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PSB NPAs likely to rise 2-4 per cent points; may push govt to recapitalise via RBI reserves, bonds: Report

The government can issue recapitalisation bonds, or the RBI's huge reserves of over USD 127 can also be dipped into to help the state-owned bank's recapitalisation needs, it said.




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State-owned bank NPAs may rise in FY21, govt’s fiscal deficit to widen: Bank of America

The government can issue recapitalisation bonds, or the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) huge reserves of over USD 127 can also be dipped into to help the state-run banks' recapitalisation needs, it said.




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Nabard disburses Rs 12,767cr to state cooperative banks, RRBs for onlending

The loan has been disbursed under a refinance scheme by Nabard from its own resources and was given this week, it said.




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No takers for Covid-special credit lines, banks park record Rs 8.4 lakh crore with RBI

Having come up with emergency credit lines to help businesses weather the Covid storm, banks are seeing little demand for fresh credit at this stage.




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Yes Bank case: ED files charge sheet against bank co-founder Rana Kapoor

Kapoor, former MD and CEO of Yes Bank, was arrested by the ED on March 8 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He is accused of sanctioning loans to certain firms against kickbacks.




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Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of Maharashtra cut lending rates

State-owned Indian Overseas Bank and Bank of Maharashtra on Wednesday announced a reduction in their marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR). "Our Bank has revised the MCLR w.e.f 10.05.2020 until further review," Indian Overseas Bank said in a regulatory filing. The Chennai-headquartered lender said the MCLR for the benchmark one-year tenor loan has […]




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HDFC to raise Rs 5,000 crore via bonds

The coupon on the bonds, to be maturing in December 2021, has been fixed at 7.06 per cent per annum.




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SBI offers 3-month repayment holiday for NBFCs

State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to give select Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) a three-month repayment holiday, persons familiar with the development said.




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Yes Bank creates stressed asset management vertical to resolve NPA accounts

This will lead to the share of retail and small business loans to grow to a level of 60 per cent in the next two years from the current 44 per cent, he said.




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Kotak Mahindra Bank cuts pay by 10% for staff earning over Rs 25 Lakh

The communication further stated that Covid-19 is wreaking havoc on the economy which, in turn, will impact a financial services firm like KMB.




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Yes Bank’s deposit woes continue as CASA slides 63% y-o-y

Analysts say that some of these accounts availing moratorium could very well have turned defaulters in the ordinary course of business, but the moratorium delays recognition by a few months.




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Stressed assets: Lenders may create bad bank, says SBI chief

In an interview with CNBC TV18, Kumar said the time is right to set up a structure, along the lines of a bad bank, given there are adequate provisions for existing non-performing assets (NPAs).




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Over 90% gold loan customers have not opted for moratorium: VP Nandakumar, MD and CEO, Manappuram Finance

In the gold loan category, which accounts for 87% of our standalone portfolio, more than 90% are servicing their dues.




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Loan moratorium should be in place till December 31: Yes Bank MD & CEO Prashant Kumar

Banks are flush with liquidity, but they also have to look after the interest of depositors.




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SBI cuts MCLR by 15 bps, 3-year term deposit rate by 20 bps

Earlier on April 7, the public sector bank announced a reduction in MCLR by 35 bps. and reduced savings deposit rate by 25 bps, citing adequate liquidity in the system.




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SBI Card Q4 net plunges 66% to Rs 84 crore on COVID-19 provisions, rise in expenses

On the COVID-19 pandemic, SBI Card said globally, countries and businesses are under lockdown and there is a high level of uncertainty about the duration of the lockdown and the time required for things to get normal. 




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Indian Holidays Pvt. Ltd. Announces 5% Discounts for Select Deccan Odyssey Journeys

Indian Holidays Pvt. Ltd., one of the premier luxury tour operators has announced a minimum 5% discount on select departures for IRCTC and Maharashtra Tourism’s flagship luxury train, the Deccan Odyssey. The journey tariffs had recently been lowered in a bid to make the Deccan Odyssey...



