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Legal steps to guard digital payments

The Home Ministry has asked banks and e-wallet firms to furnish details of the extent of financial fraud reported in the past one year as digital transactions picked up after the Union government implemented demonetisation from November 8, 2016 and scrapped old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 26th Oct 2017

Navy to increase watch over Indian Ocean

The Navy is institutionalising an experimental concept of round-the-clock surveillance of critical choke points in the Indian Ocean.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 26th Oct 2017

Centre to aid offshore e-commerce play

The Union government is working on a new policy to expand the footprint of the Indian e-commerce sector to tap potential markets outside the country, including Africa and Southeast Asia.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 26th Oct 2017

Delhi firecracker ban had no impact, say studies

Pollution levels recorded in the National Capital Region on Deepavali and the two following days were in close agreement with forecasts that assumed that the entire stock of unsold firecrackers in the city was used.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 26th Oct 2017

Bank Recapitalization

The Union government unveiled an ambitious plan to infuse ₹2.11 lakh crore capital over the next two years into public sector banks (PSBs)

posted by Jawwad Kazi 25th Oct 2017