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SBI Card has increased the finance charges on all unsecured SBI Credit Cards, according to its official website. However, this is not applicable to Shaurya, Defense. This is effective from November 1, 2024, stated the SBI Card website.

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FCI)." An amount of Rs 12200 crore has been released to the farmers in Punjab directly to bank accounts as of 28th October, it added. The procurement of paddy in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024-25 commenced on October 1, 2024, and 2,927 designated mandis including 1000 temporary yards have been opened throughout Punjab for smooth procurement of paddy.

dearness allowance (DA) of government employees in Uttarakhand was increased on Tuesday from 50 per cent to 53 per cent per month.All regular and full-time employees of the state government and officials associated with the UGC can avail of the increased DA with retrospective effect from July 1, 2024, according to an official statement. The arrears of dearness allowance from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024 will be paid in cash, it said. The allowance will be added to the regular salary from October 1, 2024.

McGee's pursuit of the Deputy Director position, there are indications that his character may be on the brink of a significant transition. Despite his extensive experience within NCIS and having served as interim director, the coveted position ultimately went to Department of Justice Inspector General Gabriel LaRoche, played by Seamus Dever.

AAP leader Satyendar Jain. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri granted regular bail to the duo nearly 10 days after the former Delhi minister was granted relief. A court had granted bail to Satyendar Jain, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in May 2022, citing «delay in trial» and his «long incarceration». The case pertains to allegations against Satyendar Jain of having laundered money through four companies allegedly linked to him. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain were business associates of the former Delhi minister and abetted the commission of the offence.

Rozgar Mela' after distributing appointment letters for government jobs to over 51,000 people, he spoke of his government's efforts to boost the presence of new technologies and modern sectors such as space and semiconductors so that new employment opportunities are created. In his video address, Modi said earlier governments lacked in policy and intention, leading to India falling behind the world in rising sectors, including in modern technologies. Old and outdated technologies used to be brought to the country, he added. «A mindset existed that believed that modern technologies cannot develop in our country. This mindset did us a lot of harm,» he said, stressing that if industries which generated employment in the modern world did not exist in the country then creating new employment opportunities would be difficult.

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artificial intelligence (AI) revolution – this was Nvidia founder and chief executiveJensen Huang’s clarion call to India Inc at ET Conversations in Mumbai last Friday. The Indian market is currently dominated by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. But are there any domestic players that are equipped to take on the three global hyperscalers? There are local alternatives, such as E2E, according to Pratik Desai, founder of agricultural AI startup Kissan AI – which uses Azure as the primary cloud provider and AWS as a secondary cloud provider – but they are catching up in terms of cost and integrated services.

Mahagenco and public sector NTPC has emerged as the top bidder to take over the 1,350 MW Sinnar Thermal Power plant near Nashik. Mahagenco's bid of Rs 3,800 crore is above the second-placed Adani Power in the initial round of bids. Lenders are evaluating legal and other compliances of the bidders, following which negotiations with individual bidders will start, said people familiar with the process. «The early bids put the Mahagenco-NTPC partnership at the top. The second-placed bidder is behind as its bid is less than Rs 3,000 crore. But the plans are still at the initial stage and we could see revisions since all parties interested are serious players in this sector,» said a person familiar with the process. Resolution professional (RP) Rahul Jindal did not reply to an email seeking comment.

Artificial intelligence startup Sierra, co-founded by ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, is more than quadrupling its valuation to $4.5 billion in a fresh funding round.

BharatPe is working on introducing new investment and wealth management features on its peer-to-peer lending application 12% Club. The 12%Club app has been renamed Invest BharatPe and is available on the Google Play Store. It has launched digital gold for investments as its first product, the company said in a statement on Monday. Responding to ET's queries, BharatPe said that it has halted fresh deposits for its P2P lending product but the existing users will be able to access their investments through the new app.

Congress on Monday sought an all-party meeting to get clarity on whether the next census would include a detailed enumeration of all castes and whether the census will be used for determining the strength of each state in the Lok Sabha. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the extension of the tenure of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner has been notified and it means that the long-delayed Census that was due in 2021 will finally be conducted soon. «But there is still absolutely no clarity on two crucial issues. Will this new Census include a detailed enumeration of ALL castes in the country, in addition to that of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes that has been done in every Census since 1951? According to the Constitution of India, such a Caste Census is the sole responsibility of the Union Government,» Ramesh said in a post on X. «Will this Census be used for determining the strength of each state in the Lok Sabha as provided for in Article 82 of the Constitution of India (which says that the first Census taken after the year 2026 and the publication of its results will the basis of any such reconstitution)? Will this work to the disadvantage of states that have been pioneers in family planning?» the Congress leader said.

Pension Scheme (EPS), which is overseen by the EPFO will receive their pension early on October 29, 2024, as per a circular issued by the retirement fund organization. According to the EPFO circular dated October 25, 2024, “Keeping in view the upcoming Diwali festivities and the associated public holidays, it has been decided to release the pension for the month of October 2024 on 29th October 2024. This aims to ensure that pensioners receive their pensions in advance without any delay and can withdraw their pension on 30th October as 31st October is a holiday” The EPFO has recommended that all Zonal and Regional Offices give the required directives to the banks that pay pensions under their purview in order to guarantee that the aforementioned is carried out.

Hindustan Zinc Ltd plans to pare its debt by a third by the end of this financial year bolstered by additional cash flows after a likely relatively robust performance in the October to March period. The country’s largest producer of zinc, lead and silver expects to reduce its debt to about Rs 2,000 crore by March-end from about Rs 6,000 crore at the end of the September quarter, chief financial officer Sandeep Modi told analysts after the company’s quarterly earnings. “…we have already generated free cash flow of Rs7,000 crore in H1, and normally H2 remains better. So, I think it's only a timing difference,” he said.

JSW Steel will cut down its capital expenditure in the current fiscal by ₹3,000-4,000 crore as it postpones the expansion planned for its blast furnace-3 at Vijayanagar to next year, and has transferred its slurry pipeline to JSW Infrastructure. India’s largest steel manufacturer will be spending ₹16,000 – 17,000 crore on capex this year as against ₹20,000 crore it had planned earlier, chief executive officer Jayant Acharya said. In July, JSW Steel transferred its slurry pipeline, which is currently under development, in Odisha to group company JSW Infra, effectively reducing its capex outgo, Acharya told ET in an interaction. JSW Infra will be purchasing the over 300 kilometre long slurry pipeline for ₹1,700 crore.

Slice on Monday said it had completed its merger with North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB) with effect from October 27 after receiving all requisite shareholder and regulatory approvals. The merger will unify the operations, assets and brand identities of the two companies into a single banking entity, it said. The fintech unicorn said in a statement that the integration will pave the way for the creation of a technology-driven bank along with a strengthened financial position focused on expanding operations, enhancing risk management frameworks and improving customer experience.

Israeli hostages for some Palestinian prisoners, the Times of Israel reported. This proposal, which includes an additional 10 days of negotiations following the release of the hostages, was presented to Israel's national security cabinet last week by Israeli Security Agency Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, Times of Israel reported citing Channel 12. While most ministers and security officials supported the idea, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir opposed it.

Samvidhan yatra across the country, the BJP-led NDA government is going all out to commemorate 75th anniversary of constitution day, drawing lessons from 2024 polls the saffron party working overtime to showcase its commitment to the legal document. In run upto 2024 Lok Sabha polls opposition especially Congress succeeded in cornering the BJP accusing that that if saffron party came to power it would amend the constitution. The Congress constitution narrative helped it in increasing its tally and checking saffron party from crossing majority mark.

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