Aston Villa vs Arsenal (Reuters Photo) Arsenal secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Aston Villa on Monday, maintaining their perfect start to the Premier League season. Bukayo Saka’s second-half goal proved enough in a tight contest where both teams struggled to create clear chances.Villa started brightly, with Emiliano Buendia hitting the crossbar from distance, but…
Gold loans stand out again, account for 13% of incremental bank credit MUMBAI: Gold loans continued to drive retail borrowing, accounting for more than a third of the incremental bank credit to the retail segment during the first four months of FY27 (April–July 2026).According to the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data on the…
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne. (AP Photo/Mosaraf Hossain) Marnus Labuschagne has been left out of Australia’s ODI squad for the upcoming tours of Zimbabwe and South Africa, raising more questions about his future in the national team.The batter had a poor run during Australia’s recent ODI series in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Although he finished the Bangladesh campaign…
MUMBAI: Monday’s Closing Auction Session (CAS) went off smoothly with Rs 39,718 crore (about $4.2 billion) worth of stocks traded on NSE alone during the session. It was also the day when MSCI emerging market index rebalancing, that was worth about $4 billion, took place during the last half-an-hour of trading, part of which overlapped…
Bradley Barcola (Credit: Liverpool FC) Liverpool have completed the signing of Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain, with the 23-year-old forward joining the Reds on a long-term contract after passing his medical and completing the formalities of the transfer.The deal is worth a guaranteed £106 million ($144m), according to ESPN sources, with a further £17m ($23m)…
Kiki Ramos (Photo by Instagram@kikiramoss_) Kiki Ramos, the Haiti-born winger who recently became the first player born in the Caribbean country to represent Argentina, has pushed back against criticism surrounding racism and discrimination in Argentina, saying he has never personally experienced it since arriving in the country as a baby.The 17-year-old made his Argentina U-17…
Record 7.5cr ITRs submitted before deadline NEW DELHI: A record 7.5 crore income tax returns have been filed for Assessment Year 2026-27 so far, and the number was expected to rise further as the filing deadline was to end at midnight Monday for taxpayers with business or professional income who are not subject to audit….
Semicon 2.0: Government bets on advanced chips, talent NEW DELHI: India plans to train one lakh semiconductor design engineers over five years under Semicon 2.0, as govt looks to build a deeper talent pool alongside its push into advanced chip technologies and manufacturing. The skilling push builds on the first phase of the programme, under…
ONGC to invest Rs 1 lakh crore in deepwater exploration over next 5 years, reports 3 new discoveries NEW DELHI: ONGC chairman and CEO Arun Kumar Singh on Monday said the exploration and production company will invest Rs 1 lakh crore in deepwater and ultra-deepwater exploration in offshore basins.Talking to reporters after AGM, Singh said…
Maruti plans small EV push, targets wider charging infrastructure NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki is preparing to take electric vehicles into smaller car segments, but will wait for a wider charging network before expanding beyond its first EV, the e Vitara.The company’s MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said at its annual general meeting that smaller electric…
