Inflation remained higher in rural India at 4.84%, while urban areas registered a lower rate of 3.96%. July 2026 CPI inflation: Retail inflation for the month of July edged up to 4.45%. The All India Consumer Price Index (CPI), with 2024 as the base year, recorded a provisional year-on-year inflation rate of 4.45% in July…
AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A Gurugram district consumer commission has held Red Tape guilty of deficiency in service and unfair trade practice after it charged a customer Rs 30 for three carry bags while he was shopping at its outlet. The commission in its order dated August 4, directed the…
Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis (AP/PTI) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have announced a 16-member squad for the opening Test of their two-match series against India, with veteran wicketkeeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella making his return to the Test side.Dhananjaya de Silva will captain the team, while Kamindu Mendis has been named his deputy. Dickwella has been included as…
OpenAI employees can send an ‘SOS’ mail to Sam Altman to surpass bureacracy ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has an internal email system that lets employees directly raise problems with CEO Sam Altman and other top leaders when work is being slowed down by bureaucracy or internal bottlenecks. According to a Fortune report, the system, called “friction”, allows…
Amit Shah says ‘ready to sit through, take notes and respond to anything’ in Parliament. NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday offered to sit in Parliament from “3pm today till 3pm the next day” to hear the opposition’s concerns and respond to every point, as the standoff over alleged police excesses against…
N Chandrasekaran has stepped down as Tata Sons chairman NEW DELHI: Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran on Wednesday announced that he would not continue in the post beyond February 20, 2027, when his current tenure is scheduled to end.In a statement, Chandrasekaran attributed his decision to the continuing delay in reaching a resolution on extending…
Zohran Mamdani believes that the bill strengthens worker protections New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has thrown his support behind the Teamsters-based Delivery Protection Act, a bill that would face Amazon and other delivery giants to directly employ thousands of drivers instead of subcontracting last-mile delivery work, according to a report by New York Post….
NEW DELHI: The Chhattisgarh high court has rejected the bail plea of a retired IAS officer and former Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) secretary accused of helping leak question papers of the 2021 state civil services examination to his son. The court said the allegations involved the fairness of the recruitment process and found material…
Gurpatwant Pannun murder plot case delayed to November 20. A US federal court has delayed the sentencing of Nikhil Gupta, who pleaded guilty to plotting to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun to November 20, according to court filings.Gupta’s sentencing was originally scheduled for September 25 before the US District Court for the Southern District…
Trump confirms secret flight switch US president Donald Trump has acknowledged that he was moved to a different aircraft while leaving Turkey last month, saying he followed instructions from the Secret Service and military after being told the plane he had initially boarded would face a “greater risk”.“I go by Secret Service and the military….
