21 February 2018 News

*Quote of D-DAY:*

"We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved."

Good morning 🌻

*Mint*

=> CBI widens PNB fraud probe to include bank’s top brass

=> ArcelorMittal, NuMetal bids for Essar Steel may be disqualified

=> Arun Jaitley breaks silence on PNB fraud, RBI forms panel to curb bank scams

=> Govt approves law to protect small investors from ponzi schemes

=> RBI issues new KYC norms for payments banks

=> Banks vulnerable to hackers without online interface between CBS, SWIFT

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*Business Standard*

=> PNB crisis: RBI's Malegam-led panel to look into NPA divergence, bank fraud

=> I-T sleuths question PNB's Sunil Mehta; CBI arrests Firestar's Vipul Ambani

=> British defence industry body ADS Group downs shutters in India

=> Cabinet ends Coal India monopoly, allows commercial mining by private firms

=> Chinese warships return to SCS as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives

=> Hospitals making profits up to 1,700% on drugs, consumables

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*Economic Times*

=> Coal India monopoly to end as decks cleared for mining by private players

=> India Ratings downgrads two Nirav Modi-owned companies

=> Blockchain tech can reduce transaction costs: FICCI-PwC

=> Rotomac: ED notifies exit ports about Vikram Kothari

=> First big arrest in PNB fraud: Fire Star Diamond president Vipul Ambani held by CBI

=> Qatar Airways plans to start airline in India

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*Financial Express*

=> Big Income Tax query answered! NRIs are subject to tax in India only in respect of India sourced income

=> Can't export those blues: January trade deficit highest in almost 5 years

=> Big development in Delhi Chief Secretary assault case; police detains AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal

=> First big arrest in PNB fraud: Vipul Ambani held by CBI

=> Qatar Airways plans to start airline in India with 100 planes

=> Rotomac case: ED notifies exit ports about Vikram Kothari and his family

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*Hindustan Times*

=> Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash ‘assaulted’: Bureaucrats to boycott meetings until Kejriwal, AAP ministers apologise

=> PNB fraud case: Vipul Ambani, CFO of Nirav Modi firm, and 4 others arrested by CBI

=> PM Modi, Jordan’s king to address session on countering radicalisation of youth

=> Justin Trudeau says trip is about India-Canada ties, not for handshakes and photo-ops

=> Four Delhi pvt hospitals sold drugs at profits margins as high as 1,192%: Pricing regulator

=> Maldives emergency extended by 30 days as President Yameen rams move through parliament

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*Indian Express*

=> Nirav Modi PNB fraud scam: Glossed over, auditors flagged loan default, forex violations

=> PNB fraud case: Rs 280 crores not Rs 11,500 crores, Nirav Modi's advocate cites CBI's data

=> Delhi Chief Secretary ‘assault’ case: AAP said ration meeting but Food Minister absent

=> IIM-Lucknow to stop support, IIM-Himachal sends out SOS

=> Maldives Opp leader Mohamed Nasheed gets the Delhi cold shoulder

=> Kamal Haasan to launch his political party today, no word yet on its other key faces

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*The Hindu*

=> PNB fraud case: CBI arrests Vipul Ambani and four others

=> AAP MLAs assaulted me: Delhi Chief Secretary

=> India remains in the best position to help us: Mohamed Nasheed

=> Indian H-4 entrepreneurs in limbo, as U.S rethinks visa rules

=> Enforcement Directorate grapples with severe manpower crunch

=> Kolkata’s iconic Fairlawn hotel begins a new chapter

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*The Times of India*

=> Attack on CS: Cops arrest AAP's Prakash Jarwal

=> PNB fraud: CBI arrests Vipul Ambani, 4 others

=> Donald Trump's election cost his firm millions: Son

=> BoB silent for 2 years, ran to CBI after PNB scam

=> I-T notice to Singhvi's wife for cash payment to Nirav

=> MPs hiking own pay an ethical issue: Supreme Court

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*अमर उजाला*

=> PNB SCAM: सीबीआई ने गीतांजलि समूह के विपुल अंबानी सहित 5 लोगों को किया गिरफ्तार

=> दिल्लीः पुलिस ने मुख्य सचिव के साथ मारपीट मामले में AAP विधायक को किया गिरफ्तार, पूछताछ जारी

=> PNB SCAM: वित्त मंत्री जेटली ने तोड़ी चुप्पी, बोले- बैंकों को धोखा देने वाले बख्शे नहीं जाएंगे

