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Oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 18,951 crore for the quarter that ended on 31 March 2024 (Q4FY24). This was a 1.8 per cent decline in net profit compared to Rs 19,299 crore reported during the same period last year (Q4FY23), which was also the highest ever […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre about action taken regarding “misrepresenting advertisements for things like foods for babies, children, and elderly” sold by Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies. A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah raised the issue while hearing a contempt of court case against Patanjali Ayurved for allegedly […]
Known as the Robin Hood of Bihar, 34-year-old Mohammed Irfan was caught by Kochi police, hours after a burglary he committed at an upscale Kochi neighbourhood of Panampally, which he zeroed in on after Googling “posh areas in Kochi”. Armed with just a screwdriver, he unsuccessfully tried to break into two houses around midnight, but […]
With peak summer picking up fast in most parts of the country, the demand for ACs, coolers and refrigerators have also soared.Industry players are looking at the best summer in last 10-15 years with the sector expected to record a more than 30% growth over last year. Last year, the AC market grew 15%, while […]
Fat pay packages are generally the norm for students graduating from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country. Not this year. This placement season companies are both hiring fewer graduates and offering lower salary packages. Students towards the end of the line are receiving offers with annual packages below Rs 10 lakh. […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s visit to India has been temporarily postponed, according to a news report. Musk was scheduled to visit India on April 21 and 22 to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and announce his plans to enter the Indian market. While the specific reasons behind the postponement remain undisclosed, reports suggested that Musk’s […]
Google on Friday, April 19, 2024, marked the beginning of the first phase of the general elections in India with a doodle that featured an inked finger. When clicked it led the users to top stories on the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls. The Google doodle comes on the day the world’s largest […]
Voting has begun for 102 parliamentary seats across 21 states/UTs in the first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Polling is underway in all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and all 5 in Uttarakhand, besides 12 of 25 in Rajasthan, 8 of 80 in Uttar Pradesh, 6 of 29 in Madhya Pradesh, […]
At least four electronic voting machines (EVM) erroneously registered votes in favour of BJP during mock polling in Kerala’s Kasaragod, alleged agents of LDF and UDF candidates. Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency’s LDF candidate and CPM leader MV Balakrishnan filed a complaint with District Collector Inbasekar K, designated as the District Election Officer, to look into […]
The voting for the high-octane Lok Sabha Elections is set to begin on Friday, April 19. The first phase of polling will be held in 102 of 534 parliamentary constituencies across 21 states on Friday. As per the Elections Commission’s schedule, the Lok Sabha polls will be held in seven phases. The results, to be […]
A landmark gathering of public and private practitioners spanning the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) spectrum, convened to share insights and experience play-based learning at Reliance Foundation’s Building Flourishing Futures conference. Held at the Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS) in Mumbai, the conference brought together diverse practitioners from the ECCE system, academics and experts […]
An Indian-origin Google employee got a permanent residency in the US after a long nine-year wait.“After 3505 days in this country, I’m finally a ‘permanent resident’. I can travel without constantly having to worry about my visa stamp or my I-94 date or a million other things,” the X user wrote in a now-deleted post.In […]
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal is soon set to take the centrestage of the party’s political future, at least so long as her husband is in jail.Following the party chief’s arrest on March 21, Sunita Kejriwal was given her first “political responsibility” as a “star campaigner” for AAP in […]
Aditya Srivastava, 2023’s topper in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services mains exam was working in Goldman Sachs in Bengaluru. He quit the high-paying job to pursue a career in the civil services. He is an electrical engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur. In 2019, Srivastava began his professional journey with Goldman Sachs, one […]
Cyber frauds have taken hold of an IPS officer’s identity to leverage his name and image and intimidate people by threatening to embroil them in fictitious legal cases.Manish Shankar Sharma, an IPS officer of the MP cadre, has been honoured with a day named after him in San Diego in the US. Sharma is an […]
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport was ranked 10th globally in 2023 serving over 72.2 million passengers, a steady year-on-year growth of 20.36%. The ranking was by the Airports Council International (ACI) World, an international organisation that evaluates airport standards. Delhi airport’s position signifies its status as a prominent international hub and its significant contribution to […]
Co-founder of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd Baba Ramdev and Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna appeared in person and tendered an “unqualified and unconditional apology” before the Supreme Court for promoting misleading advertisements.The court was hearing a contempt of court case against the company and the duo in a matter about deceptive advertisements and making statements against allopathic […]
Hearing petitions seeking cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) with paper slips generated through the VVPAT system, the Supreme Court pointed to problems with the secret ballot voting method.“We are in our 60s. We all know what happened when there were ballot papers, you may have, but we have not forgotten,” Justice […]
A Mumbai court ordered 10-day police custody for two men accused of opening fire near Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residence.The accused were arrested earlier in the day on Tuesday and produced before the Esplanade Court in Mumbai.The prosecution presented evidence to the court, alleging that the two were involved in the firing, conducting a recce […]
Due to a cap on the number of green cards given to people from a specific country and a low annual quota, more than a million Indians are presently stuck in a long queue for green cards, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data.The data shows that many highly skilled professionals from India, […]
