MUMBAI: Gold loan defaults have nearly doubled in five months even as outstanding balances tripled over three years, pointing to a rise in stress in a rapidly expanding segment of the lending market. Loans overdue by more than 90 days accounted for 0.3% of the portfolio in Aug 2026, up from 0.2% in March 2026….
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 (KYC) review from…
Indian killed as copters collide during Everest rescue A 47-year-old tourist from Chennai was killed and two others – an Indian-origin New Zealand citizen and a pilot – were injured when two helicopters collided barely about 10 feet above a helipad near Mt Everest on Tuesday. The accident occurred around 8.11am at Pheriche, 12km south…
Mariya Shah bags Oxford Saïd Global Climate Tech Challenge 2026. An Indian teacher has brought two subjects rarely discussed together in classrooms, menstrual health and climate change, into a single teaching programme. Her initiative, which examines the environmental impact of menstrual products alongside period education and waste reduction, has won the teacher category at the…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is developing an 11-km Chhath ghat along the Munak Canal, stretching from Outer Ring Road to Inderlok. Set to be the capital’s longest, the facility will accommodate thousands of devotees. BJP president Nitin Nabin will inaugurate the ghat near Singalpur village on Nov 12, a day before the four-day festival begins….
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has issued a series of directions to step up pollution-control measures from Nov 1, including extending the working hours of road-sweeping machines, fixing departmental responsibilities and making four-hour daily inspections by zonal deputy commissioners mandatory. The civic body will also deploy an additional task force (2000 workers on…
Srinjoy Chatterjee (right) hands over the ID cards to Biswajit Porel Kolkata: A plogging drive at the Maidan last weekend turned rewarding when volunteers found a wallet and one of them managed to return them to the owner, nearly three months after he had lost them.Srinjoy Chatterjee was among the volunteers cleaning the area around…
UPSC has released the ESE 2027 examination calendar, fixing January 31 for the Preliminary Examination and June 18 for the Mains. Check the complete schedule, important dates and steps to download the official notification. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the examination schedule for the Engineering Services Examination (ESE) 2027, providing engineering graduates…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) is developing a 951.79-acre industrial area at Bhara Pachpera in Pilibhit’s Amaria tehsil, with 200 acres earmarked for a dedicated bio-pharma park to attract investments in the manufacturing of advanced biological medicines, an official spokesperson said on Wednesday.The proposed park will encourage units manufacturing vaccines, insulin,…
Lucknow: Green Gas Limited (GGL) has announced an increase in compressed natural gas (CNG) retail prices across five cities in Uttar Pradesh, effective from 6am on Sunday, citing rising procurement costs of regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) amid increased winter demand and global supply uncertainties.Under the revised rates, CNG prices in Lucknow and Agra will…
