The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) begins its three-day meeting on Tuesday amid growing inflation concerns, with a majority of economists and treasury heads expecting the central bank to keep interest rates unchanged this week while signalling a tighter stance later in the financial year, PTI reported.The six-member MPC, headed by RBI…
Tamil Nadu has a way of elevating folks that is unmatched anywhere in India, where stardom starts to transcend art and enters the dangerous neighbourhood of worship. One can be a bus conductor from Maharashtra, a starlet from Karnataka or a cricketer from Jharkhand, but once the masses embrace you, one becomes close to divinity….
PM Modi commissions three naval ships NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday commissioned three indigenously designed and built naval ships: INS Dunagiri, INS Sanshodhak and INS Agray in Kolkata, describing the induction as a major step towards strengthening India’s maritime capabilities and self-reliance in defence manufacturing.Speaking at the tri-commissioning ceremony, PM Modi said…
The White House believes a possible agreement with Iran to end the ongoing conflict could still take several days, with senior US officials warning that negotiations remain incomplete and the deal could still collapse, according to reports by Axios and Iranian media outlets.A senior US official told Axios that the proposed agreement still requires approval…
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh has held that the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) cannot cite software glitches or technical issues to justify a nearly 10-year delay in transferring provident fund (PF) accumulations from an employee’s old account to a new one.The commission partly allowed a complaint filed by employee Rajesh Garg and…
Most people, when they are going through something difficult, cannot stop looking at it. The problem sits directly in front of them and they examine it from every angle turning it over, measuring it, trying to understand it fully, giving it their complete and sustained attention. It feels responsible. It feels like the serious, adult…
Perhaps the most unforgettable memory of all is this: did love feel steady, or did it have to be earned? Children remember whether affection was available only after good marks, good behaviour, or obedience, or whether they were loved simply because they existed. Unconditional love does not mean allowing bad behaviour. It means a child…
MUMBAI: Q-comm player Zepto on Monday filed its updated draft IPO papers with markets regulator Sebi, taking it a step closer to its public listing targeted some time in July.The startup is seeking to raise up to Rs 8,010 crore through fresh issue of shares. A bunch of the company’s existing investors including Nexus Venture…
HUBBALLI: Siddharth Parsunoor (36), an artiste associated with the comedy reality show ‘Maja Bharatha’, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a forest area along Honnakuni Road in Humnabad taluk on Monday.Siddarth, a resident of Teachers Colony in Humnabad, was the son of Kasturibai Parsunoor, a former president of the Humnabad City Municipal Council.He had…
BARGI (JABALPUR): A survivor of the Bargi Dam cruise accident has alleged that the boat’s pilot and crew abandoned passengers moments before the vessel sank, leaving them to fend for themselves in rapidly worsening conditions.Advocate Roshan Anand Verma, who was travelling with nine family members, said the weather was calm when they boarded the cruise….