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Assam student found dead in suspected suicide

Silchar, Sept. 17 -- A 20-year-old student of Assam's Tezpur University was found dead in his hostel room in the campus on Wednesday afternoon, with police suspecting suicide. Sonitpur senior superint... Read More


Pilot body asks DGCA for review, cites six on-duty deaths in 3 yrs

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Wednesday cited six pilot deaths on duty between November 2023 and September 11, 2026, and urged the Directorate General of Civil Aviati... Read More


Govt opposes cryptocurrency regulation over investor risks

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Union finance ministry ruled out setting up any regulatory regime for cryptocurrency, arguing that this could lend legitimacy to the sector and create a false sense of secur... Read More


SC bars lenders from forceful loan recovery

Bengaluru, Sept. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said banks and finance companies cannot use strong-arm tactics to recover loans or treat a loan default as "a licence" to forcibly seize a borrowe... Read More


Petrol pumps threaten to switch to cash over Rs.5 UPI fee

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Petrol pump dealers have threatened to stop accepting UPI payments of Rs.2,000 and above if they are required to pay a merchant discount rate (MDR) of Rs.5 on such transactions ... Read More


Tata board meet: Listing, Chandra tenure on table

bengaluru/mumbai, Sept. 17 -- The Tata Sons board will meet on Thursday with a clear split on the table- Noel Tata, representing majority shareholder Tata Trusts, against chairman N. Chandrasekaran an... Read More


Sindhu, still a force to reckon with

NEW DELHI, Sept. 17 -- It is time for global badminton to turn its focus on the Asian Games, which opens in Aichi-Nagoya on September 19. For Indian sports fans, the spotlight swings back to PV Sindhu... Read More


Back in form, Sat-Chi ready for an Asian Games encore

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- A lot can change in sport in a fortnight, as Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have shown. The duo who looked out of sorts at home in the World Championships in the last... Read More


epf cap raised to Rs.25k

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved raising the wage ceiling for mandatory coverage under the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) from Rs.15,000 to Rs.25,000 a mon... Read More


cbi case against u.s. Christian mission over fcra violation

New DelhI, Sept. 17 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case to investigate the alleged violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) by the US-based global Christian mi... Read More