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SBI cuts savings a/c rate to 2.5%, lowest in industry

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June 17, 2025

THE country's largest lender State Bank has slashed the interest rate on savings bank deposits by a hefty 25-50 bps to 2.5% from the existing 2.7%, the lowest on record.

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The rate reduction for the deposits is a disincentive for the small savers. The decision comes within days of the bank passing on the 50 bps repo rate cut by the central bank to borrowers effective June 15.

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Gangsters on prowl, target Punjab’s music industry & Kabaddi

THE recent surge in gang wars across Punjab indicates that the gangsters are attempting to take control over the state’s music industry and rural sport Kabaddi league, similar to what Mumbai’s underworld did in 1980s through the early 2000s.

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3 mins

January 18, 2026

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Journalists in Bangladesh demand protection amid rising mob attacks

JOURNALISTS, editors and owners of media outlets in Bangladesh on Saturday demanded that authorities protect them following recent attacks on two leading national dailies by mobs.

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1 min

January 18, 2026

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

Mapping Mahabharata to Lactose Intolerance

Lactose tolerance, the ability to digest milk sugar into adulthood, is a genetic mutation that arose among pastoralists in Eurasia, who tamed the horse for its milk, around 5000 BC.

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3 mins

January 18, 2026

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

ICICI Bank's PAT falls by 4% to ₹11,318 crore

THE ICICI Bank reported on Saturday a 4% year-on-year decline in standalone net profit to ₹11,318 crore for December quarter against ₹11,792.40 crore during the same period last year, weighing down by sharp rise in provision of ₹2,556 crore, including onetime agriculture provision of ₹1,283 crore.

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1 min

January 18, 2026

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

Split in Maha allies costs MVA dear in BMC elections

In 16 seats, defeat margin less than votes polled by Thackerays & Cong

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2 mins

January 18, 2026

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

Neville's entry into Ratan Tata Trust delayed again

THE appointment of Tata Trusts’ chairman Noel Tata’s son Neville Tata to Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) faced fresh delays after the cancellation of a board meeting scheduled on Saturday, people familiar with the matter said.

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1 mins

January 18, 2026

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

‘Judge me as Amish… judge me for my karma, not my birth’

N a wide-ranging conversation, bestselling author Amish Tripathi drew from history, mythology, politics, and philosophy to reflect on his recent book ‘The Chola Tigers: Avengers of Somnath,’ unity, historical memory, and the idea of a dharmic India.

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1 min

January 18, 2026

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

WILL AI CRASH LIKE THE DOT-COM BOOM?

N the late 1990s, India fell in love with internet.

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3 mins

January 18, 2026

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

IRAN INFERNO: PRELUDE TO A CATACLYSM

HISTORY offers a grim and recurring warning.

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4 mins

January 18, 2026

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

The Gaps in the Dravidian Story

The meticulous history of the DMK documents the party’s victory over Brahmin dominance but falls short of a structural caste critique

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3 mins

January 18, 2026

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