Jaipur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge raised Tuesday questions about PM Narendra Modi‘s caste, alleging a discrepancy in his OBC status. Speaking at the launch of Congress’s manifesto for the November 25 Rajasthan elections, Kharge claimed that Modi, belonging to the Ghanchi-Teli community, “stealthily” included it in the OBC category during his tenure as Gujarat CM.This…
The Titan Company on Tuesday said it is planning to add over 3,000 employees in the next 5 years across domains including engineering, design, luxury, digital, data analytics, marketing and sales among others. The company is looking for professionals with specialised skills such as data analytics, cyber security, product management, digital marketing and other new-age…
NEW DELHI: “It happens. Keep smiling, the country is looking up to you”. That was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message to Team India when he visited their dressing room after the defeat against Australia in the ODI World Cup final on Sunday in Ahmedabad.India lost the title clash by six wickets as Australia chased down…
India’s October gold imports surged 60% from a year earlier to a 31-month high as a drop in prices ahead of a key festival prompted jewellers to ramp up purchases, a government source said on Monday. Higher imports by the world’s second-biggest bullion consumer could support benchmark gold prices, but may also widen India’s trade…
OpenAI’s board hired Emmett Shear, formerly of Twitch, as chief executive officer, defying calls from investors to reinstate the ousted Sam Altman, according to people familiar with the matter. Shear had stepped down as CEO of Amazon.com Inc’s game-streaming site Twitch earlier this year.Members of the OpenAI boardsought a CEO to succeed Altman in a…
NEW DELHI: With the conclusion of Dhanteras, Diwali and Bhai Dooj, the Indian festive season is more or less over. Inputs gathered from industry executives suggest that the festive season has closed on a sound note with sales comfortably surpassing last year’s numbers.Consumers loosened their purse strings for a range of items, including jewellery, furniture,…
Representative image. India’s overall gems and jewellery exports declined by 11.49 per cent to Rs 22,873.19 crore (USD 2,748.01 million) in October, according to the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) data. The gross exports stood at Rs 25,843.84 crore (USD 3,134.85 million) during October 2022, the data showed. Cut and Polished Diamonds (CPD)…
A day after he took oath as Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu asked India in an official communication to pull out its military personnel from the Indian Ocean archipelago. The president’s office said Muizzu requested withdrawal of Indian troops in a meeting with Indian minister Kiren Rijiju, who was in Male for the inauguration of the…
A old photo of the Chinese President, Xi Jinping posing at the Golden Gate Bridge in the United States is doing the rounds on social media. The picture popped up this week when Xi and the US President, Joe Biden, met in San Francisco for a summit. In the photo, Xi looks younger and is…
BENGALURU: Senior JD(S) leader C M Ibrahim was suspended from the party on Friday by the outfit’s president H D Deve Gowda citing “anti-party activities.” This decision came after Gowda had already replaced Ibrahim as the party’s state president on October 19, appointing his son H D Kumaraswamy in his stead.Ibrahim had openly opposed the…
