NEWS AT A GLANCE
Would you like to know the balance in your Provident Fund Account?
There are around 4.5 Crores Provident Fund account holders in India. The EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organisation) has allotted a special number to each PF account holder.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 5:28:10 PM
The last date for applying for Assistant Geologist Post (21st March)
An announcement has been released for filling up the vacant posts of Assistant Geologist (Sections: Geology, Mining, PWD, Agricultural, Engineering, and Highways Department).
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 5:22:03 PM
RBI to launch UPI
The government’s digitization campaign is all set to mark a new milestone. A new Unified Payment Interface will soon be launched by the RBI. With this, all the digital wallets including Paytm and MobiKwik will become interoperable.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 3:51:52 PM
Gold rate decreased Rs.128 per sovereign
The cost of gold has decreased Rs.128 per sovereign on Tuesday evening (March 14, 2017). A sovereign was worth Rs.21912.00 and a gram was Rs.2739.00.The cost of 1 gram of pure gold (24K) is now Rs.2931.00.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 3:22:42 PM
Airtel Surprise offer gives 30GB 4G data for free
Reliance Jio made a riotous entry with its attractive data plans. Annihilating this, the other network providers did follow Jio’s footsteps with a little added twist.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 3:19:10 PM
MWSSB: water line would be cut off if drawing through electric motor pump
MWSSB (Chennai Metro Water Supply Sewage Board) has warned that the waterline would be cut off from any house if is found the water is pumped from the pipeline through electric motor pumps.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 3:13:52 PM
BSNL offers slashed rate data packs
Owing to Holi celebrations, BSNL has announced all new data plans for its customers. This includes upgradation of its existing plans of Rs 156, Rs 198, Rs 291 and Rs 549. More data, increase in validity, etc are some of the offers they have announced.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 3:01:06 PM
General Insurance Premium up by 15 percent
All the General Insurance companies have decided to increase the premium amount to cover general insurance concerning 10 different fields including medical claims by 10-15 percent from 1st April.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 2:33:40 PM
Central government employees to go on strike on 16th March throughout the country
All the central government employees will be on a token 1-day strike on 16th March (Thursday) insisting that their 20-point demands must be taken care of immediately by the central government.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 1:00:38 PM
Categorization of lands in Chennai through Internet
The future plans or projects of new infrastructure are allowed based on the types of lands available in the district, residential areas, Commercial areas, water sources areas, etc.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 12:56:02 PM
Google introduces invisible CAPTCHA
Ever since No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA were launched, there were millions of internet users who proved themselves as humans with a single click. Taking this forward, Google has made this invisible.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 12:27:59 PM
Sabarimala Sri Ayyappan Temple: Corridors to be opened today evening
The corridors of the famous Sabarimala Swami Ayyappan Temple will be opened at 5.30 PM today (Tuesday, 14th March) for the special occasion of performing pooja in the Tamil/Malayalam Calendar month of Panguni.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 12:23:13 PM
Chennai gets Amazon Pantry
Chennai gets Amazon Pantry. It is a grocery and household facility from the ecommerce giant Amazon. With this, there are 29 such cities having Pantries in India.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 12:17:00 PM
Steep fall in demand - Gold import business struggling
The gold import in India during the last month has come down to 54 tons. In the international arena, India is the lead in the usage of gold.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 11:33:06 AM
Prices of Royal Enfield bikes up due to the pollution control regulations
As Royal Enfield had undertaken modification of the vehicle engines to address the PS4 Pollution Control Act which is set to be implemented from 1st April.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 11:27:22 AM
Gold rate decreased Rs.104 per sovereign
The cost of gold has decreased Rs.104 per sovereign on Tuesday morning (March 14, 2017). A sovereign was worth Rs.21936.00 and a gram was Rs.2742.00. The cost of 1 gram of pure gold (24K) is now Rs.2934.00.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 10:54:24 AM
How do the banks arrive at the minimum balance to be kept in the savings account?
Currently, there is a situation where the certain minimum amount is to kept in the bank balance in the saving account as the account holders face the problem of having to pay penalties up to Rs. 600.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 10:50:59 AM
Changes in the pattern of suburban train services (14th March - 05th April)
Due to Line Block and Power Block to facilitate engineering works between Villivakkam – Avadi in Chennai – Arakkonam section, changes will be made in the pattern of suburban train services from 14th March, 2017 to 05th April.
Posted On :14/Mar/2017 10:33:51 AM
New Farm fresh shop in R.K Nagar Constituency
A new Farm fresh shop with modern facilities has been set up in the constituency of R.K Nagar (Chennai) where the former Chief Minister contested twice and won.
Posted On :13/Mar/2017 7:01:38 PM
100 more water tanker lorries to meet the demand for drinking water in Chennai
Following the Northeast Monsoon rainy season failure, the capacity of the major reservoirs in the Chennai have gone down to 13 percent.
Posted On :13/Mar/2017 6:27:19 PM
