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Apple India revenue all-time high: Tim Cook

APPLE has achieved an all-time revenue record in India for its fourth quarter ending September 2024, chief executive officer Tim Cook said on Friday.

Coal production increases 7.4% in October

COAL production rose by 7.4% to 84.45 MT in October as against 78.57 MT in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal, coal ministry said in a statement.

IT services companies upping GenAI engagements, winning deals

IT services companies are now seeing an increasing number of Generative AI (Gen AI) engagements, and it is expected to rise in future too.

A.O. Smith finishes Pureit acquisition

A. O. Smith Corporation on Friday announced the completion of its acquisition of Pureit, a Hindustan Unilever company.

Petrol sales rebound on festival season

PETROL consumption rose 7.3% in October on the back of increased demand from the start of festive season but diesel sales were down 3.3%, preliminary data of state-owned firms showed on Friday.

Mkt closes higher on Muhurat session

DOMESTIC equity market ended higher in the special session on Friday, thus closing in gains for the seventh straight Muhurat trading session.

Google India PAT rises 6% to ₹1,425 cr in FY24

GOOGLE INDIA has posted a profit after tax (PAT) of ₹1,424.9 crore in the 2023-24 financial year, according to documents shared by Tofler on Friday.

Commercial LPG price hiked by ₹62/cylinder

OIL marketing companies (OMCs) on Friday increased the price of 19 kg commercial LPG gas cylinders to ₹62. As per the price notification, the retail price of a 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder is now ₹1,802 in Delhi.

Oct auto sales rise; M&M, Toyota lead pack

Retail sales in Oct outpaced wholesale figures as automakers cut production to manage high dealer inventories

Five schoolchildren among 8 dead in southwest Pakistan bomb blast

AT least eight people, including five children, were killed and 27 others were injured as an autorickshaw carrying schoolchildren bore the brunt of a bomb blast targeting a police mobile van in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Friday.

Aus politician in the soup for asking rival to return to Pak

AN Australian judge ruled on Friday that anti-immigration party leader Senator Pauline Hanson breached racial discrimination laws by crudely telling Pakistan-born Senator Mehreen Faruqi to return to her homeland.

Spanish floods toll climbs to 205

THE death toll from historic flash floods in Spain climbed to at least 205 people Friday, with many more believed to be missing, as the initial shock gave way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity.

25 killed in twin strikes on central Gaza refugee camp

THE death toll from Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip rose to 25, including five children, as more bodies were recovered, while officials said that 13 people were killed in airstrikes in Lebanon on Friday.

Kamala, Joe failed to protect Hindus, Trump says on B'desh violence

HINDU American groups have applauded Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump for promising to protect the human rights of Hindus across the world, including the US and Bangladesh and protect them from the \"anti-religion agenda of the radical left.\"

Record early voter turnout in US elections

With just days left for presidential elections, Harris and Trump running neck-and-neck, including in seven battleground states

Punjab-origin man held in Canada in 'super lab' drugs & weapons store bust

ROYAL Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested a Punjab-origin man after it busted a 'super lab' of drugs and a store of loaded weapons in Falkland, British Columbia.

1 held for firing at singer's house in Victoria Island

ROYAL Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested a Punjab-origin man after it busted a \"super lab\" of drugs and a store of loaded weapons in Falkland, British Columbia.

U'khand's below-par revenue officials under lens

THE Uttarakhand Revenue Board has ordered 35 naib tehsildars (revenue officials) to undergo re-training and an examination, citing concerns over their performance and discipline.

In another targeted attack in J&K, 2 migrant workers shot at by terrorists

TERRORISTS on Friday shot at and injured two migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh in central Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said.

Cong targets BJP bypoll candidate over jumbo deaths in Bandhavgarh

WITH turncoat politician and Madhya Pradesh's forest minister Ramniwas Rawat being the ruling BJP's candidate in one of the two assembly bypolls in Madhya Pradesh on November 13, his former party and opposition Congress has started targeting him over the deaths of 10 elephants in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR).

Naga bodies rap Manipur govt over assault on 2

THREE Naga outfits have set a 48-hour deadline before Manipur government demanding justice for two Naga men who were beaten up, allegedly by the members of Meitei radical group Arambai Tenggol, in Imphal.

Nitish ex-aide says will lift prohibition if voted to power

FORMER Union minister RCP Singh-led newly floated party 'Aap Sabki Aawaz' has announced to contest 140 of total 243 seats in the Bihar assembly elections due next year.

Sena MP booked for 'maal' jibe at Shinde nominee

A case was registered on Friday against Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant for referring to Shaina NC, a candidate of the rival Shiv Sena, as \"imported maal\".

Maha Yuti in Maha knot as Sena firm on Mahim fight

BJP chief puts ball in Shinde court on backing Raj Thackeray's son

Indian special forces to participate in Indonesia, US military exercises

SPECIAL operations troops of the Indian Army on Friday embarked on separate training exercises with troops of the US and Indonesian armies.

172 officials from 84 depts chalk out e-office plan

OFFICIALS from 84 ministries and departments of the Central government participated in a national workshop to discuss the e-Office initiative and its analytical dashboard.

MEA denies permission to MP for Venezuela govt meeting on 'fascism'

THE Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has denied Rajya Sabha MP V Sivadasan permission to attend a global meet organised by the Venezuelan government.

North & South blocks to make way for museum by June '25?

Finance & home ministries, DoPT to be first to move

Scammers stole ₹2K cr via digital arrests in 10 months of this yr: MHA

IN a report to the government, I4C, the cyber wing of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), said that scammers have stolen around ₹2,140 crore from 'cyber arrest' victims in the country within the first 10 months of the year, officials said on Friday.

'May take legal recourse': Cong flays tone & tenor of EC reply

DAYS after the Election Commission (EC) rejected Congress' charge of irregularities in Haryana assembly polls, the party on Friday said if the poll body persists with condescending language, then it would have to seek legal recourse to expunge such remarks.