Endowments minister faints while delivering I-Day speech in Tirupati

Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) is the fee merchants pay to banks and payment service providers for processing digital transactions. In India, credit card payments generally attract an MDR of around 1.5%.

Danish brewer Carlsberg has taken a significant step towards listing its Indian operations by confidentially filing draft papers for a $700 million IPO with the Bombay Stock Exchange. Managed by top financial institutions, the move follows a year of preparations, including strengthening governance and converting to a public limited company. This IPO aims to tap…

A father allegedly killed his two minor daughters at a Bengaluru hotel. He then attempted suicide after a dispute over child custody. The girls were found dead in their hotel room on Monday. Police recovered a note from the room detailing marital discord. The father confessed to strangling his children before his arrest.