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India bond yields surge, market expects more RBI intervention Photo: iStockPremium Swati Bhat , Reuters Bond yields have seen an upward bias as investor appetite has been low despite the RBIs assurance that it would provide ample liquidity and ensure a smooth government borrowing programme Share Via Read Full Story MUMBAI : Indian bond yields surged on Monday, tracking a rise in US Treasury yields and as underwriters sold off bonds in the open market they were forced to buy at an auction on Fr...

Netflix to bring popular Korean show ‘Kingdom 3’ to screens in 2021 Premium Netflix’s Korean blockbuster series #Kingdom will be returning for season 3 in Summer 2021. (Source: Twitter @LetsOTT) 1 min read Share Via Read Full Story NEW DELHI: There is good news for Indian fans of Netflix’s Korean zombie tale Kingdom, whose third season is likely to hit screens soon in 2021, according to a report by entertainment portal Screen Rant. The second season of Kingdom was among the India Top 10...

Maharashtra: Mumbai imposes fresh restrictions after spike in Covid-19 cases A security guard holds an infrared thermometer while standing at the entrance of a building (Bloomberg)Premium . Updated: 22 Feb 2021, 03:20 PM IST AFP All religious, social and political gatherings are banned in the city and the surrounding western state of Maharashtra, home to 110 million people Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said he was worried about the severity of a second wave if it hits the state...

PSBs should operate like proper banks if they can’t be privatized Premium Share Via Read Full Story Bank unions plan to go on a strike on 15 and 16 March to oppose the planned privatization of public sector banks (PSBs). In the budget, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced plans to privatize two PSBs, apart from IDBI Bank. The privatization of IDBI Bank is very important if the government wants to get a good valuation while listing Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. Prospectiv...

Muthoot Homefin plans to disburse ₹700 cr home loans in FY22 Premium The company has transferred over ₹300 crore of loan subsidy under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojanas Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (Photo: iStock) . Updated: 21 Feb 2021, 03:41 PM IST PTI In the first nine months of the current fiscal, the mortgage financiers standalone profit after tax dropped 75.49 per cent to ₹7.5 crore from ₹30.6 crore in the year-ago quarter Share Via Read Full Story Mumbai: Muthoot Homefin (India)...

Forget bitcoin or Tesla. Muni bonds are the king of costly Premium In a bid to clean up election funding, the government had in January introduced electoral bonds that can be bought from specified branches of State Bank of India and used to donate money to political parties. Photo: iStockphoto 4 min read Brian Chappatta Share Via Believe it or not, the $3.9 trillion municipal-bond market and Bitcoin have much in common. A flood of money pouring in? Check: Muni bond funds added about $2 bill...

Anonymous bond-buying by RBI can’t go too far but India can explore options like a big loan against equity

Government integrates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in national NCD prevention program The union health ministry said that over the last two decades global burden of NASH has more than doubled. (Mint)Premium Share Via Read Full Story Government on Monday integrated the Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke as a similar strategy adopted to tackle noncommunicable diseases can be a...

It’s not about a fiscal bill but the quality of support for the covid-hit

Bollywood films set to embrace theatres Akshay Kumar’s crime thriller Bellbottom will be released on 28 May. 1 min read Share Via Read Full Story NEW DELHI : Bollywood finally seems to be embracing the long ailing theatre medium again, with the past week having seen producers line up almost a dozen Hindi films for release. The move comes after cinemas ran to empty houses for nearly four months as they played dubbed regional fare and some smaller films. Film theatres in India had reopened in O...