Bank Loans in financial year 2017-18
The Reserve Bank of India’s ‘Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commercial Banks(SCBs) in India- Volume 47’ report for last financial year(2017-18) has been released.
Services PMI slips to 53.2 in December
According to a private survey, Services sector slowed down a bit in December.
SEBI tweaks norms for Commodity Exchange
The capital market regulator SEBI has tweaked the disclosure norms for Commodity derivatives exchanges.
Open defecation continues unabated
A new research on the impact of the Swachh Bharat Mission in the rural parts of four northern States shows that the percentage of people who owned toilets but continued to defecate in the open has remained unchanged between 2014 and 2018.
Precarious family milieu forces children to homes
A pan-India study conducted under the aegis of the Women and Child Development Ministry shows that most children at childcare institutions are not orphans, but belong to family structures that are unable to look after them.
Lokpal search panel
The government informed the Supreme Court that a eight-member search committee has been constituted in September 2018.
Fine on Meghalaya govt for failing to curb illegal mining
The NGT imposed a cost of ₹100 crore on the Meghalaya government following a report submitted by an independent committee on mining in the State.
India’s role in Afganistan
India reminded the United States that it does not send soldiers abroad but for U.N. Peacekeeping Operations.
Ultima Thule
NASA shares detailed images taken by New Horizons of the distant celestial body called Ultima Thule .
Ease capital requirements for banks: House panel
A parliamentary panel asked the central bank to ease its rules on capital requirements for banks so that they can increase lending.