Bank holidays next week, June 16-22: Banks will be closed for a day across India in the upcoming week, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday calendar. Bank holiday on Sunday, June 22 Next week, banks are scheduled to be closed for a day, on June 22, 2025 since it is a Sunday….
Bank holiday today: Banks across India are scheduled to remain closed today, June 14, 2025, as it is the second Saturday of the month. According to the Reserve Bank of India calendar( RBI), banks are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays of the month. Banks are typically closed on the weekends…
Beijing’s near-complete control over these metals has left countries scrambling to secure alternative supplies. According to Reuters, India has even asked its state-run miner to pause a long-standing export deal with Japan, with an aim to preserve the key metals for domestic use and reduce dependence on China. But what are these metals, how widespread…
Oil prices spiked 14% in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, before giving back some of those gains. Brent crude, the international benchmark oil price, rose 7% on Friday to $74.23 per barrel. Based on recent history, oil’s rise might seem fleeting. For most of the past three years—since the early days of the Russia-Ukraine…
Mumbai: Thursday’s crash of Air India flight AI171 has sent shockwaves throughout the country. This is the first time the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has crashed, according to the Aviation Safety Network database. Mint breaks down the impact of the crash. Also read: Air India Plane Crash: Airline announces 2 relief flights from Delhi and Mumbai…
The DGCA ordered Air India to conduct a one-time check before the departure of all flights from India from the midnight on 15 June. The Tata Group-owned airline has been ordered to inspect the fuel parameter monitor, cabin air compressor, and associated systems. Air India must also conduct checks of the electronic engine control system…
The final project will be monitored by a team of technical experts, likely to be outsourced to a private space startup specializing in this field. The contract, worth ₹150 crore per year, will also involve India’s very own network of spy satellites that are expected to be built and sent up by end-2026, they said….
The latest move is meant to correct imbalances in the current quota system by restoring separate duty-free country-specific quotas for major exporters like Ukraine, UK, Türkiye and Korea. However, countries like India, which fall under an “other countries” category, must share a pooled quota of around 12,500 tonnes with others, including China and Vietnam among…
Mint explores what the incident might mean for the airline, insurers and reinsurers, and other aviation players in the country: How does Air India insure its fleet? Till Air India was a government-owned entity, there used to be an annual procurement process, and the airline sought tenders from multiple insurance participants. The lowest bidder was…
Film stars with political ambitions often leverage their popular on-screen personas to launch political careers. While this can provide a powerful launchpad, it often comes with the risk of diminishing their box-office appeal. The latest to face this conundrum are top southern movie stars Vijay, who launched a political party in February to contest next…