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Dhanteras: Pricey gold, silver unlikely to deter buyers

DESPITE soaring gold and silver prices, jewellers are not expecting much of an effect on the sale of gold and silver jewellery on the auspicious day of Dhanteras.

RIL, Nvidia partner to develop AI infra in India

Nvidia will supply Blackwell AI processors for one-gigawatt data centre that Reliance is building in Jamnagar, Gujarat

ITC profit increases 1.8% to ₹5K cr; revenue rises 15.6%

DIVERSIFIED entity ITC Ltd on Thursday reported an 1.8 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to ₹5,054.43 crore for the second quarter ended September 2024.

ACC profit crashes 48% to ₹200 crore in Sept quarter

CEMENT maker ACC Ltd on Thursday reported a consolidated profit after tax of ₹199.7 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Swiggy slashes IPO valuation target to $12.5-13.5 bn

IPO-bound food delivery platform Swiggy, which was earlier targeting a $15 billion valuation, is now aiming for a valuation of $12.5 billion-$13.5 billion for its upcoming IPO due to market volatility.

Money laundering within gaming ecosystem remains big threat: Report

Though the country's 568 million gamers drive the online gaming industry, money laundering within the gaming ecosystem remains a big threat as in-game currencies, cryptocurrencies, and offshore betting platforms are increasingly being used for illicit activities.

India Inc may post lowest growth in many quarters

WEAKER-than-expected corporate results in the second quarter of the current financial year have hit the overall sentiments in the economy, and the same is being reflected in the way the equity markets have moved in the last fortnight.

Turkey strikes Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria

TURKEY struck suspected Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day on Thursday following an attack on the premises of a key defense company that killed at least five people, the state-run news agency reported.

Canadian MP asks police to deal firmly with Khalistanis

KHALISTANI violent extremism is a Canadian problem, a prominent Canadian MP of Indian origin has said, calling on the country's law enforcement agencies to take the issue with \"all seriousness,\" it demands.

Russian lawmakers vote for 30% surge in defence spending

RUSSIAN lawmakers voted for a budget on Thursday that will see defence spending surge by almost 30% next year, as the Kremlin diverts huge resources to its Ukraine offensive.

Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation: BBC

COMMONWEALTH heads of government are to push for a \"conversation\" on reparations for the transatlantic slave trade when they meet for the association's first summit in two years, the BBC reported.

MVA struggles to sort out 15-seat differences...

THE dispute in the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi over 15 Maharashtra Assembly seats out of the total 288 persists, though alliance sources reaffirmed the consensus giving Congress 104 seats, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena 95 and Sharad Pawar-headed NCP 85.

Women outnumber men as 1st-time voters in all 81 J'khand Assembly seats

In a major achievement towards women empowerment, female voters have outnumbered male in registering themselves as first-time voters on all 81 Assembly seats in Jharkhand.

… meanwhile, MahaYuti dilemma over 30 seats

THE situation over seat-adjustment is no different in the ruling MahaYuti as it struggles to resolve differences in 30 \"disputed\" Assembly seats within the alliance partners.

BJP releases list of 8 nominees for UP bypoll

JUST a day ahead of the last date of filing nomination papers, the ruling BJP, on Thursday, ended all speculations by announcing candidates on eight out of nine seats going to by-polls in Uttar Pradesh.

After SP names nominees, Cong says 'INDIA' will contest bypoll

THE Congress on Thursday said that it would not field candidates in the nine Assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and would support the INDIA bloc candidates.

Global warming plays truant, Pindari glacier melts

THE Pindari glacier in the upper Himalayas has retreated significantly, sparking concerns about the impact of global warming on Uttarakhand's environment and tourism industry.

2 soldiers & 2 porters killed, 3 Armymen injured in Gulmarg terror attack

Search operation

Justice Khanna to take oath as CJI on Nov 11

THE Centre on Thursday notified the appointment of Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the next Chief Justice of India.

Ajit can use 'clock' symbol in polls with disclaimer

THE Supreme Court on Thursday directed Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar to use the 'clock' symbol in its publicity material for the upcoming assembly polls with a disclaimer that the matter was sub-judice.

Of over 80 flights alerted, one was flying over Pak

EVEN as the bomb scare saga continued for flights on Thursday, one among those over 80 aircraft, an Air India flight (AI-147) traveling from Ahmedabad to London's Gatwick airport on Thursday, received the \"hoax\" threat at a time when it was flying over the Pakistan airspace.

Canada backstabbed India, its behaviour 'the pits': Envoy

Khalistan a criminalenterprise, says Verma

Licence of Raj pharma firm cancelled for selling homoeopathic drug 'insulin'

Inaction by authorities

EAM bats for durable W Asia solution

Jaishankar says disputes and differences should be resolved through diplomacy

Buch ducks PAC meet, says 'personal exigency'; Rahul questions absence

THE meeting of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was postponed on Thursday after Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch ducked it citing \"personal exigency\".

Regulatory body must be set up for Christian institutions: HC

EXPRESSING the need to create a statutory body to regulate the affairs of Christian institutions, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu to file a report explaining their stand.

Karnataka CM appeals against single judge's order in MUDA scam

KARNATAKA Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday filed an appeal before the high court questioning the single judge's order upholding the governor's sanction to investigate him in the alleged irregularities in allotment of 14 sites to his wife BM Parvathy in Mysuru by MUDA.

Polluted water flows out of Kelavarapalli dam, 10-ft high foam blocks K'giri road

HEAVY rain lashed Hosur, Kelavarapalli, and Bengaluru's surroundings on Wednesday night, leading to an increase in inflow to Kelavarapalli dam.

Cong MLA, 6 more convicted in K'taka illegal mining case

Sail held guilty of causing several crores of rupee loss to state exchequer

GCC to install AI-enabled cameras in 5 zones to monitor overflow of waste bins

TO address issues of overflowing waste bins and inefficient clearing of garbage from them, the Greater Chennai Corporation is planning to install AI-enabled CCTV cameras at a few garbage hotspots.