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As NEFT Goes 24/7, RBI Bars Banks from Charging Fees

The RBI circular said that in order to give further impetus to digital retail payments, member banks shall not levy any charges from their savings bank account holders for funds transfers done through the NEFT system which are initiated using internet banking or mobile apps.

BrahMos Missile Successfully Test-Fired from Odisha’s Chandipur

The land-attack version of the missile was test-fired from a mobile autonomous launcher at Launch Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at around 8.30 am, they said. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was successful, meeting all the parameters, a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) source said.

Nepali Officials Start Anti-Corruption Training in India

“This latest training for Nepali officers reaffirms India’s continuing commitment for capacity building of Nepali officers,” the statement added. The officials will be provided training on the basis of tailor-made course that has been specially designed at the request of Government of Nepal for a total of 42 CIAA officers.

Air Marshal Choudhury Takes Charge as National Defence College Commandant

Air Marshal Choudhury is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the fighter stream of the India Air Force on 22nd December 1983. The Air Marshal also an alumnus of the Royal College of Defence Studies, UK, Post Graduate in Strategy and International Security from King’s College London and also holds an M.Phil degree in Defence and Strategic Studies.

Several Illegal Bangladeshis Returning Home – Thanks to Modi’s CAB

A highly placed source in the BSF told The Sunday Guardian, “The reverse migration of illegal Bangladeshis has increased in the last few days. We have information that every day, people are crossing over to Bangladesh and they are using the porous border in North 24 Parganas area of Basirhat and Bongaon, and the border in Nadia district to cross over. Some reports are also coming in from Malda in West Bengal.”

Ex-Air Chief BS Dhanoa Refutes Reports Of IAF Going ‘Incommunicado’ During Balakot Airstrike

Amid reports of Indian Air Force lacking ‘operational-data link and jets going incommunicado’ during the Pakistan Air Force retaliation on February 27, former Air Chief BS Dhanoa on Sunday said Indian Air Force is a network enabled force and it has joint air defence centre. Dhanoa said any assumption that IAF lacks communication and airborne Sukhoi-30s could not establish communication with bases during retaliatory measures against Pakistan post-Balakot is wrong.