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New Year's Eve logs 6.5 mn food orders online

CONSUMERS PLACED A record 6.5 million online food delivery orders on New Year's eve, marking a jump of 18% in volume over the previous year, according to report.

Taiwan's election is shaped by economic realities, not just China's threats to use force

BEIJING'S THREATS claim self-governed TO use force to Taiwan aren't just about missiles and warships.

Google lays off hundreds to cut costs

ALPHABET'S GOOGLE IS laying off hundreds of staff working on its digital assistant, hardware and engineering teams as it sustains a drive to cut costs.

Rising interest rates dent home loan demand

RISING HOME LOAN rates have dampened the demand for home loans.

Zomato hits 52-week high

THE ZOMATO STOCK hit a 52week high of 138.95 on Thursday before closing the session at 138.25, up 2.67% over the previous close, after brokerage HSBC upgraded its price target for the stock to 150 from 140.

Delays in insolvency process eroding asset value: RBI Guv

‘Response to prepackaged insolvency resolution process is muted’

Bajaj Auto eyes top 2 spot in e-two-wheeler market

BAJAJ AUTO IS aiming for the second spot in the electric twowheeler market on the back of the recently launched 2024 Chetak variants, Urbane and Premium.

Toyota solid-state battery EVs in a few years

JAPAN'S TOYOTA MOTOR will in a couple of years globally launch vehicles with solidstate batteries that charge faster and last longer, an executive said on Thursday at an investment summit in India.

SpiceJet's Singh sees salary fly to 3-yr high

THE PAY PACKAGE of SpiceJet chairman Ajay Singh jumped to a three-year high during FY23, notwithstanding the second biggest loss in the airline's history posted during the same year.

SoftBank to resume India investments in mid-2024

JAPANESE INVESTOR SOFTBANK is looking to resume investments in Indian startups in coming months, after pausing bets for the last 18 months amid a broader funding winter, Sumer Juneja, head of India and EMEA at SoftBank Investment Advisers, has said.

7% dip at Infy in 12 months

INFOSYS NET HEADCOUNT declined by 6,101 to reach a total of 322,663 employees during the third quarter of FY24. This is the fourth quarter in a row that the IT company reported a decline in its total headcount.

Employee numbers shrink at IT giants

Second quarter of fall at TCS

Direct tax collections at 81% of govt target

Set to surpass Budget Estimate by at least ₹1 trillion

Scheme to salvage power discoms gets a leg-up

THE AWARDING OF smart meter contracts by the state-run electricity distribution utilities (discoms) has finally gathered pace under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (FY2226), which could help narrow the gap between the scheme's targets and the achievements on the ground in the final two years of its five-year duration.

First made-in-India memory chip by year-end: Vaishnaw

INDIA WILL GET its first domestically manufactured memory chip from Gujarat by the end of the year, with the state government having signed a deal with South Korea's Simmtech, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.

Q4 renewable capacity addition may cross 8GW

Last quarter to exceed Q1-Q3 level riding on lower module prices

Das flags algo-based lending

CRYPTO POSES RISK TO EMERGING MARKETS

Ad spends likely to rise by up to 15%

THE ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE (adex) growth rate has been projected at 11-15% this year by GroupM, Dentsu and IPG Mediabrands - three of the country's top media agencies.

Sebi proposes easier rules for startup listings

Discussion paper tweaks promoter stake norms

Infosys narrows FY24 revenue guidance

INFOSYS, THE COUNTRY'S second- largest IT firm, on Thursday narrowed its revenue growth guidance for FY24 to 1.5-2%. It had slashed the guidance during the preceding quarter to 1-2.5% from 1-3.5%. However, the company has retained its operating margin target of 20-22%.

IT giants feel the winter chill

TCS misses estimates, logs 2.5% fall in profit

In Ayodhya, it's homecoming for pilgrims as well

JUST 800 METRES from Ram Janmabhoomi, where the Ram Temple is set to be inaugurated on January 22, is Paarijat, one amongst the about 600 homestays that have come up in Ayodhya as the temple town warms up to welcome lakhs of pilgrims.

How to accommodate Jaiswal at the top

WHEN INDIA BROUGHT Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli back into the fold for the Afghanistan series, there was this inevitable question as to where they would bat.

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Chhattisgarh govt approves free train travel scheme for Ayodhya darshan

THE BJP GOVERNMENT in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday approved an annual free train travel scheme for people who want to take darshan of Lord Ram at Ayodhya temple.

Goa unveils new regenerative tourism model

THE GOA GOVERNMENT has launched a model for \"regenerative tourism\", becoming the first state in the country to do so.

Blinken urges Israel to think of post-war role

SECRETARY OF STATE Antony Blinken said Israel must stop undercutting Palestinian governance and rein in settler violence, some of his most direct criticism yet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government since the start of the Hamas war.