Roshan said on Tuesday. Hrithik made the revelation on Instagram, adding his father is set to undergo surgery. “Asked my dad for a picture this morning. Knew he wouldnt miss gym on surgery day. He is probably the strongest man ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Alok Kumar Verma as CBI Director and set aside the Centre’s decision divesting him of his powers and sending him on leave. The top court, however, restrained Verma from taking any major policy decision till the Central Vigilance Commission inquiry is over. The apex court also said that any further decision against Verma would ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Monday said its online entrance exams will be ‘non-discriminatory’ and will bring more transparency in the system. The JNU students’ union has called the varsity’s move of switching to online entrance tests a “massive scam”, adding that at a time of fund-cuts, it is an expensive exercise. However, Prof Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector-1 ...