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  • 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00

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Maharajas Express all set to run its first Indian Panorama journey of the season

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation’s premier luxury train, the Maharajas Express, is all set to run its first Indian Panorama journey of the 2012-13 season tomorrow. The train will depart from the Safdarjung Railway Station tomorrow at 2200 hours. All guests have been...



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  • 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00

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Golden Chariot is Now Available for Charter at $70000 (3.5 Million INR)

Karnataka Tourism’s flagship luxury train, the Golden Chariot is now available for charter at only $70000 (Rs. 3,500,000). The minister said: “Around 80 tourists can travel in the train per tour. By introducing the charter service, private individuals or organizations can have...



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  • 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00

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Indian Maharaja Wins Third Successive Award for Best Asian Luxury Train

Indian luxury train, the Indian Maharaja, has bagged the award for the Best Asian Luxury Train for the third year in a row. The train was felicitated at World Travel Awards 2012, quoted by Wall Street Journal as “the travel industry’s equivalent to the Oscars”. The awards are...



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  • 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00

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Americans Besotted With Maharajas’ Express, Turn Up in Big Numbers

Indian luxury train, The Maharaja’s Express, is making quite an impression in the US as owner and operator IRCTC is hosting multiple events promoting the Maharaja Express in Las Vegas, Los Angeles (November 26) and San Francisco (November 30). The train has been bestowed with several honors...



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  • 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00

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Maharaja’s Express Awarded the Best Luxury Train in the World at World Travel Awards 2012

Popular Indian luxury train, The Maharaja’s Express, has been awarded World’s Leading Luxury Train 2012 at the World Travel Awards 2012 held in New Delhi yesterday. The train was one of the contenders for the coveted title of the best luxury train in the world which included the...



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  • 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00

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Deccan Odyssey Announces New Departure Dates for the Season

One of the premier luxury trains in India, the Deccan Odyssey, has announced revised departure dates for the remaining of the season. This luxury train will run for 4 more times before completing its 2012-13 season in April 2013. Dubbed India’s Blue Train, the Deccan Odyssey offer weeklong...



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  • 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00

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Indian Luxury Trains Adds ‘Fairy Queen’ to its Portfolio

Indian Luxury Trains (ILT), India’s first luxury train portal, is all set to add the Fairy Queen  train, India’s oldest running steam locomotive, to its portfolio. The Fairy Queen train was jolted down last year following the vandalizing & stealing of the brass parts of this...



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  • 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00

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The Golden Chariot to include Andhra Pradesh in the Newly Proposed Itinerary

If sources are to be believed, the Golden Chariot, a luxury train operating in South Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, will soon revamp its itinerary to include destination in Andhra Pradesh. This move is meant to promote tourism in Andhra Pradesh as well as to make the train more...



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  • 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00

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Affordable Luxury - Deccan Odyssey Last Minute Deals

Did you know that India's has its very own fleet of trains similar to the legendary Orient Exprees of the West. There’s one more reason why you should book Deccan Odyssey for luxury train tour package with IndianLuxuryTrains.Com As the luxury train season draws to its conclusion by...



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  • 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00

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ISRO’s most reliable partner HAL delivers ‘Made in India’ L-40 stage for GSLV-MKII

Besides the Integrated L-40 stages, HAL is also manufacturing the riveted structures, propellant tanks, feed lines of PSLV, GSLV MKII and GSLV MKIII launch vehicles and structures of various satellites for the space agency.




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By ignoring climate emergency, world leaders are forcing children to act: Greta Thunberg

Thunberg has become a leading voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world.




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Humans in India survived Toba supervolcano eruption; Here’s how 74,000 year-old event developed Homo Sapiens

Some schools of thought suggest that the eruption pushed Earth into volcanic winter that lasted as long as six years and the planet Earth had to endure a longish cooling period of a thousand years.




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Trade and commerce in Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation: Know about the Srenis or guilds of ancient India

Since our FM mentioned the Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation or the Harappan culture, it is prudent that we start our journey from there.




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Minimoon found orbiting Earth! Here’s all you need to know about 2020 CD3

The discovery was announced by the Minor Planet Center on Tuesday. So far, the astronomers do not have enough data to establish what the minimoon is made of.




