Firstcry sets IPO price band at Rs 440-465
MUMBAI: Softbank, Ratan Tata and Sachin Tendulkar backed Firstcry, which claims to be the market leader in the ecommerce space catering to women and children, but has not made a single penny in profits in its 14 years of operations, has…
Hero Fincorp marginally scales down IPO size
MUMBAI: Retail-focused non-bank lender Hero Fincorp, the financial services arm of the world’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero Motorcorp, has filed the final papers with the markets regulator Sebi seeking to raise Rs 3,688 crore, marginally…
Cognizant June quarter profit up 22% at $566 million
BENGALURU: Nasdaq-listed technology major Cognizant has reported $566 million net profit, up 22.2%, in the quarter ended June 2024. The company's net profit in the same quarter last year was $463 million.
Its revenue in the June quarter…
Sensex, Nifty reach record levels
MUMBAI: Benchmark BSE Sensex jumped 388 points to breach the 82,000 level for the first time while broader Nifty spurted 108 points to hit the record 25,000 mark in early trade on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve indicated a rate cut…
Exchanges need to disclose shareholding patterns: Sebi
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi has amended the rules requiring stock exchanges and clearing corporations to disclose their shareholding patterns on their websites on a quarterly basis, in line with the listing obligations (LODR) regulations…
Russia frees US reporter in one of the biggest prisoner swaps with West
Moscow: US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan were released from Russia Thursday, the Turkish government announced, in one of the biggest East-West prisoner swaps since the Cold War.
A total of 26 people,…
Israel confirms death of Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Deif in July strike
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. The announcement comes a day after an apparent Israeli strike in the…
Blinken calls on ‘all parties’ in Middle East to ‘stop escalatory actions’
BlinkenULAANBAATAR: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged "all parties" in the Middle East to stop "escalatory actions" and achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, after Hamas's political leader was killed in a strike in Tehran that…
Russia launches its largest drone attack on Ukraine in 7 months.
KYIV: Ukrainian forces shot down all 89 Shahed drones launched by Russia in a nighttime attack on the country, Ukraine’s air force said Wednesday, in what was one of the largest drone barrages this year.
No damage or injuries were…
Calls for revenge at Iran funeral for Hamas chief Haniyeh
TEHRAN: Iran held funeral processions on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel.
The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led…
Spanish Media Reports India’s Story: Growth remains above 6%
With beginning of new month August 2024, we launch a news sharing collaboration with a leading Spanish journal ATALAYAR, from Madrid, to bring Europe's and particularly Spanish media coverage of Indian, Asian and Global Affairs, for the…
Today’s Motto: ‘A good leader starts by defining goals. He ends by saying thank…
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Heavy rain lashes Delhi; mother-son drown in drain
New Delhi: A woman and her son drowned in a drain in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar Phase 3 amid the heavy rain that lashed the Capital Wednesday evening. Police said the two were returning home when the boy, Priyansh, slipped into an open drain…
Drones to monitor movement of kanwariyas on Gurgaon roads
Gurgaon: Following the accident on the Delhi-Jaipur highway that killed a kanwar pilgrim in the early hours of Wednesday, police said drones will be deployed to ensure smooth movement at busy intersections in the city amid the annual Kanwar…
14 security personnel killed in J&K encounters in July: Data
SRINAGAR: After the peaceful first few months of this year, there has been a sudden surge in militant violence in Jammu and Kashmir. In the month of July, eight encounters, three attacks including an attack by notorious BAT team on security…
Delhi HC on police arresting SUV driver for coaching centre deaths
NEW DELHI: (PTI) "Have they lost it?" That was the Delhi High Court's poser on Wednesday as it pulled up Delhi Police for its "strange probe" against an SUV driver arrested for his alleged role in the drowning of three IAS aspirants at a…
LG forms committee to address issues to regulation of coaching centres
NEW DELHI: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena Wednesday formed a committee headed by the chief secretary to frame guidelines to regulate coaching centres in the city and redress issues faced by students, Raj Niwas officials said.
The…
Pinarayi denies Shah’s claim that Kerala didn’t heed Centre’s warning
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday termed as "baseless" Union Home Minister Amit Shah's claim that the state government did not heed the Centre's warning regarding a possible natural calamity in Wayanad…
UPSC cancels candidature of Puja Khedkar from IAS
NEW DELHI: The UPSC on Wednesday said it has cancelled the provisional candidature of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar and debarred her from all future examinations or selections.
"The UPSC has examined the available records…
India working on developing bullet trains with indigenous tech: Vaishnaw
NEW DELHI: India is working on developing bullet trains with indigenous technology, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.
He said in the Lok Sabha that the bullet train project, first of which is under construction…