November 14, 2021

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks that that loan accounts classified as non-performing assets (NPAs) should be upgraded as ‘standard’ asset only if entire arrears of interest and principal are paid by the borrower.…

Led by IT, energy and realty stocks, domestic markets on Friday rallied by 1.28 per cent amid expectations of good corporate earnings and economic fundamentals. The Sensex shot up 767 points to 60,686.69 and the NSE Nifty index rose 229…

The country’s forex reserves posted a decrease of $1.145 billion to reach $640.874 billion during the week ended November 5, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In the preceding week ended October 29, the…

As the valuation of a stressed asset declines each day, insolvency professionals (IPs) should work on a resolution plan within a particular time frame, an official of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) said on Saturday.…

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday emphasised that the issue of container shortage would be addressed “successfully” as the matter has been taken up with all urgency. During a day-long visit to JNPT here, Sonowal also said a…

Ahead of the virtual summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden next week, Beijing on Saturday asked Washington to stop support for Taiwan’s independence, and said the two countries should meet halfway to…

An Israeli married couple were arrested for espionage late Friday after taking photographs of the Turkish president’s residence in Istanbul, Turkey’s official news agency said. Anadolu Agency said a Turkish national was also arrested.…

Hong Kong authorities declined to renew a visa for a foreign journalist working for The Economist without any explanation, the magazine said. Sue-Lin Wong, who is Australian, was based in Hong Kong and covered China and the southern…

Six times more booster shots of coronavirus vaccine are being administered around the world daily than primary doses in low-income countries, the director-general of the World Health Organization said Friday, calling the disparity “a…

Passengers on board Vande Bharat Express between Delhi and Katra will be encapsulated in a completely vegetarian environment, and not just in terms of food. The cleaning agents, soaps and other such items will also be “neutral” material;…

IN A major relief to senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state Dr Nirmal Singh, and his wife Mamta Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal has kept in abeyance the November 8 order of…

FROM JUST SIX in 2018 to 55 in 2020 and 315 in 2021, the enrolment of girls in Sainik Schools — the six-decade-old institution set up with the “primary aim of preparing boys” for the National Defence Academy — has been steadily rising.…

At least 26 Maoists were killed Saturday in a fierce encounter with security forces in a dense forest in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra police said. Four policemen were also injured in the encounter and were taken to a Nagpur hospital.…

Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India early next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with a delegation of US lawmakers on Saturday, led by Senator John Cornyn. Cornyn was one of the two US senators who…

Two days after Harekala Hajabba received his Padma Shri, the government school the former fruit vendor helped build started on a typical note. Even as Karnataka Road State Transport Corporation staff were at his home to felicitate him, the…

A call to end subsidies on fossil fuels in the draft text invited strong objections from India and many other developing countries but the Glasgow climate meeting seemed all set on Saturday night to push through an agreement despite several…

An injunction suit has been filed before a Delhi court seeking to stop the publication, circulation, and sale of ex-Union minister Salman Khurshid’s book for allegedly hurting the sentiments of a large section of society, the lawyer of the…

The Indian team will have a week-long preparatory camp in Mumbai from Monday ahead of the series against New Zealand without Rahul Dravid, who will be with the T20 squad. In another important development, VVS Laxman will replace Dravid as…

Ravi Shastri shared a heartwarming post on Saturday after stepping down as the head coach of India men’s cricket team, saying he will cherish the memories made along the way and will continue to back the Men in Blue in the future.…

New Delhi, Nov 13 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday conferred Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award to 12 players including Tokyo Olympics Gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here on Saturday.…