NEW DELHI: Reforms undertaken by India’s official statistical machinery in recent years have led to updating of macroeconomic indicators, improved data dissemination, introduction of new and user demand-based surveys, laying the foundation for a more robust, credible and future ready statistical system, principal secretary to PM PK Mishra said Monday. Addressing an event on Statistics…
Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans become top landing spots for $120M San Francisco 49ers’ star.(Image via X) The San Francisco 49ers’ star player Brandon Aiyuk has found himself in a mess as the team voided his $27 million in contract guarantees and placed him on the reserve list. While the Washington Commanders have been…
MUMBAI: :Stress is emerging in the micro-borrower segment of the MSME industry, particularly for loans with ticket sizes below Rs 2 crore, even as larger enterprises remain relatively resilient amid geopolitical headwinds, tighter working capital conditions, and global supply chain pressures. The divergence in asset quality across MSME segments has widened, with micro borrowers showing…
NHL Trade Rumor: Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers emerge as top landing spots for $59M Winnipeg Jets’ star.(Image via X) The Winnipeg Jets star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck has found his name among trade rumors even though he has five seasons remaining with the team. While the Winnipeg Jets continue to explore different options for the…
Persistent CEO backs protocols amid Nagarro stock rally scrutiny BENGALURU: Responding to concerns over unusual trading activity in Munich-based IT firm Nagarro’s shares ahead of the deal announcement, Persistent Systems CEO Sandeep Kalra said the company followed “a very strict protocol” and tightly controlled access to the transaction. His comments came after Nagarro chief executive…
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet has cleared fresh investment commitment of Rs 30,000 crore towards new funds being set up by National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) as it seeks to leverage the additional resources to raise money from other investors. NIIF intends to set up a second infrastructure focused fund and will also support…
Quick commerce race intensifies as Amazon, Flipkart level up MUMBAI: Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart have made it clear that they are not going to play on the sidelines in India’s quick commerce battlefield. Big money, aggressive dark store expansion, discounts, cashbacks—everything is on the table. Listed players Eternal—which owns Blinkit—and Swiggy are jittery despite sitting…
In clean-up drive, ex-CEC Rajiv Kumar named HDFC chairman MUMBAI: The HDFC Bank board has appointed former chief election commissioner and ex–finance secretary Rajiv Kumar as chairman of the bank, subject to RBI approval. Starting June 30, the board has proposed a four-year term. The appointment ends uncertainty over the next chairman, following the sudden…
India to push FATF to put Pak on terror list NEW DELHI: : India is likely to cite video and other evidence of Pakistan continuing its support to terror outfits, seeking to bring back Islamabad under the ‘Grey List’ of Financial Action Task Force at the Oct meeting of the Paris-based antimoney laundering (AML) and…
99.7% Class XII re-evaluation cases cleared: CBSE NEW DELHI: CBSE Sunday said it has declared outcomes in over 99.7% of applications received for verification and reevaluation of Class XII 2026 results, even as it rejected a student’s social media claim on marks revision as “factually incorrect” and a “blatant lie”, reports Manash Gohain. CBSE officials…