Stories about business from Jammu and Kashmir and rest of the world.
The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, Mar 29: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pulled up the Jammu & Kashmir Bank for incurring a wasteful expenditure of Rs 5.28 crore by hiring hotel Broadway in Srinagar, which was not used at all for its operations. In its report tabled in the Parliament on Tuesday, a […]
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The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, Mar 23: Receiving an over-whelming response from the staff, J&K Bank’s Employees Stock Purchase Scheme (ESPS-2023) has got over-subscribed by more than 32 percent. The issue was opened on 14th March and closed yesterday at 5 PM. Commending the immense staff response, the Bank’s MD & CEO Baldev Prakash said, “From
Published by BOOM Live By Hera Rizwan Last week Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia clarified that Digi Yatra — an app that uses facial recognition for security clearance and terminal entry — doesn’t store data from users in a “central repository”. Responding to Medianama founder Nikhil Pahwa, Scindia said, “Nikhil Ji, passengers’ personal information
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The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, Mar 19: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday laid the foundation stone for the first direct foreign investment project at Sempora area of Srinagar where a mega-mall will come up at the whopping Rs 250 crore. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the function, the LG said that
Published by Al-Araby India has banned exports of wheat effective immediately, citing a risk to its food security, partly due to the war in Ukraine. A notice in the government gazette by the Directorate of Foreign Trade, dated Friday, said a spike in global prices for wheat was threatening the food security of India and
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Published by Reuters UK SINGAPORE (Reuters) -HSBC Holdings said on Thursday it was launching a $1 billion lending fund to invest in female-owned businesses over the next 12 months. “The level of funding received over time by female-led businesses is significantly lower than male counterparts, while the recent impacts of the pandemic have seen these
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Published by Reuters UK By Belén Carreño and Sergio Goncalves MADRID/LISBON (Reuters) – Surging energy prices pushed Spanish inflation to a peak of just under 10% in March, the highest in the euro area and nearly double the 5.3% in neighbouring Portugal – despite the fact the two Iberian economies share a wholesale electricity market.
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Published by Reuters UK By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin , LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices dropped more than 2% on Thursday in a volatile week as recession fears dogged global financial markets, outweighing supply concerns and geopolitical tensions in Europe. Brent crude was down $2.26, or 2.1%, to $105.25 a barrel at 0903 GMT. WTI crude fell $2.45,
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Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) – Deliveroo said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with trade union GMB to give the food delivery firm’s 90,000 self-employed riders in Britain the rights to collective bargaining on pay and consultation on benefits. The British company said a pay floor will be guaranteed to riders as part
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Published by Reuters UK By Carolyn Cohn and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – Russia said it was placing temporary curbs on foreigners seeking to exit Russian assets on Tuesday, putting the brakes on an accelerating investor exodus driven by crippling Western sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine. Russian assets went into freefall on Tuesday
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