The Pakistan Cricket Board had asked to move its match against Afghanistan from Chennai to Bengaluru and the game against Australia from Bengaluru to Chennai.
November 8 marks 6 years after demonetisation. A K Bhattacharya reveals how the prime minister and the RBI worked together for months before Modi's 8 pm speech. A riveting excerpt from The Rise Of Goliath: Twelve Disruptions That Changed India.
Kejriwal, who is also the national convener of the AAP, won the confidence motion with the support of 54 MLAs and said no legislator of his party defected.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to visit India with a trade mission.
In the letter, the lieutenant governor said that in the past one week, a "gloomy face of governance" emerged in Delhi where "organised, structured and specialised administrative machinery" is yet again facing the "brunt" of "highhandedness" of the political executive.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) might relax the disclosure norms around rumour verification to help smooth implementation and ease compliance amid pushback from India Inc, said people in the know. The rule has been notified following amendments to the Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) by Sebi. However, its implementation has been deferred until February.
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and rival Saudi-backed LIV circuit announced an agreement in early June to merge and form a unified commercial entity. The LIV Golf series is bankrolled by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIV). Critics have accused it of being a vehicle for the country to improve its reputation as it faces criticism of its human rights record.
Events proved that on every count the RBI had accurately predicted both the damage and the lack of benefit. What the RBI was hiding was the fact that Modi had ignored its concerns -- all of which turned out to be true -- and gone ahead anyway, asserts Aakar Patel.
'If there is an RBI majority in the committee, there is no question of a veto.'
Indian-American multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy's popularity rating and online fundraising have surged, a day after his impressive performance at the first Republican presidential primary debate.
Kerala Governor Justice P Sathasivam has lodged a complaint with the Civil Aviation Ministry seeking an inquiry into the circumstances leading to his missing an Air India flight from Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.
US President Barack Obama has nominated Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve Board, describing her as one of America's "foremost economists and policy makers".
India's inclusion in JP Morgan's bond index can channel billions of dollars into India. How will the government securities market handle it?
Is Governor Ravi acting without informing/consulting the Centre, or is the BJP leadership unsure of what to do with the DMK in Tamil Nadu? asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
All 10 members of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board sent in their resignations to Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra on Wednesday.
Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav, the Special Task Force probing the MPPEB scam, on Tuesday registered an FIR against him.
Raghuram Rajan has appointed him as head of several committees soon after taking charge.
Members of Parliament, state legislatures, and local governments not eligible to be members of PSB boards
The decision by the Reserve Bank of India to introduce a unified regulatory framework on connected lending for all the regulated entities (RE) is expected to reduce the influence of business conglomerates in the Indian lending space, said bankers and experts. "Connected lending pertains to lending to related parties within the same business group. "While the RBI might appear more agreeable to allowing business conglomerates to own banking licenses, it deems it crucial to bolster regulations that would prevent conglomerate-owned banks from gaming the system," said Shivaji Thapliyal, head of research and lead analyst, YES Securities.
The board of Zee Telefilms Ltd has recommended 55 per cent dividend for the financial year 2002-03 involving a total payout of about Rs 23 crore (Rs 230 million).
The prime minister was addressing the flagging-off ceremony of the Vande Bharat Express through video conferencing.
A top-class board is important from a systemic point of view, more so at a time when the wider financial world and India Inc is chasing the same talent as banks.
Raghuram Rajan, whose current three-year tenure ends on September 4, has already said no to a second term.
Raghuram Rajan will take over as RBI Governor on September 4 at a time when the country is facing a grave economic crisis.
The safeguards pact, which is the next step in the operationalisation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, was sent to the 35-nation Board on a day when the Left parties formally withdrew support from the United Progressive Alliance government, following a bitter feud over the deal which has remained stalled for several months.
Duvvuri Subbarao recounts how his tensions with P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee, then finance ministers, over monetary policy spilled over into other issues in the central bank in this excerpt from Who Moved My Interest Rate?, his memoir of his term as Reserve Bank of India governor.
The recently reconstituted Shri Amarnath Shrine Board on Monday took a major decision appointing a high profile panel for the preservation of the environment enroute and around the Holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.
Dr Suresh Kumar Gupta has been appointed a commissioner of the Maryland State Board of Physicians. The Board comprises 21 members, including 14 physicians and seven members of the public and is vested with the mission to protect the health and safety of Maryland citizens 'through strong enforcement of licensure standards for physicians and allied health providers; and through an effective disciplinary programme.'
Atishi will handle education, PWD, power and tourism departments, while Bharadwaj will look after health, urban development, water and industries.
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A rule change may make Nachiket Mor, among others, eligible to replace Chakrabarty.
The central board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has opposed a government move to have control over the central bank's staff-related matters. The proposal to make staff regulations statutory and bring them under the subordinate regulation of Parliament was discussed at RBI's board meeting in Kolkata last week.
According to RBI sources, the government -- which appoints deputy governors -- is of the view that it will do away with the practice of reappointment to important posts like chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, RBI, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Dr Faheem is the second Indian-American physician to be elected to this position. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports
Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor? Or will Urjit Patel succeed Raghuram Rajanas RBI governor when his term ends on September 4?
Yoga was the mantra and asanas the discipline on Wednesday as millions across the globe and distant corners of India stretched for the skies and dived for their toes, breathed in and out -- mindfully -- and twisted and turned to celebrate the International Day of Yoga.
Dr Devinder Singh, associate professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, has become perhaps the first second-generation Indian American to head a state medical board.
Fintech companies believe that the impact of Reserve Bank of India's order last week on unsecured loans will be visible in six to 12 months and prompt them to diversify and strengthen their secured portfolio. Fintechs which source funds through banks or non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) are looking at quickly building their secured portfolio options to at least 40 per cent of their total portfolio. "Over the medium to long term, as part of our product strategy, we are evaluating secured products which can be enabled over a digital platform" said Yogi Sadana, the founder of Zype, a lending-focussed fintech.
The government is likely to appoint a deputy governor of the RBI by this month end despite disruption in the selection process following the resignation of former Satyam Computer independent director M Rammohan Rao from the selection committee. The government has appointed a Search Committee headed by RBI Governor D Subbarao to shortlist candidates for the post of deputy governor following superannuation of V Leeladhar last month.
Dr Raghuram Rajan's departure holds lessons for all, be it sections of the media, politicians or the people themselves. We need to learn how to value and retain talent. At the same time the talented must realise that talent alone does not ensure the top job, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
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