NEW DELHI: In a bid to ensure airfares don’t get completely out of reach for the common citizen and airlines don’t collapse, govt on Wednesday decided to set aside Rs 10,000 crore to cap aviation turbine fuel (ATF) or jet fuel prices and prevent them from sharp surges. This one-time budgetary support will be given…
There was a time when Indian politicians came wrapped in khadi. Leaders cultivated an image of simplicity — white kurtas, well worn sandals, modest lifestyles and a carefully curated performance of austerity that signalled solidarity with ordinary citizens. Wealth, even when it existed, was often concealed behind political optics.That era appears to be fading. When…
Who is Hasan Piker’s mom Ülker Sedef? Report links her to streamer’s college transfer after low GPA (Image via Getty) Political streamer Hasan Piker, better known online as HasanAbi, has been in the news after reports that he was denied entry into the United Kingdom by the UK Home Office. At the same time, a…
NEW DELHI: As Trinamool Congress stares at its biggest crisis with a faction claiming the support of 58 of 80 MLAs, the role of the West Bengal assembly speaker will be decisive in recognising one camp as the “original party” – as happened in the case of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.The Constitution’s Tenth Schedule bars…
MUMBAI: The RBI rejected all bids for 182-day and 364-day treasury bills while accepting only 91-day bills at auction on Wednesday, signalling its discomfort with rising short-term yields ahead of the monetary policy decision due Friday.The RBI sold 91-day treasury bills at a yield of 5.56%. The central bank typically rejects bids when it finds…
Image: National Portrait Gallery A handwritten letter penned by Princess Diana nearly three decades ago is drawing fresh attention ahead of an upcoming auction. Written just days after her landmark BBC Panorama interview in November 1995, the note offers a rare glimpse into Diana’s state of mind during one of the most turbulent periods of…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs condemned the attack on Kuwait airport on Wednesday which killed an Indian national. It called upon the parties to cease strikes on civilian population and civilian infrastructure.“We condemn the attack on the Kuwait International Airport today in which an Indian national has died and several of our nationals…
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday banned Rajesh Mehta, CMD of Rajesh Exports from dealing in the shares of the company till further orders. In its interim order, Sebi also directed Rajesh Exports to cooperate with the regulator’s investigating officer and forensic auditors to look into the books of the company.Sebi’s initial investigations showed that…
Bengaluru: A suspected sim-swap fraud has left a 27-year-old man poorer by nearly Rs 7.2 lakh after cybercriminals allegedly ported his mobile number to another network without his knowledge, gained access to his banking credentials and siphoned off money from multiple accounts.According to a complaint filed by Kamlesh Kumar, a resident of BTM Layout II…
A California tech executive has been arrested at his luxury ocean-view mansion after being accused of illegally supplying advanced US networking and encryption equipment to Iran’s nuclear and military institutions for more than a decade, according to US jutice department.63-year-old Jamshid Ghomi is a dual Iranian-American national. He was taken into custody at his $35…
