FM Sitharaman at Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai MUMBAI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman called upon tech companies to promote a federated industry platform to give India’s technology sector a stronger collective voice in global markets and regulatory discussions.“There may be merit in considering a federated industry platform that brings together the broader Indian technology…
Lil Durk, according to recent reports, has been declared not guilty in the Quando Rondo murder for hire conspiracy case, (Instagram) TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains gruesome details of murder and violence, which could be triggering for some readers.Days after reports indicated the case had gone to the jury, it has been confirmed that rapper…
MUMBAI: Whether AI will get us all killed by the end of the decade is still a matter of debate, but funding into artificial intelligence continues to soar.In fact, it is only getting bigger. Global AI funding touched a whopping $226 billion in the March quarter this year. That’s almost 80% of all global equity…
‘Irumudi’ box office collection day 22_ Ravi Teja film drops Ravi Teja‘s ‘Irumudi’ has entered its fourth week with another addition to its domestic box-office tally. The actioner collected Rs 1.35 cr in India net earnings on Day 22. According to Sacnilk, the film recorded the collection from 1,189 shows on Friday, September 11. Its…
MUMBAI: India’s retail credit market is showing a widening gap between the number of borrowers being added and the value of loans being accumulated, with consumer durable loans driving new borrower acquisition, while home and gold loans account for much of the portfolio growth.According to credit bureau CRIF’s ‘How India Lends’ report, gold loan outstandings…
‘I’m Game’ box office collection day 9_ Dulquer Salmaan film earns Rs 39 lakhs; India net reaches. FB Dulquer Salmaan‘s ‘I’m Game’ has recorded another drop in its daily box office earnings. The movie earned Rs 39 lakhs in India net collections on Day 9, September 11, according to Sacnilk.The latest figure takes the movie’s…
MUMBAI: NPCI Bharat BillPay has proposed a centralised digital infrastructure to connect invoices, payments, reconciliation and financing, to fix the biggest constraints faced by MSMEs – the difficulty of turning sales into cash and cash flows into credit. The system could help address the MSME sector’s Rs 60 lakh crore formal credit gap, while reducing…
Following the billion-dollar box office success of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’, Tom Holland and director Destin Daniel Cretton are rumoured to be reuniting to take the superhero franchise forward.As the film continues to rake in the big bucks and break box office records, reports state that the ‘Spider-Man’ franchise could be heading towards a fifth…
MUMBAI: The $136.4 billion raised by banks from non-residents and foreign lenders, then swapped with RBI, has swelled India’s foreign-exchange reserves by a record $44.9 billion to $785.7 billion in the week ended Sept 4. The windfall gives RBI a larger war chest to defend the rupee, but creates a problem at home with too…
Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith are preparing to leave their lavish Malibu compound. (Photo: Shutterstock/Mike Helfrich) Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan and his wife Keely Shaye Smith are preparing to leave their lavish Malibu compound after 26 years, with the actor admitting that repeated wildfire threats, the cost of maintaining the estate and…