Vistara receives 21st Aircraft; becomes eligible to fly international

The 21st aircraft, an Airbus A320 Neo plane landed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport at 0336 hours today, the airline said in a release. Read more »

20 States sign MoUs to implement Ayushman Bharat health scheme

The scheme expects to provide up to Rs 5 lakh health cover for 10 crore below poverty line families identified using Socio-Economic Caste Census data. Read more »

Railways to deploy undercover agents to keep a close eye on train services

"Mystery shoppers", posing as normal passengers, will keep a keen eye on the amenities -- food and staff behaviour -- and will rate their performance. Read more »

HDFC Bank: Capital infusion to aid semi-urban, rural play

The bank said it had to get the go ahead from the CCEA as this was an FDI proposal in excess of Rs 5,000 crore not under the automatic route Read more »

Vedanta mulls options for Indian iron ore workers after shutdown – sources

The Supreme Court in February cancelled all iron ore extraction permits in the southwestern state of Goa and ordered mining to cease from March 16 on environmental and other concerns. Read more »

Maruti discontinues diesel variants of Ignis

The auto maker registered average monthly sales of over 4,500 units of Ignis during the January-May 2018 period. Read more »

Four suitors for Usha Martin’s steel unit

Jhawar has already met Tata Steel executives and is believed to have also contacted Sanjeev Gupta of the Liberty group last week. Read more »

IITs defer call on lowering cut off for admission via JEE

Several IIT directors expressed apprehensions about seat vacancies that may arise but also agreed that ideally the cut-off should not be lowered or diluted in any way. Read more »

Why the idea of a bad bank may not work for resolution of NPAs

The interim finance minister, Piyush Goyal, announced the formation of a committee to give recommendations on formation of an ARC for resolving NPAs. Read more »

Airtel, Jio, Vodafone to battle it out for football World Cup viewers

Companies, engaged in a tough competition with Jio, are offering live streaming of matches for free, plus reviews, behind-the-scenes or contests Read more »