Karnataka govt feels it was 'forced' to close accounts with SBI & PNB after both public sector banks took 'dry stand' over request to return money entangled in fraud, it is learnt.
In ‘Corporate Frauds’, Robin Banerjee writes about the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, which had accounts of Jimmy Carter, James Callaghan, Saddam Hussein, and arms traders.
Chandigarh-based cybersecurity firm CyberX9 said a vulnerable PNB internal server could have allowed in a hacker, and the bank fixed problem months after patch was available.
The bank in July had filed multiple applications seeking the release of properties mortgaged with PNB against credit facilities extended to two of Nirav Modi's firms.
CBI also booked the company's directors for misappropriating the loan amount given to them by the bank 'with an ulterior motive to embezzle the public money'.
Real gains can be achieved when the government focuses its reforms upstream in better contract design, stronger capacity to monitor performance and maintain documentation.
In its first ever structured deal, Indian LPG companies are set to import almost 10% of their total needs from US. Trump has been pushing India to purchase more American energy.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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