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Air India, the public sector aviation major in India, is facing worst ever cash crisis and has urged its employees to forego their July month pay so that AI can cut the cost as the company is fighting for its survival.

The Chairman and Managing director of the Air India, Arvind Jadhav said that all the employees of aviation industry have not faced any problem yet due to recession as they have been receiving their salaries, wages and PLI month regularly while many people had lost their jobs in another industries.

The State Bank of India (SBI) and Bank of Baroda (BoB) have recently confirmed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has not supplied coins from several months.

RBI deputy general manager K Mohan said that the requirement of coins by the different currency chests which are handled by different banks is more than the current supply of coins.

There was also a time lag and difference in the quantity of coins supplied as the Margao branch of SBI was supplied coins of one and two rupees in February this year while BoB got supplies around October-November last year.

Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh resumed yesterday from his over night score of five-over in eight holes and played positively in his first round but troubled thereafter and ended the day at 8-over in the 109th US Open golf tournament at the Farmingdale, New York.

Jeev made birdies on the ninth and the 10th holes and was back to three-under par. But a triple bogey on the par-four 12th and a dropped shot on the par-three 14th left him behind in the tournament.

Indian cricket team coach Gary Kirsten has been warned by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for his recent remarks on Indian Premier League (IPL) in which he said that due to participation of Indian players in IPL-2, they were mentally as well as physically tired for the ICC T20 World Cup.

According to sources, BCCI president Shashank Manohar and secretary N Srinivasan met with Kirsten and he was told not to speak openly against the IPL. Board's dissatisfaction was conveyed to him in London before the Indian team left for the West Indies.

M Suranjoy and Th Nanao, who won gold and silver medals respectively in their weight categories in the Asian Boxing Championship, 2009 held at Zhuhai in China, were warmly welcomed by the state Governor, Gurbachan Jagat at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal yesterday.

The Governor also gave cash awards of Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 to Suranjoy and Nanao respectively for their outstanding performance in the Asian Boxing Championship and he asked them to maintain discipline and bring more medals for their state and country.

Sri Lanka will play against Pakistan in the grand finale of ICC T20 World Cup at the Lords today.

Sri Lankan team is going through best ever phase as their batsmen as well as bowlers are clicking at right time. T Dilshan has performed exceptionally well with bat throughout the tournament.

On the bowling side, L Malinga, M Muralitharan and mystery bowler Ajantha Mendis have been destructive throughout the tournament as Sri Lankan team had reached in the finals unbeaten.