- Reuters
India cenbank's income surges on the back of lower provisions in FY24
The Indian central bank's net income surged to 2.11 trillion rupees ($25.30 billion) for the financial year ended March 2024, up from 874.20 billion rupees in the previous year, its annual report released on Thursday showed. The Reserve Bank of India saw a gain of 836.16 billion rupees from foreign exchange transactions during the year, while interest income from foreign securities rose to 653.28 billion rupees. The RBI transferred 428.20 billion rupees towards contingency funds, raising the buffer to 6.5% from 6% last year.
- The Telegraph
Iga Swiatek scolds French Open fans after showing champion’s fight to down Naomi Osaka
Roland Garros favourite Iga Swiatek laid into the French crowd for shouting out during rallies after she had just saved match point in a breathless comeback to beat the former world No 1 Naomi Osaka.
- The Telegraph
France stands as a chilling warning for the UK today
Like many undecided British voters today (and quite a few exasperated Tory ones), I recall what it felt like after two decades of increasingly uninspiring and stale Right-wingers in power: I wanted them out. I was voting for the first time in my life, the year was 1981, and I cast my ballot for François Mitterrand, a hitherto lacklustre Socialist who’d promised Cabinet seats to the then powerful French Communist party.
