MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has rebuffed calls to raise the asset threshold for upper-layer NBFCs to Rs 2.5 lakh crore, sticking to Rs 1 lakh crore threshold—a decision that keeps Tata Sons, the holding company of India’s largest conglomerate, firmly within its supervisory bracket and subject to listing requirements.Industry stakeholders had argued that the…
Representational image of teqball. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Nagoya: India’s Asian Games journey began in rather muted fashion at the Higashi Sports Centre here at 4:06 pm. There was no fanfare and barely any indication that history was being made. A volunteer holding a placard was the only sign that an Asian Games event was under…
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur (Photo by PTI) NEW DELHI: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has climbed to seventh in the latest women’s ODI rankings, while her teammate Smriti Mandhana continues to hold the top spot. The rankings saw a few shifts, with Sophie Devine dropping to ninth, while Jemimah Rodrigues stayed at 12th. Watch Mithali…
Ahead of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s final league-stage match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, RCB Director of Cricket Mo Bobat confirmed that captain Rajat Patidar is available for selection after missing the previous game due to concussion-related protocols.RCB, who have already qualified for the playoffs, will look to finish the league stage on top with a win over…
While Sanjeev Kumar is popular for being one of the best actors in Hindi cinema, fans continue to feel his void as he passed away too soon. He passed away in November 1985 at the age of 47. Sachin Pilgaonkar once shared the heartbreaking story of what was supposed to be his final meeting with…
Britain formally adopts new transgender guidance on single-sex spaces under Equality Act Rules / Image: File From public toilets and hospital wards to gyms, schools and women-only refuges, Britain is preparing for one of the biggest changes to its equality guidance in years after the government formally unveiled new transgender access rules.The updated guidance outlines…
Forty-five kilometres off the Belgian coast, in the middle of the North Sea, humans are creating something that did not naturally exist in the water. It is the world’s first artificial energy island the size of eight football fields, being built with 23 giant concrete caissons, each weighing approximately 22,000 tons. While one might assume…
PC: 3M Young Scientist Lab Dry air is not completely without water. There is moisture suspended in the atmosphere even when rainfall is scarce, and 13-year-old Aniket Sarkar wanted to find out whether some of it could be recovered for agriculture. His idea led to a low-cost atmospheric water capture system built with ordinary materials,…
India’s Sanju Samson (PTI Photo) Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has questioned Sanju Samson’s continued omission from the ODI squad, pointing out that the Kerala wicketkeeper-batter has a strong record in the format but has not been considered even for the final two matches of the series against New Zealand.Chopra noted that India have several…
