Candy sticks and ice-cream sticks made of plastic may get phased out from January 1, 2022, the Centre informed Parliament on Friday. Responding to a query on the phasing out the schedule of single-use plastic, Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Choubey said as per the draft notification issued earlier this year, manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of some of the identified single-use plastic items are proposed to be prohibited by January 1, 2022.

AGR dues calculated by the government for 16 telecom operators add up to Rs 1.69 lakh crore while their self-assessment places their dues at Rs 37,176 crore.

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and Amazon on a plea seeking to prohibit the re-entry of Chinese fashion brand 'Shein' in India through the sale of its products on the digital marketplace. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice on the petition on the ground that Shein was temporarily banned in India by the Centre last year for being prejudicial to the interest and sovereignty of India.

Private sector lender Federal Bank on Friday reported an 8.4 percent fall in its net profit to Rs 367.29 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2021, as provisioning for bad loans soared. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 400.77 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.