NEW DELHI: Be prepared to shell out higher mobile tariffs. Bharti Airtel will from Thursday hike postpaid tariffs by 3- 10%. India’s second-largest telecom operator has included free international roaming (for one trip per SIM) worth Rs 2,000 in all postpaid plans, which will go up by Rs 50. The new postpaid plan rental plans…
MUMBAI: Brookfield is making its foray into the local industrial and logistics real estate market with a $450 million (Rs 4,300 crore) purchase of eight warehousing parks from ESR India, expanding its footprint beyond the country’s office and hospitality spaces. Capital will also be deployed towards future development of the portfolio, Brookfield said in a…
NEW DELHI: A survey conducted by GSMA, a global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem, has found 12% of respondents in India reported being scammed in the last 12 months as opposed to 8% in Asean-6 – Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Philippines.“Indian consumers also extend institutions an unusual level of permission to use their…
BENGALURU: Premium spirits are growing several times faster than cheaper liquor in India, with higher-priced products gaining a larger share of sales, according to a report by industry body International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI).Sales volumes in the premium segment grew at a compound annual rate of 10.2% between 2022 and 2025. That…
File photo: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India governor Sanjay Malhotra said the rupee was undervalued and the central bank would intervene to ensure orderly movement in the currency market even as it closed at 96.78 on Wednesday, down 36 paise from its previous close, after falling to…
NEW DELHI: There was a stark 73% decline in the “average size of monitored wildlife populations” globally over a 52-year period (1970-2022), whereas India became one of the most important countries that were successfully involved in wildlife recovery by turning around the populations of certain animals, including tigers, one-horned rhino and Ganga river dolphins, according…
Elon Musk says ‘oligarchs’ want to maintain a monopolistic chokehold NEW DELHI: Elon Musk has hit out at “certain oligarchs”, who he alleged were “blocking” Starlink’s entry into India.The trillionaire’s comments came on a day when Starlink, the company owned by him, said at India Mobile Congress (IMC) that it was ready to start service…
File photo: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra arrives at a press conference in Mumbai (Picture credit: Reuters) MUMBAI: In a move that could hurt consumption during the festive season, mortgages and other loans are set to become more expensive, while deposits will start yielding higher returns in a few weeks, with Reserve…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has enabled interoperability between account aggregators. (Image for representative purpose only) Soon, your Consolidated Account Statement (CAS) will reflect details from your mutual funds, insurance, banks and fixed deposits.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has enabled interoperability between account aggregators (AAs), a move that will allow customers to share…
The Kerala High Court observed that the grandmother could not be expected to make such unreasonable demands. (Image for representative purpose only) Is a woman entitled to seek maintenance from her granddaughter and late son’s widow if she herself already receives pension? In a recent judgement, the Kerala High Court has ruled that a grandmother…
