FCNR(B) accounts nosedived to $900 million in FY26 Chennai: After three consecutive years of growth, net inflows under Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR(B)] accounts nosedived to $900 million in FY26 from $7.1 billion in FY25. The 87% year-on-year decline, the sharpest since 2022-23, comes despite the rupee weakening over the past year. Meanwhile, major banks…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is set to revive a 26-year-old mandate to dismantle internal cartels. The mandate requires the vigilance department to scrutinise all project files before payments are disbursed. This “pre-audit” system, which was standard practice over two decades ago, is being reintroduced to prevent engineers from certifying their own fraudulent work.The…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to pass an interim order staying the appointment of rebel Trinamool MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as leader of opposition in Bengal assembly. The order came on a day the first assembly session commenced with a BJP govt in office.The court was hearing a plea by Trinamool MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay…
The Pune Rural police managed to crack 20 cases of burglaries, robberies and dacoities with the arrests, while recovering gold and silver jewellery and a motorcycle together worth Rs25 lakh from the accused Pune: Three youths have been arrested and their minor accomplice detained for robbing cash and jewellery collectively worth Rs7.1 lakh from five…
Panaji: ‘Mhajo Flat’, a scheme announced in the state budget, will be rolled out within 15 days, chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Thursday. It aims to resolve a long-standing legal tangle that has left between 30,000 and 40,000 flat owners across Goa unable to register their properties in their own names.Sawant said that thousands…
Gems and jewellery dealers are looking forward to July 15 Surat: The city’s gem and jewellery trade has turned upbeat with the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) set to come into force on July 15, bringing duty-free access for a range of gem and jewellery products to the UK market.Signed in July 2025, the agreement…
Vizag’s Bhogapuram airport will get operational later this summer NEW DELHI: Flying in and out of Visakhapatnam will cost more once the upcoming new Bhogapuram airport gets operational later this summer and then commercial flights from the existing Naval airbase will stop. Domestic passengers flying out and into Bhogapuram will pay Rs 835 and Rs…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s wedding may officially be just around the corner.The star couple, who have had the paparazzi and fans on wedding watch, sparked off a wave of fresh speculation about the big day, after photos and videos from Swift’s Rhode Island mansion began doing the rounds online. While Taylor seemingly kicked off…
New York mayor, other leaders push to ban horse-drawn carriage rides after Indian teen Romanch Mahajan’s death. The death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, an Indian teen, falling from a Central Park horse carriage, strengthened calls to end the horse carriage industry as there have been eight horse-related incidents in Central Park over the past 13…
Japanese proverbs are renowned for conveying life lessons in an easy but powerful way through imagery. They have been handed down from generation to generation and usually highlight virtues like determination, discipline, patience, humility and self-improvement. Most Japanese proverbs are based on life experiences, nature and work. One such attributed Japanese proverb states: “Life without…
