The Reserve Bank of India has revised how banks price and disclose interest on deposits. For most household savers, the practical impact is smaller than the headlines suggest. Fixed deposits remain the default savings instrument for millions of Indian households.
The policy that took effect on 1 July pairs purchase incentives with binding deadlines for the vehicle categories that contribute most to the city’s pollution. Most electric vehicle policies in India are built on incentives, which people can take or
A draft notification issued on 27 July would declare 56,825 sq km across six states ecologically sensitive, reviving a proposal no state has yet accepted. The Western Ghats run about 1,500 kilometres down India’s western edge, are older than the
Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 completed its maiden orbital flight on 18 July, six years after India opened its space sector to private companies. For most of India’s space history, the question of who could build a rocket had one answer. On
Platform workers gained statutory social security rights in November 2025, but contribution rates and several state rules remain unfinished. For the delivery rider waiting outside a restaurant, the question has never been whether the law recognises the work. It is
App-based transport in the state now requires a licence, with surge pricing capped and every aggregator told to register by 1 September. For most drivers on ride-hailing apps, the number that matters is not the fare shown to the passenger.
The regulator’s advisory describes fraudsters impersonating chief executives to instruct finance staff to transfer funds, sometimes using AI-generated video. The message appears to come from the boss. It is urgent, it is marked confidential, and it asks for a transfer
She won silver at Glasgow in 2014. She returned to the same city in 2026 and lifted a Games record. Mirabai Chanu’s first Commonwealth Games medal was a silver, won in Glasgow in 2014. Her fourth was a gold, won
She took up para athletics in 2020, at her husband’s suggestion. Six years later she is India’s first Commonwealth Games para athletics champion. India had not won a Commonwealth Games para athletics medal in twenty years. On 27 July in
India’s weightlifters finished their Glasgow campaign as the country’s most productive discipline. The last event summed up the week. Lovepreet Singh took a ten-kilogram lead into the clean and jerk of the men’s +110kg final at the SEC Armadillo. He
