1 Prime Minister meets Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Vietnam on the sidelines of 35th ASEAN Summit 2019 in Bangkok[ph]Photo Courtesy: Naveen Jora[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Group Photo of Heads of State/Heads of Government at 14th East Asia Summit in Bangkok[ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Prime Minister meets Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan on the sidelines of 35th ASEAN Summit 2019 in Bangkok[ph]Photo Courtesy: Naveen Jora[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Group photo of participants of 19th IORA Council of Ministers in Abu Dhabi By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Prime Minister meets Vladimir Putin, President of Russia on the sidelines of 11th BRICS Summit in Brasilia [ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Prime Minister delivers his address at Leaders Dialogue in 11th BRICS summit in Brasilia [ph]Photo Courtesy: Naveen jora[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Prime Minister attends Plenary session of 11th BRICS summit in Brasilia[ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Prime Minister meets Xi Jinping, President of China on the sidelines of 11th BRICS Summit in Brasilia[ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Prime Minister meets Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President of Brazil on the sidelines of 11th BRICS Summit in Brasilia [ph]Photo Courtesy: Naveen jora[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 External Affairs Minister delivers his welcome address on the occasion of Constitution Day Celebration 2019 at PBK, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy:Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Celebration of Constitution Day 2019 at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy:Hemant Joshi[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 External Affairs Minister and Dr. GNM Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa sign agreement during the 10th India-South Africa Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) in New Delhi. [ph] Photo Courtesy:Hemant Joshi [/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Prime Minister attends the Video Conference of SAARC Leaders on combating COVID-19 By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 Prime Minister delivers his remarks during the Video Conference of SAARC Leaders on combating COVID-19 By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
1 TONY HETHERINGTON: Since your last intervention, Revolut has taken £2,500 from my wife! By Published On :: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 13:29:38 +0000 I had hoped that after your probe into Revolut, we could move on. But it has messaged my wife, saying that her account has been closed and funds returned 'to source'. Well, I was that source. Where's the cash? Full Article
1 TONY HETHERINGTON: It's your call... but I'd take offer to scrap £1,238 Vodafone debt By Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 09:13:13 +0000 My son has experienced no end of problems since upgrading his contract. His phone has been cut off, debt collectors have demanded money, and now he's being threatened by bailiffs. Full Article
1 TONY HETHERINGTON: I bought wine with Global Wine Exchange for £6,000 By Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:59:33 +0000 Global Wine Exchange sold me two cases of wine on the promise that they would be sold at a profit. They haven't been sold. GWE then told me that if I bought two more cases, they would sell all four. Full Article
1 TONY HETHERINGTON: We're watching you By Published On :: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 23:46:01 +0000 Two South London men awaiting trial on fraud charges have been ordered to hand over £8.6 million. Full Article
1 TONY HETHERINGTON: £47k bill for new build with no planning permission By Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:42:13 +0000 In January 2018, my son Michael paid a deposit on an off-plan new build apartment in Smithfield Square, Birmingham. Last year, we discovered that there was still no planning permission. Full Article
1 I owe £2,232 in tax but the new Chancellor isn't too bothered: TONY HETHERINGTON investigates By Published On :: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 12:09:25 +0000 I closed my company in March last year. Final corporation tax due stood at £2,232 and I have tried repeatedly to pay this, but now the company is closed, the Revenue just does not accept it. Full Article
1 It's worth digging...your PPI claim comes to £2,579 By Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:14:01 +0000 Ms B.M. writes: I had a Barclaycard, and I believe there was PPI automatically included, so I asked a claims company to look into this for me. Full Article
1 Basil! I never even use the name...but fraudsters stole it By Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:54:59 +0000 S.A. writes: I think some scammers are operating off the back of Beside Asset Management Limited, which you have written about before. Full Article
1 'Bulgarian "crypto firm" stole £5,680 from my account': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates By Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:28:27 +0000 I was contacted by Xtraderfx and told that it would transfer my frozen credit balance of £680 to my NatWest credit card. I agreed and gave my card details. Full Article
1 TONY HETHERINGTON: Financial Conduct Authority is a disgrace and your £20k loss is proof By Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:43:41 +0100 I looked for a safe investment and came across Wellesley & Co. I received a call, apparently from Wellesley but which turned out to be from a scammer. And I instructed my bank to transfer cash. Full Article
1 TONY HETHERINGTON: My uncle pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm By Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 09:04:33 +0100 'Going through my 91-year-old uncle's paperwork for him, I found he had signed up for Equitable Lifecare funeral plan in 2016, and has been paying £41 a month - £492 a year - since then.' Full Article
