In a move to enhance transparency and borrower flexibility, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has barred banks and other regulated lenders from imposing pre-payment charges on floating rate loans availed by individuals for non-business purposes. The new norms, issued under the Reserve Bank of India (Pre-payment Charges on Loans) Directions, 2025, will be applicable…
Edward Kelley entering US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021 (Image credit: AP) A military veteran, who plotted to bomb FBI office and kill FBI agents probing his role in the January 2021 Capitol riots by Donald Trump supporters, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday.The justice department said in a statement that the convict…
Gold price prediction: What should gold and silver investors do and what’s the outlook for gold and silver rates in the near future? (AI image) Gold and silver price prediction today:Both gold and silver prices are showing strength, with gold heading towards Rs 99,000, says Abhilash Koikkara, Head – Forex & Commodities, Nuvama Professional Clients…
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Isfahan nuclear technology center in Iran after US strikes Recent US intelligence reports reveal that military operations have substantially impacted Iran’s nuclear capabilities, setting it back approximately two years, according to Pentagon sources, quoted by AFP on Wednesday.Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell informed reporters, “We have degraded…
Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, started trade on a flat note on Thursday. While Nifty50 was above 25,500, BSE Sensex was in red. At 9:18 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 25,512.65, up 59 points or 0.23%. BSE Sensex was at 83,628.19, down 69…
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday responded to Donald Trump’s repeated calls for his arrest and deportation, saying the US president’s hostility wasn’t about his identity but about what he stood for. “Yesterday, Donald Trump said that I should be arrested. He said that I should be deported. He said that I…
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) Asian shares inched higher on Thursday as investors awaited key US jobs data expected later in the day, hoping it would pave the way for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The modest uptick in regional equities followed record closes on Wall Street after US President Donald Trump announced…
Rescuers search for victims after a ferry enroute for the resort island of Bali sank off Ketapang, East Java, Indonesia, early Thursday, July 3, 2025.(AP) At least four people died and many others were missing after a ferry sank in rough seas near Indonesia’s Bali island late Wednesday (local time), news agency AFP reported.The KMP…
NEW DELHI: In what has the potential to disturb India’s strong march in manufacturing, tensions with China have seen the neighbouring country delay delivery of critical machinery while ordering the pullout of some of its citizens from Indian factories, including those engaged in engineering and manufacturing jobs at Foxconn, Apple’s contract manufacturer.This comes just as…
Microsoft Corp’s gaming division began cutting hundreds of employees on Wednesday, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years. Microsoft employed 228,000 full-time workers as of last June. Subsidiaries across the gaming organisation were told that they would be affected by the layoffs — King division, which makes Candy…
