Jubilee News Desk Bank of Baroda, the winner of the ‘Best Technology Bank’ award amongst the large banks at the IBA Banking Technology 2021 and the Top bank as per MEITY digital payments ranking index FY21, announces the launch of its digital banking platform ‘bob World’ – aimed at providing …
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“We were not allowed to protest” say women protestors in Afganistan
Special Desk Unarmed women protestors demanding rights following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan were stopped with tear gas allege the protestors. The women group say the Taliban targeted them with tear gas and pepper spray as they tried to walk from a bridge to the presidential palace during the protest …
Read More »Political turmoil in Japan as Suga decides to step down
Special Desk The Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has decided to step down and shall not even re-contest as a PM candidate. This has set the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response particularly and gradually sinking public support. Suga said he …
Read More »Ida brings flash floods, disrupts life
Special Desk Life has been disrupted as storm Ida has brought flash floods and heavy rain to New York City. US President Joe Biden said historic investment is needed to deal with the climate crisis, as the north-east reels from flash flooding and tornadoes that have killed at least 45 …
Read More »UK to invest $1.2 billion in green energy projects in India
Dr. Seema Javed The UK-India economic relationship is already strong with bilateral trade of over £18bn in 2020, supporting nearly half-a-million jobs in each other’s economies. Earlier this year, the UK and Indian Prime Ministers launched the UK-India 2030 Roadmap, to bring the economies and people closer together over the …
Read More »US left demilitarized ammunition for Taliban!
Special Desk Hours after the American troop left Afghanistan on August 31 a chilling video emerged showing a body dangling from a US Black Hawk helicopter, reportedly over Kandahar. It is unclear if the person dangling from the rope was dead or alive or whether it was a human or …
Read More »Mandira Bedi interviewed PV Sindhu on her passion, inspiration and goals
Jubilee News Desk Bank of Baroda celebrated National Sports Day by organising an AMA session #SmashItWithSindhu2 with 2-time Olympic Medallist PV Sindhu and renowned sports commentator Mandira Bedi. The session has been viewed by more than 65,000 fans of the shuttler. Fans asked questions on various aspects of Sindhu’s journey. …
Read More »Give input to the RBI on monitory policy
Jubilee News Desk The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the September 2021 round of household surveys, which provide useful inputs for its monetary policy from the people. RBI said Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH), aims at capturing subjective assessments across 18 cities including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, …
Read More »Singapore to address rising concern about jobs
Special Desk Apart from covid, Singaporeans are worried for another reason and that is job losses to migrant professionals. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong underlined the need to address Singaporeans’ anxieties over foreign work pass holders as there has been a rising concern among them about job losses to …
Read More »India’s low-cost housing initiatives will have to be both climate resilient and climate responsive
After several years of worsening climate around the world due to global warming a clear pattern of extreme unliveable heat, glacier melts, heavy rain& floods, increasing frequency of storms & cyclones, drought and wildfires, locusts attacks , rising sea levels etc climate crisis has emerged. The latest report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …
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