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A question to ChatGPT whether a Silicon Valley Bank-type bank failure could happen in India produced a very reassuring answer. While noting that any bank, including SVB type bank, can fail due to various reasons such as mismanagement, fraud, economic turmoil, etc, ChatGPT believes the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will ensure that such failures are prevented in India. For, the RBI has strict guidelines in place to ensure the financial stability of the banks operating in India. In the past, there have been instances of banks failing in India, but the RBI has taken swift action to minimize the impact on depositors and prevent systemic risks to the banking sector, the AI-powered chat bot points out.

One swallow does not make a summer, the old proverb goes. But even a single swallow can give some hopes for a return to better times.

After the recent Assembly results, all parties in the tiny State of Nagaland formed an Opposition- free government to get a share in the power pie. All the parties unconditionally supported the ruling alliance, and all parties were in the Government with no Opposition.

Gurugram: Sneha Singh, winner in two of her last three starts, will make another attempt at her third title of the season in the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour starting at the Classic Golf & Country Club here from Wednesday.

Kolkata: National head coach Igor Stimac on Tuesday announced a provisional 23-member Indian squad for the Hero Tri-Nation International Football Tournament, to be played at the Khuman Lampak Stadium Imphal from 22 to 28 March with Myanmar and Krygyz Republic being the two opponents.

New Delhi: Defenfing champion Nitithorn Thippong (Thailand) and S Chikkarangappa, will lead foreign and Indian challenge in the the second edition of The USD 750,000 DGC Open to be played at iconic delhi Golf Club here from 16 to 19th March.

One would have liked to join the hoi polloi in welcoming the decision of the General Court Martial to recommend imprisonment for life to Captain Bhoopendra Singh, alias Major Bashir Khan for staging the encounter killings of three men in Shopian, Kashmir in 2020. The sentence will be final if and when it is confirmed by the Northern Army Commander. However, the brooding presence of the past cautions one’s reaction.

A third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024 is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s goal. All its efforts and resources are concentrated on achieving this goal, i.e., Modi as Prime Minister for as long as possible, or for as long as Modi wants to remain PM! Accordingly, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its leaders, assisted by the RSS and remaining parts of the Sangh Parivar, are sparing no efforts, ready to go to any lengths. Also, if this requires a shifting of the goalposts, so be it.

Already made has been the strong demand on the floor of the Bihar assembly that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should be asked to seek permission from the respective state government before proceeding against anyone in the state, similar to the legal proviso enacted by the Mamata Banerjee government in her state West Bengal. Now, some senior RJD leaders are also for approaching the Supreme Court for initiating legal action the director of the ED, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, and not against the organisation as such.

The National Capital Territory of Delhi is in the first leg of a colossal water crisis, almost a month earlier than the time it had hit last year, thanks to the unprecedented rise in temperatures in the country in February that broke all records kept since 1901. Water supply has been affected from around February 10.