Daily Newsletter | Sunday, February 05, 2017
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| Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud Dawa at it again, changes name to beat ban |
| Banned Jamaat-ud Dawa looks set to evade the “crackdown” on it and its chief Hafiz Saeed by resurfacing as Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir, a platform purportedly wedded to Kashmiri cause. TAJK will organise events in support of jihad in Kashmir on February 5, observed as “Kashmir Day” in Pakistan. |
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| US decommissions nuclear ship USS Enterprise |
| On Friday, the US govt decommissioned USS Enterprise, world’s 1st nuclear powered aircraft carrier and arguably the longest serving warship, after half a century of grunt work during which it passed command of ten American presidents and sailed enough nautical miles to circle the earth 40 times. |
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| Note ban: Lens on Rs 10L cr high-value deposits |
| The middle class and rich seem to have made nearly two-thirds or over Rs 10 lakh crore of deposits in the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes during the 50-day demonetisation window, using over one crore bank accounts. |
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| Rohit Sharma eyes comeback in Australia series |
| Continuing a thorough rehabilitation program, star batsman Rohit Sharma said he is striving to make his long-awaited return to the Indian cricket team in the upcoming big-ticket series against Australia. |
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| Disinvestment receipts to touch Rs 45,000cr: Jaitley |
| With less than two months to go for the current financial year to come to a close, finance minister Arun Jaitley has exuded confidence that receipts from PSU disinvestment will touch Rs 45,000 crore in 2016-17. |
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| GST to smoothen taxation, bring in transparency: Experts |
| GST will not only ease the process of taxation, but bring in transparency, say experts. At an interactive awareness programme for start-ups in Jaipur, the experts said the government is expected to resolve the queries of entrepreneurs regarding GST. |
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| Airtel Payments Bank operating through 12k shops in UP |
| Airtel Payments Bank India’s first payments bank announced that it has opened over one lakh saving accounts in Uttar Pradesh within the first 2 weeks of its launch. Approximately 60% of these accounts have been opened in rural areas, underlining the massive scope for serving customers particularly in unbanked and under-banked pockets of the state, especially in rural areas. |
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