India’s commercial banks can indeed provide banking services to traders and firms dealing in cryptocurrencies, the nation’s central bank clarified last week. “As on date, no such prohibition exists,” the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on May 22. The statement came in response to a query filed by BV […]
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India 09:24 GMT 22.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India has announced a $266 billion stimulus package to help the economy as part of its endeavour to enable the country sail through the COVID-19 crisis. The package was announced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week. India’s banking regulator, […]
Viral 08:12 GMT 22.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107938/27/1079382741_51:-1:1316:712_1200x675_80_0_0_5223328a08332f6b6770684718375c47.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202005221079381957-snake-charmer-man-rescues-cobra-with-bare-hands/ New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s coastal state Goa is a tourist magnet and is widely perceived by locals as their own version of Las Vegas for its stellar nightlife, eclectic seafood and white sand beaches. Apart from the […]
The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has said the unemployment rate in the country was 24 percent for the week ending May 17, remaining unchanged from the previous week’s figure. According to its report, however, the labor participation rate rose to 38.8 percent as industries started opening up gradually […]
BitGo is now providing its custody services to India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, CoinDCX. Announced Thursday, BitGo began storing cryptocurrencies held by CoinDCX last week, with the aim of ensuring the assets are kept “safe and secure.” The custodial services extend to deposits at the exchange’s lending arm, […]
India 09:28 GMT 10.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107923/14/1079231407_0:50:3404:1964_1200x675_80_0_0_ec4c3e344a5d81b3d8f4b3c68593fec8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202005101079261115-quake-jolts-indias-capital-amid-lockdown-twitterrati-erupts-with-funny-memes/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Just minutes after Delhi witnessed a heavy dust storm and a short spell of rain, bringing local residents a brief respite from scorching heat, the quake left people scared. The city is under a […]
India 07:58 GMT 09.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107475/64/1074756423_0:120:1280:840_1200x675_80_0_0_08273ce3d48d34a758a48da95ba30f22.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202005091079252302-creepy-cobra-found-crawling-on-atm-machine-in-indias-uttar-pradesh—video/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Imagine withdrawing money from an ATM and a snake slithering out instead of cash. The video of a snake trapped inside an ATM cabin in India is sending shivers down the spines of internet […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): As many as 12 people lost their lives and 300 were hospitalised due to the leakage of hazardous styrene gas from a polymers factory in India’s Andhra Pradesh. A rescue operation and evacuation were carried out in areas in close proximity to the factory. India’s National Green […]
India 14:59 GMT 06.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): To combat COVID-19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a countrywide lockdown from 25 March, however the government allowed the conditional opening of several sectors of the economy starting from 4 May. An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi startup has […]
By Sajjad Shaukat for Veterans Today With the advent of social media, it is much difficult for rulers and politicians to speak lies and to hide information. In this regard, despite twisting the facts, under the regime of the Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi, India’s religious bigotry has […]
India 11:45 GMT 06.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): Opposition parties have been targeting the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s “unplanned and sudden” lockdown, which was imposed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the lockdown has been extended for the third time, until 17 May , and parties demand clarity […]
The IHS Markit India Services Business Activity Index plummeted at a historic rate during April, posting a shocking 5.4 points in comparison with the previous month’s 49.3. A reading below 50 on the scale represents contraction. According to the IHS Markit report, last month’s reading was an “extreme decline” and […]