-PTI/ Livemint.com Among these 300 new branches, the maximum number of PSU banks will be opened in Rajasthan with 95 branches, followed by 54 in Madhya Pradesh, 38 in Gujarat, 33 in Maharashtra, 32 in Jharkhand, and 31 in Uttar Pradesh. About 300 brick-and-mortar branches of public SECtor banks will be opened in the unbanked areas of various states by December 2022, according to sources as quoted by the news agency PTI....
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Preventive detentions in 2021 up by 23.7% compared to year before -Abhinay Lakshman
-The Hindu Number of people in custody or still detained at the end of the year highest since 2017 Preventive detentions in 2021 saw a rise of over 23.7% compared to the year before, with over 1.1 lakh people being placed under preventive detention, according to the latest crime statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau last month. Of these, 483 were detentions under the National SECurity Act, of which almost half...
More »Dr R Hemalatha, Director of ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, interviewed by Archana Jyoti (The Pioneer)
-The Pioneer Every year, India observes September as Poshan Maah (nutritional month) to raise awareness about proper eating habits and also about nutrition. Speaking to ARCHANA JYOTI, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition Director, Dr R Hemalatha, discusses in length about the nutrition landscape of India, the proposed revision of the dietary guidelines, the need for increased focus on maternal nutrition and the reasons behind India's sluggish performance on key maternal and child...
More »Urban jobless rate in 7 states, J&K acutely high -Surya Sarathi Ray
-Financial Express Pan-India unemployment down since the SECond wave of Covid-19. Even as there has been a steady decline in urban unemployment since the highly infective SECond Covid wave, joblessness in seven states of Rajasthan, Bihar, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh, besides Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, remained at very high levels, as per the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) data. These states, where unemployment has consistently been higher than...
More »Merchandise exports remain flat at $33 billion in August -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu On conservating estimate, exports will cross $750 billion amid global headwinds, said Commerce SECretary India’s merchandise exports contracted 1.15% in August to $33 billion, while inelastic imports of petroleum and coal remained firm, lifting imports above the $60 billion mark for the sixth successive month. The country’s goods trade deficit moderated slightly from the record $30 billion in July, but remained the SECond highest on record at $28.68 billion, more than...
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