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GOVT TO INFUSE ₹500 CR IN IFCI TO IMPROVE ITS FINANCIAL HEALTH

The government has decided to infuse ₹500 crore capital in state-owned IFCI to improve its financial health ahead of the company's proposed restructuring and consolidation into a group.

What does Accenture's hiring spree mean for IT cos?

Accenture Plc's renewed hiring—adding 49,000 staff globally in six months to November—suggests technology services companies expect much better growth in coming months, according to analysts.

Dozen auto firms set to be excluded from PLI scheme

These automobile companies have not been able to start investing as planned

Apex auto tester looks to accelerate to green lane

India's primary vehicle research and testing body plans to expand facilities that are focused on so-called new energy vehicles, seeking to keep pace with the government's rapidly accelerating green mobility drive.

DAMANI NIXES BAT PICK FOR CHAIR OF VST INDUSTRIES

Top billionaire investor and D-Mart promoter Radhakishan Damani opposed the candidate for chairmanship proposed by British American Tobacco (BAT) for its Indian unit VST Industries Ltd, leading to his rejection at a shareholder vote, according to voting disclosures and an executive privy to the development.

{ NIGERIA } CHRISTMAS RUSH - 32 die in stampedes

Nigerian police on Sunday raised the death toll to 32 from two stampedes outside centres distributing food to the poor.

What Trump's move to wade into spending fight signals for next 4 yrs

Donald Trump's intervention in the latest government funding battle highlighted the chaos and division likely to shape his second term.

Trudeau under fire; liberals eye Freeland

Pressure continues to mount on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to quit, even as a movement is afoot within the ruling Liberal Party caucus for him to be replaced by Chrystia Freeland, who was Deputy PM and Finance Minister till her bombshell resignation, on Monday.

Pakistan govt forms panel for talks with ex-PM Khan's party

The Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government, on Sunday, formed a negotiation committee to start formal talks with jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party after it threatened to give a call for civil disobedience.

German far-right politicises Magdeburg Christmas attack

A spontaneous memorial created by grieving families and local residents at a church overlooking Magdeburg's Christmas market evolved during Saturday into something more politically charged.

Angry questions in Germany after Christmas market attack

The head of the far-left BSW party, Sahra Wagenknecht, demanded that Interior Minister Nancy Faeser explain why so many tips and warnings were ignored beforehand

DMK PANEL SLAMS SHAH'S AMBEDKAR REMARKS IN HOUSE

DMK's executive committee meeting, chaired by party president and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, condemned Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday, for \"defaming\" BR Ambedkar.

Kerala begins clearing biomedical waste in TN

The process of clearing hazardous biomedical waste from Kerala which was dumped in various parts of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu has commenced on Sunday under the supervision of officials from both the states.

India's forests are in peril: Report

THE 2033 REPORTS SHOULD TELL US THE NORTHEAST HAS GROWN WITHOUT LOSING ITS FOREST COVER - THE CHALLENGE THIS REPORT HAS THROWN AT US

416 arrested across Assam in child marriage cases: Sarma

Assam continues its fight against child marriage. We will continue to take bold steps to end this social evil HIMANTA BISWA SARMA, Chief minister

Path to a simple and rational GST

Indirect tax regime needs to be rejigged and an honest debate on fiscal federalism and the politics and economics of welfare is essential

Foreign policy experts must listen to the street

In his address at the launch of India's World—a magazine focused on India's foreign policy—on December 15, external affairs minister S Jaishankar made an unconventional argument.

What the Pelicot rape case says about society

here is something about a woman unafraid. A woman uninterrupted. A woman unperturbed by what she can lose. Mostly, it's a woman who has nothing left to lose. Or so she thinks.

Disrupting the House, betraying voters' trust

Washout of the winter session is a reflection of the decline in standards in Parliament

CHANGE NET EXAM DATE CLASHING WITH PONGAL: MP

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Sunday urged Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to postpone and change the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) exams of various subjects scheduled on January 15 and 16 as they coincide with Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu.

Bareilly Court Summons Rahul for Remarks on Economic Survey

A court in Bareilly has summoned Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on January 7 in connection with his remarks related to the Economic Survey during the Lok Sabha elections.

In Manipur conflict, rise in Myanmar-made weapons

The recovery of a StarLink antenna and router from a militant hideout in Manipur's Imphal East district wasn't the only prohibited item, suspected to be smuggled from Myanmar, that Assam Rifles personnel recovered on December 13.

150-yr-old stepwell found in Sambhal, say officials

A stepwell, approximately 150 years old and covering an area of 400 square metres, has been discovered during an excavation exercise in Chandausi tehsil of Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal town, an official aware of the matter said on Sunday.

Legitimate dissent can't be equated with sedition: HC

THE COURT FOUND THAT THE VIDEO'S MESSAGE CONVEYED THAT INDIA BELONGED TO ALL ITS CITIZENS WHO WERE EQUAL

Allu Arjun's residence vandalised

A group of people claiming to be members of the Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OU-JAC) on Sunday vandalised the residence of top Telugu actor Allu Arjun, demanding justice for the woman who died in a stampede that occurred during the screening of his movie \"Pushpa-2\".

Institutions can't be retirement homes

The \"fourth branch\" institutions such as the Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and public service commissions \"cannot be retirement homes for civil servants and judges\", Supreme Court judge Justice P.S. Narasimha said on Sunday as he underlined the critical role of these institutions in upholding democratic governance.

4-year-old dies after SUV runs him over, teen driver arrested

THE ACCUSED WAS TAKING A U-TURN WHEN THE SUV STRUCK THE VICTIM, WHO WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL

Shah attacks Left parties, Cong for 'ignoring' Tripura's problems

The rehabilitation of Bru migrants in Tripura was made possible due to the Bharatiya Janata Party's government in the state, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday, as he hit out at the previous Left and Congress governments in the state for ignoring the problems of the community.

Farmers push for SC's help to bring MSP law

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death, and several protesting farmers' unions have urged the Supreme Court to ask the Centre to implement a parliamentary standing committee's recommendation for legally guaranteed support prices.

Toll in Mohali building collapse increases to 2

The toll in the Mohali building collapse rose to two on Sunday after the body of a 29-year-old man was recovered from the rubble as officials called off the search and rescue operation.