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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Two unfortunate stray dog attacks on foreign coaches at the JLN Stadium’s warm-up track on Friday morning disrupted the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships (WPAC) here, raising safety concerns for differently-abled athletes and their staff at the event, which India is hosting for the first…
MUMBAI: RBI has proposed a revamp of rules on external commercial borrowings. The draft guidelines for 2025, the most extensive rejig since a Dec 2018 framework, replace uniform caps with limits tied to a borrower’s financial strength. Companies may raise up to $1 billion or 300% of their net worth (whichever is higher), while financial…
NEW DELHI: Govt’s policy tank Niti Aayog proposed a comprehensive designed framework to enhance tax certainty and predictability for foreign investors. It recommended the introduction of an optional, industry-specific presumptive taxation scheme for foreign firms.Releasing a working paper on Friday, it also backed broader legislative clarity, administrative efficiency, robust dispute resolution mechanisms, and strategic alignment…
How Trump’s policy on ideological screening affects Indian students in US universities. (AI Image) Indian students hoping to study in the US now encounter an unexpected hurdle in the admissions process: a political loyalty assessment. The Trump administration’s recent memo, titled A Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education and sent to nine of the…
A stray dog bit a Kenyan coach outside the competition arena at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) The World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi witnessed an unfortunate incident on Friday when a Kenyan coach was bitten by a stray dog outside the competition arena at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium….
Trump’s 15% cap on international students formalises existing enrolment drop. (AI Image) The White House has rolled out a memo, named A Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education to nine of the nation’s most prestigious institutions, including MIT, Dartmouth, and the University of Pennsylvania among others. The document dictates how universities should admit students,…
India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by $2.334 billion to $700.236 billion in the week ended September 26, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday. In the previous week, the reserves had dipped by $396 million to $702.57 billion.The fall was primarily due to a drop in foreign currency assets…
President Donald Trump‘s move to impose a 100% tariff on films made outside the United States is expected to severely dent revenues of Indian films in the American market, according to industry experts.Earlier announcing the measure on social media, Trump claimed that “America’s movie business has been stolen by other countries” and compared it to…
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday launched a major onslaught on Congress over former Union minister P Chidambaram’s statement that foreign pressure restrained the Manmohan Singh govt from retaliating against Pakistan after the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai, saying the country has “paid a heavy price” for sins committed by Congress.BJP’s…
P Chidambaram (left), Pralhad Joshi (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party launched a sharp attack on former Union home minister P Chidambaram over his recent remarks on the UPA government’s decision not to retaliate militarily against Pakistan following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, accusing the Congress of “mishandling” the situation under foreign pressure.Reacting to…
