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Premium the watchword for SBI as Q2 profit surges

Chairman says the bank will compete on quality of service, not on deposit rates

Zomato, Swiggy face heat from CCI over violation of competition laws

An investigation by the antitrust body found food delivery giants Zomato and SoftBank-backed Swiggy breached competition laws, with their business practices favouring select restaurants listed on their platforms, documents show.

Like breeze upon the water

{OF ETHICS AND ANARCHY} SPECULATIVE FICTION

'We saw a darker side of humanity'

On their book that explores how societies worldwide have responded to plague pandemics across history

Ancestral voices echoing through the present

Bibek Debroy's last published volume, Sacred Songs: The Mahabharata's Many Gitas, uses the English language to repossess ancient texts

Women, kids are majority of Gaza war dead, says UN

{ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT} ISRAEL'S MISSION TO THE UN IN GENEVA REJECTED THE REPORT

South California wildfire destroys 132 structures amid strong winds

Southern California firefighters working to contain a wildfire that has destroyed 132 structures in two days could be assisted by a forecast of fierce wind gusts easing on Friday, officials said.

'Khalistan backers don't reflect view of all Canada's Sikhs'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said for the first time that Khalistani separatists don't represent Canada's entire Sikh community, with the remarks coming amid a diplomatic row with India over the activities of pro-Khalistan elements.

W Asia politics hits football as riots break out in Amsterdam

Young people on scooters attacked Israeli fans in hit-and-run assaults overnight after a soccer game in Amsterdam apparently fueled by calls to target Jewish people spread on social media, Dutch authorities said on Friday.

After Trump victory, EU looks at 'urgent' reforms

EU leaders on Friday pledged to overhaul the bloc's economy with radical changes recommended in a landmark report, in reforms that have taken on greater urgency with Donald Trump winning back the White House.

US charges Iranian man in plot to kill Trump: Justice dept

The United States has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, the Justice Department said on Friday.

No cop-out on climate crisis

COP29 must look beyond the US to progress on limiting emissions and raising finances for developing nations to transition from fossil fuels

The 1984 anti-Sikh riots: India's unhealed wound

After the mob set Darshan Kaur's husband ablaze, she gathered her three children, the youngest just 15 days old, and bolted. In the frenzy, the baby slipped from 19-year-old Darshan's hands. But there was no time to stop. For the next three days, she and the remaining two children ran from the police station to gurudwara searching for a safe place.

The unbearable heaviness of financial conversations

I have answered reader, viewer, and listener questions about money for a long time. I have seen them change over time.

Empowering a generation of India's dreamers

Ratan Tata's life reminds us that true leadership is measured not just by one's achievements, but by one's ability to care for the most vulnerable

2 WOMEN BOOKED FOR BURNING FIVE PUPPIES ALIVE

Two women have been booked for allegedly burning alive five stray puppies after pouring petrol over them at Kankerkheda in Meerut, officers said on Friday.

Two terrorists killed in Sopore encounter

Two terrorists were killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces at Sopore in Baramulla district on Friday.

Resolution on special status gave people a voice: J&K CM

The people of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) \"found their voice\" after the passage of the resolution on the restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state, chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday, as the tumultuous first session of the newly-elected legislative assembly was adjourned sine die.

SC judgment: Govt cannot unilaterally appoint arbitrators

THE JUDGMENT, AUTHORED BY THE CJI, REFLECTED THE COURT'S RESOLVE TO MAKE THE ARBITRATION PROCESS MORE IMPARTIAL

500 migratory birds die due to avian botulism

Over 500 migratory birds, belonging to two or three different species, have died around Sambhar Lake in Jaipur district of Rajasthan over the past two weeks, officials said on Friday, adding that they were caused by avian botulism.

A road map for India to grow at 10% rate over the next 3 decades

India needs robust growth to meet the aspirations of our people. Sustained growth rate of 10% can potentially see per-capita incomes increase to eight times of current levels, an incredible feat for a country with 1.4 billion people.

Modi and team protect the corrupt, align with them for power: Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government of protecting the corrupt and aligning with them to remain in power.

'Fight against Ajit Pawar now an ideological one'

After her cousin Ajit Pawar orchestrated a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party, Supriya Sule and her father Sharad Pawar toiled to make their party, NCP(SP), poll-ready. Having tasted her first victory as party's working chief in the Lok Sabha polls this summer, winning eight of the 10 seats the NCP(SP) contested, the 55-year-old Baramati MP tells Shailesh Gaikwad and Faisal Malik that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will form the next government in Maharashtra. Edited excerpts of the interview:

BJP DOESN'T NEED INFILTRATORS' VOTES: SARMA

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not need the votes of \"infiltrators\" and instead would win the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections on the votes of members from \"tribal and Bharatiya societies\".

EC warns against sexist, derogatory statements

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday condemned derogatory remarks made by candidates against women leaders during election campaigns for the upcoming state assembly elections and bypolls and directed officials to deal with violators stringently.

Rahul promises caste census, removal of 50% cap on quota in J'khand

Congress lawmaker Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit back at BJP's allegations of \"dividing\" the country, saying his focus is on caste census meant to strengthen the 90% of India's population comprising tribals, Dalits, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and religious minorities who remain deprived of their due rights and benefits.

Actor Salman Khan receives fresh threat

Actor Salman Khan has received another threat allegedly from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Mumbai police said on Friday, adding that the sender demanded ₹5 crore from the Bollywood star.

We will not let Article 370 return, says Shah in Maha

Neither Congress leader Rahul Gandhi nor his future generations will be able to bring back Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu & Kashmir, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Friday, attacking the Opposition in the run up to the Maharashtra elections.

MP HC stays a single-judge bench order allowing interfaith marriage

THE HC RULING COMES DAYS AFTER A JUDGE SENT THE HINDU WOMEN TO A GOVT SHELTER TO 'THINK ABOUT HER DECISION'

College student blackmailed with clip, gang-raped in Odisha; 6 held

POLICE SAY THE MINOR ACCUSED USED A PRIVATE VIDEO OF THE SURVIVOR AND HER FRIEND TO BLACKMAIL HER