Digitisation of land records: The government is prioritizing the digitization of land records as a key reform initiative for the upcoming administration. According to sources, the Centre may allocate a budget of Rs 1,035 crore to support the proposed plan, which aims to complete the digitization process for all land records by 2026. This initiative…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai‘s has sent a clear message to employees: the office isn’t a place for politics. Pichai’s ‘loud and clear’ note to employees comes after the last few eventful days wherein 9 Google employees were arrested and Google fired 28 employees over protests against the company’s $1.2 billion cloud project for Israel government,…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has hit out at the Opposition and Congress, comparing it with Mahabharata’s Shalya. According to Sitharaman, Congress keeps questioning India and Indians’ capabilities, believing that it cannot match China.In an interview with ET, Sitharaman said that the story of Shalya from the Mahabharata serves as an apt example to illustrate the…
The surge in gold prices over the last six weeks has pushed up the price of diamond- jewellery in India and crimped its demand. To bring down the rates and get customers back to buying, several jewellers have started using lower cartage yellow metal in their pieces. In place of 18-carat gold, stores are now…
Representative image India‘s textile exports experienced a setback for the second consecutive year in 2023-24, reported TOI on Friday. The decline can be attributed to geopolitical tensions casting a shadow on the global economy. In the fiscal year 2023-24, exports amounted to $34.4 billion, marking a decline of over $1 billion (3%) compared to the…
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NEW DELHI: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, made a subtle comment on Friday in response to news of Israeli strikes on the Iranian city of Isfehan in Central Iran. He suggested that rockets be fired toward the stars rather than at one another.“We should send rockets not at each other, but rather to the…
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JAIPUR: A pregnant woman was allegedly forced to give birth outside the Kanwatia Government Hospital in the city on April 3, revealing that the medical facility did not currently have a permanent obstetrics and gynaecology unit.Four years ago, the same hospital had a dedicated obstetrics and gynaecology unit. But currently, the Sawai Man Singh Medical…
Stock market crash today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50 continued their losing streak on the last trading day of the week. Driven by global cues and the Iran-Israel conflict, the BSE Sensex plunged 600 points below the 72,000 level and Nifty50 went close to 21,800. At 9:19 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 71,897.78, down 591…
