GURGAON: Traffic police in the city have decided to not issue challans at night barring exceptional situations. The cops, however, will continue their drive against drunk driving.The move, police said, followed a number of complaints against arbitrary checking of vehicles, causing “harassment” to commuters at night.A letter issued by DCP (traffic) Virender Vij to all…
Wicketkeeper Azam Khan got brutally roasted online after his flop show on Pakistan‘s tour of England continued in the fourth T20I, which the visitors lost by seven wickets in London on Thursday, but the team, led by skipper Babar Azam, put its arm around the young player to motivate and comfort him. Khan scored a…
WASHINGTON: Marian Robinson, mother of former US first lady Michelle Obama, who provided support and stability, especially during the eight years of Barack Obama‘s presidency, died on Friday, the Obama and Robinson families said. She was 86. Fondly called the “first grandma,” Robinson played a pivotal role in helping care for her granddaughters, Malia and…
MUMBAI: For desi startup firms, it’s homecoming.A growing number of Indian-origin companies are ‘reverse flipping‘ – shifting their domicile back to India from overseas because of attractive stock market valuations and to avoid trouble on the regulatory front.While fintech players PhonePe, Groww and Pine Labs have reverse-flipped, other startups like Razorpay, Meesho, Udaan, and Zepto…
NEW DELHI: India’s economy is estimated to have grown by 8.2% in 2023-24, led by a solid expansion in manufacturing and construction sectors, and a strong push from Jan-March quarter growth, beating expectations and laying a robust foundation for the new govt, which assumes office this month after the polls. The strong numbers will help…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said there has been no leniency in recovering bad loans, especially from large defaulters, and banks have turned around, reporting record profit of over Rs 3 lakh crore last year, from being a “cesspool of bad loans, vested interests, corruption and mismanagement” during UPA regime.On the day…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday named Rahul Gandhi as his choice for the prime minister’s post if the INDIA bloc is voted to office on June 4.Asked about West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s proposal at a Nov meeting of the INDIA group that Kharge should be projected as the opposition’s PM candidate, he said…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC on Friday struck down Haryana govt’s policy of assigning additional marks based on socio-economic criteria while evaluating job aspirants, terming the system a violation of constitutional safeguards against discrimination.The division bench of Justices Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Sudeepti Sharma was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the criteria entitling a…
BENGALURU: Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said even as AI will enhance productivity, it may also result in job losses. “It’s a mixed bag. We need to reskill and upskill to handle this change. While there will be job losses, AI will create jobs in data management,” Chandrasekaran, who is also TCS chairman, said at…
Envoys of seven countries, including Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong and UK high commissioner Lindy Elizabeth Cameron, presented their credentials to President Droupadi Murmu on Friday. Envoys of New Zealand, Kuwait, Fiji, Guinea and Ecuador also presented their credentials.Xu Feihong said later in a post he had a “friendly discussion” on China-India relations with the president.“I…
