MUMBAI: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday called for Indian banks to emerge as market-makers in offshore markets, urging a more active global role for domestic lenders as the central bank seeks to shift rupee price discovery onshore, speaking at the FIMMDA-PDAI Annual Conference in Amsterdam.Noting that Indian banks deal only with offshore market makers…
Trump says admitting 500,000 good Chinese students is beneficial for the US. US President Donald Trump spoke about accepting 500,000 Chinese students in the US at a time when his administration has cracked the whip on even legal immigration, and said it’s a very insulting thing to say to a country that “I don’t want…
Former cricket administrator Lalit Modi NEW DELHI: Former IPL chairman and businessman Lalit Modi has pushed back strongly against being labelled a “fugitive”, insisting that he has “never been convicted” of any crime.He also dismissed the tag as a product of “media sensationalism” rather than legal reality.In an exclusive interview with news agency ANI, Lalit…
NEW DELHI: The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has welcomed emergency medical assistance provided by India to support efforts against the worsening Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), expressing gratitude for New Delhi’s support during the public health crisis.In a post on X, Africa CDC said the…
When did you last have a real conversation with your teenager? Not about homework. Not about dinner. Not about what time they need to be back home. A real conversation. One where they actually told you something that mattered to them. If you are struggling to remember, you are not alone. And the good news…
SRINAGAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party Monday served a legal notice to Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah over his allegation that a BJP representative approached a National Conference legislator from Jammu with an offer of Rs 20 crore to Rs 30 crore, a ministerial berth and the restoration of statehood if he switched allegiance…
England’s Ben Stokes (AP Photo) England’s preparations for the second Test against New Zealand have been overshadowed by a fresh off-field controversy involving captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson. The pair are reported to have broken the team curfew after England’s 115-run victory in the opening Test at Lord’s and later become involved…
NEW DELHI: A special CBI court in Delhi has acquitted the brother of former Union minister Subodh Kant Sahay and others in a coal block allocation case, strongly criticising the prosecution’s investigation and evidence.The former minister’s brother, Sudhir Kumar Sahay, was one of the directors of SKS Ispat & Power Ltd who was accused in…
Air filters trap biological particles along with ordinary dust and pollution, allowing laboratory sequencing to reveal environmental DNA Every breath you take carries an invisible record of the living world, and scientists have discovered a way to read it using ordinary air filters.By studying the tiny particles trapped inside standard air-quality monitoring equipment, researchers can…
Indian-American engineer Vibhav Altekar has come into the spotlight after a drone boat developed by his company, Saronic Technologies, played a role in a first-of-its-kind US military rescue mission near the Strait of Hormuz.Altekar studied Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. During his time there, he worked on research projects in areas including…