The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking to link all social media accounts to Aadhaar to stop fake, troll accounts from overpowering social media platforms. The court has said all matters need not come to the apex court. While hearing a PIL on social media accounts, the Supreme Court said, Everything doesn’t need […]
New Delhi: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has started the process of crediting interest to provident fund (PF) accounts. It may be noted that the government has recently approved and notified an interest of 8.65 per cent for employees provident fund (EPF) for the financial year 2018-19. The employee and the employer contribute an […]
New Delhi: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has supported a labour ministry proposal to allow its subscribers switch to the National Pension System but said the move needs to be backed by suitable amendments to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act. The retirement fund body wants the PFRDA act to be amended to […]
Have you received an e-challan notice for a traffic violation recently? Knowingly or unknowingly you may have broken a traffic rule because of which you would have gotten an e-challan notice. You can get an e-challan notice for wrong/dangerous parking on the roadside, speeding, jumping red light and so on. E-challan- Digital Traffic/Transport Enforcement Solution […]
New Delhi: Most of the middle-income groups, salaried-class people and a large section of risk-averse investors remain in a continuous lookout for risk-free opportunities which can give better returns as compared to conventional investment options such as fixed deposits, recurring deposits and insurance scheme. Post Office offers various investment options for the varied requirements of […]
New Delhi: For people looking to invest for a fixed pension during their retirement, the guaranteed pension scheme of the government — Atal Pension Yojana (APY) — is an attractive option. The APY pension scheme is administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and is available to people aged 18 to 40 […]
New Delhi: With internet and smartphones, banking has become convenient for account holders. Gone are the days when a customer had to visit the bank branch to carry out transactions or to update personal details like mobile phone number. If you are a State Bank of India (SBI) customer, you can update your mobile number […]
New Delhi: With the help of the IRCTC e-ticketing website, www.irctc.co.in, ticket booking, cancellation, refund, modification, group booking, reservation of seats on IRCTC Tourism packages, have been made relatively easy as compared to the ticket reservation process earlier. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has inducted several guidelines on the e-tickets which are applicable […]
New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest bank, offers a range of ATM-cum-debit cards, SBI premium ATM-cum-debit card is one of them. Each card issued by the State Bank of India has unique features, benefits and limitations. SBI premium ATM-cum-debit card offers designated rewards benefits and complimentary insurance covers. SBI premium ATM-cum-debit […]
San Francisco: Aiming to fight predatory loans better, Google has banned Play Store apps with ‘deceptive or harmful’ personal loans where the annual percentage rate was 36 per cent or higher, such as many payday loans. A spokesman said that the expanded financial policy, implemented earlier this year, was meant to “protect users” against “exploitative” […]
New Delhi: The US has approved a higher number of H-1B applications (both for initial visas and visa extensions for continued employment) in 2019. The number suggests that the demand for these work visas has not gone down despite processing regulations getting more stringent post-2015. The higher approval number is also a relief to Indians […]
PUBG Mobile has been the go-to multi-player shooter game on smartphones for over a year now. While there are professional PUBG Mobile players making money from competitions and YouTube videos, the vast majority of recreational mobile gamers have had enough of it already. This is where the more exciting Call of Duty Mobile steps in. […]