Day: February 8, 2021

Soon, there will be no need to grease few palms, and going through all the red-tapism in order to obtain a driver’s license in India. New Rules have been proposed to enable the setting up of Accredited Driver Training Centres across the country under Nitin Gadkari by The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. In order to secure a license now, time-bound completion of training in these centres will be…

New Delhi: If you have an account with State Bank of India and you use ATM card then you need to pay attention to this news. In the case of ATM transactions, SBI has issued new rules which may create difficulty in withdrawing cash more than the available balance. India’s largest lender, the State Bank of India (SBI) has updated the withdrawal rules for ATM transactions and customers will need…

Bank fixed deposits (FDs) usually come with a wide range of tenures, starting from 7 days to as long as 10 years, wherein the principal amount is invested at a fixed interest rate, and the depositor gains interest on their deposits, which accrues and grows over time. However, premature withdrawals on FDs are not allowed without a penalty being added. Also, note that re-investing funds by the depositor, when available…

Only a few days are left for Central Government Employees to complete the LTC journey, which they could not do last year due to lockdown and their refund amount was kept in ‘Çredit Shell’ by the airlines. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) clarified in an Office Memorandum dated 05-02-2021 that in the above cae, the last date to complete the LTC journey is 28-02-2021 and such LTC would…

NEW DELHI: Union minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the government is ready to resume talks with the farmers protesting the new farm laws but asserted that despite repeated proposals, the protesters have not come up with any “concrete suggestion” so far. Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to farmer unions that the government was “just a phone away” to discuss any issues raised by them, Goyal said “but for…

New Delhi: The Indian government has asked microblogging platform Twitter to remove over a thousand more accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation and provocative content around farmers’ protests. It has alleged that the 1,178 listed handles have Pakistani and Khalistani users, official sources have said. The social media site is yet to completely comply with the order, they said. Earlier, on January 31, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had…