RBI has released draft directions for a revised Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) framework, replacing the 2011 guidelines and aligning with the final Basel III standards. Banks may adopt the basic approach (BA-CVA)…
The Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement shows loans and advances to state governments fell by Rs 7,097 crore week-on-week to Rs 17,100 crore as on July 31, 2026. Year-on-year, the…
Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) saw credit growth accelerate to 14.4 per cent in June 2026, up from 11.1 per cent a year ago, according to RBI data released on Saturday. Agriculture credit…
A birthday celebration at a resort in Uttarakhand's Ramnagar turned into a medical emergency after several members of a Ghaziabad family fell ill shortly after eating a cake. The family alleged that…
Pune Police have registered a case against seven people after a 28-year-old Nagpur woman said she was trafficked to Portugal and sold for sexual exploitation. India Today reports she paid Rs 11…
A Delhi court acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India chief and ex-BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case filed by six women wrestlers. He returned to Ayodhya to…
Sub-Inspector Thulasidas, now serving in Pathanamthitta, recalls an unusual unsolved case from his time in Chengannur. Years ago, he accidentally injured a young beautician while driving a police jeep. Five years later,…
The New Indian Express profiles poet Anita Thampi's Malayalam poem 'Muttamadikkumbol' ('Sweeping the Front Yard') as an example of finding the extraordinary in the everyday. The poem describes a sweeper girl cleaning…
The Reserve Bank of India has published draft directions to update the leverage ratio framework for commercial banks, adopting the Basel Committee's 2017 standard. The proposal amends Chapter VII of the capital…
Scientists are uncovering new clues about how animals evolved an internal compass to navigate using Earth’s magnetic field, a trait called magnetoreception. Recent research suggests this ability may have evolved independently in…
