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The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to allow banks to reduce the spread component on loans offered before three years will benefit existing customers and further aid monetary policy transmission, experts said.In order to benefit existing borrowers, the RBI, on Monday, said, “…the other spread components may be reduced by banks for a loan category earlier than three years for customer retention, on justifiable grounds, in a non-discriminatory manner, and in terms of the bank’s policy”. The new norms will come into effect from October 1. Spread refers to the additional percentage that lenders add to the benchmark interest…

Achieving India’s 30% clean air target under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) could reduce the country’s disease burden by nearly a third, bringing the national disease prevalence rate down from 4.87% to 3.09%, according to the newly launched Health Benefit Assessment Dashboard, developed by Climate Trends in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.The Dashboard, launched at a consultation workshop in New Delhi, is a first-of-its-kind analytical tool based entirely on Indian data. It uses the fifth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data from 641 districts to draw clear links between PM2.5 air pollution and several key…

U.S. Marines’ Lockheed Martin F35-B jets arrive in formation to José Aponte de la Torre Airport in September 2025, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. President Trump sent ten F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of his war on drug cartels. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images At a recent hearing on Capitol Hill, FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated the Trump administration’s labeling of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and told lawmakers the United States should go after narcotraffickers like it did al-Qaida in the wake of…

The Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by US President Donald Trump, and which Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has accepted, may not deliver the results Palestinians have long hoped for, analysts tell Al Jazeera.While people on the ground would be infinitely relieved by a halt in Israel’s vicious bombardment that has killed at least 66,055 people and wounded 168,346 since October 2023, the 20-point Trump plan contains almost nothing else positive for the people of Palestine, analysts say.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Ending the genocide is tied to this very colonial approach in which Israel –…

Earthquake sends people running into the streets, damages buildings after hitting off Cebu island.Published On 30 Sep 202530 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareA magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck off the coast of the central Philippines, sending people running into the streets and knocking power out in some areas.The quake struck at sea on Tuesday off the northern tip of Cebu island and near Bogo, a city of more than 90,000 people, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said, adding that it expected both damage and aftershocks.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe institute urged residents…

The Home Ministry office at North Block in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: File The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday directed non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to submit applications for renewal of their Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) registration at least four months before expiry. FCRA registration, which is mandatory for NGOs and associations to receive foreign funds, is renewed every five years. In a communication, the Ministry noted that several associations had been submitting renewal applications less than 90 days before the expiry of their certificates. “Such delayed submissions do not allow sufficient time for scrutiny and for obtaining necessary…

A selection of Kia EV6 electric sedans are displayed at a dealership in Manchester, N.H., in July. The EV6 is eligible for a federal tax credit worth up to $7,500 for buyers under a certain income cap. And like all electric vehicles, it’s eligible for a $7,500 tax credit on a lease. But the tax credits are expiring on Sept. 30th. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP The Republican tax and spending package that passed in early July brought an early end to federal EV tax credits, which are worth up to $7,500 for new electric vehicles and…

Afghanis access social media websites at a private internet cafe in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Feb. 10, 2016. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption toggle caption Rahmat Gul/AP ISLAMABAD — The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday to restore internet and telecommunications access across the country, saying the blackout imposed by the government in Kabul has left the nation almost entirely cut off from the outside world. The outage, reported the previous day, was the first nationwide shutdown since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 and was part of their professed crackdown on immorality. Earlier this month,…

A pro-democracy activist holds placards with the picture of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan outside the Chinese central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong on Dec. 28, 2020. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption toggle caption Kin Cheung/AP A pro-democracy activist holds placards with the picture of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan outside the Chinese central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong on Dec. 28, 2020. Kin Cheung/AP TAIPEI, Taiwan — When former lawyer Zhang Zhan posted hundreds of videos from Wuhan during the chaotic early months of the COVID-19 outbreak, she became one of China’s most prominent citizen journalists. Jailed in…

Comedian Anirban Dasgupta | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Imagine if a football match was a comedy show; at the start there would be no way of knowing who the winner would be at the end of an hour,” says Anirban Dasgupta, over phone from Mumbai, trying to explain his latest show Cry Daddy without giving away too much. This week will see the stand up comic from Mumbai perform at Soho Theatre in London, UK. “Cry Daddy marks the first time I am presenting an experimental show; up till now it has been pure stand up inspired by politics and…