Image credits: Getty Images NEW DELHI: At a time when India is in talks with US for a trade deal, govt said it will not compromise on the country’s interests because of deadline pressure to clinch FTAs.“We do not negotiate at gunpoint… until we are able to protect the interests of the country and people,…
CHENNAI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday announced BJP and AIADMK have decided to renew their alliance for the 2026 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Shah, who was in Chennai, said AIADMK will lead the alliance, and he was confident of a landslide win.The announcement came at a press conference where Shah shared the stage…
NEW DELHI: Tahawwur Rana (64), one of the main plotters of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, is being kept on “suicide watch” in a highly secure cell within National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters here after a special court granted his 18-day custody to the anti-terror agency.The Pakistani-Canadian, who was brought here on Thursday evening following his…
BENGALURU: The Siddaramaiah cabinet Friday gave its seal of approval to form an SIT to investigate allegations by civil contractors that the previous BJP govt took 40% kickbacks to clear contracts. The decision comes a few days after a commission led by Justice Nagamohan Das submitted its report to the govt on projects sanctioned by…
‘New artwork at White House’: Donald Trump’s new painting replaces Barack Obama’s portrait in foyer The White House on Friday swapped the portrait of former US President Barack Obama from a prominent spot in the foyer of the State Floor with a new painting of US President Donald Trump, depicting the dramatic aftermath of the…
NEW DELHI: India is geared up for a very high degree of urgency in finalising trade deals with the US and others, said EAM S Jaishankar Friday, as he stressed how the US under Donald Trump has fundamentally changed its approach to dealing with the world and the consequences this will have across all domains.India…
MUMBAI: RBI has proposed a new route for banks and NBFCs to offload bad loans, allowing them to bundle and sell stressed assets directly to investors through special purpose entities set up by regulated financial firms. Until now, only asset reconstruction companies handled such assets. The move, announced with the April monetary policy, is intended…
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi on Friday warned people about the proliferation of securities market-related fraudulent activities using various social media platforms (SMPs). It also asked people to report such activities on its portal, at https://mi.sebi.gov.in/.With the rise in digital platform usage, fraudsters are enticing victims through trading advice disguised as educational content, Sebi said in…
HYDERABAD: The rapidly escalating trade tensions between the US and China propelled gold past the $3,200/ounce mark for the first time on Friday. This in turn also pushed the price of the yellow metal in the domestic market a step closer to the psychologically important Rs 1 lakh/10-gram mark, to Rs 96,000 by Friday evening,…
MUMBAI: Around one in three digital payment transactions with merchants in India during 2024 were credit-based, either through credit cards or EMIs, showing a shift towards short-term financing and phased spending. An analysis, based on transaction data from over 20,000 merchants, showed that UPI accounted for 65% of all digital transactions, while 75% of recurring…
