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'.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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