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I was told it was now or never, says Amorim after Manchester Utd move

RUBEN Amorim says Manchester United told him it was \"now or never,\" after being handed a brief midway through the season to restore the Premier League giants to the pinnacle of English and European football.

India A bowlers toil as Oz A take pole position

INDIA A's first-innings batting collapse came back to haunt them as Australia A nosed ahead of the visitors after being set a target of 225 on the third day of the first 'Unofficial Test' here on Saturday.

Two of a kind: A familiar Ashwin-Jadeja rescue act

RAVINDRA Jadeja has his arms aloft, clapping at R Ashwin who had come back to his fielding position at mid-on.

ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES

Gill & Pant navigate tricky phase with aplomb to set up platform for India on Day 2

Apollo to build 500 bed hospital in Worli, Mum

APOLLO Hospitals has proposed to establish a 500-bed hospital in Worli, Mumbai through a build, operate and manage agreement.

SBI Card net income declines 33% to ₹404 cr

SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd (SBI Card) on Tuesday reported a 33% decline in net profit to ₹404 crore for the September quarter on increase in delinquency.

Marico net profit rises 20% to ₹433 cr; revenue from ops up 7.6% to ₹2,664 cr

NEW DELHI: Homegrown FMCG major Marico Ltd has reported an increase of 20.27% in consolidated net profit to ₹433 crore for the September quarter.

Deepak Fertilisers profit soars 3-fold on robust sales

Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd (DFPCL) reported a more than three-fold surge in second-quarter profit at ₹214.07 crore on Tuesday, driven by strong sales growth across its business segments.

CPSE capex sees 11% fall during Apr-Sept

CAPITAL expenditure by large public sector enterprises (with annual capex target of ₹100 crore) has seen an 11% decline in the first six months of the current financial year.

B'desh unrest: Indian garment exporters reaping benefits

INDIAN garment export is reaping the benefits of unrest in neighboring Bangladesh.

HIGH PRICES SHRANK THE MIDDLE CLASS

IT was not that the warning signals were absent. Analysts have been saying it - that real incomes are shrinking; and consumption is slowing down.

LIC eyes pie in health insurance biz

Insurer says it will buy stake in health insurance company, to make announcement soon

Robot retrieves melted fuel from reactor

A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown.

More than 50 dead in Israeli strikes on farming villages in northeast Lebanon

ISRAEL launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon's northeastern farming villages, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported on Saturday.

Trump says Kamala's policies wiped out 50K jobs

Former president promises 'economic miracle' if elected, calls opponent 'radical left Marxist'

Anti-woke Badenoch to replace Sunak

THE UK's battle-scarred Conservatives on Saturday elected \"anti-woke\" candidate Kemi Badenoch as its new head, making her the first black leader of a major UK party.

Trump says Kamala's polices wiped out 50K jobs

Former president promises economic miracle’ if elected, calls opponent radical left Marxist’

Don trying to pit Americans against each other: Kamala

REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Donald Trump pits Americans against one another, his Democratic rival and Vice President Kamala Harris alleged Friday and asserted her pledge to pursue common sense solutions and to be a president for all Americans.

Panel approves bill to raise count of judges in Pakistan SC

A Pakistan parliamentary panel has approved a controversial bill to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court from 17 to 25 despite its disapproval by the opposition lawmakers who termed it an attempt to manipulate the judiciary.

Elephants on revenge spree, kill 2 MP villagers

TWO villagers were reportedly trampled to death by wild elephants in two separate incidents in Umaria district of eastern Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning.

Poverty drives woman to sell her toddler to repay loan

A poverty-stricken woman was forced to sell off her child for a paltry ₹9,000 to repay her bank loan in Bihar's Araria district, an official said on Saturday.

Maha GDP, per capita income fall in 10 yrs: Data

THE growth engine of Maharashtra has slowed down in the last decade, with the western state recording a decline in GDP and per capita income, according to a report prepared by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.

2 farmers die by suicide after crop failure in Gujarat rain

TWO farmers died by suicide in Gujarat's Saurashtra region after unseasonal rains damaged their crops, officials said.

Shinde ups ante on Mahim seat, says won't withdraw his candidate

DESPITE BJP's insistence, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his party candidate Sada Sarvankar have refused to withdraw from the Mahim assembly constituency to enable MNS chief Raj Thackeray's son Amit to join a direct fight against Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Milind Sawant.

BJP will use PM's swipe at Cong in Maha, J'khand poll

THE BJP has lapped up Prime Minister Narendra Modi's newly coined slogan against Congress 'Culture of Fake Promises' that the party intends to use as a potent tool against the opposition alliances, particularly the Congress, in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

Shah to release BJP manifesto in Ranchi today

HOME Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah is preparing to release the party's manifesto for the Jharkhand Assembly elections in Ranchi this Sunday.

10 ex-MPs enter J'khand poll fray

WITH the run for ticket concluding for the Assembly polls, as many as ten former MPs and one current MP of BJP, JMM and Congress parties are also in the fray along with the other candidates in Jharkhand.

MEA snubs US sanction on 19 firms over Russia links

Says India has robust regulatory framework on strategic trade in place

Sugar restriction in early childhood can cut diabetes risk by 35%: Journal

CUTTING down on sugar in the first 1,000 days of a child's life - right from conception to two years - seems to reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases in adult life, according to a latest study.

Rlys cleans up 20K km tracks, turns waste to art

The Indian Railways cleaned up more than 20,000 kilometers of tracks, collected over 4,000 tonnes of waste and 710 tonnes of plastic during a fortnight-long special cleanliness drive, officials said on Saturday.