=> पति संग रहना चाहती है हादिया, बोली- मर्जी से इस्लाम कुबूल किया और शफीन से की शादी

=> बैंक ऑफ इंडिया का 500 करोड़ दबाए हैं कोठारी बंधु

=> आज तमिलनाडु में कमल हासन की पार्टी लॉन्च में शामिल होंगे केजरीवाल

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*हिन्दुस्तान*

=> दिल्ली: मुख्य सचिव का कराया गया मेडिकल, आप MLA प्रकाश जारवाल अरेस्ट

=> PNB घोटाला: नीरव मोदी की कंपनी के CFO विपुल अंबानी सहित पांच अरेस्ट

=> बिहार: मैट्रिक परीक्षा आज से शुरू,पहली बार OMR पर पेपर देंगे छात्र

=> RBI ने स्विफ्ट सिस्टम के दुरूपयोग पर बैंकों को तीन बार किया था आगाह

=> दिल्ली: अफसर बोले-माफी मांगें केजरीवाल,नहीं तो करेंगे बैठकों का बॉयकॉट

=> कश्मीर: पाक सेना ने BSF चौकी को बनाया निशाना, जवान शहीद

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*दैनिक जागरण*

=> दिल्ली सरकार के मुख्य सचिव के साथ मारपीट के मामले में आप विधायक गिरफ्तार

=> पीएनबी घोटाले पर पहली बार बोले वित्‍तमंत्री अरुण जेटली, नीरव मोदी को चेताया

=> जनता की जेब पर डाका नहीं डाल पाएंगी फर्जी जमा कंपनियां, मोदी कैबिनेट का फैसला

=> नीरव मोदी के मुंबई के आलीशान बंगले तक पहुंची सीबीआइ, जब्त हो सकता है बंगला

=> त्रिपुरा में कल चुनावी जंग, सीपीएम और भाजपा में आर-पार की लड़ाई

=> वेनेजुएला में महंगाई से त्राहिमाम, 80 हजार रुपये लीटर बिक रहा दूध

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*प्रभात ख़बर*

=> झारखंड : अगर शहरी क्षेत्र में 1985 से पहले सरकारी जमीन पर किया है कब्जा, तो मिलेगी 10 डिसमिल जमीन

=> पीएनबी घोटाले पर पहली बार बोले अरुण जेटली, बैंक आॅडिटर पर उठाया सवाल

=> बिहार : 1426 परीक्षा केंद्रों पर आज से शुरू होगी मैट्रिक परीक्षा, पहले दिन अंग्रेजी विषय की होगी परीक्षा

=> नीतीश का जापान दौरा, बिहार में इलेक्ट्रॉनिक और ऑटोमोबाइल फैक्टरी लगाने की अपील

=> बोले नेपाल के पीएम केपी ओली- चीन के साथ रिश्ते गहरे कर भारत से लेंगे अधिक फायदा

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Economic Times

Ø  India Inc to invest $1 bn, create 5K new jobs in Canada
Ø  EPFO likely to announce 8.65% interest on EPF
Ø  Sundaram MF suspended from BSE Star MF

Business Standard

Ø  RBI may tighten approvals for offshore borrowing to avoid any defaults
Ø  Indian software services growth to remain flat at 7-9% in FY19 too: Nasscom
Ø  Deposit Rs 100 million to pay interest to home-buyers: SC to Supertech
 
Business Line

Ø  Gold falls to Rs 31,700; silver plunges by Rs 535 per kg
Ø  Realty, bank stocks pull Sensex down 71 points; Nifty falls to 10,360
Ø  MCX Natural Gas bounces from a long-term base

Mint

Ø  ArcelorMittal, VTB hit snag in pursuit of $6 billion Essar Steel
Ø  IndiGrid acquires 3 transmission assets, buys Patran Transmission stake for Rs232 crore
Ø  Reliance Jio sparks a face off between Trai, CCI
 
Financial Express

Ø  Rupee tumbles 58 paise against US dollar, hits the lowest since November 2017
Ø  Sensex ends at 33,703; PNB settles in green after 5-day bloodbath, other PSU banks rally up to 5%
Ø  Mahindra to discontinue Xylo, Verito, Nuvosport by 2020: 4 new SUVs in addition to New Scorpio, XUV500

Financial Chronicle

Ø  Dhaka SE approves China's bid; rejects India’s offer
Ø  RIL to acquire 5% in Eros International for Rs 1,000 cr
Ø  PNB fraud exposes holes in RBI supervision, audit