MUMBAI: The rupee weakened by 26 paise to settle at 95.99 against the US dollar on Thursday, dragged by a surge in crude oil prices and a strong greenback amid geopolitical uncertainties. According to forex traders, the domestic currency was also weighed down by heavy selling in domestic equity markets as investors moved toward risk…
MUMBAI: UPI’s new merchant fee is intended to recover some of the cost that the payments system has so far absorbed. Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO of NPCI, put the annual cost to the banking system at about Rs 21,000 crore, including Rs 2,000 crore to Rs 3,000 crore for SBI. In a fireside chat…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Thursday said the merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI payments should be treated the same way as plastic payments, which are not passed on to consumers and will ask the Indian Bank Association (IBA) to ensure that merchants don’t burden customers once the new regime kicks in next month. Govt is…
Indian woman’s New York City apartment cost sparks debate New York City has become the subject of an online discussion after a conversation about housing costs drew strong reactions from social media users. What began as a chat about one couple’s expenses soon turned into a debate about apartment prices, different neighbourhoods and whether converting…
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, to the White House ahead of a state dinner in Washington. Reuters photo US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, to the White House…
NEW DELHI: National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) Thursday declared NEET-PG 2026 result, with 2,65,960 candidates having appeared in the exam held in two phases this year. The result includes candidates’ raw scores and overall NEET-PG ranks, reports Anuja Jaiswal.The qualifying percentile criteria remain unchanged from last year. For General and EWS categories,…
Bengal BJP spending on polls NEW DELHI: BJP spent Rs 287 crore on its campaign and candidates during the April 2026 polls in West Bengal, which accounted for more than 54% of its total expenditure of Rs 529 crore in five assembly elections earlier this year, according to statements filed with EC.Besides Bengal, polls were…
NEW DELHI: Facing the task of implementing Supreme Court’s ruling on calculating creamy layer criteria for OBC reservation from the retrospective date of 2012, Centre pleaded with the court to make the enforcement of the verdict prospective and grant it two years’ time to implement it.The court had in March held that the income of…
Homemade masalas can make everyday cooking easier without filling the kitchen shelf with several packets. Grinding small batches lets you prepare blends suited to dal, sabzi, chole, sambar, rasam, pav bhaji, and biryani. The basic process is simple: get the spices ready, roast them when needed, let them cool, and then grind them into a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Eight years after Ayushman Bharat was launched with the aim of making quality and affordable healthcare accessible to people, the scheme now covers more than 60 crore beneficiaries, with over 13 crore people having availed treatment worth over Rs 2 lakh crore through 39,000-plus empanelled public and private hospitals.PM…