- Monday, June 16, 2025
FORMER Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan has described the Trump administration's reciprocal tariffs on about 60 countries as "self goal" and said its impact on India will be "smaller". US president Donald Trump has announced the imposition of additional ad-valorem duties ranging from 10 per cent to 50 per cent…
THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE on Friday (4) conducted searches at the premises of Kerala-based businessman Gokulam Gopalan, a chit fund company promoter and one of the producers of Malayalam movie "L2: Empuraan", for alleged foreign exchange violation of ₹10 billion (£90.30 million). The searches are being undertaken at five premises in…
COMMERCE and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has asked the Indian startup community to shift their focus from grocery delivery and ice cream making to high tech sectors like semiconductor, machine learning, robotics, and artificial intelligence. He also said there is a need for more Indian investors into the startup ecosystem.…
VETERAN actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar, who came to be known as 'Bharat Kumar' for his series of patriotic films such as "Shaheed", "Upkar" and "Purab Aur Paschim", died in a Mumbai hospital early Friday (4). He was 87. The industry veteran, whose films ruled the box office in the late 1960s…
VENKATESH IYER smashed 60 off 29 balls to fire holders Kolkata Knight Riders to an 80-run hammering of Sunrisers Hyderabad in a comeback IPL win on Thursday (3). Iyer's knock and 91-run stand with fellow left-hander Rinku Singh propelled Kolkata to 200-6 at their home in Eden Gardens after being…
MORE than 250 Virgin Atlantic passengers, including Indians, were stranded at an airport in Turkey for over 24 hours after their Mumbai-bound aircraft from London was diverted to the Diyarbakır airport. Virgin Atlantic on Thursday (3) said it is exploring all options, including operating an alternative aircraft, to fly the…
WHILE Mohanlal-starrer ‘L2: Empuraan’ recently underwent 'voluntary modifications' after facing the wrath of Sangh Parivar leaders and its cyber handles, some Tamil Nadu politicians have now raised their objections towards the film. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has endorsed the screening of the movie with the modifications, which…
TAMIL NADU chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday urged prime minister Narendra Modi to take immediate steps for retrieving the Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka to ensure permanent protection of the traditional fishing rights of the state's fishermen in the Palk Bay area. Writing to Modi, Stalin cited the…
THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE (ED) on Thursday (3) said it has filed a fresh chargesheet in a case of cyber fraud through which a UAE-based payment platform and its operators duped people in India of funds worth ₹3 billion (£26.72 million). The supplementary prosecution complaint (chargesheet) was filed against five accused…
TWO INDIANS died in a tragic road accident in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to media reports. The deceased have been identified as Akhil Alex (27) and his fiancée Teena (26), both hailing from Wayanad district in Kerala. Their wedding was fixed for June. Akhil worked as a nurse in…
