FM directs banks to enhance coverage of SCs in all schemes

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday called upon public sector banks to enhance coverage of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in all schemes and advised them to also look into their needs for capacity building and entrepreneurship development, as the community constitutes

Estimated employment increases from 3.14 cr in Q3 to 3.18 cr in Q4

Estimated employment has increased from 3.14 crore of the third quarter (September-December, 2021) to 3.18 crore of fourth quarter (January-March, 2022), said the report on Fourth Round (January-March 2022) of Quarterly Employment Survey (QES), part of All India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AQEES).

‘Including Anderson, Broad would be a mistake’

Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell has said including both “ageing” pace bowling stalwarts, James Anders and Stuart Broad for England’s away Test tours, would be a mistake, given that they are best suited for home conditions.The pace bowling duo,

Italy’s Berlusconi wins Senate seat after tax ban

Just in time to celebrate his 86th birthday, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making his return to Italy’s parliament, winning a seat in the Senate nearly a decade after being banned from holding public office over a tax fraud conviction.Berlusconi,