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Asks govt., UPSC to expedite move to post regular chief The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Dilbag Singh, acting Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir, to continue in office for the next few weeks till the Union Public Service Commission takes a decision on the appointment of a …

“As oxygen masks popped, we yelled for cabin crew” The sudden drop in cabin pressure on board the Jet Airways flight 9W 697 caused a situation of panic on Thursday, as people suddenly started feeling pain in their head and nose, with some of them bleeding from the nose and …

The first-of-its-kind database has records of convicts from 2005 The first-of-its-kind national sex offenders’ registry launched on Thursday has names and details of some 4.4 lakh people convicted for various sexual offences across the country. The database is for those convicted for sexual offences 2005 onwards. It includes name, address, …

Jet Airways passengers suffer nosebleed, headache after cabin pressure drops Nearly 30 passengers on board a Jet Airways plane bound for Jaipur suffered nose-bleed and many others complained of headache during takeoff from Mumbai on Thursday after the pilots allegedly forgot to switch on a button that helps maintain cabin …

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has given the regulatory go-ahead to BSE and NSE to start their respective commodity derivatives segments. Both bourses plan to start the new segment from October 1. Interestingly, both the equity exchanges plan to start with non-agriculture commodities like metals and bullion, and …

May have to lay down laws: apex court The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would have to lay down some laws on what stage the adjudicating authority, appellate authority and the apex court could interfere in insolvency resolution proceedings. A Bench of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Indu …

Debt accounts for 0.5%-0.7% of overall bank loans: Moody’s Rising liquidity issues in Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) are credit negative for Indian banks and debt market, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report. “As of 31 March 2018, debts incurred by IL&FS in the form of bank loans …

Many Centrally Sponsored Schemes are boutique in nature, with ‘dubious’ outcomes: N.K. Singh Several Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) are just boutique in nature with ‘dubious’ outcomes, the 15th Finance Commission of the Union Government has noted while calling for urgent rationalisation of the CSSs. The pruning of such schemes would …

198 existing structures in 7 States will benefit from scheme The government has approved a 65% hike, and extended by two years, a project to improve the stability and working of dams in 11 States. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the …

Post-mortem report fails to establish that the deadly attack was by a big cat Many of the villagers living on the fringes of Odisha’s Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) were against having a tiger in their neighbourhood. But they had no say in the matter when two big cats were transferred …