Florida governor Ron DeSantis has said that the fiscal outlook of the Washington state’s took a major hit after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos relocated from the state to Florida in late 2023. In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) DeSantis argued that Washington had ‘lost its biggest taxpayer’ and…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz faced growing criticism recently after a viral online video raised questions about taxpayer dollars flowing to a Minneapolis daycare centre that appeared inactive despite receiving about $4 million in state funding. The footage, released by independent journalist Nick Shirley, shows him visiting the Quality Learning Center in south Minneapolis. Shirley notes…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday termed the chaos at football star Lionel Messi’s event at Salt Lake stadium an episode that “brought untold shame” to Kolkata and football lovers, and called for strict accountability, including a judicial inquiry, arrests of organisers and a standard operating procedure (SOP) for managing large…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose on Saturday evening said he was denied entry into Salt Lake stadium when he attempted to visit the venue hours after chaos erupted during an event featuring football legend Lionel Messi.Describing the incident as an affront to the constitutional office of the Governor, Bose sought an…
MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor T Rabi Sankar on Friday said that stablecoins are inherently unstable and pose major macro-financial risks, including currency substitution, dollarisation and weakened monetary-policy transmission.Sankar’s comments come at a time when US govt’s stance is broadly supportive of dollar-denominated payment stablecoins as part of the formal financial system, distinct from lightly supervised…
Elon Musk responded sharply to a social media post by California Governor Gavin Newsom that mocked the tech billionaire’s relationship with his estranged daughter Vivian. In a video post on X (formerly Twitter), Newsom can be seen saying “I want to see trans kids… There’s no governor that’s done more pro trans legislation than I…
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday pressed banks to fully transmit policy rate cuts to borrowers, as Governor Sanjay Malhotra urged lenders to support sustainable growth and improve customer outcomes, PTI reported.Malhotra met managing directors and chief executives of public sector banks and select private lenders in Mumbai, asking them to pass on the…
Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday said the central bank does not target any specific price level or band for the rupee, and allows the currency to find its own “correct” value in the market, even as it hovers near the 90-per-dollar mark, PTI reported. “We don’t target any price levels or any bands….
US President Donald Trump in August imposed 50% tariffs on Indian exports to America, 25% of which are for India’s crude oil imports from Russia. (AI image) RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra is of the view that the tariffs imposed on Indian exports are an opportunity for the sector. In a post RBI policy press conference,…
NEW DELHI: As AI-generated videos “featuring” Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das circulate online claiming to offer investment advice, the government on Friday issued a clarification through PIB Fact Check stating that the clips are fake and digitally altered.According to PIB, the videos…