Quote of D-DAY
Empowering the Individual means Empowering the Nation. And Empowerment is Best served through Rapid Economic Growth with Rapid Social Change.
- *Lt. AB Vajpayee*
Reading on 17.08.2018
*Mint*
=> *Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India’s nuclear myth buster, rest in peace*
=> Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s last rites at Smriti Sthal tomorrow
=> At opposition meet, Rahul Gandhi targets govt over Rafale deal
=> Former Religare CEO Shachindra Nath raises about ₹1,000 crore for NBFC
=> PE industry lobbies CCI for anti-trust exemptions
=> Kerala floods highlights: Kochi airport closed till 26 August, death toll rises to 114
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*Business Standard*
=> Govt asks RBI to water down PCA scheme, feels norms have put burden on PSBs
=> PSUs get 3rd lifeline to meet free-float norms, deadline extended by 2 yrs
=> Tata, Shapoorji looking to build strong portfolio of commercial properties
=> NHAI borrowings jump a little over 18 times to Rs 620 billion since 2014
=> GDP likely to grow at a healthy 7.5% in first quarter, say economists
=> Kerala floods: 30 lives lost today, toll hits 97; NDRF teams rush to state
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*Economic Times*
=> Vajpayee's policies helped script high growth in 2003-08
=> Patanjali sales growth slows as rivals launch herbal products
=> Behind Singh brothers' fall from grace, a guru's hand emerges
=> If rupee slump persists, it can hurt PM Modi
=> Walmart sees sales rise at stores and online, raises outlook
=> Falling rupee a double-edged sword for India, warn analysts
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*Financial Express*
=> Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away at AIIMS after prolonged illness
=> Indian Railways set to pay around Rs 10000 crore for Dedicated Freight Corridor starting 2020-21
=> Nabard survey says, farmer income grew 37% between FY13 and I Fy16
=> Jet Airways in talks with NBFCs to raise Rs 1500 - 2000 crore against its forward sales
=> Jio, BSNL, Airtel announce free services for customers in Kerala
=> Patanjali's Kimbho app disappears from Google Play Store; Baba Ramdev led firm alleges conspiracy
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*Hindustan Times*
=> Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee, poet and politician, dies at 93
=> Kerala floods death toll crosses 100, more rain fury expected
=> Traffic advisory: Several roads closed across Delhi for Vajpayee’s funeral
=> Schools, govt offices to be shut today in memory of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
=> Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s last rites at 4pm today in Delhi’s Smriti Sthal
=> India’s predicted XI for the third Test , changes expected
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*Indian Express*
=> Kerala floods trigger landslides, toll 94
=> Supreme Court asks if creamy layer would apply to SCs, STs, Centre says no
=> Assam NRC: SC seeks views of stakeholders on Centre’s SOP
=> Death of a statesman: Leader who always soft-spoke his mind
=> Flooded Cochin airport closed till August 26; DGCA caps flight fares
=> Rainfall to reduce marginally in Kerala: IMD
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*The Hindu*
=> Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP’s gentle colossus, fades away
=> Relentless rain savages Kerala
=> 8 outfits to be heard on NRC claims process
=> Trump’s war on media draws editorials in nearly 350 US outlets
=> Trump revokes security clearance of ex-CIA director Brennan
=> 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies at home in Detroit aged 76
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*The Times of India*
=> ‘Govt likely to set up memorial for Vajpayee'
=> US-China trade war could give India Iran boost
=> Death toll rises to 97 in flood-hit Kerala
=> Central Delhi off bounds for Atal's final journey
=> India, China open new meeting point for armies
=> SC may study graded cut in SC/ST promotion quotas
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*अमर उजाला*
=> अनंत यात्रा पर अटल, आज शाम 4 बजे होगा अंतिम संस्कार
=> पूर्व रॉ चीफ दुलत ने कहा, कश्मीरियों को आज भी वाजपेयी से प्यार
=> केरल में बारिश-बाढ़ से हालात बेकाबू, मृतकों की संख्या बढ़कर 97
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*हिन्दुस्तान*
=> नहीं रहे अटल: सात दिन का राष्ट्रीय शोक, सुबह 9 बजे से बीजेपी मुख्यालय में अंतिम दर्शन
=> राजनयिक विवाद के कारण संकट में कनाडाई हज यात्री
=> ट्रंप के मीडिया पर हमलों के खिलाफ 350 अखबार खड़े हुए
=> कीड़ों को मारने के लिए भारत में बनने वाला डीडीटी, नवजातों के लिए घातक
=> रुस के राष्ट्रपति पुतिन का अहम मुद्दों पर वार्ता के लिए किम को न्योता
=> सूडानः नील नदी में स्कूली बच्चों से भरी नाव पलटी, 22 बच्चों की मौत
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*दैनिक जागरण*
=> नहीं रहे 'अटल', अंतिम दर्शन के लिए भाजपा मुख्यालय में रखा जाएगा पार्थिव शरीर
