Yes Bank on Saturday reported a 59% year-on-year rise in net profit to Rs 801 crore for the June quarter of FY26, buoyed by strong gains from treasury operations and a sharp uptick in non-core income.The private sector lender said its other income surged 46% to Rs 1,752 crore, while treasury income swung to a…
Ireland’s Andy Byron (left) spent a strange 24 hours because of his namesake’s Coldplay viral video in the US. Ireland’s Andy Byron who had to change his LinkedIn bio to ‘NOT THE GUY FROM THE COLDPLAY GIG’ said he had a strange 24 hours as people from all over the world flocked to his LinkedIn…
India’s global leadership in food safety and standard-setting received a boost at the 88th Executive Committee meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CCEXEC88), with its millet grain standards earning praise at the high-level gathering held in Rome from July 14 to 18.According to an official statement, the international forum acknowledged India’s efforts in spearheading the…
TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that up to five fighter jets were shot down during the recent India-Pakistan conflict, triggering a social media dogfight between partisans over which country came up trumps in the brief war. At a White House dinner with Republican lawmakers, Trump, who is under political…
AU Small Finance Bank on Saturday reported a 16% year-on-year increase in its net profit to Rs 581 crore for the first quarter of FY26, up from Rs 503 crore in the same period last year. The Jaipur-headquartered lender posted growth in both income and profitability, though asset quality weakened during the quarter.Total income for…
Sidley Austin reportedly terminated a summer intern as she started biting people in the Manhattan office. Global law firm Sidley Austin, the company where Barack Obama and Michelle Obama met for the first time, is at the center of a juicy Reddit gossip this week as the company had to fire a summer intern in…
HDFC Bank on Saturday declared its first-ever bonus issue, approving a 1:1 allotment ratio under which shareholders will receive one fully paid-up equity share of face value Rs 1 for every one equity share held. This marks a historic first for India’s largest private sector lender since its inception.The bank’s board has fixed Wednesday, August…
Obama coup: Tulsi Gabbard called for Barack Obama’s prosecution for planning a coup in 2016 planting fake intelligence on Russian influence. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused Barack Obama of planning intelligence related to Russian interference in the 2016 election. As the Trump administration suffers from a huge blowback over the Epstein episode and…
The government officially notified hallmarking standards for 9 karat gold, in a move aimed at reviving consumer interest in gold jewellery amid record-high prices. Until now, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) had permitted hallmarking only for gold in 24, 23, 22, 20, 18, and 14 karats.The ministry of consumer affairs issued the notification on…
Qatar introduced sweeping labour reforms post-2020, including the removal of the Kafala system and minimum wage laws, but enforcement and worker protections remain areas of concern in 2025/Image: Shutterstock TL;DR: Since abolishing the Kafala system in August 2020, Qatar has implemented sweeping labour reforms: nearly 350,000 workers switched jobs without NOC, a non-discriminatory minimum wage…
