Mumbai, March 13 Maharashtra Minister Dada Bhuse warned on Friday that strict action would be taken against schools, including those affiliated with national and international boards, that fail to comply with the legislation making Marathi mandatory for Classes 1 to 10.Bhuse informed the state...
Bengaluru, March 12 Fexo, an AI intelligence platform focused on the BFSI sector, announced on Thursday the launch of its proprietary AI decisioning engine for business loans.The new system is designed to help banks, NBFCs, and financial services providers accelerate the adoption of AI across...
New Delhi, March 12 A parliamentary panel on Thursday asked the Income Tax department to conduct "rigorous stress and load testing" of its e-filing portal and the entire IT infrastructure to ensure that there are no glitches when the new Act comes into effect from April 1.The Income Tax...
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compliance
data integration
digital overhaul
e-filing portal
financial regulations
income tax act
income tax department
information technology
it infrastructure
load testing
stress testing
tax forms
taxpayer assistance
unified data architecture
Chennai, March 12 South Indian Bank, a private sector bank in South India, has launched Employee Provident Fund payment services through its internet banking platform, SIBerNet, in collaboration with the EPFO, a top official said on Thursday.The integration with the Employees' Provident Fund...
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business payments
compliance
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employee provident fund
employer contributions
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epfo
financial services
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remittances
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south india
south indian bank
statutory payments
New Delhi, March 11 Companies keen on adopting AI prefer IT services firms that are "AI-building" companies, offering a new services model defined by designing and building custom, full-stack solutions to deliver enterprise value from Artificial Intelligence, Nasdaq-listed Cognizant said in a...
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ai strategy
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compliance
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digital transformation
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it services
return on investment
systems engineering
workflow redesign
New Delhi, March 10 Air India has launched an internal investigation regarding a video showing a former cabin crew member seated inside the cockpit of an aircraft."We are aware of a video circulating on social media that shows a former Air India cabin crew member seated in the cockpit," the...
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aircraft safety
airline investigation
cabin crew
cockpit security
compliance
employee conduct
flight operations
former employee
internal affairs
investigation
operational protocols
security procedures
social media
video incident
New Delhi, March 9 Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) K Sanjay Murthy said on Monday that autonomous institutions should use tools like the Risk-Control Maturity Scorecard (RCMS) to assess whether financial prudence is being followed.Addressing a workshop, organized with central...
New Delhi, March 9 The Central Information Commission (CIC) has advised the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) to make orders, directions, circulars, and policy decisions affecting audit practices and standards publicly available.This observation came while disposing of a second...
Bengaluru, March 7 The city police has registered 40 cases and fined 295 people for smoking in public places here.This action follows a recent special drive conducted on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday across the northern division of Bengaluru City, they said.During the operation...
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cigarettes and other tobacco products act
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compliance
cotpa
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public places
public smoking
regulation of tobacco products
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tobacco products
New Delhi, March 5 The securities regulator, Sebi, has directed non-bank custodians to segregate regulated and unregulated financial services through separate strategic business units (SBUs), maintain separate accounts for these units, and meet net worth requirements independently for these...
The Directorate of Geology & Mining, Jammu and Kashmir, has directed all treasuries across the Union Territory not to disburse payments to contractors or executing agencies involved in development projects unless a valid Royalty Clearance Certificate (RCC) is produced.According to a...
compliance
contractors
development projects
executing agencies
finance department
geology and mining
jammu and kashmir
mineral extraction
minor minerals
national highways authority of india
payments to contractors
pradhan mantri gram sadak yojana
regulations
royalty clearance certificate
treasuries
New Delhi, March 2 The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), for the third consecutive year, has fixed the interest rate on employee provident fund deposits at 8.25 per cent for 2025-26, according to a statement from the Ministry of Labour on Monday.In February last year, the EPFO had...
Shimla, March 2 Himachal Pradesh DGP Ashok Tiwari on Monday directed a comprehensive statewide audit of the implementation of the POSH Act across all police units and establishments in the state.The audit, to be completed within 15 days, will review whether the Internal Complaints Committees...
Union Minister for Labour and Employment Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya chaired the 239th meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) in New Delhi today. In a social media post, Dr. Mandaviya stated that several important decisions were made during the meeting to...
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New Delhi, March 2 – The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Monday approved an interest rate of 8.25 per cent on employee contributions to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for 2025-26, maintaining the same rate for the second consecutive year, according to an official statement...
Mumbai, March 1 Maharashtra Women's Commission Chairperson Rupali Chakankar has directed all district collectors and divisional commissioners to audit internal committees against workplace sexual harassment in government and private offices across the state within a month.The move aims to...
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committee structure
compliance
district collectors
divisional commissioners
government offices
internal complaint committee
legal action
maharashtra state commission for women
maharashtra women's commission
posh act
private offices
sexual harassment of women at workplace act 2013
workplace safety
workplace sexual harassment
Jammu, February 28 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Saturday directed all departments to ensure 100 per cent compliance with business reform measures within the next three months, reaffirming the government’s resolve to expedite the "Ease of Doing Business" (EoDB) reforms across...
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compliance
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district business reforms action plan (d-brap)
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industries & commerce
jammu and kashmir
reduction of compliance burden
reform implementation
regulatory reform
stakeholder engagement
union territory
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 27: Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary directed strict enforcement of e-Challan at crusher units, mandatory GPS tracking of mining vehicles, and the "One Parchi–One Load" rule to eliminate illegal mining across Jammu and Kashmir.Chairing a high-level Mining Department...
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district level task forces
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excavation limits
geology and mining
gps tracking
illegal mining
jammu and kashmir
mineral blocks
mining
mining department
parchis
royalty enforcement
New Delhi, February 27 The Delhi government has decided to appoint specialized audit teams to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the financial records of private schools, following repeated complaints from parents regarding alleged financial irregularities and excessive fee collection.The...
account audits
audit exercise
chartered accountants
compliance
delhi capital
delhi government
education department
fee collection
financial audits
financial irregularities
financial statement analysis
private schools
school financial records
school inspections
school management
Mumbai/New Delhi, February 27 The Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified revised rules for the carriage of dangerous goods in aircraft, which provide for a certification-driven and accountability-based regime for handling such goods.The rules, which establish a stricter reporting framework...
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february 27
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