MUMBAI: A massive slide in tech-heavy Korean stock market on Tuesday, which followed the overnight sell-off in US tech stocks, pulled sensex down by nearly 900 points to 76,201 points. However, despite the day’s tech-led sell-off, foreign funds were net buyers, something that market players said was a positive sign.The day’s session started on a…
BENGALURU: Infosys said the US Department of Labor’s suspension of new and pending applications under the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) programme for certain companies, including the IT services major, is unlikely to have a material impact on its operations.In a statement to the stock exchanges, the company said it was aware of the decision and…
Bengali actor Jaayjeet Banerjee recently met with a road accident while travelling near the Tollygunge Karunamoyee Bridge. He took to social media to reveal that a speeding lorry hit his car while he was coming down from the bridge towards Haridevpur. The actor was sitting in the front seat and luckily escaped without any serious…
NEET-UG 2026 re-exam: Indian Army helicopter to transport question papers to Tirunelveli amid tight security There is something striking about the scale of preparation this time for the NEET-UG re-exam in Tamil Nadu. In a move that sounds closer to a high-security military operation than an examination process, question papers will be transported from Madurai…
The crackdown also includes tougher vetting of H-1B applicants, including scrutiny of their social media profiles and resumes. The Trump administration is tightening the US immigration system on multiple fronts, with new restrictions affecting immigrant visas, H-1B workers, green card applicants and some existing visa holders.The latest moves include a global pause in immigrant visa…
European Union Ambassador Herve Delphin on Friday said the India-EU partnership has reached a “totally new level” in both strategic and qualitative terms, describing the relationship as “limitless, ambitious and progressive”, PTI reported. Addressing the Europe Day celebrations in the national capital, Delphin said the India-EU partnership is becoming increasingly significant for the 21st century,…
Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Jee Le Zaraa’, initially announced as a star-studded road-trip film featuring Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, and Katrina Kaif, has been making headlines again, this time over speculation about a possible cast change. With the project facing multiple delays since its 2021 announcement, uncertainty around its current status has only grown stronger.Farhan Akhtar responds…
Award winning Tamil filmmaker and cinematographer R Chezhiyan passed away at the age of 57 on Friday. His death left a deep shock in the Tamil film industry where multiple stars and fans expressed their grief upon learning the news. Actor Vijay Sethupathi mourned the loss of Chezhiyan. Vijay Sethupathi’s post Vijay Sethupathi took to…
At the global level, Russian crude has served as a stabilising factor for the oil market. (Representative image) Is India facing 100% tariffs from the US for its Russian oil imports? A bipartisan group of US senators on Tuesday introduced a revised bill proposing 100% tariffs on five countries, including India and China, for continuing…
Policymakers are evaluating two broad models for introducing a Merchant Discount Rate for UPI payments. India has taken a step towards allowing merchant charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions after proposed amendments to the country’s payments law were introduced in Parliament on Tuesday.UPI, among the world’s largest real-time payment systems, handled 23.6 billion transactions…