=> अमेरिकी अखबारों ने की ट्रंप के मीडिया विरोधी बयानों की निंदा
=> कंबोडिया के आम चुनाव में सत्तारूढ़ दल ने जीतीं नेशनल असेंबली की सभी सीटें
=> इजरायल नेवी खरीदेगी बराक 8 मिसाइल सिस्टम, भारत-इजरायल ने किया है विकसित
=> पाक दूरसंचार अधिकारियों ने ट्विटर को दी बैन करने की धमकी
=> कोलोन कैंसर से बचाव में कारगर बंदगोभी व ब्रोकली
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*प्रभात ख़बर*
=> वाजपेयी का अंतिम संस्कार : राष्ट्रीय राजधानी के कई मार्ग आम लोगों के लिए बंद
=> अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी स्मृति शेष : अमेरिका और पाकिस्तान से संबंध सुधारे, लाये अंतरराष्ट्रीय राजनीति में नया आयाम
=> मक्का में फहराया भारतीय तिरंगा, देशभक्ति के नारे भी लगे
=> केरल में नहीं होगी रेलवे भर्ती बोर्ड की परीक्षा
=> पटना : अब घर बैठे दर्ज होगी एफआईआर, बनेगा सिटीजन पोर्टल
=> Jio Giga Fiber के लिए रजिस्ट्रेशन शुरू, मिलेगी दूसरों से 10 गुना ज्यादा इंटरनेट स्पीड
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17th August 2K18
Economic Times
Ø Bank credit grows 12.7% in the fortnight to Aug 3
Ø More than half of Indian farmers still in debt: Survey
Ø Fiscal position to worsen ahead of polls: Report
Ø 88% rural households have savings account: Nabard
Ø Maruti Suzuki hikes prices of cars by up to Rs 6,100
Ø Rupee ends below 70 level for the first time ever
Ø 24 state units told to up power generation
Business Standard
Ø PSUs get 3rd lifeline to meet free-float norms, deadline extended by 2 yrs
Ø India's oil import bill 'likely to jump by $26 bn' due to record rupee fall
Ø Global developments are being monitored closely, says Arun Jaitley
Ø JSW tops Tata, Liberty with Rs 197 bn bid for Bhushan Power and Steel
Ø Revenues from Big Data and Business Analytics to hit $260 bn in 2022: IDC
Business Line
Ø Japan, South Korea steel exports to India surge on tariffs, high-end demand
Ø India Ratings lowers GDP growth estimate to 7.2%
Ø NPPA fixes ceiling price of 92 drug formulations
Ø Brigade Enterprises’ profit jumps to Rs.63 crore in June quarter
Ø NPCI launches UPI 2.0 with overdraft facility
Mint
Ø Investors pulled $1.3 billion out of India, other emerging markets last week: IIF
Ø Safeguard duty proposal has deepened uncertainty in the solar energy sector
Ø ONGC in talks to buy five GSPC blocks
Ø Railways may propose ₹56,000-crore East Coast freight corridor next year
Financial Express
Ø India's tobacco exports rise 7 per cent to Rs 1,447.80 crore in April-June
Ø Vedanta says yet to receive notification from Madras High Court on Sterlite Copper plant petition
Ø NBCC gets Rs 250-cr order from SAIL to build super-speciality hospital at Kerala
Ø Falling rupee not a cause of worry, says NITI Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar
Financial Chronicle
Ø MCX, IBJA may set up bullion spot exchange
Ø Banks set to come out of PCA framework this year
Ø Four NFOs seek to tap equity opportunities
Ø Telecom department may allot, not auction E&V bands
Ø Irdai asks insurers to cover mental illnesses
17.08.18 Economic News
👉Coal scam: Special Court frames Additional Charge of Abetment of Bribery against Naveen Jindal in a case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand Coal Block
👉3 Mumbai-Based Private Banks and a Payments Bank are being probed for allegedly evading Rs 100 crore of GST and flouting RBI guidelines on Money Transfer. The entities are suspected of evading GST by under-reporting the value of the funds transferred for customers.
👉SEBI cuts Listing Time for Public Issue of Debt Securities to 6 days from 12 days at present, in order to make the Existing Process of Issuance of such Securities Simpler and Cost Effective. Besides this, SEBI has made ASBA mandatory for all the investors for making payment while applying in a public issue of debt securities.
👉Asserting that the fundamentals of many Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have improved in recent months, Rajiv Kumar, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS) said that he expects some of them to come out of the RBI’s Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework this fiscal. As on date, as many as 11 out of 21 banks are under the central bank’s PCA framework.
👉Sterling Biotech Owner & Director Nitin Sandesara arrested in Dubai in Rs 5,000 Cr Bank Fraud Case on an alert by Indian Authorities and now he will be deported to India.
👉BSE to launch Liquidity Enhancement Plan(LES) on Single Stock Options, Index Options from September. Under this, brokers and other market intermediaries are given incentives for a specified period of time to bring in liquidity and generate investor interest in securities which have limited trading activity.
👉NSE Data shows that As many as 81 firms have come under the Additional Surveillance Measure (ASM) framework of the NSE
👉BNP Paribas Mutual Fund to launch Consumption-Theme Based Scheme on August 17 i.e. Today, subscription for which will remain open until August 31.