1 ASK TONY: Scrapped New York trip to care for son but refused refund By Published On :: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:12:26 +0000 My partner and I booked a short break in New York to celebrate my 50th birthday. At the beginning of August, my son was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma blood cancer. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: We caught car theft on CCTV but insurer still wouldn't pay out By Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:13:16 +0000 Our leased Range Rover Velar was stolen in October. The police never recovered it because the thieves ripped out its tracker, which was later found thrown in a ditch. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: Santander and PayPal refused to refund stolen £450 By Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 09:15:45 +0000 Someone has fraudulently opened an account with PayPal using my name. PayPal withdrew £450 from my Santander account. It refunded this, but took it back the following week. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: Water torture of our £1,300 bowls club bill By Published On :: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:41:37 +0000 I am the treasurer of a 300-year-old bowling club. In October, I received a water bill for £1,335.29 (£1,220.72 actual plus £114.57 estimated). Bills had previously been about £30 per quarter. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: STILL waiting for £800 refund after Corsica crash in 2017 By Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:42:44 +0000 My son rented a vehicle in Corsica in July 2017 and was involved in a minor accident which was not his fault. Enterprise Corsica, the car hire firm, has not repaid his €950 excess. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: Scammers stole £3k but Tesco said I was too late to complain By Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:21:01 +0000 I was contacted regarding potential fraudulent activity on my Tesco Mastercard in early October 2019. In total, £3,700.20 of illicit transactions were refunded. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund By Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:22:32 +0000 Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: I was scammed out of £170, so why isn't PayPal paying up? By Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:29:37 +0000 I received two texts from PayPal in the early hours of August 6 about a suspicious transaction. It was for £170.94 to a company called Zalando SE. I replied at 10.21am to say it was unauthorised. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: Husband's birthday Beatles treat fell victim to coronavirus By Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:25:20 +0100 For my husband's 50th birthday I booked an apartment in Liverpool via Booking.com. He wanted to see all The Beatles memorabilia and we had tickets to see the tribute band. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: Metro bank froze my account and it has £30,000 stuck in it! By Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:02:30 +0100 Despite my repeated calls and a letter to Metro Bank's chief executive, it was almost a month before it wrote back asking for proof of address and details of my travel for the past 6 months. Full Article
1 ASK TONY: Why was hard-up son charged £51 to delay car loan payments By Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:12:18 +0100 My son has been laid off due to the coronavirus, so he contacted Suzuki Finance to arrange a one-month payment holiday. It agreed to this, but said it will charge him £51 for this month. Full Article
1 £186 vanished after my Wayfair account was hacked: ASK TONY By Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:15:54 +0100 The homewares website Wayfair emailed to inform me my account details, including had been changed. I tried to check my account but my password had been changed. Full Article
1 ASK TONY:I got a £994 bill... years after I left my student digs By Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 09:26:18 +0100 In June 2014 I moved out of a student house I had been living in for two years while at university. The accounts were in my name. We always paid the full amount of our energy bill on time. Full Article
1 FDI in food processing may cross $1 billion in next 2 yrs: Harsimrat Kaur Badal By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 16:30:00 +0530 The government has announced 100% FDI in marketing of food products produced and processed in India in the Budget Full Article
1 Indian-Americans' startup Riversand secures $10 million investment By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 04:40:00 +0530 Riversand is a SaaS Master Data Management and Product Information Management solution provider Full Article
1 India third-largest fintech market in 2019, investments doubled to $3.7 bn By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:46:00 +0530 The vast majority of funds raised last year in India went into payments startups, while insur-techs raked in 13.7 per cent of the investments Full Article
1 Sequoia India leads $16 mn funding round in healthtech start-up Qure.ai By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:37:00 +0530 Qure.ai will use the capital to drive geographical expansion, expand product portfolio in two more areas Full Article
1 These techies are 3D printing ventilator splitters for Covid-19 patients By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 14:52:00 +0530 Their solution addresses the problem ventilator shortage in the country by splitting oxygen supply so that the machine can be used on two patients simultaneously Full Article
1 Covid-19 crisis: Consumer internet start-ups brace for salary cuts, layoffs By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:23:00 +0530 Companies taking extreme steps to continue to stay afloat amid Covid-19 crisis Full Article
1 Odisha start-ups seek relief package from CM to survive Covid-19 impact By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:01:00 +0530 The entities have requested the state government to act as guarantor for soft loans or facilitate collateral-free loans Full Article
1 Online pharmacies on hiring mode as orders during Covid-19 lockdown By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:02:00 +0530 Most e-pharmacies are operating with minimal staff and are not able to fulfill customer orders Full Article
1 Covid-19 impact: Technology start-ups have multiple silver linings By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:04:00 +0530 The lockdown has severely crippled half the ecosystem, especially e-commerce and mobility services; but the other half - digital players in content, social media and so on - is having a field day Full Article
1 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster launched in India at Rs 1.11 mn By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:14:00 +0530 Though a cruiser, the 1,200cc Speedmaster is built on the blueprint of the Bobber with design changes to suit the cruiser character. The hybrid, therefore, is touted as a classic modern Full Article
1 Harry Potter - 19 years later By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 09:32:00 +0530 According to JK Rowling, this is the last Harry Potter story. For each one of us - the biggest fans of Harry Potter - this is devastating Full Article
1 Business Standard Fund Cafe 2015 By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 17:36:00 +0530 Can The Mutual Fund Industry Continue On The Growth Spiral? Full Article