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SBI profit down by 66%

Country's largest lender SBI on Friday posted 66 per cent slump in standalone profit to Rs 1,263.81 crore for the fourth quarter of last fiscal ended March 31 as it more than doubled the provisions for bad loans. State Bank of India had reported net profit of Rs 3,742.02 crore in the corresponding, January-March quarter of the previous fiscal 2014-15.  

No need to move Rio Olympics:WHO

WHO said moving the Olympics would not have a major impact on the spread of Zika. The World Health Organization has ruled out any change in timing or the location of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, striking off a request by doctors and scientists to shift the games over the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil.

By 2018 Ganga will be cleanest River

Ganga would be one of the cleanest rivers of the world by 2018, says minister Uma Bharti at the 2 year celebrations of Modi government in the capital. She said,"If you think we have stopped taking steps towards clean Ganga, it is not so. Before any big race, a sprinter stops a bit, assesses the destination and then sprints towards it. So, our destination is October 2018 when we will show it to the world that Ganga is one of the cleanest rivers in the world."

IPL gambling; Man loses his wife at stake

This just looks like an episode out of the Indian epic Mahabharata. A man from Kanpur , put his wife at stake in IPL betting and lost her.As per his wife, he would beat her up every now and then and once he even asked her to bring Rs 7 lakh from her parents. The incident came to light after her husband's fellow gamblers began harassing her following which she with the help of social activists approached the local police who lodged a case against him. He is yet to be caught. 

Foreign educated docs fail India test

Statistics show students with medical degrees from these countries are finding it increasingly difficult to pass the screening test that allows them to practice in India. The number of students taking the test has doubled but the pass percentage dropped from 50.12 in 2005 to 10.7 in 2015. According to the Indian Medical Council Act, 2001, citizens with undergraduate degrees from outside India should clear the screening test conducted twice every year- June and December- before they do a one-year internship in one of the MCI recognized medical colleges. One has to score 50 per cent to clear the test. 

Arijith Singh Does not regret

Arijith Singh who was in news recently for apologizing to Salman Khan and also asking him not to take his song from his new movie "Sultan" said he is not regretting the incident. When asked about it, he said "I have no regrets about it. I know where my fans are coming from and I understand their concern. But I did what I had to do. This song in Sultan(from the Salman Khan starrer ) which was deleted was very important."

B'lore: Fake IPL final tickets being sold

Authorities conducting IPL have cautioned fans to not get caught in the scam of fake tickets where coloured photocopies of tickets are being sold at very high rates. There is expectedly huge anticipation in Bangalore and Hyderabad for the big final featuring SRH and RCB. The estimate is that some 19,000 tickets will be sold at the venue, but the buyers for these will be much more and hence the fake tickets in the market.

J&K CM's support to Kashmiri Pandits

Kashmiri Pandits have been getting quite some support from all quarters but there has not been much said about the issue by the government. This time Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday finally said that her government was committed to bringing back Kashmiri Pandits and other migrants to the Valley and would set up transit accommodations for them till they feel safe to return to their native places.

Pak girl stuggles to be doctor in India

20-year-old Mashal is seeing her dream fall apart. Though she scored 91%, she cannot appear for the all-India pre-medical test, the entrance examination for admission in undergraduate medical course, because of her status as a foreigner. Mashal’s Pakistan doctor-parents decided to quit their jobs in Sindh and move to India after the Narendra Modi government came to power at the Centre. Her parents said “We continue to live under labels: Hindus there (in Pakistan), Pakistanis here (in India)”. We just hope the girl gets a solution to this problem soon.

K'taka leader held for molestation

  A Janata Dal (Secular) gram panchayat president was arrested on Friday for molesting a woman in Karnataka’s Mandya District. He was caught on camera attempting to rape a 32-year-old female attendant, who was working as a Group D employee in the panchayat for over six years.After seeing the footage, the panchayat employees then thrashed him before handing him over to the police, who later booked a case against him.

CBSE 10th results;96% students pass

  A total of 14,91,293 candidates were registered for Class 10 examination this year, an increase of about 8.5 per cent candidate over 2015. The total pass percentage stands at 96.21 per cent, but it has fallen compared to the previous year in which 97.32 per cent students passed the examinations. Girls scored higher with an average score of 96.36 per cent while boys averaged 96.11 per cent.

RBI gov gets support from Cong

  RBI Governor got support from Congress party's P Chidambaram. "The UPA government had appointed one of the finest economists and we have full faith in him even now," said Chidambaram. Chidambaram joked at the political rivals for creating a controversy of the Ishrat Jahan case saying, "Yes we had breakfast with Lashkar and then we invited them for dinner too," he said on the Ishrat encounter.

Actors war of words on Kashmir Pandits

Anupam Kher and his counterpart Naseeruddin Shah have been in a war of words of sorts. It all started when Shah reportedly said, "A person who has never lived in Kashmir has started a fight for Kashmiri Pandits. Suddenly, he became a displaced person" this about Anupam Kher's fight for Kashmir Pandit's rights. Naseeruddin Shah has denied media reports that he questioned the former's campaign.

Zika virus threat to Olympics

A group of 150 prominent scientists, doctors and medical professionals have signed a letter asking for this summer's Olympic Games to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in Brazil. They said that while Zika’s risk to any single individual is low, the risk to a population is undeniably high. Currently, Brazil’s government reports 120,000 probable Zika cases, and 1,300 confirmed cases.

Chidambaram,Sibal Nominated to RS

  Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has taken a decision to nominate senior party leaders to Rajya Sabha. She has chosen Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram as Congress nominee from Maharashtra, while senior leaders Kapil Sibal and Jairam Ramesh have been named from Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka respectively. 70-year-old Chidambaram did not contest the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

Cong picks Puducherry CM

  V Narayanansamy has been named the Congress's choice to be the new Chief Minister of Puducherry. Narayanasamy had served as the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office in the second UPA government, after serving as MoS Parliamentary Affairs in the first UPA government.

Police in K'taka to go on mass leave

  Low salaries, duty hours extending up to 15 hours, no leave and harassment by seniors are some of the problems constables face and this has made them to go on a mass leave on June 4th in Karnataka. Home minister G Parameshwara said the government is thinking of increasing salaries of policemen. At the same time, he said strict action will be taken against constables going on mass leave

Pak fails to get US fighter jet deal

  According to media reports Pakistan seems to have failed to seal the $700 million deal for the purchase of eight F-16 fighter jets from the US following a row between the two countries over their financing. The Pakistani government was required to provide the Letter of Acceptance for purchase of the jets by May 24, but according to news agencies the document was not issued leading to expiry of the offer.

Farooq Abdullah on phone during National Anthem

  National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah caught on camera talking over mobile phone while the national anthem was being played after the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. The BJP had earlier dubbed the incident as unfortunate and asked Abdullah to tender an apology. He later said that he did stand for the anthem but if he did offend anyone then he is sorry.