MUMBAI: RBI has announced measures to promote internationalisation of the rupee, aiming to expand its use in trade, financing, and investment while reducing dependence on the dollar. The move comes even as the US is pressurising emerging markets from moving against the dollar.Financial Benchmarks India (FBIL) will publish reference rates for select currencies of India’s…
ISPL League Commissioner Suraj Samat with Sachin Tendulkar NEW DELHI: As the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) gears up for its third season, the league is shifting its principle focus from expansion to structure. In an exclusive conversation with TimesofIndia.com, ISPL League Commissioner Suraj Samat shed light on the upcoming season, the rollout of a…
Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’, directed by Aditya Dhar, is nearing its first week in cinemas but the praise around it is only increasing. After appreciation from stars like Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone, Anupam Kher has now shared his own reaction.The veteran actor posted a five minute video where he described the film as “unbelievably amazing”…
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) The fantasy thriller ‘Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra’, starring Kalyani Priyadarshan, has finally arrived on OTT. The response after the OTT release has been nothing short of electric. While it’s common for films to receive mixed reactions after their theatrical run, Lokah seems to have broken the pattern and the fans are…
NEW DELHI: The Madras high court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to clarify leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” (vote theft) allegations, terming the plea “completely misconceived.”“The petition is vague, devoid of material particulars, lacks substantive evidence, and founded solely on political claims and…
US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated his old claim that India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after his intervention. Speaking at an event in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, Trump added new details to his claims, saying that after his intervention, the next day he received a call claiming that they had made…
MUMBAI: This weekend, a prestigious luxury hotel in south Mumbai is the venue of meetings for members of a posh housing society on Altamont Road, one of the priciest residential enclaves in India. Three of Mumbai’s leading developers will be meeting them separately to pitch their offers for redevelopment. The competition among developers for such…
Lucknow: A 26-year-old passenger was booked by Sarojininagar police following a mid-air altercation with an Gauriganj MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh aboard Air India flight AI 837 from Delhi to Lucknow. Passenger, Samad Ali of Fatehpur, was returning from Jeddah via connecting flight. According to Singh, Ali used abusive language while talking on phone. When Singh…
Education in America is often narrated through its symbols of prestige: The marble halls of the Ivy League, billion-dollar endowments, cavernous football stadiums, and dorm life that looks like freedom rehearsed. But for most of the 19 million college students in the United States, as reported by The New York Times, that picture is a…
Shoaib Akhtar showed no mercy to Pakistan’s Salman Agha in his criticism of the skipper (Images via Getty Images & Screengrab) Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has fiercely criticised captain Salman Ali Agha after the team’s defeat to India in their Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 clash in Dubai. Akhtar, speaking on YouTube in the…