New Delhi: Telecom giant Vodafone on Friday (September 25) won an arbitration case over ₹20,000 crore retrospective tax dispute against the Indian government in an international court, sources said.
Face masks are our best frontline defence tools against the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19. It is known that face masks offer only a physical barrier and cannot destroy pathogens.
New Delhi: The disinvestment programme was key to the government’s efforts to rein in the fiscal deficit and follow the path laid out by the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act.
New Delhi: Voting for the Bihar assembly elections 2020 is likely to be held mid-October. The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule on Friday (September 25) for what will be the first election to be held in the country amid the ongoing pandemic.
Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma has criticized former India captain Sunil Gavaskar for his “distasteful” comments on her husband and RCB skipper Virat Kohli, who had a bad day against Kings XI Punjab in their IPL 2020 league match on Thursday.
An emotional Ilayaraja, the music maestro, posted a video two days ago, urging his friend SP Balasubrahmanyam to recover from the coronavirus attack and walk out of the hospital, recalling his long association with the singer. The reaction is symptom...
The Delhi Police charge sheet in the sedition case filed against JNU student Sharjeel Imam refers to his M. Phil. thesis on communal violence during Partition and accuses him of using Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s book ‘Why I am a Hindu’ to put up a “...
Amid nationwide protests by farmers against the three contentious farm Bills, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (September 25) accused Congress of giving hollow slogans in the name of farmers for many decades and that his government made “hi...
An eminent Pakistani journalist has said that the country’s Federal Investigation Agency has registered cases against 49 media persons and social media activists under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA).
Pa Singaram’s novels are some of the earliest known literature on Tamil migrants and seafarers. Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, Kadalukku Appaal (Beyond the Sea) and Puyaliley Oru Thoni (A boat amidst the storm) published in 1959 and 1972, respectively, were about young Tamil men who ventured out of their hometowns in Tamil Nadu to southeast Asian countries to assist business amid the war. But for a long time, these works lay neglected in the Tamil literary world. Click here to know more.
Chennai: Popular singer SP Balasubrahmanyam, better known as SPB, succumbed to COVID-19 related complications on Thursday (September 24), leaving behind hundreds of soulful melodies for his millions of fans. He was 74.
Kochi: Suspended senior IAS officer M Sivasankar on Thursday appeared before the National Investigation Agency probing the gold smuggling case in Kerala, two months after he was quizzed by the agency in connection with the sensational case, sources said.
Bengaluru: The BJP government in Karnataka on Wednesday (September 23) tabled in the Assembly a "controversial" 2012 report on encroachment of Wakf (Waqf) properties across the state.
An intensifying battle with the judiciary following a string of legal setbacks is pushing Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy closer to the BJP leadership.
New Delhi: Telecom giant Vodafone on Friday (September 25) won an arbitration case over ₹20,000 crore retrospective tax dispute against the Indian government in an international court, sources said.
New Delhi: The disinvestment programme was key to the government’s efforts to rein in the fiscal deficit and follow the path laid out by the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act.
New Delhi: Iconic US motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson has announced that it will shut its India business as it restructures global operations at an additional cost of $75 million under its ‘The Rewire’ strategy formulated by new CEO Jochen Zeitz to revive the business hit by a slump in sales in many of its markets in the world.
The Pallonji Mistry family, the largest minority shareholder of the Tata Group, has said it needs to separate its interests after India’s biggest conglomerate took steps to block the family’s attempt to borrow against Tata shares.
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Registered employees from across India have withdrawn about ₹40,000 crore from their respective Employee Provident Fund (EPF) accounts during the lockdown, reveals data by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Union minister Santosh Kumar Ganga...
Chennai: Capitalism may be the greatest engine of prosperity and progress devised by humankind, but, in recent years, many individuals and communities have been angered by its current form that focuses on profits and shareholder wealth by running roughsh...
Many small shopkeepers will lose as much as 75% of their business because of the recent order of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to ban the sale of junk foods near schools, an industry body has said.
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New Delhi: India may make up much of the ground lost due to COVID in FY22. The economy is likely to grow 19 per cent in nominal terms in the next financial year, the finance ministry has estimated, even as it refrained from giving an estimate if the GDP ov...
A blistering 69-ball 132 by skipper KL Rahul helped Kings XI Punjab bag its first victory this Indian Premier League (IPL) season by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 97 runs at Dubai on Thursday (September 24).
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Indian international Bala Devi, who is playing for Scottish side Rangers FC, said that she is raring to return after the long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bala, the first Indian woman to play for a foreign club, has resumed her training with her teammates in Glasgow.
Mumbai: Former Australia batsman Dean Jones has died of a cardiac arrest in a Mumbai hotel, IPL broadcasters Star Sports have confirmed. Jones, 59, was in Mumbai with the Star Sports' commentary team for the Indian Premier League.
Abu Dhabi: Setting a target of 196 runs in 20 overs, the Mumbai Indians, backed by Rohit Sharma's 54-ball 80 and splendid fielding from Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya, defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders by 49 runs in the Indian Premier Lea...
New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni did not lead from the front by dropping himself down the batting order during a mammoth chase, opined former India batsman Gautam Gambhir, tearing into the CSK captain's decision to bat at number seven against Rajasthan Royals.
An eminent Pakistani journalist has said that the country’s Federal Investigation Agency has registered cases against 49 media persons and social media activists under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA).
New York: Sir Harold Evans, the charismatic publisher, author and muckraker who was a bold-faced name for decades for exposing wrongdoing in 1960s London to publishing such 1990s best-sellers as Primary Colors, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 92.
Washington: US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the history-making jurist, feminist icon and a champion of womens rights and social justice, has died of cancer at the age of 87.
Women operated for removing breast cancer tumour are usually given radiation radiotherapy to kill any lurking cancer cells after surgery. Usually, radiation therapy lasts for three to five times a week, for about 3 to 5 weeks. A novel, single-shot radiotherapy, that too administered immediately after the surgery, a recent study finds, is as effective as conventional radiotherapy for most women.
An update by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday morning said the number of active cases crossed the million mark and currently stands at 10,09,976. As many as 40,25,079 patients have been discharged.
In the midst of the commotion over NEET in Tamil Nadu, the state passed a bill in the Assembly on September 15 providing 7.5 per cent sub-quota in admissions to state-run medical colleges for government school students clearing the all-India exam.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Central Board of Secondary Education on Friday directing it to file an affidavit giving details of the scheme, dates and other details of the compartment exam it plans to hold for class 10 and 12 students by the end of September.
Kolkata: The University of Calcutta has decided to conduct online the final semester exams for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in October. The exams will be conducted from October 1-8 with the help of WhatsApp and email, university vice-chancellor Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee said.
New Delhi: The top education body University Grants Commission (UGC) has listed out precautions required to be taken by the students before enrolling in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) programmes.
