Shaheen Shah Afridi (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistan Cricket Board has doubled down on ensuring the smooth conduct of the Pakistan Super League 2026, but a fresh controversy has emerged involving two senior Lahore Qalandars players. Amid ongoing concerns over a possible two-day lockdown due to a fuel shortage in the country, skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi…
MUMBAI: RBI has placed consumer empowerment through portable bank accounts and cross-border efficiency at the centre of its Payments Vision 2028, signalling a new focus to improving user experience and reducing friction in money movement.While customers can freely open accounts with any bank, savings accounts are considered ‘sticky’ because of multiple standing instruction to send…
NEW DELHI: The penalty on nine carmakers that failed to meet the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE-2) targets for three years — FY23 to FY25 — has been revised to Rs 2,728 crore, as per power ministry’s presentation made to the PMO last week. Earlier, the penalty was estimated around Rs 7,800 crore.Earlier, penalty was…
NEW DELHI: WTO talks in Cameroon are deadlocked over a moratorium on e-commerce with the US seeking a long freeze on countries for levying tax on digital downloads and streaming, while India is so far unwilling to agree to this period.Starting from two years, India has indicated its willingness to go up to four, with…
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a written message thanking the people of Iraq for their support during the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, according to Iranian media reports on Sunday.Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike at the start of…
NEW DELHI: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Sunday called upon companies to work with govt to build reserves of raw material, fuel and strengthen supply chains amid disruptions from the West Asia crisis.“The present situation represents a supply side disruption, with pressures transmitted through energy costs, logistics and working capital cycles,” it said in…
The Election Commission portal for appeals from Bengal voters against exclusion from supplementary lists went live on Sunday, but there was no clarity on how to apply offline – a gap officials admit could disenfranchise large numbers unable to go online, report Poulami Roy Banerjee and Kaushik Pradhan.Nineteen judicial tribunals have been set up to…
NEW DELHI: The ongoing West Asia conflict and concerns over energy supplies have prompted govt to explore faster rollout of flexible-fuel vehicles (FFVs), which can run on blended petrol as well as 100% ethanol. At a meeting called by the petroleum ministry on Saturday, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) flagged the need to address consumer concerns,…
NEW DELHI: With the big Gulf carriers not on the scene for now is being seen as an “opportunity” for Indian carriers to get the business of flying between India and the rest of the world via hubs such as Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. “We are easing the domestic to international transit for Indian…
MUMBAI: Thanks to the war in West Asia and the ensuing oil price-led shock that the Indian economy is currently facing, top foreign brokerages and analysts have cut earnings estimates for India Inc as well as targets for Nifty by nearly 12%. They also warned that if the war continues for long and the oil…