MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India board on Friday okayed a dividend of Rs 2.87 lakh crore to govt, 6.7% more than last year’s Rs 2.69 lakh crore, even as it sharply raised transfers to its contingency risk buffer amid a surge in earnings and balance sheet expansion.The higher dividend came despite a transfer of…
Photo credit: X/@XNews24_7 Russian president Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia’s commitment to deepening ties with India as Moscow continues to offer the Su-57 fifth generation fighter jet with technology transfer and local production. While addressing journalists in St Petersburg the Russian President said, “We are ready to work with India to supply the Sukhoi Su-57, to…
Pakistan’s sudden repayment of roughly $3.5bn to the United Arab Emirates has exposed how geopolitics and financial dependence are increasingly intertwined. What Islamabad described publicly as a “routine financial transaction” came after Abu Dhabi made an unexpected request for immediate repayment—at a time when Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves were already under pressure and tied to…
In a significant development in the high-profile gold smuggling case, Kannada actress Ranya Rao is set to be released from jail on Wednesday after completing one year under preventive detention, officials said.Ranya Rao, who is currently lodged at Bengaluru Central Prison, was arrested in connection with an alleged gold smuggling racket involving gold worth Rs…
Union minister of state for home Bandi Sanjay’s son, Sai Bageerath, who was asked to appear before investigators in a Pocso case for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor, did not turn up before the Cyberabad police on Wednesday. HYDERABAD: Union minister of state for home Bandi Sanjay’s son, Sai Bageerath, who was asked to appear…
Vaishali and coach RB Ramesh carrying Pranesh M (Photo by Michal Walusza and Chennai Grand Masters) NEW DELHI: Chennai Grand Masters is an elite-level annual closed tournament held every year in what is widely considered the chess capital of India. Divided into two sections, Masters and Challengers, players from different countries are invited to compete…
A discreet complaint about a young employee’s behavioral changes at TCS Nashik BPO triggered a covert police investigation. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Upadhyay on Thursday filed a plea seeking to declare forced religious conversions a “terrorist act.”The plea came in the backdrop of allegations of religious conversion and sexual harassment at Tata Consultancy…
Hundreds of Wikipedia editors are threatening to take major action against the company. These actions may include a potential strike. The threats of collective action reportedly followed the Wikimedia Foundation’s disbanding of a small team of engineers that many volunteers relied on for technical support and community-requested tools.According to a report by The Verge, the…
Image Credit: X (Soham Naik, son of a Goa BJP councillor and a resident of Madhegal, Cacora, was arrested on Sunday after locals gathered outside the police station demanding action.) PANAJI: Soham Naik, son of a Goa BJP councillor and a resident of Madhegal, Cacora, was arrested on Sunday after locals gathered outside the police…
Former CM Mamata Banerjee greets supporters at a sit-in to protest alleged attacks on party seniors and and workers (R) BJP minister Tapas Roy fends questions from media outside assembly over his claim that more than 50 Trinamool MLAs were ready to break off from the party (L) KOLKATA: The ‘M’ word entered the lexicon…