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Today we received Certificate from Guinness World Records confirming of this unique achievement for organizing the longest Human Towel Chain. We are very happy to have set the record which will in addition to giving a boost to the industry for growth and unit, it also brings Solapur on the World Map, said Rajesh Goski, President, TDF.

Solapur enters Guinness records for longest terry towel human chain

The human chain of the Terry Towel organized by the Textile Development Foundation (TDF) on September 27.

9 Oct 2019 3:32 PM IST

Generally, most social media posts of NGOs revolve around largely planned fund raising activities where they provide economic relief on emergency surgery to the patient.

How Social Media is playing vital role in crowd-funding for a social...

The country constituting the highest number of Facebook users at 241 million.

9 Oct 2019 12:50 PM IST

The discussions failed to reduce tensions as the United States slapped tariffs on USD 34 billion worth of Chinese goods in early July, triggering an immediate dollar-for-dollar retaliation from Beijing. (Photo: File | Representational)

US visa move against China casts pall over talks to end trade war

The State Department did not name the Chinese officials affected by the visa clampdown.

9 Oct 2019 10:36 AM IST

Prakash Javadekar (Photo: G.N. Jha)

Country to get BS-VI fuel from next April: Environment minister...

An investment of Rs 60,000 crore has been made for this. It vehicular pollution by 80-90 per cent, said Prakash...

8 Oct 2019 8:45 PM IST

A donation of Rs one crore has been made to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala by Chairman of tech major HCL, Shiv Nadar.

Not just govt, everyone should help solve nation's problems: Shiv...

HCL founder-chairman Shiv Nadar was speaking at a Vijaydashmi event organised by RSS.

8 Oct 2019 8:34 PM IST

Telecom infrastructure firm American Tower Corporation (ATC) today announced that it has completed mobile tower purchase deal worth Rs 3,800 crore with Vodafone India through its Indian arm.

Mobile tower installation at 60 pc of annual target due to permission...

Overall, structural issues need to be identified and addressed at the earliest, COAI Director General noted.

8 Oct 2019 7:23 PM IST

Asserting that all its loans are fully secured, suspended PMC Bank managing director Joy Thomas stated that one large account - HDIL - was the sole reason for the present crisis that led to the regulatory action on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

PMC Bank crisis: It's time to massively increase depositor insurance

The PMC crisis has brought to the fore the need to increase the deposit insurance coverage provided by the DICGC.

8 Oct 2019 5:32 PM IST

About 25 per cent of the respondents indicated that transactions made through demand draft are more vulnerable from a money laundering perspective.

Govt sets up high-level panel to check money laundering activities

The committee would work towards policy cooperation and coordination across all relevant or competent authorities.

8 Oct 2019 12:07 PM IST

Reliance Mutual Fund is now Nippon India Mutual Fund with Nippon Life Insurance as its new promoter with 75 per cent stake.

Reliance MF is now Nippon India MF

Nippon Life Insurance, a 130-yr-old financial services conglomerate with significant global presence has over $700...

8 Oct 2019 1:38 AM IST

The Budget has given priority to agriculture, MSME, NBFC, infrastructure and affordable housing. Reviving business confidence, private capex recovery, manufacturing, have got lower attention.

NBFC Q2 preview: Pessimism abound

The RBI and the government have announced several measures to boost liquidity for NBFCs.

8 Oct 2019 1:30 AM IST

Research and development (R&D) spends of Indian pharma companies have been coming down since FY17 and are expected to remain low in FY20 as well due to challenging market conditions in the US.

Pharma R&D spend to stay low this year

Between FY11 and FY17, several Indian pharma companies have been ramping up their R&D spend, targeting the US market.

8 Oct 2019 1:27 AM IST

FICOs survey found that 40 percent of respondents said digital-only banks and fintechs were the greatest competition to their business. (Photo: Pixabay)

Don't fall for 1 or 2 per cent more FD rate at small banks

The regulator clearly has too much on his plate and is not equipped to detect wrong doing in a timely fashion.

7 Oct 2019 2:19 AM IST