Indian Bank has identified 725 branches as Gold Shoppe branches with dedicated staff and enhanced customer service facilities. The bank has added 982 empanelled appraisers in the past six months, taking the total to 3,538. CHENNAI/MUMBAI: Banks are strengthening branch-level gold loan capabilities by adding appraisers, investing in testing equipment and digitising processing as demand…
Ben Jones, the actor and former US congressman best known for playing Cooter Davenport on the popular television series ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’, has sadly passed away, at the age of 84.Jones’ wife, Alma Viator, announced his death in a Facebook that read, “I lost the love of my life today. Ben passed from a…
FPIs had withdrawn Rs 49,340 crore in June, Rs 32,963 crore in May, Rs 60,847 crore in April and a massive Rs 1.2 lakh crore in March. Prior to this selling streak, they had invested Rs 22,615 crore in Feb, according to CDSL data. NEW DELHI: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sustained their buying momentum in…
Hezly Rivera has shown that she is no longer the young newcomer who surprised everyone at the Paris Olympics. The 18-year-old Olympic gold medallist won her second straight US women’s gymnastics title after overcoming a fall on the uneven bars earlier in the competition. Rivera finished with a two-day total of 111.950 points, more than…
Crude prices jump over 1% as Hormuz reopening Oil prices rose over 1% on Monday as prospects of reopening Hormuz remained stuck in limbo. Brent crude gained 1.32% to $84.65 a barrel, around 7:30 am IST while WTI crude rose 1.04% to $78.99 a barrel.The rise came after both benchmarks fell more than 7% last…
Congratulations are in order for Aubrey Plaza and her partner, Christopher Abbott, who have welcomed their first child together.‘The White Lotus’ star embraced motherhood as she welcomed her first child last month, TMZ reports. As per the report, sources told the portal that the actress welcomed a baby girl during the last week of July….
CCEA is a high-level committee headed by PM Modi. The government is considering a proposal to raise the threshold for foreign direct investment proposals requiring approval from the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) to Rs 15,000 crore from Rs 5,000 crore at present to further improve the country’s investment climate, according to sources. CCEA…
Gurnoor Brar picked up two wickets in the second innings. (BCCI | X) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Indian cricket has been hit by a barrage of injuries in the last few weeks, with more than a dozen regular players currently at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) undergoing rehabilitation. Jasprit Bumrah and Sai Sudharsan will miss…
Citing an example, it said a typical firm operating in India currently navigates an archaic and disconnected web of regulations consisting of 1,536 distinct Acts, which collectively impose 69,233 separate compliance requirements and mandate 6,618 independent statutory filings across the three tiers of govt. NEW DELHI: Stakeholders have informed a parliamentary committee that despite multi-phased…
Usher remarks that AI is not advanced enough to clone him. (Image credits: Instagram) Usher humorously denied claims that his clone performed with Chris Brown at the concert at MetLife Stadium, New Jersey. Many fans questioned the 47-year-old’s appearance during his ‘Raymond & Brown Tour’ on August 7, 2026. As rumours intensified online, the contemporary…