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Para Games: Athletes accorded big send-off

THE Indian paralympic contingent was on Friday accorded a grand send-off ahead of the Paris Games scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 8.

Aparajith marks new milestone

EVEN as the focus shifts to the Buchi Babu tournament after three rounds of Raja of Palayampatti Shield - Jolly Rovers' B Aparajith has etched his name in the record books.

DELHI HC RESTORES MANDATE OF IOA AD-HOC PANEL

Court leaves it to IOA to reconstitute multi-member committee to takeover day-to-day affairs of Wrestling Federation of India; WFI set to challenge order

Buchi Babu: Kishan hits century for Jharkhand on red-ball comeback

WHEN Ishan Kishan walked out to bat against Madhya Pradesh at the India Cements Cricket Ground, Tirunelveli on Friday for Jharkhand, it was the first time he played a professional red-ball match since the Test against West Indies in Port of Spain last July.

Acquisitions are key ingredient in growth path: Happiest Minds

ACQUISITIONS are a key ingredient in Happiest Minds' growth path, as it in Q1 alone acquired Pure Software Technologies for ₹779 crore and also US-based Azure native digital product engineering company Aureus Tech Systems.

Manoj Govil appointed as expenditure secy

IN a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government has changed several secretaries in the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Commerce.

JSW Cement files paper to raise ₹4,000 crore through public issue

BILLIONAIRE Sajjan Jindalled JSW Cement has filed draft papers to launch a ₹4,000 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Buyback tax rules inequitable: Industry

Experts argue the new tax rate is disproportionately higher compared to LTCGT of 12.5% and STCGT of 20%

Forex kitty falls by $4.8 billion to $670 billion

THE foreign exchange reserves fell by $4.8 billion to $670.119 billion in the week to August 9, as the RBI likely have sold dollars to defend the rupee which was under tremendous pressure, testing the 84-mark to the dollar twice during the week.

RIL layoffs raise concern over hiring in retail

THE recent layoffs within Reliance's retail division (about 38,029 job cuts) have raised many questions, especially the future of hiring with regards to retail opportunities.

Anti-dumping probe against Vietnam steel imports

THE Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated an anti-dumping probe into imports of hot rolled flat products of alloy or non-alloy steel from Vietnam, following an application filed by the Indian Steel Association (ISA) on behalf of domestic steel producers, JSW Steel and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India.

Fed rate cut hope triggers rally in equity market

ON the back of strong global cues, the Indian equity market rallied sharply on Friday with the benchmarks - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 - surging nearly 2% each.

Kamala Harris favourite to win if elections held today: Washington Post

DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris would be the favourite to win the White House if polls were held today, The Washington Post has said.

Incursion meant to force Russia to negotiate: Kyiv

Ukraine claims it seized 1,100 sq km of Russian territory in its biggest counter-attack

Yunus inducts four more advisers to interim govt

THE interim government in Bangladesh led by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus was expanded on Friday with four more advisers joining his team.

UK, French ministers in Israel to push for truce

INTERNATIONAL diplomacy to prevent the war in Gaza from spreading into a wider regional conflict intensified on Friday, with the British and French foreign ministers making a joint trip to Israel while internationally mediated cease-fire talks in Qatar entered their second day.

Indian student develops revolutionary carbon-extracting biomaterial in UK

AN Indian student at University College London (UCL) is working on a new construction biomaterial that uses living microorganisms to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which has the potential to dramatically reduce carbon footprint if mass-produced and widely adopted by the building industry.

'File FIR in 6 hours for violence against healthcare workers'

THE Central government on Friday directed all the hospitals, whether run by state or Centre, to file an FIR within six hours if any healthcare professional reports violence.

Traffic police in Assam goof it, fine auto driver for 'not wearing helmet'

AN Assam auto rickshaw driver was left flabergasted when he learnt that he was fined ₹1,000 by the traffic police for not wearing a helmet.

Gujarat trails in quality education, lags behind many states: NITI Aayog

GUJARAT may be a model state in many respects, but when it comes to high-quality education, it lags behind states like Haryana, Sikkim, Manipur, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, which are frontrunners in this area.

Politics peaks as Didi targets Oppn

AMID the seething anger in the medical fraternity and a sporadic judicial and administrative action, West Bengal found itself caught in the usual political slug-fest.

Uddhav's Maha pitch: 'Declare MVA CM face ahead of polls, will support'

ASSERTING his position in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday expressed his willingness to support any candidate proposed by the Congress and NCP(SP) as the alliance's chief ministerial candidate, but it should be decided ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in the state.

Facing backlash, Kolkata top cop says not shielding anyone, probe transparent

ON a day when the Kolkata High Court came down heavily on the state government, particularly the police, the CBI questioned Dr Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in the rape and murder of a medico.

IMA's 'nat'l movement' gains ground as docs of large corporate hosps join

EVEN as hundreds of angry resident doctors on Friday laid siege to Nirman Bhavan, the health ministry headquarters, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said it is firm on a 24hour shut down of OPD and elective surgeries on Saturday to protest the barbaric rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor in Kolkata.

3-phase assembly elections in J&K to begin on Sept 18

THE Election Commission on Friday announced assembly polls for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Haryana.

After SC directive, clamour for policy on GM crops grows

COMPLYING with the Supreme Court's July directive, civil society groups and environmental activists have written to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), seeking widespread consultative processes for evolving a national policy on Genetically Modified (GM) crops.

Natural for young man to be upset about sister being ill-treated, says SC

IT is natural for a young man to be emotionally upset to see his sister ill-treated by her in-laws, observed the Supreme Court while modifying the jail sentence of a man, accused under IPC Section 304.

Nod to Metro projects in 3 cities, 2 airports

Cabinet approves metro rail projects for Bengaluru, Pune and Thane; also clears one airport each in Patna, Bagdogra

Army honour for Paris Olympic medal winners

CHIEF of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Friday felicitated Indian Army sportspersons for their accomplishments at the Paris Olympics.

National film awards: South industry retains its hot streak

Malayalam film Aattam is Best Feature Film; Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan I wins 4 national awards; Rahman gets 7th nat'l award, most won by any music director