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Green machine marches on

Babar, Rizwan Rediscover Form As Efficient Pakistan Dismantle Kiwis To Make T20 WC Final

Can India set up a dream finale?

Men in Blue Could Gain From The Fact That Semifinal Rivals England Haven't Been Their Usual Bold, Expressive Selves

Pramod Mittal's creditor seeks to revoke his 'IVA'

London: Billionaire steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal’s younger brother Pramod Mittal may have hoped he could escape an investigation of his assets when he entered into an IVA (individual voluntary arrangement) with his creditors but now faces a legal challenge to the IVA in the London high court, with one of his creditors seeking to revoke the IVA.

Crypto coins at 2-yr low on FTX contagion fear

Cryptocurrencies extended declines as Bi-nance’s potential takeover of embattled rival exchange FTX highlighted how strains in the digital-asset industry are now buffeting some of its top players.

TCS-Tejas to bag ₹30k cr BSNL-MTNL 4G order

New Delhi: In one of the country’s biggest single-vendor telecom order, Tata Group companies TCS and Tejas Networks are all set to bag the over Rs 30,000 crore BSNLMTNL 4G network infrastructure tender as well as other additional central government-funded projects, marking the re-entry of the diversified group in the big league of telecom business.

Adani Ports to buy 49% stake in Indian Oiltanking

New Delhi: Ahmedabad-based Adani Ports (APSEZ) is acquiring a 49% stake in Indian Oiltanking, a joint venture between state-run IndianOil Corporation and the Indian arm of Germany’s Oiltanking, for Rs 1,050 crore in an all-cash deal.

Meta cuts 1lk jobs in 1st big layoff in co's history

Zuckerberg Says Sorry To Employees Even As Co Bets Billions On Metaverse Amid Revenue Slide

Govt to raise over ₹4k cr via Axis stake sale

Mumbai: The government through the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (SUUTI) has said that it will sell its 1.6% stake in Axis Bank.

Govt unveils sovereign green bonds framework

To Raise Funds For Sustainable, Climate-Suitable Projects

Sebi panel moots steps to boost exchange governance

Mumbai: In the backdrop of lapses at NSE by two of its former managing directors, a Sebi panel has proposed drastic measures to the board, governance, and operational structure of market infrastructure institutions (MIIs) like stock exchanges, depositories, and clearing corporations.

'If Republicans control Congress, it will be good for America, for chances of negotiations on Ukraine, and for India'

US midterm polls are going down to the wire with the Democrats performing better than expected even as the Republicans pick up crucial seats. With the final composition of the Senate and the House yet to be determined, the fate of the Biden presidency and, by extension, of Washington’s policies for the world hangs in the balance. Patrick Basham, director at Democracy Institute, Washington, spoke with Rudroneel Ghosh about the impact of the election on American democracy, politics and foreign policy:

Ukraine: Peacemaker India?

Jaishankar’s Moscow visit was crucial. New Delhi seems more ready to facilitate dialogue

Cheesa peeza nights

Streetside Ahmedagoodies get crazier and curiouser

Concurrent Failure

Litigation over Centre vs state control of education glosses over all-round failure to improve quality

Trump, Kinda Trumped

US midterms show that ideological extremism doesn’t always pay, and jobs are as important as inflation

Nirav case likely to boost India's fight against fugitive arms dealer Bhandari

New Delhi: The success notched by Indian investigative agencies in British courts can serve as a precedent in all other cases of economic offenders who are fugitives from law and whose extradition has been sought as well as a deterrent for those who might be planning to follow in their footsteps.

Modi to inaugurate fertiliser plant in T'gana on Saturday

New Delhi: In yet another step to boost urea production and reduce dependence on import of chemical fertilisers to meet domestic requirement, PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate a fertiliser plant at Ramagundam in Telangana on Saturday.

300 Dalits adopt Buddhism; U'khand officials deny conversion

Rudrapur: Three days after around 300 Dalits renounced Hinduism and embraced Buddhism at a mass event in Kashipur town of Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand on Sunday, the local administration denied any such conversion took place despite organisers maintaining that the district magistrate’s office had been informed about the event and affidavits had been submitted, reports Aakash Ahuja.

Fight terror, its support system, Shah tells intelligence officials

‘Boost Liaisoning Between Counter-Terror And Anti-Drug Agencies’

India backs rights record ahead of UN review today

The MEA said India plays an active role in global promotion of human rights. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta in pic) will lead the Indian delegation at the review

Guj BJP ex-chief, other party netas may have also opted out

Gandhinagar: Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani and three ex-ministers announced on Wednesday that they won’t contest the December polls.

PM Modi to gift G20 leaders various items from Himachal

New Delhi: The art and culture of poll-bound Himachal Pradesh will have a significant representation at the upcoming G20 as PM Modi will greet the world leaders with various gifts from the state with an aim to give a boost to the spread of Himachal’s art and culture globally.

BJP can't fool people of Himachal with its jumlas', says Kharge

Banuti (Shimla): Addressing his first public meeting ahead of the Himachal Pradesh elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said BJP may have fooled people across the country with its “jumlas” but cannot do so in the hill state.

Exodus goes on: 2 MLAs quit Cong, one of them joins BJP

BJP workers prepare flags for campaigning in n Rajkot on Wedlnestlay

Cong is guarantee of scams, instability, corruption: Modi

PM Urges People In Himachal To Change Pattern

Education isn't biz to earn profit: SC

New Delhi: Favouring regulation of tuition fee charged for private colleges, the Supreme Court has said that fees fixed for professional courses must be affordable and imparting education should not be done to earn profit.

His heroes: Domestic help, yoga teacher, college prof, US judge

Childhood domestic help Bhimbai Ghamat, an illiterate woman from Devihasol village in Rajapur taluka of Ratnagiri, “is the biggest inspiration for me and probably played a pivotal role in shaping my pro-women’s rights approach,” says India’s 50th Chief Justice, D Y Chandrachud.

CJI bats for collegium system, tells executive to avoid 'grandstanding'

‘It Ensures Judicial Independence, But Support More Transparency’

'A Judge Must Not Become Judgemental'

He studied economics at St Stephen’s College and became the subject topper at Delhi University. His next stop was not the Civil Services, but law, a subject that had fascinated him as a child. After all, his father, Justice Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, was the 16th Chief Justice of India and the country’s longest-serving CJI. In a free-wheeling chat with TOI’s Dhananjay Mahapatra, Justice D Y Chandrachud, who took over as the country’s 50th CJI on Wednesday, spoke about the different influences on his life from what his father taught him to how their domestic help when he was growing up made him a staunch protector of rights, especially women’s rights. He also outlined the changes he plans to bring about in the next two years. Excerpts:

Lotus in G20 logo sparks BJP-Cong spat

New Delhi: A war of words erupted between BJP and Congress over the depiction of lotus flower on the logo for India’s G20 presidency, released by PM Narendra Modi, with the saffron party accusing the opposition party of not only insulting the country’s national flower but also Hinduism and its association with deities like Lakshmi and Saraswati.