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NEW DELHI: Envoys from the Maldives and Argentina lauded the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir after visiting the Union territory as part of a 15-member group of ambassadors based in Delhi. The envoys were invited by the government to see for themselves the situation in the backdrop of India’s August 5 decision to withdraw the special status given to J&K and to bifurcate the state into two Union territories. They said the people they met appreciated the lack of bloodshed in the Valley in the past five months. “My impression is that the people we met in Srinagar may not have been initially very happy with the abrogation of Article 370 but have accepted the fact. In the conversations we had with them a desire to move on was expressed. Almost everyone was happy that there had been no bloodshed,” the Maldivian Ambassador to India Aishath Mohamed Didi told ET. She said people in Kashmir spoke about their expectations from the government to deliver on the … [Read more...] about After guided tour, envoys of Maldives, Argentina laud J&K’s ground situation

नेटबैंकिंग में ओटीपी आधारित लॉग इन सिस्टम के बारे में आईसीआईसीआई बैंक के प्रवक्ता ने कहा, "आईसीआईसीआई बैंक हमेशा अपने प्रोडक्ट एवं सेवाओं को बेहतर करने की कोशिश करता है. … [Read more...] about आईसीआईसीआई बैंक के नेटबैंकिंग के लिए पासवर्ड की नहीं होगी जरूरत

Amitav Ghosh returns to the tide country of the Sunderbans in his new novel Gun Island. Half earth and half water. We chance upon characters whom we met 15 years ago in the ebb and flow of The Hungry Tide. The young cetologist, Piyali Roy, is now greying at the temples and still carrying in her the terrors of a storm that slammed into her on an island. There’s a cameo by the frail but formidable Nilima Bose who runs an NGO. There’s even a dolphin that reappears. The little boy Tutul, who sat in the prow of his father’s boat, is now a young man who calls himself Tipu. But Ghosh pre-empts any attempts at calling Gun Island a continuation of The Hungry Tide. Leaning back in his chair in a black shirt and dark blue trousers, a small scowl forming above his white French beard, the 62-year-old says: “There are some characters who overlap but that is about it. There isn’t much of a connection between the books. When you have lived with these characters for a … [Read more...] about There is a drought, but people are still happy to watch cricket: Amitav Ghosh

Overall financing costs of inclusive financing services for small businesses will be lowered by another 0.5 percentage points in 2020, while the country's five largest banks are expected to see their inclusive loans to small firms grow by over 20 percent year on year, according to an annual work conference of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission in January this year. … [Read more...] about Small businesses get more loans from Agricultural Bank of China

Besides acting, Tara Sutaria is a trained singer and has performed on several concerts abroad. She will next be seen in Milan Luthria's 'Tadap, a thriller drama marking the debut of Suniel Shetty's son Ahan in the lead role.  … [Read more...] about Tara Sutaria turns a mermaid in Maldives, shares breathtaking pics!