The imposition of a 50% tariff hike by the United States on imports from India weighed on domestic financial conditions in August, with equity markets taking the largest hit, according to a Crisil report. The agency said its Financial Conditions Index (FCI) fell to -0.5 in August from -0.4 in July, indicating tighter conditions compared…
Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar (centre) with election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi during a meeting with all 12 recognised political parties of Bihar on Saturday. (@ECISVEEP/X via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Bihar BJP on Saturday urged the Election Commission (ECI) to ensure “proper verification” so that only “genuine voters” are allowed…
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi has rejected a plea by Anil Ambani to settle charges related to investments in lender Yes Bank, potentially exposing him to at least a Rs 1,828 crore penalty. The case relates to Rs 2,150 crore invested by Ambani’s Reliance Mutual Fund between 2016-19 in Yes Bank’s additional tier-1 bonds, which were…
Wall Street pointed to a weaker open on Tuesday as technology stocks that fuelled early-week gains retreated, with investors scaling back expectations of another Federal Reserve rate cut this year amid persistent inflation concerns.Futures for the S&P 500 slipped 1%, while those for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 0.6%. Nasdaq futures fell the…
Lucknow: As UP BJP is one the verge of getting a new president, the question doing the rounds is: Will the party go with the ‘tried and tested’ OBC face into the forthcoming 2027 assembly poll? In the past two polls, the party had Keshav Maurya (2017) and Swatantra Dev Singh (2022) — both OBCs…
Bengaluru: Central Zone’s captain Rajat Patidar and Shubham Sharma on day three of a Duleep Trophy 2025 quarterfinal cricket match between Central Zone and North East Zone. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Mumbai: Under fire on social media from fans due to the lack of live coverage of the quarterfinals of the ongoing Duleep Trophy at its…
Gulveer Singh and Lili Das (Image-X) New Delhi: Asian Games medallist and national record holder Gulveer Singh, and defending champion in the women’s section Lili Das, are set to lead the elite Indian field at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon (VDHM), scheduled to be flagged off from the JLN stadium on October 12. Promoted by…
Actress Raashii Khanna recently revealed the reason for agreeing to star in the upcoming film ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ alongside Pawan Kalyan. During promotions for her latest movie, ‘Telusu Kada’, Khanna confessed that she committed to the role the moment director Harish Shankar approached her, without even reading the script. Raashii Khanna says an immediate ‘YES’…
NZ Cricket CEO Scott Weenink (Video grab) New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Scott Weenink resigned on Friday, bringing an end to a turbulent tenure marked by a prolonged and increasingly bitter dispute over the future of T20 cricket in the country. Weenink, a businessman and former Wellington first-class cricketer, stepped down after just over…
Filmmaker Karan Johar has approached the Delhi High Court, asking for protection of his personality rights and an order to stop the unauthorised sale of merchandise using his name.The move comes on the heels of a similar case involving Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, where the court restrained multiple websites and online platforms from exploiting…
