Having opened over 12 crore Jan Dhan bank accounts under its flagship financial inclusion programme, the government is now mulling over ways to step up the utilisation of these accounts, including through POS transactions and the Business Correspondents.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq won the battle to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State group, backed by a coalition of the unlikely in Iranian advisers, Shiite militias, and U.S.-led airstrikes, but the country now faces what could be its most important battle: Winning the support of the Sunni…. - Source
What the minimum wage means for disadvantaged youth should be the central question of this controversial topic. For them, the minimum wage is a big issue. - Source
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s new government has ordered a criminal investigation into alleged corruption at the state-run national airline that it says involved “billions of dollars”.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said his government would run its own oil sales and deposit revenues abroad in a bid to divert proceeds away from a rival, self-declared administration in Tripoli.
Cristiano Ronaldo grabs five goals as Real Madrid thrash struggling Granada at the Bernabeu. - Source
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) – While the Los Angeles Lakers have Jack Nicholson and the Hollywood crowd sitting courtside for their games, the Washington Nationals have attracted a set of high-profile groupies of their own: the nation’s powerbrokers.
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew reveals he has been getting help to deal with his touchline behaviour from Jeremy Snape. - Source
World champion Mark Selby beats Gary Wilson 10-2 in the final of the China Open in Beijing. - Source
Gloucester “would welcome” discussions over the potential sale of the club, says chief executive Stephen Vaughan. - Source
Wall Street is bracing for news on how the rising dollar and falling oil prices have impacted publicly traded firms’ latest earnings, but a look at privately held companies’ recent financial results reveals positive trends on both the revenue and profit fronts, according to Sageworks, a financial information company.
Private companies, which drive roughly half of GDP and 65 percent of new job creation in the U.S., are growing sales at an annual rate of 9.2 percent, based on an analysis of financial statements filed over the 12 months ended March 23. That’s the highest rate of revenue growth since 2012, and profit margins are at a five-year high. Net profit margins, on average, are nearly 9 percent, compared with about 6 percent in the comparable period a year earlier. - Source
Ms. Tharp reflects on a half-century of making dances, what sustains her art and how best to archive her old pieces.
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