Arvind upadhyay

Reserve Bank Of India: Rupee relief, higher hedging costs: What RBI’s new forex rules mean

RBI’s new forex rules may ease rupee depreciation pressure in near term (representative image) NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India‘s (RBI) latest measures to curb volatility in the rupee could ease near-term depreciation pressure, reduce speculative dollar demand and help withdraw surplus liquidity from the banking system, according to research reports cited by news…

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Inflation data, IT earnings, crude oil to steer stock markets this week, say experts

Investors will track September CPI and WPI data, earnings from major IT firms and global cues amid persistent oil price and geopolitical risks. NEW DELHI: Indian stock markets are likely to remain volatile and consolidate this week as investors track September inflation data, quarterly earnings from major companies, crude oil prices and global economic cues….

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Stock market is crashing, but IPOs are seeing billions of dollars of investment. What’s happening?

Even as Sensex continues to bleed, Dalal Street’s IPOs are seeing strong investor interest. There seems to be no end in sight for the stock market crash. Investors, especially foreign, are exiting Indian equities with record outflows continuing. Sensex is down almost 16% from its lifetime intraday high, and hasn’t hit a fresh closing high…

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Man invested Rs 10 lakh, which tax department treated as unexplained; he first cited cash loan, then bank withdrawals as source, ITAT Nagpur deletes addition and Rs 2.11 lakh penalty

The officer therefore treated Rs 10 lakh as an unexplained investment. (Image for representative purpose only) Having a money trail of your investments and its sources is important. Unexplained income and investments can invite scrutiny from the Income Tax Department.In one such case, a man invested some money in a wealth management company and faced…

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In 2003, Angelina Jolie started a foundation to help clear landmines in Cambodia; three years later, its work expanded to protecting a 60,994-hectare forest with locally recruited and trained rangers

A major milestone came in 2016, when the locally recruited and trained rangers were formally recognised as government officials under the direct supervision of Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment. What began with the specific challenge of making heavily mined Cambodian land safe again, gradually grew into a much broader experiment in community-led conservation. Founded by Angelina…

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Val Kilmer turned a 5,328-acre New Mexico ranch into a retreat with rental cabins and a B&B; he asked $33 million in 2009, then sold most of the property two years later when the asking price fell to $18.5 million

Val Kilmer’s sprawling Pecos River ranch in New Mexico went from a private Hollywood escape to a high-end hospitality retreat before eventually changing hands in 2011. Contemporary reports from CBS News and the Associated Press, along with real-estate publications including The Land Report, documented the property’s years-long journey from a $33 million listing to its…

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Idaho family has farmed 1,000 acres since 1950; after the state largely shut off its irrigation water in 2025, the owners say crops failed and are now suing to protect the family farm

An Idaho family that has farmed 1,000 acres near the Snake River for three generations has sued the state after an emergency water order forced them to shut off their irrigation pumps. The order dried their fields and destroyed their crops. Jerry Bingham and his family have grown wheat, alfalfa, and potatoes near Blackfoot since…

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In 2015, Renée Zellweger paid $3.35 million for a nearly 10-acre Topanga ranch and rebuilt the home down to the studs; she sold it for $6.4 million in 2021, and four years later it returned at $7.995 million

Photo credit (L-R): Jay Maidment/Universal Pictures via AP; Anthony Barcelo Renée Zellweger’s former Topanga ranch has returned to the market, four years after the actress sold it for $6.4 million. Zellweger bought the nearly 10-acre property in 2015 for $3.35 million and later rebuilt its Spanish-style home down to the studs, turning the residence into…

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