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EXPLAINED: Tale of two moons

Coming back to the Galileo point, 2020 CD3 is not really unique, but we have been limited by our technology and rarely know when we get such occurences.




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Coronavirus silverlining! NASA images show drop in China’s air pollution after lockdown

In a preliminary analysis, NASA researchers compared NO2 values detected by OMI in 2020 with the average amounts detected at this time of year from 2005-2019.




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ISRO to launch GISAT-1 satellite on GSLV rocket as high as a 16 storey building!

The launching vehicle of GISAT 1 has evinced much interest before the launch of the mission. GSLV -F10 is a humongously tall vehicle - as tall as a Sixteen storey building, and weighing approximately 4,20,300 kilograms..




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National Chambal sanctuary, home of gharials and Gangetic dolphins, declared eco-sensitive zone

Gangetic dolphins, gharial and freshwater turtles are among the major species found in the region. More than 75 per cent of the critically endangered Gharial population is based in the sanctuary.




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Here is what ISRO’s new geo imaging satellite GISAT-1 can do

As the date of launch nears, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in a tweet has revealed what it’s geo Imaging Satellite, GISAT-1 can do




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ISRO’s Young Scientist Programme: Registrations see 2 fold increase post PM Modi’s Mann ki Baat mention

The number of registrations before PM Modi's mention was hovering at only 74,000 which jumped to 1,53,000 after PM's mention.




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Energy Conservation: Govt to star rate deep freezers and light commercial ACs

BEE will start rating deep freezers and light commercial air conditioners as well from now onwards. The star rating programme was launched on the 19th foundation ceremony of the BEE.




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ISRO’s Gaganyaan: SAIL’s Bhilai plant sending high strength special steel to make satellite launch vehicle

Special grade steel plates have been procured from the Bhilai plant of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to be used in the launch vehicle.




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Gaganyaan: DRDO to provide special space food and emergency survival kit for ISRO’s manned mission

ISRO is already working on a Humanoid prototype (with a female form)for the Gaganyaan missions, which is expected to be sent out on a mission next year to test it out before actually sending humans in space.




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Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Govt

The Indian Space Research Organisation had then resolved to launch the project again. It had said the project is likely to be launched by the end of the year.




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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 launch schedule revealed, Gaganyaan mission on track

The Union Minister also said that the upgraded configuration in Chandrayaan-3 will make the spacecraft more robust in terms of design and it will also have an enhanced spacecraft capacity without compromising with the heritage of Chandrayaan-2.




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NASA records highest resolution pictures of Mars! Check out 360-degree panorama captured by Curiosity rover

Curiosity's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ashwin Vasavada said that it is the first time that NASA has dedicated its operations to capture a 360-degree panorama.




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Scientists observe half billion-year-old ‘social network’ in early animals

Since rangeomorphs could not move and are preserved where they lived, it is possible to analyse whole populations from the fossil record.




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Elon Musk powers NASA! SpaceX spacecraft Dragon carries NASA cargo to International Space Station

Ever since Dragon became the first private spacecraft to visit the ISS in 2012, it had spent 520 days at the International Space Station




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Global warming: De-carbonising global economy to avert climate change

The advantage of Economic Decarbonisation is that it intertwines with the modernization of all industries. Excessive dependence on fossil fuels does more damage than good, it may guarantee temporary energy security but the side-effects are way too disastrous to continue using this as ‘energy- steroids’.




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Pilibhit Tiger Reserve: 10 big cats living in sugarcane fields to be relocated

Saturation of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve with an increasing population of tigers has resulted in man-animal conflicts in the area.




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Rare ‘Supermoon’ on Holi this year! Check time, details, history of moon marvel

The term supermoon has only prevailed in the common lexicon for 40 years or so. It was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979.




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Amazon rainforest may collapse within decades if critical point is reached: Study

The scientists noted that the loss of such key stone species may lead to a rapid and dramatic change in the landscape within our lifetime.




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Delhi weather update: Light rains predicted in national capital

The weatherman has predicted a cloudy afternoon with possibility of thunderstorm and gusty winds accompanied by light rains in parts of Delhi.