TW Newsdesk, Nov 24: The EPFO, or Employees Provident Fund Organisation, recently gave the go-ahead for the creation of centralised IT-enabled systems. Employees will no longer have to transfer money from their provident funds when they move jobs as a result of this. Even if a person changes positions after the relocation to the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, or C-DAC, to create the systems, their provident fund number will remain the same. They are not supposed to worry about transferring the accounts as a result of this. The Central Board of Trustees (CBT), EPFO’s ultimate decision-making authority, made...

TW Newsdesk, Nov 24: The Centre has approved the construction of 3.61 lakh houses in 17 states and union territories under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), taking the total number of houses sanctioned under the scheme to 1.14 crore, a statement said today. The approval was given by the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) chaired by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra yesterday. In the statement, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said that out of the 1.14 crore sanctioned houses, over 89 lakhs have been grounded for construction and 52.5 lakh completed and...

TW Newsdesk, Nov 24: Market gauges Sensex and Nifty started on a positive note today as participants showed keen interest in telecom, power and energy shares. The BSE Sensex was trading higher by 187.89 points or 0.32 per cent at 58,852.22 in early trade, while the NSE Nifty rose 59.85 points or 0.34 per cent to 17,563.20. On the Sensex chart, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid, NTPC, Sun Pharma and Reliance Industries were major gainers rising as much as 2.04 percent. On the other hand, Bajaj FinServ, Tech Mahindra, Maruti, Asian Paints and Infosys were among the major laggards. Analysts said the...

TW Newsdesk, Nov 24: The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that a foreign national who is a victim of domestic violence can file a complaint against her abusive husband if the violence is perpetrated during her stay in India. Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur dismissed the plea of Robarto Nieddu, the husband of Catherine Nieddu, seeking rejection of her complaint against him questioning its maintainability on the ground of their being foreign nationals. Catherine Nieddu had filed a complaint of domestic violence against Robarto Nieddu during their stay in Jodhpur in 2019. Robarto had first challenged the complaint in the court...

TW Newsdesk, Nov 24: Asian shares declined today as worries about inflation set off expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve might raise interest rates. Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 1.1% to 29,436.73 in early trading, following a national holiday Tuesday. South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.3% to 2,988.40. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged down nearly 0.1% to 7,403.30. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.3% to 24,588.48, while the Shanghai Composite fell 0.4% to 3,575.93. Markets continue to shift their expectations toward a tighter Fed monetary policy,” said Yeap Jun Rong, a market strategist at IG, adding that investors will be watching for U.S. data...

TW Newsdesk, Nov 23: A day after the Indian Railways withdrew the uniform of the staff serving on the Ramayana Express amid objections from a section of seers, railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said today the issue has been a learning experience. “We have learned from it. When we deal with any point in culture then there are many sensitive points to it. We must consciously adapt in our processes of designing, food, dress and other things,” railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, according to news agency ANI. “So, we should move forward with this learning,” Ashwini Vaishnaw added. The catering and...

TW Newsdesk, Nov 23: Actor Kay Kay Menon says it is important to deliver a “believable” performance to make the audience connect better with a story. Regarded as one of the most versatile contemporary performers in Bollywood, the 55-year-old actor is most popular for his outing in Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi , Black Friday , Gulaal , Shaurya , Bheja Fry , Haider , Baby and Ray . He is presently garnering praise for his authentic and nuanced performance as RAW agent Himmat Singh in the recently released espionage thriller series Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story. I think one can...