RBI extends regulatory benefits under SLF-MF scheme to all banks
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday extended regulatory benefits to all banks including those deploying their own resources to extend liquidity support to the mutual funds under the Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds (SLF-MF) scheme. Earlier in the week, the Reserve Bank had announced Rs 50,000-crore SLF-MF scheme to bailout the mutual […]
Coronavirus cases in Pak jumps to 15,759, with 346 deaths
Islamabad: Pakistan reported 874 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 15,759 with 346 deaths so far in the county, an official statement said on Thursday. The Ministry of National Health Services said the death of 19 more patients have been reported in the provinces of […]
SC refuses to entertain plea against ‘communal’ hastags trending on Twitter
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre and the Telangana police chief to restrain social networking site ‘Twitter’ from allowing trending ‘communal’ hastags linking Islam to spread of novel coronavirus in India. A Hyderabad-based lawyer had sought a direction to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry […]
Pandemic and Ramadan
BY: Roouf-un-Nabi Dar Months ago, deadly COVID-19 hit us so bad and so hard that the entire world has been brought on knees. There was no early warning system for this. The VIRUS came with absolutely no alarm, and has since put the world under lockdown. Not everything is in man’s hands. Everything happens by […]
