A 19-year-old has been arrested in Tamil Nadu’s Panruti, for opening a fake SBI bank branch on the upper floor of his residence. According to officials, he had all the paraphernalia needed to "run a bank". The police were tipped off by the SBI Panruti branch manager, about the boy’s possession of counterfeit seals and forged 'challans'. It is reported that his parents were SBI employees.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on April 1 announced the roll back of recent orders related to the slashing of interest rates on small saving schemes. Taking to Twitter, the FinMin stated that "the rates which existed in the last… read-more
TAGS: Finance Minister, business, loans and interests, Nirmala Sitharaman, PPF, NSC
India has fallen down to the 140th place in the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index 2021. Notably, the decline took place in indicators like political representation, economic participation and labor force participation rate. Shockingly,… read-more
TAGS: Women Empowerment, Gender Equality, Equal Rights, World Economic Forum, Gender Gap Index
Telangana’s Hanamkonda Police has busted an imposter, Panuganti Naveen, for posing as a CBI officer to scam people. Acting on a 2019 complaint by victim Vinod Kumar, the cops nabbed Naveen, who promised a government job to Vinod in exchange for… read-more
TAGS: CBI, scam, Government Jobs, Police, Telangana, Imposter, Hanamkonda
To tackle the surge in COVID-19 cases, several villages and towns in Gujarat have decided to impose a 'voluntary' lockdown. Reportedly, Lunawada town will remain shut for 15 days as decided by the traders' association and district officials.… read-more
TAGS: Gujarat, Covid-19, restrictions, Lockdown
Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) found a suspicious toy-like object wrapped in polythene on April 5. A dog squad and bomb diffusion squad was rushed to the site. The bomb diffusion squad ruled out the possibility of it being an explosive… read-more
TAGS: Bomb Scare, Delhi, CISF, Security threat
Under the 'Make in India' project, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has collaborated with the private firms to develop and produce missiles. According to the officials, the private sector has been very enthusiastic and several… read-more
TAGS: Defence, DRDO, Private Sector, Missile