IPL 2024: Return complete as Delhi Capitals name Rishabh Pant as captain
New Delhi, March 19 - Rishabh Pant will return as Delhi Capitals captain in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, taking back the job he could essay because of a near-fatal accident he suffered towards the end of 2022. Delhi Capitals on Tuesday announced
Hopes run high for BJP in UP’s first phase of polls
Lucknow, March 20 - Hopes run high for the BJP in the first phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh.
RLD Chief Jayant Chaudhary asks his party workers to support BJP
Mathura, March 20 - Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) President Jayant Chaudhary has appealed to his party workers to 'forget old things' and now open their doors for BJP workers.
Union minister Scindia speaks to Rajasthan CM over missing NEET aspirant
Jaipur, March 19 - A day after the kidnapping of a NEET aspirant from Rajasthan's Kota, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday spoke to Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma regarding the matter and assured the girl's father of bringing her
Regional parties to play key role in NE’s 25 Lok Sabha seats but BJP in commanding position
Guwahati/Agartala, March 19 - As in previous elections, regional parties in the eight northeastern states will play a vital role in the 25 Lok Sabha seats there even as a majority of them are part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Will roll back ‘pure veg mode’ if it sees negative social repercussions: Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal
New Delhi, March 19 - Facing criticism on social media after launching the “Pure Veg Mode” on his platform, Zomato Co-founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal on Tuesday clarified that if the company sees any significant negative social repercussions of this decision, “we will
Opening ceremony of ‘Tiger Triumph’ exercise between India-US conducted onboard INS Jalashwa
New Delhi, 19 March - The opening ceremony of the bilateral Tri-Service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Amphibious Exercise between India and the US -- Tiger Triumph -- was held onboard INS Jalashwa on Tuesday.
Kejriwal moves Delhi HC against ED’s 9 summonses
New Delhi, March 19 - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday moved the High Court, challenging the Enforcement Directorate's nine summonses issued to him in the alleged excise policy scam.
Suspense continues over Raj Thackeray’s MNS joining NDA-BJP camp
Mumbai/New Delhi, March 19 - Suspense continued over the likelihood of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), and contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
J&K: Asia’s largest Tulip garden to open for visitors on March 23
Srinagar, March 19 - V.K.Bidhuri, Divisional Commissioner (Kashmir) on Tuesday reviewed arrangements for the opening of Asia’s largest Tulip garden in Srinagar.
Haryana CM Saini expands Cabinet, inducts eight legislators
Chandigarh, March 19 - In the first Cabinet expansion under new Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, eight legislators were inducted on Tuesday, taking the total strength of the Council of Ministers to 14, including the CM.
2023 was warmest year on record, says WMO’s State of Global Climate report
New Delhi, March 19 - A new report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on Tuesday showed that records were once again broken, and in some cases smashed, for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea
Samsung sees high economic uncertainty, new opportunity in AI
Seoul, March 20 - Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, said on Wednesday that macroeconomic uncertainties are expected to be high this year but vowed to embrace a new opportunity in the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).
Satya Nadella welcomes Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of Microsoft AI
New Delhi, March 19 - Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday welcomed Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) venture.
Good governance crucial than highest market cap for startups: Industry leaders
New Delhi, March 20 - As certain Indian digital companies like Byju’s, with a mammoth $22 billion valuation once, get embroiled in corporate governance issues, top industry leaders have said that running a clean company with honest practices and good governance is more
SEBI proposes audiovisual format for IPO disclosures
New Delhi, March 19 - Markets regulator SEBI has proposed that the disclosures made in the DRHP and RHP of public issues shall also be made available in audiovisual (AV) format by the issuer companies desiring to list on the main board.
India’s direct tax collections jump 20% to cross Rs 18. 9 lakh crore in 2023-24
New Delhi, March 19 - The country's Direct Tax collections for the current financial year, ending on March 31, 2024 have shot up by 19,88 per cent to Rs 18,90,259 crore compared to Rs 15,76,776 crore in the same period of the previous
CCI approves Ultra Tech’s acquisition of Kesoram cement business
New Delhi, March 19 - The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday approved the acquisition of Kesoram Cement Business by UltraTech Cement Limited from Kesoram Industries Limited.
‘India targets to hike share of natural gas in the energy mix to 15 per cent’
Chennai, March 19 - India targets to increase the share of natural gas in its overall primary energy mix to 15 per cent by 2030 from the prevailing 6 per cent share, said credit rating agency CARE Ratings.
RBI fines Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, DCB Bank for breach of norms
Mumbai, March 19 - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1.38 crore on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited and a fine of Rs 63.6 lakh on DCB Bank Ltd. (the bank) for not complying with regulatory norms.