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L&T Head Backs 90-Hr Work Week

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman S N Subrahmanyan sparked an online outrage with his comments advocating a 90-hour work week and suggesting that employees should even give up Sundays.

Mkt May Turn Rough as FPI Shorts Hit 7-Month High

The stock market appears headed for further turbulence, with foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) raising their bearish bets to a seven-month high, even as they continue to sell in the cash market.

Inflation Likely Eased to 5.3% in Dec: Mint Poll

India's retail inflation likely moderated to a four-month low of 5.3% in December, down from 5.5% in November, driven by the seasonal decline in food prices, according to the median estimate of 25 economists in a Mint poll.

NHPC seeks to buy out co-promoters in PTC

Move will help NHPC expand power trading business; co won't acquire finance unit

TCS Starts Earnings Season With Worst Q3 Show in 9 Years

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd kicked off the quarterly earnings season on a gloomy note, clocking the worst third-quarter revenue decline since December 2015.

Actors, Celebrities Flee as Hollywood Events Scrapped

No water in the fire hydrants, no money in FEMA [Federal Emergency Mgmt Agency]. This is what Joe Biden is leaving me. Thanks Joe! Donald Trump, US President-elect

Extreme weather fuelling LA's wildfires

No water in the fire hydrants, no money in FEMA (Federal Emergency Mgmt Agency). This is what Joe Biden is leaving me. Thanks Joe! DONALD TRUMP, US President-elect

US-backed Aoun picked as prez in pivot from Iran

Lebanon lawmakers elected army commander Joseph Aoun as the country's first president in more than two years, picking a US-backed candidate in a sign of Iran's waning influence in the region.

Musk plotting Starmer's exit before polls: Report

Billionaire Elon Musk has held private discussions with allies about removing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer from his position before the next general election, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

Canada Likely to Get Successor to Trudeau by the First Week of March

Canada could get its successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by the first week of March so the person has enough time to prepare before Parliament meets in the last week of the month.

Russia Has Arctic Interests, Kremlin Says on Trump's Plans to Take Over Greenland

The Kremlin on Thursday said that Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on US President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about acquiring Greenland, absorbing Canada and taking control of the Panama Canal.

Why India Wants To Repair Ties With Kabul

The meeting between foreign secretary Vikram Misri and the Taliban's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai was significant because it marked the highest level of engagement so far by the Indian side with the regime in Kabul since the group's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.

Delivery Claims Versus Identity Politics in Delhi

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is attempting a hat-trick of wins in Delhi, where assembly elections will take place on February 5.

Unbundling returns: Where will low-fare airlines stop?

The low-fare revolution is now coming to bite the airline market.

Indigenous cleantech space key to sustainable economy

s India strides towards becoming a global economic powerhouse, the twin challenges of achieving climate goals and fostering economic growth need to be addressed in unison.

Battle for Delhi splits INDIA bloc

Congress faces isolation within the Opposition camp as other parties back AAP against BJP

Chances of finding survivors are slim

Rescuers involved in the ongoing operations to retrieve miners trapped inside an illegal coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district said that chances of finding any survivors are very slim, while citing zero visibility, murky water, and lack of a blueprint or map of the mine as key challenges the rescuers face.

SC Rejects Review Pleas on Same-Sex Marriage

The Top Court Said That The Review Petition Lacked Sufficient Merit To Warrant Reconsideration Of Its Ruling

CM orders probe in stampede, his deputy says sorry

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced a judicial inquiry into the Tirupati temple stampede in which at least six devotees were killed and close to three dozen others injured, while deputy CM Pawan Kalyan \"profusely apologised\" to the country and the Hindu community for the incident.

India Rank Drops to 85th in Passport Index

India's ranking has dropped by five points to 85 this year in a global passport index, topped by Singapore for the second consecutive year.

Call on exclusion of creamy layer can only be taken by legislature

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the idea of excluding the \"creamy layer\" from reservations—mentioned in a landmark August 1, 2024 judgment—was a view expressed by a section of that bench, and that the power to decide on the sensitive issue remained with the legislature.

NHA Seeks Report on K'taka on Not Implementing Health Scheme

The National Health Authority (NHA) has sought a report from the Karnataka government on a cancer patient who allegedly died by suicide after being denied treatment under the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY) scheme, officials said on Thursday.

6 Maoists Sent to Judicial Custody After Surrender

Six Maoists who surrendered in the presence of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on December 8 were remanded to judicial custody till January 31 by a special NIA court on Thursday.

3 Maoists killed in C'garh encounter

THE SUKMA ENCOUNTER IS PART OF A SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL ANTI-MAOIST OPERATIONS IN CHHATTISGARH THIS YEAR

Ex-RPF cop needs to go to mental hosp: Jail to HC

The mental condition of Chetan Singh Chaudhary, the RPF constable accused of shooting dead his senior and three passengers, identifiably Muslim, on a train in July 2023, has become an issue once again, after having been rejected as a ground for bail right in the beginning.

After BMC shuts Andheri bridge over nullah, traffic chaos ensues

It's caused significant inconvenience to commuters and over 100 families living near Shastri Nagar

ED seizes ₹1 crore assets in foreign remittances case

The Mumbai unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches in Mumbai and Thane, and seized movable assets worth ₹1 crore as part of its money-laundering investigation against a racket accused of orchestrating foreign remittances worth over ₹10,000 crore in an illegal manner.

Class 11 Student Found Dead in School Toilet

A 16-year-old student was found dead on Thursday in the washroom of a Jogeshwari East-based international school and junior college.

TISS Staff Retain Jobs as TET Secures Funding Extension

The services of 115 teaching and non-teaching staff at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), funded by the Tata Education Trust (TET), will now continue until March 31, 2026.

Cops were aware of fraud but dragged their feet

The Torres Jewellery fraud has taken an unexpected turn, with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police learning that the Shivaji Park police and Navi Mumbai police had suspected something was terribly amiss but didn't take appropriate action, months before the scam surfaced.