Gold loan NBFC Muthoot Finance shares surged nearly 10 per cent on Thursday after the company posted a 65 per cent year-on-year jump in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) for the June quarter.The stock climbed 9.83 per cent to close at Rs 2,757.55 on the BSE, after touching an intra-day high of Rs 2,799 —…
Magsaysay winner Sanjiv Chaturvedi’s petitions are piling up at courts across the country. The whistleblower has fought cases alone, and even found Presidential support. So why are his battles being stalled?In a judicial system where recusals are rare and typically explained, 16 judges — across district courts, high courts and even Supreme Court — recused…
Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong during the first round of the US Open in New York. (Getty Images) Coleman Wong made history at the US Open on Monday by becoming the first man from Hong Kong to win a Grand Slam singles match in the Open era, defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic in straight sets 6-4, 7-5, 7-6…
Idrissa Gana Gueye of Everton is shown a red card by Referee Tony Harrington after clashing with teammate Michael Keane (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) Everton secured a 1-0 victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Monday in a Premier League match marked by Everton’s Idrissa Gueye receiving a red card for striking his…
Shubman Gill and Sanju Samson NEW DELHI: In Cuttack on Tuesday, Sanju Samson’s name did not appear on the playing XI list for India against South Africa in the first T20I. For the fourth time in India’s last six T20Is, the wicketkeeper-batter watched from the sidelines as Jitesh Sharma took his place. The selection call…
India’s domestic growth cycle may be nearing its lowest point, with several supportive economic factors pointing to a possible rebound in the coming months, according to a report by HSBC Mutual Fund.The report noted that low interest rates, steady liquidity conditions, easing crude oil prices and a normal monsoon are all helping to create a…
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India unveiled on Wednesday its most comprehensive reforms in over a decade, aimed at countering US-driven headwinds and expanding credit to companies, while deepening capital market activity. Banks can now finance mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs more freely, while limits on loans against shares and listed debt securities have been raised.Central…
NEW DELHI: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi talked about Operation Sindoor, drawing parallels with a “trusted orchestra” where “every musician played a simultaneous or a synergistic role.“. Speaking at an event in the national capital on Saturday, he explained how the armed forces destroyed nine targets in 22 minutes, despite the time crunch.“Operation Sindoor was…
New Delhi: With the elimination of two more CPI (Maoist) central committee members – Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy alias Kosa and Katta Ramchandra Reddy alias Raju – by security forces on Monday in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, the strength of the outfit’s top decision-making body has shrunk by half in the current year, to just 10 members…
AHMEDABAD: Fifteen years of separation. A shared sentence. Now, a Gujarat HC order offered a rare pause to a couple convicted of murdering the woman’s former boyfriend in 2010 – a chance to create life, even while serving time for taking one.Jayendra Damor and Sejal Bariya have been granted extended parole to undergo in-vitro fertilisation…
