UPI transactions grow 32 pc in Nov as consumption remains robust

IANS | December 1, 2025 10:08 AM

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The unified payments interface (UPI) saw 32 per cent transaction count growth (year-on-year) at 20.47 billion in the month of November — along with registering 22 per cent annual growth in transaction amount at Rs 26.32 lakh crore, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) data showed on Monday.

ED issues show-cause notices to CM Vijayan, ex-Kerala Minister Isaac, KIIFB CEO

IANS | December 1, 2025 9:51 AM

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 1 (IANS) In a significant development with political and financial implications, the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Adjudicating Authority has issued show-cause notices to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former Finance Minister Dr T.M. Thomas Isaac, KIIFB CEO K.M. Abraham and other senior officials over alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in the issuance and use of Masala Bonds by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board.

Winter Session of Parliament begins today

IANS | December 1, 2025 6:54 AM

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Winter Session of Parliament begins Monday and will continue until December 19, featuring 15 sittings spread across the 19-day schedule.

First principle of British foreign policy: Protecting England by the finances of India (From the Archives)

Santosh Kumar Verma | November 30, 2025 10:22 PM

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) For millions of people across the fertile lands of Hindustan in the early 1800s, the greatest enemy was not a rival prince or a neighboring army, but an invisible, all-consuming debt. This debt, manufactured by the boundless ambition of the British East India Company (EIC) under Governor-General Marquis Wellesley, was the single most destructive force unleashed upon the subcontinent.