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Startups call for swift measures to ensure robust safety

The blast at The Rameshwaram Café has caused distress and concern among the startup and information technology (IT) community, raising questions related to safety and security.

Govt readies Viksit Bharat plan with focus on growth

Ministers brainstorm over 100-day agenda for next term, 5-year action plan

NFRA to engage with companies for better insights

To refer the matter to regulator if lapses found

Rites of passage

It is intriguing to witness how bereavement evokes in some people a grief so debilitating that they want to shut themselves off from the world for as long as they can, while the same experience of loss leads others to connect with fellow humans and understand how they make sense of death, the social and psychological significance of rituals, beliefs about the afterlife, and the logistics involved in honouring the deceased while taking care of paperwork.

Flyers with special needs share ordeal

Airlines say they ensure enough wheelchairs; passengers point to lack of sensitivity

RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL

Miss World is back in India after 28 years. In the interim, the world has changed, as has the concept of beauty

Hospital stocks in poor health after SC mandate

Nifty Healthcare falls 0.7%; analysts see little recovery in the near term

ESG funds: Appropriate for cautious, long-term investors

High largecap exposure led to underperformance vis-à-vis multicap funds

Near-term upsides priced into OMC stocks

Oil marketing companies, IOCL and BPCL posted better-thanexpected earnings in the third quarter of financial year 2023-24 (Q3FY24) due to a big upside in refining margins and also gains in marketing inventory as crude prices surged.

RIL, Zomato among stocks that hit a new high

Shares of the country's most valuable company in terms of market capitalisation, Reliance Industries (RIL); private sector lender ICICI Bank; automobiles major Tata Motors, and Mahindra & Mahindra; Adani group firm Adani and Ports Special Economic Zone (APSEZ); and Grasim Industries from the Nifty 50 index hit their respective new highs after the benchmark indices scaled new peaks in Friday's intraday trade.

ARCL sees trades of over ₹10,000 cr in February

AMC Repo Clearing (ARCL), a limited purpose clearing corporation aimed at boosting liquidity in the corporate bond and debt market, recorded volumes of over 10,000 crore in February, a four-fold jump on a month on month basis.

Losers outpace gainers for 1st time in 11 months

Losers outpaced gainers for the first time in 11 months in February, a sign that cracks could be building in the small and midcap space, amid concerns around expensive valuations.

Nifty tops 22,300; valuations, market breadth a concern

The index has rallied 26.6 per cent in the first 11 months of FY24

Why politicians defect

Indian politics wouldn't be a fraction as fascinating if it did not defy any idea that seemed obvious or an answer that began with 'of course'. They would all fail the test of Indian politics

Japan as number four

Harvard Professor Ezra Vogel's H 1979 book, Japan as Number.One: Lessons for America, became an instant bestseller in Japan.

Obesity drugs won't solve our billion-person problem, warns WHO

Effective, popular obesity medications won't be enough to solve a worldwide problem that now affects more than 1 billion people, World Health Organization (WHO) officials warned.

Fresh ceasefire calls after Israel attacks Palestinians awaiting food

The deaths of scores of Palestinians seeking food aid in northern Gaza on Thursday were met with mounting international calls for a ceasefire and for Israel to take immediate measures to increase the flow of supplies into the territory.

China PMI shrinks for 5th month

China's factory activity shrank for the fifth straight month in February, suggesting weak demand remains an obstacle for the economy.

US Senate clears Bill to avert govt shutdown

The Democratic-majority US Senate on Thursday approved a short-term stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown, after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives backed it with less than 36 hours before funding would have begun to run out.

Musk sues OpenAI, Altman for abandoning mission

Lawsuit says OpenAl puts profit ahead of benefiting humanity

In Aatmanirbhar push, MoD makes indigenous purchases worth 40K cr

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday signed five major capital acquisition contracts worth ₹39,125 crore as part of the 'Make-in-India' initiative to bolster indigenous capabilities and reduce dependency on foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Modi slams TMC over Sandeshkhali

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a no-holds-barred attack against the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal over atrocities on women in Sandeshkhali, and said that the entire country is seething with anger over the issue and asked people to defeat her in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

BJP's poll body mulls over LS candidates for nearly 16 states

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Central Election Committee (CEC) in its meeting for deciding Lok Sabha poll candidates has deliberated on the party's nominees for nearly 16 states amid indications that several heavyweights may figure in the first list.

Madhya Pradesh eyes over F1 trn investments

Adani group promises investments of ₹75K cr; will generate 15,000 jobs

India may see warmer summer this yr: IMD

India is likely to experience a warmer summer this year with El Nino conditions predicted to continue at least until May, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday.

Eye on non-bank payment players, RBI widens BBPS

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday expanded the scope of the Bharat Bill Payment Systems (BBPS) as part of an attempt to enable non-bank payment aggregators (PAS) to participate in the system as operating units and encourage greater participation.

Fighting for rights of small fishermen, says Sitharaman

Convergence on the proposed agreement on fisheries subsidies awaited

Petro product exports fire up after fall in January

India's petroleum product exports, one of the country's biggest export earners, rose 23 per cent in February compared to the previous month, arresting the growing clout of the United States in Europe's lucrative fuel market, according to industry officials and ship tracking data.

Liquidity deficit at over 2-mth low, eases below 1 trillion

The liquidity deficit in the banking system narrowed to more than a two-month low on the back of government spending, said market participants.

UPI transactions off peak in February at ₹18.28 trn

Slightly down M-o-M in volume terms too after technical breakdown at multiple banks