New Delhi: Leading shoemaker Bata India Ltd on Wednesday reported a 3.02 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 63.64 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2024. It had posted a net profit of Rs 65.62 crore in the January-March period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing from Bata India….
Stock market today: Indian equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, dipped in opening trade on Thursday. While BSE Sensex dropped over 200 points, Nifty50 was near 22,650. At 9:22 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 74,398.62, down 104 points or 0.14%. Nifty50 was at 22,675.70, down 29 points or 0.13%.The Indian equity markets experienced…
NEW DELHI: Delhi customs officials on Thursday announced that they have arrested Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s personal assistant at the Delhi IGI airport after he was allegedly caught smuggling gold from Dubai. The personal assistant, identified as Shiv Kumar Prasad was caught with 500 grams of gold, according to custom sources.The arrest involved another individual,…
In September 2018, a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked a pivotal moment for Sunil Bharti Mittal-led Bharti Airtel, which was grappling with a severe crisis at the time, according to the Bharti Group founder. Airtel was struggling due to the impact of free voice and data services provided by new entrant Reliance Jio…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir shared a warm embrace during the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League. It was one of the heartwarming moments of the just concluded season. The long-standing alleged hostility between the two former teammates seemed to dissolve as they demonstrated mutual respect and camaraderie. Kohli, the face of…
On October 7, cloud asset management startup Firefly lost one of its founding members, CTO Sefi Genis, in the brutal attack by Hamas at the Nova Music Festival. Seven months later, the company announced the completion of a $23 million Series A. The company’s customers reportedly include Cisco, AppsFlyer, ZoomInfo, HPE, and numerous Fortune 500…
NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Gautam Gambhir has revealed that the franchise’s next mission is to become the most successful team in the Indian Premier League. Speaking on Sportskeeda, Gambhir expressed satisfaction with KKR’s recent win but emphasized that the journey toward greater success has just begun.“We are still two trophies away from MI…
NEW DELHI: Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has stated that while he is in peak physical condition to continue playing professional cricket for another three years, the mental demands of the game have led him to step away. The 38-year-old, who recently announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League (IPL), shared his thoughts.Speaking to Cricbuzz,…
BASIRHAT: Tucked away in North 24 Parganas along the southern banks of Ichhamati river is Basirhat that falls on one side of the Radcliffe Line that divided India and Pakistan (now Bangladesh). One has just to cross the river to reach Khulna in Bangladesh.Basirhat’s location explains why this place witnessed large-scale migration since Partition with…
The British parliament was dissolved on Thursday, as the five-week campaign period begun leading up to the general election on July 4.The election is expected to bring the Labour party back to power after 14 years of Conservative rule. As the clock struck one minute past midnight, all 650 seats of members of parliament (MPs)…
