India and China held the 18th round of talks between Governor Raghuram Rajan-led Reserve Bank the Special Representatives on the Boundary Question of India (RBI) has proposed to lower the ceiling in which both sides agreed to take “necessary steps to on how much a bank can lend to a single corporate maintain peace & tranquillity in border areas.” group, in a move to curb risks in the banking sector at a Novelist Akhil Sharma’s 2014 novel Family Lifehas won time when bad loans are on the rise. Under the the Folio Prize 2015. proposal, banks would only be allowed to lend up to 25 Railway passengers can now book their tickets, do percent of their core capital, down from the earlier shopping and pay service bills using RuPay pre-paid ceiling of up to 55 percent, starting Jan. 1, 2019. cards, as the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi will put a ban Corporation (IRCTC), launched the debit card service. on sale, purchase and even storage of all forms of The service was launched by the IRCTC in collaboration chewable tobacco including “guktha, khaini and zarda” with Union Bank of India and the National Payment in the national capital. Corporation of India. Card holder will get free Rs.1 lakh Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee received accident insurance coverage as part of the benefits to the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, customers. One can have the card with a loading limit which was conferred by President Pranab Mukherjee. of Rs.10,000 with partial KYC detail or Rs.50,000 In a departure from protocol, President Mukherjee loading limit with full KYC. drove to AB Vajpayee’s residence and presented to the India and Qatar signed an agreement on transfer of ailing BJP leader the prestigious award. sentenced persons, allowing Indian convicts in Qatar to complete their remaining sentence in India and vice versa.
India and China held the 18th round of talks between the Special Representatives on the Boundary Question in which both sides agreed to take “necessary steps to maintain peace & tranquillity in border areas.” Novelist Akhil Sharma’s 2014 novel Family Lifehas won the Folio Prize 2015. Railway passengers can now book their tickets, do shopping and pay service bills using RuPay pre-paid cards, as the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), launched the debit card service. The service was launched by the IRCTC in collaboration with Union Bank of India and the National Payment Corporation of India. Card holder will get free Rs.1 lakh accident insurance coverage as part of the benefits to customers. One can have the card with a loading limit of Rs.10,000 with partial KYC detail or Rs.50,000 loading limit with full KYC. India and Qatar signed an agreement on transfer of sentenced persons, allowing Indian convicts in Qatar to complete their remaining sentence in India and vice versa. Governor Raghuram Rajan-led Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to lower the ceiling on how much a bank can lend to a single corporate group, in a move to curb risks in the banking sector at a time when bad loans are on the rise. Under the proposal, banks would only be allowed to lend up to 25 percent of their core capital, down from the earlier ceiling of up to 55 percent, starting Jan. 1, 2019. Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi will put a ban on sale, purchase and even storage of all forms of chewable tobacco including “guktha, khaini and zarda” in the national capital. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee received the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, which was conferred by President Pranab Mukherjee. In a departure from protocol, President Mukherjee drove to AB Vajpayee’s residence and presented to the ailing BJP leader the prestigious award.
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