New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Government has initiated special measures to ease container movement at Mumbai’s Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Authority which include rail evacuation, waiver of handling charges, green channels and trailer pooling to ease bottlenecks caused by disruptions due to the Middle East conflict.A high-level meeting chaired by Minister of Ports and Shipping Sarbananda Sonowal and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday focused on better container movement as the Gulf-bound conta…
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New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday announced that the two-day nationwide strike proposed by the All India State Bank of India Staff Federation (AISBISF) for May 25 and 26 has been deferred following discussions between employee representatives and the bank’s management, ensuring uninterrupted banking operations across the country.In a customer advisory, the country’s largest public sector bank informed customers that all branches and banking services would function norm…
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and newly elected Bihpuria MLA Bhupen Kumar Borah on Friday launched a sharp attack on Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that the Congress leader has failed to earn the trust and support of the people of the country. Speaking to reporters in Guwahati, Borah said that Rahul Gandhi had long aspired to become the Prime Minister of the country but the pe…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has reportedly introduced a ‘one‑day‑a‑week work‑from‑home option’ for its junior employees a fortnight after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for remote work to conserve energy.The market regulator is also considering postponing internal events to cut non‑essential travel and hotel costs as part of its effort to tackle the inflationary fallout of the US-Iran war, a report from NDTV Profit said citing s…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Government-backed e-commerce platform DigiHaat on Friday announced that it has expanded its mobility services to 55 cities across India through partnerships with driver-owned cooperatives Bharat Taxi and Namma Yatri. The company said the expansion is aimed at promoting a cooperative and citizen-centric model in the ride-hailing sector.The newly launched ‘DigiHaat Rides’ service, which was previously operational in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru, has now been extended to cit…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call urging Indians to increasingly choose destinations within the country for leisure travel, conferences, weddings and events has opened up a major economic opportunity for India’s tourism and hospitality sectors, according to the Hotel Association of India (HAI). The industry body said the Prime Minister’s push for domestic tourism comes at a crucial time when geopolitical instability, slowing global growth and changing travel p…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) In a startling development, the Jhalmuri vendor, who treated Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the popular local snack in Jhargram during the Bengal Assembly election campaign, is getting death threats from unknown international numbers. The vendor claimed that he was getting threatening calls from Pakistan and Bangladesh on a daily basis for the past few days. The Jhalmuri vendor shot into the limelight and became a national figure overnight after PM Modi took a brief hal…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Emphasising the need for deeper engagement between the European Union (EU) and India amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said that the partnership is evolving beyond trade and economics into a wider strategic relationship. Addressing a joint press conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following their bilateral talks in New Delhi, Christodoulides said, “I referenced at the outset, in these times of growing geopo…
Pune, May 21 (IANS) The felicitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) with its highest honour ‘Agricola Medal’ during his visit to Italy, has been hailed by farmers as a “proud and memorable moment” for the entire farming community. Farmers across the country are praising the Narendra Modi government over its commitment and resolve to bring notable change in farmers’ life as well as their income, and saw the international honour as a recognition of t…
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday invited business conglomerates from Cyprus to invest in the state and build long-term partnerships in manufacturing, innovation, and trade. Speaking at the Cyprus–India Business Forum, the Chief Minister emphasised that the Maharashtra government is stable, decisive, and pro-industry, and remains fully committed to global partnerships.Chief Minister Fadnavis addressed the forum in the presence of the Cyprus Presiden…