Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, state finance ministers and other dignitaries during the 57th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Meeting NEW DELHI: With GST rate rationalisation and procedural simplification out…
Tean ‘Diddy’ Combs was reportedly taken out of the federal prison where he is serving his sentence early Saturday morning following a medical emergency involving a head injury.According to a report by TMZ, sources at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fort Dix in New Jersey confirmed that the rapper had been taken off prison grounds…
CJI rejects INDIA bloc leaders’ request for meeting over ‘vote chori’ NEW DELHI: A day after CJI Surya Kant turned down Congress leadership’s request to meet them privately on their “vote chori” charge, saying doing so will violate the principle of separation of powers, SC Monday reiterated that it should not be dragged into political…
After 18 years without sightings, 13 white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) have been released into Piedras Blancas National Park in southern Costa Rica as part of a conservation project to restore the species. Its disappearance left a gap in the rainforest’s food chain, disrupting the ecological balance. To address this, Osa Conservation is working with the…
MUMBAI: HCLTech’s dollar revenue rose to $3.7 billion in the Sept quarter, up 2% sequentially and 2.2% year-on-year. In constant currency terms, revenue grew 2.3% sequentially and 2.6% year on year. EBIT margin expanded 131 basis points sequentially and 71 basis points year-on-year to 18.2%.The company’s services business grew 3% sequentially, generating more than $100…
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains references to suicide. Actor RJ Mitte, best known for playing Walter White Jr., aka Flynn, in the hit television series ‘Breaking Bad’, has sadly passed away. He was 34.According to a TMZ report, county officials have reportedly confirmed that the actor passed away in Texas on Monday. His death is…
NEW DELHI: Centre has asked states and UTs to ensure hospitals prominently display rates for their services and facilities to improve transparency in treatment costs and reduce billing disputes. The directive comes even as hospital representatives question gaps in implementation.In a letter to chief secretaries of all states and UTs, health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava…
Representative Image of an ornate Chinese porcelain dish with dragon designs and a yellow glaze found beneath a dusty sofa ( AI Generrated Image) For decades, a large, dirt-covered porcelain dish lay beneath a sofa in a north London home, its significance unknown to the family who kept it. Now identified as a rare example…
CHENNAI: Lakshmi Venu and Mallika Srinivasan have said the economic settlement within the Venu Srinivasan (VS) family remains unresolved, disputing suggestions that a division of assets has been completed.In a joint statement issued amid recent media reports, Lakshmi Venu and Mallika Srinivasan, daughter and wife of Venu Srinivasan, respectively, said no agreement on the division…
Nathan McSweeney used YouTube videos of Virat Kohli and Steve Smith to prepare for the challenge of batting against spin in India. His preparation proved effective as the Australia A batter topped the run charts in the one-day series against India A, helping his team secure a 2-1 win in Puducherry.McSweeney scored 194 runs in…
