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Who is allowing bank frauds? Priyanka to govt as RBI reports rise in cases

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Who is allowing bank frauds? Priyanka to govt as RBI reports rise in cases Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also hit out at the government over the rising number of bank frauds Current Affairs :- Congress pioneer Priyanka Gandhi Vadra assaulted the administration on Friday over a RBI report showing bank cheats have gone up by 15 percent year-on-year in 2018-19, asking who is the underwriter permitting such “enormous bank fakes”. The quantity of instances of fakes announced by banks saw a hop of 15 percent year-on-year premise in 2018-19, with the sum included expanding by 73.8 percent in the year, the Reserve Bank of India’s yearly report appeared. In FY19, banking part detailed 6,801 fakes including Rs 71,542.93 crore as against 5,916 cases including Rs 41,167.04 crore announced in 2017-18. “Nation’s greatest financial foundation RBI is stating that bank fakes are expanding directly under the nose of the administration. In 2018-19, this robbery has expan...

Ex-Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi booked after panel rejects his Tribal status

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Ex-Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi booked after panel rejects his Tribal status A high-level caste scrutiny committee set up by the state government had last week dismissed Ajit Jogi’s claim of belonging to a Scheduled Tribe (ST) and cancelled his caste certificates Current Affairs :- A FIR has been enlisted against previous Chhattisgarh boss pastor Ajit Jogi in Bilaspur region, days after a legislature designated board of trustees dismissed his case of being an innate, police said on Friday. An abnormal state standing examination board of trustees set up by the state government had a week ago expelled Ajit Jogi’s case of having a place with a Scheduled Tribe (ST) and dropped his rank endorsements. In this manner, Ajit Jogi, who filled in as the primary boss clergyman of Chhattisgarh, has been reserved for supposedly deceitfully acquiring position endorsements, the police said. The 73-year-old legislator’s case of being an inborn has been rejected on different occasions in t...

India to discuss an alternative maritime route for oil from Russia

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India to discuss an alternative maritime route for oil from Russia This comes amid high tension between Iran and European countries in the Strait of Homuz last month Current Affairs :- With the pressure among Iran and the US affecting development of oil freight, India is taking a gander at an option sea course by means of Vladivostok port in Russia’s far eastern district, through the South China Sea and Malacca. The issue will be talked about during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia beginning September 4. Modi will go to the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok from September 4 to 6. This comes in the midst of high strain among Iran and European nations in the Strait of Homuz a month ago. Iran even conveyed two warships in the locale. The new course is probably going to make speculation by organizations like ONGC Videsh (OVL) reasonable in Russia. It will likewise lessen the time in bringing condensed gaseous petrol (LNG) and raw petroleum to India. “It...

No single ‘gay gene’ defines sexuality, finds largest-ever DNA analysis

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No single ‘gay gene’ defines sexuality, finds largest-ever DNA analysis The new statistical analysis revealed five points in our chromosomes, called loci, which appear closely linked to sexuality, though each individually has a ‘very small’ influence Current Affairs :- Like size or knowledge, sexual fascination isn’t characterized by one quality alone, yet is rather the consequence of the unpredictable interaction between various areas of the genome and difficult to stick natural variables. That is the finish of an investigation directed on a large portion of a million DNA profiles as a feature of a monster study by analysts in Europe and the United States distributed in the powerful diary Science on Thursday. Its creators plan to cover the thought, advanced during the 1990s, of the presence of an almighty “gay quality” that decides sexuality in the manner eye shading is characterized. “We… discovered that it’s adequately difficult to anticipate a person’s sexual condu...

Old Monk most preferred liquor brand among rich Indians, says survey

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Old Monk most preferred liquor brand among rich Indians, says survey Newspapers, not television, is option No.1 for the well-heeled in their quest for information Current Affairs :- The Hurun Indian Luxury Consumer Survey 2019 goes past the information with an end goal to comprehend developing examples of way of life, utilization, and brand consciousness of rich Indians. The discoveries demonstrate some standard suspects and a few astonishments. For instance, Old Monk rum is obviously the Indian mixed drink of decision. At that point, it is papers and not TV that is alternative No.1 for the well-obeyed as they continued looking for data. Not all that astonishing is the decision of traveler goals. The UK heads the rundown, trailed by Italy and the Maldives. On the expansive rundown of real consumption, it is instruction that is in front of amusement and voyaging. With regards to collectibles, craftsmanship becomes the overwhelming focus. What is the favored lodging network ...

New speed breaker on India’s road to $ 5 trn economy; NHAI’s mounting debt

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New speed breaker on India’s road to $ 5 trn economy; NHAI’s mounting debt NHAI’s debt has increased seven-fold in the past five years Current Affairs :-  India’s way to monetary recuperation faces another impediment, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking the state street developer to quit building thruways after its obligation expanded just about seven-overlap in the course of recent years. “National Highways Authority of India absolutely logjammed with spontaneous and unreasonable development of streets,” the head administrator’s office wrote to NHAI in a letter dated August 17. “NHAI ordered to pay a few times the land cost; its development costs additionally shooting up. Street foundation has turned out to be monetarily unviable.” Modi’s office suggested that NHAI be changed into a street resource the board organization, as per the letter acquired by Bloomberg, and the head administrator’s office asked NHAI to answer inside seven days. The choice is an inve...

