Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), a public sector bank headquartered in Chennai, has announced a reduction in its Repo Linked Lending Rate (RLLR) by 25 basis points. This decision comes in response to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) recent move to lower the policy repo rate from 6.25% to 6.00% during its latest Monetary Policy…
Former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams has made explosive allegations against the company, accusing it of collaborating with the Chinese government on censorship efforts and misleading the U.S. government. In her testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, Wynn-Williams claimed that Meta, under the leadership of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, worked “hand in…
Two days after US President Donald Trump gave a 90-day breather on imposing reciprocal tariffs, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that India was prepared for a high degree of urgency on having a trade deal and this time around, it was New Delhi that was showing the urgency and not the other…
Benchmark Sensex surged by 1,310 points, while Nifty closed above 22,900 level on Friday after the US announced suspension of additional tariffs on India for 90 days until July 9 this year. Defying a bearish trend in world markets, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 1,310.11 points or 1.77 per cent to settle at 75,157.26….
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement has dissociated itself from the separatist group All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC). This move brings the total number of entities that have broken away from APHC to 12. APHC was formed in 1993 as a conglomerate of 26 parties that believed Kashmir…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services firm, reported a 1.68% decline in its consolidated net profit for the March 2025 quarter, amounting to ₹12,224 crore. Despite the dip in profit, the company achieved a 5.3% year-on-year growth in revenue, which stood at ₹64,479 crore for the quarter. The results mark the beginning of…
Cricket will witness six teams battling for top honours when the sport returns to the Olympics at the 2028 Los Angeles Games after a gap of 128 years. This was confirmed by the organisers on Wednesday. Cricket last featured at the Olympics in the 1900 edition of the Games in Paris, where a one-off, two-day…
Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana landed in Delhi on Thursday, a day after a multi-agency Indian team left from the US with him on a special flight following his extradition. The flight landed around 2.39 pm. Rana is likely to be lodged in a high-security prison ward in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. The Centre…
An Air India passenger allegedly urinated on a fellow passenger during a flight from the national capital to Bangkok on Wednesday, according to sources. Air India has reported the incident to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, they added. When asked about the incident, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the ministry would take…
After effecting two back-to-back 25 basis points rate cuts, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday hinted at another reduction in key policy rate by changing the central bank’s monetary stance to ‘accomodative’ from ‘neutral’, which may further lower EMIs for consumers. The bi-monthly monetary policy is scheduled to be announced on June 6. Unveiling…
