JUNE 6, 2019
The RBI will set up a committee to review the charges for usage of ATMs. The central bank has also abolished its charges for NEFT and RTGS money transfer to promote digital transactions.
Draft guidelines for on tap licensing of small finance banks will be issued soon while a forex trading platform for retail participants will be set...
JUNE 6, 2019
Foreign tech workers face higher hurdles to a get a job in the U.S. but that hasn’t stopped their interest in working there.
The share of foreign job clicks for U.S. based tech job postings rose to 9.6% in the first quarter of 2019 from 9.3% for the same period in 2018, according to a study published Wednesday...
JUNE 5, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India 230 for 4 (Rohit 122*, Dhoni 34, Rabada 2-39) beat South Africa 227 for 9 (Morris 42, du Plessis 38, Chahal 4-51, Bumrah 2-35) by six wickets
Rohit Sharma steered India to a 6-wicket victory in their opening match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup after Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah restricted South Africa to...
JUNE 5, 2019
The United States government on Friday updated visa application forms to require nearly all applicants to provide their social media usernames, email addresses, and phone numbers for the past five years. The requirement to provide the additional information is in line with the Donald Trump administration s decision to ensure more stringent screening of potential immigrants and...
JUNE 4, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 201 (Kusal Perera 78, Nabi 4-30) beat Afghanistan 152 (Najibullah 43, Pradeep 4-31, Malinga 3-39) by 34 runs (via DLS method)
CARDIFF, ENGLAND - Sri Lanka survived a major scare at the hands of a spirited Afghanistan team in their 2nd match of the World Cup 2019 as they beat their Asian neighbours by...
JUNE 4, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump is seen at Winfield House during a state visit in London, Britain, June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
LONDON, ENGLAND - Donald Trump thinks that Meghan, wife of the British royal Harry, is "very nice" even if she has been "nasty" to him, the U.S. president said in pre-released extracts of a broadcast interview.
The...
JUNE 4, 2019
Stocks ended sharply higher Tuesday, climbing back from a big rout in the past month, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled the central bank is open to easing monetary policy to save the economy and as trade tensions eased amid comments by China and Mexico.
The Dow closed 512 points higher. The S&P 500 jumped 2.1%, and...
JUNE 4, 2019
Teresa Smith hoped she could keep news of her impending divorce a secret, until Square Inc. blabbed about it to one of her friends.
The day after Ms. Smith, a horse trainer living outside Washington, paid the retainer for a local divorce attorney in late 2016, an acquaintance forwarded her an email full of details about the transaction....
JUNE 3, 2019
Shipping containers at the Port of Melbourne in Australia. Australia was the only country to be fully exempted from the start from steel and aluminum tariffs that President Trump imposed last year.- David Crosling/EPA, via Shutterstock
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration considered imposing tariffs on imports from Australia last week, but decided against the move amid fierce...
JUNE 3, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 348 for 8 (Hafeez 84, Babar 63, Sarfaraz 55, Moeen 3-50, Woakes 3-71) beat England 334 for 9 (Root 107, Buttler 103, Wahab 3-82) by 14 runs
Pakistan overcame hundreds from Joe Root and Jos Buttler to defeat England by 14 runs at Trent Bridge for their first points of World Cup 2019 at Trent...