Sell liquor lying in bar in 8 days or destroy it: Delhi govt to restaurants

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Sell liquor lying in bar in 8 days or destroy it: Delhi govt to restaurants This move comes after multiple raids that resulted in heavy fines or even cancellation of licences and blacklisting the restaurants in the recent past Current Affairs :-  All loads of wine and lager moved from store space to the bar counter should be sold inside 3 days, says a Delhi government request. Less expensive alcohol brands which are valued under Rs 1,500 must be cleared inside multi day, says the request. Be that as it may, brands costing up to Rs 6,000 have been permitted 8 days, as per the notice of the National Capital Territory government provided on Aug 26. This move comes after various assaults that brought about overwhelming fines or even crossing out of licenses and boycotting the cafés in the ongoing past. The notice understands: “It has been brought to the notice of this division that this routine with regards to not following First In First Out and keeping liquour bottl...

Gujarat Ports on alert after intel says Pak commandos may enter India

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Gujarat Ports on alert after intel says Pak commandos may enter India The input states that the commandos may infiltrate through sea route to create communal disturbance or terrorist attack in Gujarat Current Affairs :-  Security has been reinforced at all ports in Gujarat after knowledge sources of info cautioned that “Pakistani commandos are probably going to penetrate into Indian Territory” through Kutch zone. The info expresses that the commandos may invade through ocean course to make public aggravation or psychological militant assault in Gujarat. Refering to the info, Adani Ports and SEZ issued an announcement prompting shipping specialists and inner offices to take most extreme proportions of security and avoid any untoward circumstance in Gujarat state. “It is exhorted that all boats at Mundra Port take most extreme safety efforts and keep up a cautious watch,” the Adani explanation says. The move comes days after the Indian Navy additionally cautioned ...

Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir, no country backing it: Rajnath

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Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir, no country backing it: Rajnath He said US Defense Secretary Mark Esper during a telephonic conversation told him that abrogation of provisions of Article 370 was an internal matter of India Current Affairs :- Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir and no nation is supporting it on the “current issue”, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday in the midst of Islamabad’s endeavors to internationalize the Center’s transition to revoke arrangements of Article 370. Tending to a DRDO occasion here, Singh asked by what means would india be able to converse with Pakistan when it continues attempting to destabilize India utilizing dread. India needs to have great neighborly association with Pakistan, however it should initially quit sending out dread to India, Singh said. He declared that Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir. “I need to ask Pakistan, when had Kashmir had a place with it. Kashmir was in every case some portion ...

Don’t appoint relatives for advisory roles in ministries: Modi to ministers

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Don’t appoint relatives for advisory roles in ministries: Modi to ministers For improving the “gati” and “disha” (speed and focus) of governance, Modi said there should be better coordination between Cabinet ministers and ministers of state Current Affairs :- Declaring that Kashmir is an inside issue for India, Indian-American official Ro Khanna who as of late joined the Pakistani Congressional Caucus has said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan needs to cool his warmed talk. “Kashmir is an inside issue for India’s majority rules system and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan needs to cool his warmed talk and not raise to a war or strife,” Congressman Khanna told individuals from the Indian-American people group during a cooperation in Freemont, California as of late. “Imran Khan’s talk of war with India is totally absurd,” Khanna, the two-term Democratic Congressman speaking to Silicon Valley in the US House of Representatives, was cited as saying by neighborhood Ind...

Kashmir internal issue for India, Imran Khan’s rhetoric absurd: US lawmaker

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Kashmir internal issue for India, Imran Khan’s rhetoric absurd: US lawmaker The US lawmaker has also said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan needs to cool his heated rhetoric Current Affairs :- Declaring that Kashmir is an inside issue for India, Indian-American official Ro Khanna who as of late joined the Pakistani Congressional Caucus has said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan needs to cool his warmed talk. “Kashmir is an inside issue for India’s majority rules system and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan needs to cool his warmed talk and not raise to a war or strife,” Congressman Khanna told individuals from the Indian-American people group during a cooperation in Freemont, California as of late. “Imran Khan’s talk of war with India is totally absurd,” Khanna, the two-term Democratic Congressman speaking to Silicon Valley in the US House of Representatives, was cited as saying by neighborhood India Post in its most recent week by week version. During the...

Avail 25% discount on select train tickets from September 1, details here

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Avail 25% discount on select train tickets from September 1, details here The scheme shall be applicable for AC chair car and executive chair car accommodation like in Shatabdi, Gatimaan, Tejas, Double Decker, Intercity trains among others, the railways said Current Affairs :- The railroads on Wednesday said that the plan presenting to 25 percent concession on trains with AC seat vehicle and official class sitting will be executed from September. The plan will be material for AC seat vehicle and official seat vehicle convenience like in Shatabdi, Gatimaan, Tejas, Double Decker, Intercity trains among others, the railroads said. Just prepares with month to month inhabitance of under 50 percent in the earlier year are qualified for the markdown, it said. Commercial Controlled BY PLAYSTREAM On Tuesday, PTI had revealed that railroads had arranged the plan to expand income just as inhabitance as it faces firm challenge from roadways and minimal effort air passages. T...

