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TopicBank of Baroda

Topic: Bank of Baroda

Reducing share to 51% in 53 firms — Bank of Baroda shows how Modi govt can earn Rs 3.5 lakh cr by disinvesting

At current market capitalisation levels, if govt reduces stake in listed companies to 51%, it can earn Rs 1.7 lakh cr from non-financial companies & Rs 1.8 lakh crore from financial ones.

With another RBI rate rise likely, data shows bank credit growing despite past hikes

During first nine months of this fiscal, personal loans and services sector drove up credit growth, shows Bank of Baroda report. However, manufacturing sector is lagging behind. 

Earthquake, flood, fire: What ‘Act of God’ defence means and when it is rejected by courts

What does the defence of Act of God exactly mean? When is it accepted as a defence by courts and when is it rejected by courts? ThePrint explains

Not ‘unforeseeable’ — why Delhi HC rejected bank’s ‘act of God’ claim after signboard injured man

Court awarded Rs 18 lakh to the family of a man who was severely injured after a Bank of Baroda signboard fell on him, rejecting bank's claim that an 'Act of God' had led to accident.

Bank security guard fires at customer trying to enter without mask in UP’s Bareilly

The customer was admitted to a hospital after being seriously injured. Police said the guard shot the person in anger and has been taken into custody.

Privatisation is here — these two public sector banks could be the first ones to be sold

Bank stocks surge as Budget 2021 initiates long pending reforms, but unions oppose move.

Higher interest, processing fee — How banks are making hay amid Covid as customers take a hit

From levying charges on cash deposit to processing fee on debt recast, both public and private lenders are finding a way to boost revenue.

Bank of Baroda withdraws order reducing free cash transactions due to ‘Covid situation’

Finance ministry says other PSBs have also intimated that they do not propose to raise bank charges in the near future 'in view of the Covid pandemic’.

Anil Ambani’s two finance firms to undergo asset sale, bank consortium set to proceed

Value erosion of Anil Ambani's two finance companies due to debt default has made asset sale only viable alternative, say bankers. RBI disagreeable to resolution under IBC.

Indian Overseas Bank & Andhra Bank among 8 identified for merger by Modi govt

Finance Ministry sources say background work for the mergers — which includes finding the right match for these banks — has already started.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.