At the heart of Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) discussion paper, ‘ Revised Regulatory Framework for NBFCs’, released last Friday, is its concern that the problems of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) should not result in systemic risk and endanger financial stability. Not only because financial instability can threaten economic stability (as seen after the Lehman … Read more
Scientists have said there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines. Source link
China’s moves coincide with the start of the Biden administration, which has shown support for Taiwan. Source link
Kendrapara: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here Sunday the coastal highway project worth Rs 7,500 that will link Gopalpur in Odisha and Digha in West Bengal will boost infrastructure and economy of Odisha. Briefing reporters after visiting Bhitarkanika National Park, the minister said that the 452-km long highway will emerge as an economic corridor for … Read more
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday that his country was ready to work with the new US administration and asserted that the world has changed a lot in the last four years and any engagement and relations should be developed on the basis of new ground realities. Under the Trump administration, the … Read more
The decision to censure those three Republicans — in addition to re-electing controversial chairwoman Kelli Ward — solidified the rightward shift of the official party, while also reflecting the deep fractures among Arizona Republicans over the future of the GOP, which suffered bruising defeats at the ballot box in 2020 in this increasingly purple state. … Read more
More batches of farmers from Punjab on Sunday set out for Delhi to participate in the proposed tractor parade on January 26. Farmer unions protesting the Centre‘s three farm laws had said they would go ahead with their tractor parade in Delhi on Republic Day. They had announced to take out the tractor parade on … Read more
That extra stimulus money may not be yours to keep. Sarah Tew/CNET There may be 8 million Americans who are eligible for a stimulus check and never received it. But on the other side, there may also be people who got stimulus payments they weren’t actually entitled to receive, or received more money than they should have. … Read more
KULTALI (WB): In a direct challenge to his detractors in the BJP, TMC MP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee‘s nephew Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said he will quit politics if the Centre brings a law allowing only one member of a family in politics. Banerjee said he will publicly hang himself if the … Read more
Yes, I love Bridgerton. You don’t? Getty Images/iStockphoto With the inauguration of President Joe Biden, everyone’s talking about returning to normal. more Technically Incorrect Which definitely has its humorous side. So many people have now been stuck to their homes and their screens that the world out there seems like nothing more than an augmented … Read more