Walmart Foundation gives Rs 34 cr to 2 cos bringing tech to Indian farmers

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Walmart Foundation gives Rs 34 cr to 2 cos bringing tech to Indian farmers Digital Green and TechnoServe have received $1.3 mn and $3.5 mn, respectively Current Affairs :- Walmart Foundation on Tuesday reported an award of $4.8 million, or Rs 34 crore, to two associations concentrated on bringing innovation practices to cultivating, as a major aspect of the retailer’s responsibility to improving rancher business in India. The awards were given to Digital Green, a worldwide improvement firm bringing tech instruments to ranchers in India and Ethiopia, and TechnoServe, a Washington-headquartered non-benefit working in the Indian homestead division for a long time. Bringing ranchers access to agribusiness innovation, preparing on reasonable cultivating strategies, upgraded access to formal markets, and ability and limit working for rancher maker associations (FPOs) are the objectives of the award, Walmart Foundation said in a press explanation. With this, the establishment...

Britannia Industries stock rises 6.2% as investors cheered growth plans

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Britannia Industries stock rises 6.2% as investors cheered growth plans Intra-day, Britannia’s stock price rose as much as 7.5 per cent, closing trade at Rs 2,678.8 a share Current Affairs :- Chinese advanced cell creator Vivo is intending to put around Rs 3,500 crore in India into limit development and different undertakings in future, taking up the all out speculation duty the organization made in India to Rs 7,500 crore. The organization will begin tasks in an extended office one month from now to include producing limit of 8.4 million units, with a venture of Rs 400 crore, from the submitted speculation. “We have been bullish about India from the earliest starting point. So far we have put around Rs 400 crore in our assembling office. We have a yearly limit of 25 million units,” said Nipun Marya, executive, Brand Strategy, Vivo India. He didn’t put a time span for the speculation. At present, it is running at full limit in the current office and the organization has ...

Vivo plans Rs 7,500-crore investment, facility expansion in India

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Vivo plans Rs 7,500-crore investment, facility expansion in India The company will start operations in an expanded facility next month to add manufacturing capacity of 8.4 million units Current Affairs :- Chinese advanced cell creator Vivo is intending to put around Rs 3,500 crore in India into limit development and different undertakings in future, taking up the all out speculation duty the organization made in India to Rs 7,500 crore. The organization will begin tasks in an extended office one month from now to include producing limit of 8.4 million units, with a venture of Rs 400 crore, from the submitted speculation. “We have been bullish about India from the earliest starting point. So far we have put around Rs 400 crore in our assembling office. We have a yearly limit of 25 million units,” said Nipun Marya, executive, Brand Strategy, Vivo India. He didn’t put a time span for the speculation. At present, it is running at full limit in the current office and the orga...

Get coal mine project in Queensland moving, Australian Minister tells Adani

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Get coal mine project in Queensland moving, Australian Minister tells Adani The massive coal mine in Queensland state has been a controversial topic, with the project expected to produce 2.3 billion tonnes of low-quality coal Current Affairs :- Australia’s Resources Minister Matt Canavan on Tuesday asked Adani Group director Gautam Adani to concentrate on the coal mineshaft venture in focal Queensland and get it “moving” forward, invalidating reports of any “across the board” resistance against the questionable endeavor. Canavan is on a four-day visit to India from Monday during which he is planned to hold a few ecclesiastical level exchanges. Gautam Adani-drove Adani Group entered Australia in 2010 with the buy of the greenfield Carmichael coal mineshaft in the Galilee Basin in focal Queensland, and the Abbot Point port close Bowen in the north. The huge coal mineshaft in Queensland state has been a disputable point, with the venture expected to create 2.3 billion ton...

As demand slowdown hurts, makers of Lux, Lifebuoy, Santoor soaps cut prices

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As demand slowdown hurts, makers of Lux, Lifebuoy, Santoor soaps cut prices Lifebuoy and Lux are month highest-selling soap brands in India while Santoor became the first Indian soap brand to touch annual sales of Rs 2,000 crore Current Affairs :- In wake of frail interest and extreme challenge, FMGC major HUL cut costs of Dove, Lux, and Lifebuoy cleansers, money related every day Livemint announced. The move is planned for prevailing upon purchasers and passing on the advantages of less expensive information costs. Wipro Consumer Care, the producer of Santoor cleanser, additionally cut the cost of the cleanser to remain in the game. Not long ago, Santoor turned into the primary cleanser brand from an Indian FMCG organization to contact yearly offers of Rs 2,000 crore. “HUL does specific and reasonable value changes over its portfolio in the ordinary course of its business. Given that the ware costs are required to stay amiable for a specific timespan, we have taken value ...