Recent Views 9 Rahul Gandhi and Nirmala Sitharaman trade barbs over IDBI Bank stake sale, as Congress leader backs employees’ strike NEW DELHI: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman sparred on social media over govt’s decision to sell its stake in IDBI Bank with the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha backing…
Recent Views 15 Nasdaq bleeds: Faces $2 trillion wipeout in October More than $2 trillion in market value is set to be wiped from the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 this month, as Big Tech earnings intensified investor scrutiny of whether the billions being poured into artificial intelligence can generate returns quickly enough.The wipeout would amount to slightly…
Recent Views 11 An ordinary house in East Boston has become a Halloween destination after a couple spent months transforming its exterior into a towering, Dracula-inspired castle. Jimmy and Anna Magnasco, both 29, created the elaborate attraction, called Nightmare on Moore Street, using hand-carved foam, painted stonework, eerie lighting and animated creatures. According to Boston…
Recent Views 15 Banks add Rs 16.1 lakh crore in non-food credit in H1 FY27, with NBFCs, industry and personal loans driving growth; lending to NBFCs rises by Rs 1.8 lakh crore MUMBAI: Banks lent more to NBFCs than to home buyers in the first half of FY27, with advances to non-bank lenders rising by…
Recent Views 9 Anti-cancer drugs show mark-ups of up to 700% despite NPPA’s 2019 price curbs, raising questions over one-time price cuts A look at the mark-up on some of the drugs on which National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) put a trade margin cap of 30% on selling price in Feb 2019 shows that a…
Recent Views 11 Sebi extends FPI KYC review timelines from one to two years and three to eight years to ease compliance, while retaining the 10-year cycle for Swagat-FIs MUMBAI: To simplify the compliance process for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) registered in India, markets regulator Sebi on Friday extended the periodicity of Know Your Client…
Recent Views 17 Supreme Court warns against misuse of rape laws after consensual relationships turn sour, saying breakups cannot retrospectively criminalise consensual sex NEW DELHI: Society and courts must discourage weaponisation of criminal law against men in the aftermath of an emotional discord and breakup of a consenting romantic relationship, Supreme Court said Friday, expressing…
Recent Views 14 MCA says its role in appointing NCLT members is only administrative, a day after the Supreme Court accused the ministry of “completely hijacking” the tribunals NEW DELHI: A day after Supreme Court’s observation on the role of ministry of corporate affairs in the appointment and infrastructure in the National Company Law Tribunal…
Recent Views 12 AU Small Finance Bank probes alleged data leak involving a Salesforce-hosted platform holding limited vehicle loan customer information, while saying its core systems remain unaffected MUMBAI: AU Small Finance Bank is investigating a potential data leak involving a Salesforce-hosted software platform that holds limited information relating to its vehicle loan customers, after…
Recent Views 15 Clooney foundation provides free legal aid to 9,000 women and children, expands mobile clinics (Image Credit: Clooney Foundation for Justice) For women and girls facing child marriage, domestic abuse or discrimination, getting legal help can be difficult when lawyers are expensive or courts are far away. The Clooney Foundation for Justice is…
